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My ranking of the Mario Party games 18: Top 100 17: Advance 16: Island Tour 15: 10 14: Star Rush 13: Super 12: 1 11: 4 10: 9 9: 5 8: DS 7: 2 6: Superstars 5: 7 4: 8 3: 3 2: 6 1: Jamboree
In my opinion, I think star rush is criminally underrated - so much from it has inspired other mario party titles! Super Mario Party had boards with freedom to move with partner party, allies and rhythm games Mario Party Jamboree also has the Koopathlon, inspired by Star Rush’s coinathlon They may have been a lack of mini games but there were game mods galore!
Personally I would put Mario Party 3 at #1 as I firmly believe it has the best gameplay mechanics in the series. Also, props for not putting Mario Party Advance in dead last and calling it a bad Mario Party game like everyone else, the game is really fun if you don't treat it as a mainline Mario Party game.
Funny how switch can support 8 players and Nintendo had us both awkwardly holding those GameCube controllers with another person 😅 At least I remember trying to share... Maybe it was just a weird challenge me and my sister tried to do.
@@MimyRoo there’s no way the minigames made you do that probably just poor times and no extra controller lol I feel that. I do still think the gamecube was the best for Mario party though the minigames on 4 and 6 and the boards are good!
Mario Party Jamboree as the number-4 best Mario Party when going up against the likes of the classics (and 6) is impressive for the guys who made 9 and 10.
I was like you, 4 was "my" first Mario party. I still love it's mini games, some of the best ever. The boards look great too however, I was forced to face that the infinites are deal breakers
Also, Swiftjar, I think it would be interesting to do a minigame ranking for Jamboree, too, especially the 10 Showdown minigames since they’re pretty unique and a bit longer. Now that I’m actually having a chance to play the minigames, I can confidently rank them now. It would be interesting to compare my ranking to others, even if just for the fun of it. But otherwise, great video for ranking the Mario Party series!
some of the interesting facts about some of the Parties: 1. party 5 you can deff clearly see how its basically a beta for party 6 w/da capsule/orb system, refined up through 7's supah unique special char orbs 2. surprisingly parties 7 and 8 both reuse a board gimmick da previous had. 7 reuses 6's Chain Chomp Snowflake lake gimmick, 8 reuses 7's Koopa Hotel Gimmick, which kinda interesting despite how different da board layouts are. 3. for party 1, tug-o-war, which's probably the absolute worst minigame in the series, as its literally unwinnable w/o palm method(aka thumb method) even vs easy cpus, next to da solo minigame pedal power, which's also unwinnable for da same reason. them bringing tug-o-war back twice(top 100+Superstars) is pretty surprising but most are prob glad its gone in Jamboree. legit the best way to play tug o war is just to not play it. 4. in addition, Party 1's other stick rotators, Cast-aways and Paddle battle are actually winnable if usin da thumb method, its really easy to win those w/thumb method no problem, palm isn't needed at all for those two. I dunno why Pedal Power+tug o war are impossible w/thumb, but Paddle Battle and Cast aways are. may haveta do with how the stick specifically functions in each of those 🤔 1 thing I do know is its specifically cuz of Pedal Power+tug o war that da minigame island in party 1 is and can be literally impossible to win, which's kinda insane. 5. Jamboree's Mario Rainbow Castle's Item Shop at da beginning is, surprisingly, something that an amazing fan-game called "party project" did first, in a similar way in placement my overall faves would deff have to be 1,2&3(3 has amazing board music just like 1-2. 2's got dem iconic costumes. party 1's brutalness is deff pretty famous), Superstars for da hd versions and fixed boards+amazing ost 4(cuz of toad's midway madness's beautiful music despite the reality of how bad da board is cuz teacups), DS, 6/7 due to da orb mechanic dat were refined from 5, granted 5's boards are pretty nice w/their happening mechanics. I think I just like alla da Mario parties from 1-8+DS+Superstars, they're all alotta fun and da unique mechanics of each are really neat to look at when going through them I deff think Jamboree's lookin to be a new fave due to the unique boards like Rainbow Galleria+da Fixing of Mario's Rainbow Castle from 1
Great list! I completely agree with your Top 5 (might have put them in a different order though, not sure). What's funny to me is that every Mario Party Game has at least one bigger flaw imo. But that just makes me play all of my favorite entries rotatory which is actually nice in a weird way lol
I don’t think I have ever agreed with a UA-cam list vid as much as I did here. Minus flipping 3 and 6 this is my exact list. Love the defending of 1 and 4. Both titles have their flaws, sure, I think players are way too hard on those titles. Also agreed with what you said about the Switch titles (I haven’t played Jamboree yet). Superstars should’ve been the best title ever but the lack of content and the broken coin economy keeps it from the elite. Great list!
Worst to best ignoring; Top 100, Advance and 10 as never played. 15. Island Tour 14. 8 13. Super Mario Party 12. 9 11. 4 10. 5 9. 3 8. Mario Party Superstars 7. 1 6. 5 5. DS 4. 2 3. 7 2. 6 1. Here’s hoping for Jamboree !
Played Jamboree a bit today and feel the mini games are a bit half arsed compared to Super Party and Superstars. So many games are just press a button and guess. Also lot of the side mode stuff can’t be 2 players offline.
I wish I could rank all of the Mario Party series, but… I’ve never played as far back as all of them, unfortunately. 😅 And by that, I mean Mario Parties 1 through 10. I can, though, rank the ones I have played, though. 7. Mario Party: Island Tour Now don’t get me wrong… I did enjoy this game, and in some ways, I do feel like it’s underrated at times. I enjoyed all of its boards and minigames. But something that really brought it down for me was that… it really had no story mode, which stopped it from having much flow to playing the boards. While it did have the Bowser Tower mode, it felt a bit more like a minigame gauntlet than an actual story. And also speaking of minigames, it had done away with the traditional genres of minigames (4-Player, 1-vs-3, 2-vs-2, Battle, Duel), which really made the minigames somewhat lack variety. One high point of this game I did enjoy, though, was that it had boards where getting the most Stars was NOT the way to win (except for one board). It led to some pretty creative ways and gimmicks of playing on the boards, which I really enjoyed. But… just like many others… I do favour the traditional way of playing even more. 6. Mario Party: The Top 100 I was amazed when they decided to do this. The thought alone of having 100 minigames, let alone having 100 classic minigames really enticed me since I never actually played any of them before but watched and wanted to try. Personally, though, I would actually prefer this game’s lineup of 100 minigames compared to those in Superstars because there were quite a few in there that I enjoyed which did not return in Superstars (ex. Balloon Busters, Hide & Go BOOM! And before anyone asks, yes, I know the ones I listed here are luck-based ones, but I like their theming and intensity.) However, outside of the minigames themselves, what really brings it down is that, I felt there really wasn’t much else to the game, aside from Minigame Island (While I liked its board game mode though, Minigame Match, the gameplay just felt like it dragged on at times, something that I feel Superstars would rectify later on.) 5. Mario Party: Star Rush Star Rush really got inventive with its gameplay, where they found a way to make it so that it was always everyone’s turn on the boards. I’m also pretty sure that this is where the concept of an ally system was first introduced, too. I’ll admit, I wasn’t too fond of the main mode Toad Scramble at first, considering the fact you had to play as Toad, but the more I played it, the more it grew on me, and I think it ended up actually working really well. I like how you have to battle bosses for the Stars - it really gave a sense of adventure every time. Coinathlon was also another mode that I really enjoyed when I wasn’t playing on the boards, and other modes such as Balloon Bash and Challenge Tower also really helped to keep things exciting. One thing that could have been improved, though, is that it had too few minigames, in my opinion. 53 is just not enough. 4. Super Mario Party Super Mario Party really did its best to feel like a hopeful return to the traditional way of playing Mario Party after being absent for so long, and to me, I think it did. After all, you have to remember that this was the first Mario Party for the Nintendo Switch, so it was still experimenting with its capabilities, including the Joy-Cons - it was doing its best at the time before Superstars and Jamboree were even a thing. Now granted, it probably shouldn’t have been the only method of playing, but I don’t even have any other controllers besides Joy-Cons, so it never really bothered me. One thing I will say, though, that may be in contrast to what others think, is that… I actually really liked the ally system. It felt great to put together your own team of players all working together to help you win, and… dare I say it… it’s what I would do all the time. Maybe it was brought down by the fact that it only had 4 boards… but I’d rather not let it get the best of my opinion. Super Mario Party also introduced some really fun brand new modes such as Sound Stage and River Survival, which also led to new genres of minigames, namely, Rhythm, Co-op, and my favourite, Team Minigames. It’s not the best of what I played, but it’s certainly not the worst, either. So my placing for it is right here… in the middle. 3. Mario Party Superstars After Mario Party: The Top 100 brought back 100 classic minigames, I didn’t think we’d ever seen anything like it again (and I’m pretty sure many of us didn’t either). But how we were wrong! In fact, a part of me had wondered what it would’ve been like if The Top 100 did a take two on the Switch. And yet, here it was! But only did it once again bring back 100 classic minigames - it also brought back 5 classic boards, none of which I played before. Improving on The Top 100 in many ways, this really felt like a much more improved nostalgic trip, even going as so far to return to the original Mushroom Village where it all started. I also think that the spread of minigames was improved greatly (ex. having a few coin minigames thrown in, which The Top 100 did not have). Though once again, I will say that I do still somewhat prefer the list of minigames from The Top 100 over Superstars, but that’s just me. Overall, Superstars is clearly the Mario Party one could ever ask for if they wanted only the classic boards and minigames of the past combined in the perfect blend. 2. Mario Party DS This was my very first Mario Party ever and how I got my start into playing this series in the first place. I remember playing this one… A LOT. (Maybe even too much…) I’m pretty sure this was also the last game that used the traditional way of playing just before it was phased out for a while. So YES, to everyone who had any doubts, I did know enough about the traditional style of playing Mario Party back then. I especially loved how it also had a Story Mode, and I’m glad that most Mario Parties had a Story Mode in the past. Which is sort of why I was a bit upset when it got mostly phased out after 9. I am kind of glad that Super Mario Party and Super Mario Party Jamboree both brought back some sort of story, even if it’s not a full-blown story mode. But, this Mario Party will always have a special place in my heart. Always. 1. Super Mario Party Jamboree! (I hope!) As it is right now, I’ve barely begin to scratch the surface of playing the game, and yet, there is still so much more to discover and enjoy here. That feeling you get where think you’ve discovered everything, only to realize you did not, so you always keep coming back for more. I think that’s a really good feeling to have. It really does bring out the best of all Mario Parties of the past - I can see them all. And yet somehow, it still manages to introduce and work in its own newer ways of playing not seen in other Mario Parties. And even once you truly have discovered everything, with so many ways to play, it has potential for high replayability, which is something I seriously consider to be important. I also can’t help but like Impostor Bowser… it just goes to show how important Bowser . Bowser gets his dream of trying to become the Superstar once again since Super Mario Party… yet we still have the antagonistic Bowser of the past - the best of both worlds, if you ask me. Here’s to high hopes that this Mario Party will be the best one! This Jamboree really feels like it has it all!
Great ranking, not much to say as you said it all in the video - while some games might be slightly higher or lower for me I share most of your reasonings about them (speaking of, shoutout to Advance which might be even higher for me exactly considering what you mentioned and just like you I'm so happy to see a story mode similar to it in Jamboree)!
I do agree with the top 4. Mario party 6 is still the best and pretty much peak mario party followed by 2 and 3 which are still top 3 imo. And I think for most people mario party 2,3 and 6 are in the top 3. MP4 is lower on the list for me but overall a solid list. Im still happy with Jamboree even though it didnt surpass 2,3 and 6 and it has some flaws but its still pretty damm close and definitely in the top 5 at least.
1-6. Mario Party DS, 2, 3, 6, 8, Jamboree 7-11. Mario Party Superstars, 1, 2, 4, 5 12-18. Super Mario Party, Advance, The Top 100, Island Tour, 10, 9, Star Rush
Awesome video, and as others have said, I really enjoyed this video style! The Mario Party that holds a special place for me, is Mario Party 7, since it's the one I grew up with, and is 100% based off of nostalgia, but nice to see it make your top 10! Also, fair criticisms, too!
In my opinion mario party 4 is the greatest of all time. I have played that game since release and still have lots of fun with it. The reason why its better than the other mario partys because its the only one that I didnt get bored after completing the game. I really enjoy this new jamboree because It brings the best features from mario party games.
As much as I enjoy the added features and characters and great boards of subsequent games, the original Mario Party will always be the best imo. I liked the random dice blocks from the shop, the challenging nature of it like actually losing coins when you lose mini-games, etc. and also the sometimes hilarious expressions the characters had when they are forced to purchase some wonky gimmick from Bowser like in Luigi’s Engine Room. To me, the original is the gold standard.
If I had to rank the MP games #15 Mario Party Advance #14 Mario Party Island Tour #13 Mario Party Star Rush #12 Mario Party 10 #11 Mario Party 9 #10 Mario Party 1 #9 Mario Party 4 #8 Mario Party 8 #7 Mario Party 5 #6 Super Mario Party #5 Mario Party 2 #4 Mario Party 3 #3 Mario Party DS #2 Mario Party 7 #1 Mario Party 6 Never played Jamboree but really want to.
Hey just a lil tip! You should add a low-pass filter to ur voice to remove the deepest bass and ‘muddiness’ from the vocal tracks It will make your voice more clear and allow music and background sounds to fit better with the entire video / mix Cause watching on my tv with big speakers, and theres alot of bass in that voice ahah (You can do this with most EQualizers)
Yes! I know. When I was exporting it seems it added some extra bass to the audio file. It's inconsistent with my other content. I must have accidently hit apply.. Ah well! Rest of the videos will be back to normal!
Thx for ur review i think it’s pretty fair i woudl probably swap a few around. I will say i think jamboree is rated to high in alot of ways the other mario parties esp the gamecube ones have way more varied and fun minigames and are more wacky and willing to try things to innovate! Mario party jamboree feels way too safe. I would put it where u put super stars and put super stars 1 spot or 2 spots above it. Ithink superstars is still the best one on the switch yes it’s all old minigames but they are so much more varied and better to play. They should have just done superstars dlc and added the modes and bring some new and old boards over
I think Mario Party is my favourite series of all time, i've put hundreds of hours into each one and this list is perfection - although I tend to switch 6 and 3 around as the best all the time lol - nevermind, 4 being that high is war crimes, the mega and mini mushroom totally killed that game
7:42 I think MP 9 is OK, problem was most of the boards are bland, one is too short(only the last two boards are good, and even then, in the last one, the Midway boss and the final one are luck-based) EDIT: I forgot the weak punishments(even the "lose half of your mini-stars", cause you normally gonna have 60-70 of those)
Superstar is incredibly overrated. It features old boards and minigames, but with better graphics and much much worse presentation, balance, and design. Do you remember how much fun it was to enter Chance Time or a battle? The music and whistles added so much to the experience. Now, it’s just a dialogue between characters. Additionally, now you can earn like 9999 coins simply by landing on a treble space. The minigames don’t even matter anymore. Furthermore, 100% of the boards come from Mario Party 1-3, and 60% of the minigames do as well. But in a Switch you can access ALL the minigames and boards from Mario Party 1-3 with the Switch Online Service. I can’t believe you rated it higher than Mario Party 5. I’m sooOoo angry >:C P.S. at least you put the best mario party as number 1. :D
Think this list is too tainted by public perception. You'll say you really like 1 of the MPs on the end of the list, then you get to Super and speak mostly negatively about it, then MP Advance comes up and you really love it despite it being like 13th on the list, so on so forth. If you really love it, put it higher. Otherwise, you probably just like it.
Not at all. As mentioned at the start of the video, I truly enjoy every single entry. Despite my love for all the games there are still things I will nitpick about! Doesn’t matter if it’s first or last.😊
I haven't played 4 5 or 6 but I have the rest besides the first game you discussed in this video but I would say mp8 was the worst but mp3's duel maps are terrible as well. So far my favorite is superstars and mp9. Mp9s choice challenge and garden battle are a blast for me. I have not played jamboree yet but I will in 24hrs lol 😂
I'd have to go with mario party 3 as the best one. Even when I was a kid i hated that paper graphics though. Sadly, i missed 6 I hear that is the best. Super MP was terrible, superstars was good but lacked more boards, economy issues and few other minor things. Jamboree seems good so far it's just so SLOW. 1 1/2 hours for 15 turns?! Still uncertain about ally system and economy but looks up there with your list. Now how do we get in match with you and zak pak lol
An unpopular opinion, but I’d say my favourite is Super Mario Party. Granted it was my first so there’s a tiny bias, but it’s more enjoyable than people give it credit for. Mario Party 5, 8, and DS are also really good. Can’t wait to get Jamboree to see how it compares.
bias is tied to all of our favourites. BUT we all have that for certain entries!!! I still enjoyed my time with it. The allies sucked in that game though :( and economy
Crap small boards with very low stakes - Mario Party at its core should be massively luck based and SMP played and looked like it had its soul sucked out of a once great franchise - SMP should have been what Jamboree is
SMP has one of my favorite MP modes ever, Partner Party. However the economy is a disaster, the boards are too small and there's never been less boards in the series. The character dice are unbalanced too, but it gets points for debuting online play.
I enjoy your content, and I understand it's an opinion, and everyone is entitled to their opinions, but, dear god, mario party 4 is sooo sooooo bad, and almost every single board is god awful with either infinite loops or sections you just get trapped in. Then, they have the mini and mega mushrooms, which were as terribly designed as the boards and work horribly, as well. Mario party 4 was an overrated abomination simply because it has a few of the best minigames in the series. Those minigames are not enough to make me ever play that game again.
The section on Jamboree felt more like advertisement than an actual review like the rest of the games have. You even ranked it pretty high despite really saying anything about it. Is the amount of playable characters really a worthy talking point when you have 2 and 3 as the next games up? I think you should actually include details about the game itself like, how are the boards? How do the items impact gameplay? Is the economy good?
Valid point! Think I was concerned with how much to go over. I’ll have more videos detailing all of those points. So hopefully it makes more sense then! Only negative is the pace
I hate how much bloat there is in Mario Party board play… arent the mini-games the stars of the show? so why is there so much time spent on shops and random board play nonsense?? Give players the ability to eliminate/edit spaces, just a mode where we can tailor the experience to what we want.. i would just go back to only having a single shop and minimal gimmick spaces I hate the Mario Party isnt a “platform” like Mario Kart is on the Switch….. we should have gotten a Mario Party at launch and paid for a “party pack” that brought us new boards and minigames through the life of the console… At this point all Mario Party games should have different “modes” to play each board as well… Koopas Tycoon Town property purchasing design should be a mode applicable to all boards now. I agree Mario Party 4 had the best minigames.. but that “Big/Small” dynamic just did too much to lock you out of parts of the map.. sometimes the Star would be trapped behind a “small” gate..
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8 so low is criminal
Not really
@@sahaprocks7751 Literally anybody I meet irl that knows the series considers 8 top tier, Idk why the internet is so different.
That’s my childhood
agreed it’s my fav mario party
I grew up with them all as they were coming out! It just didn’t hit me as much as some others. Phenomenal game though!
Im glad you put some respect on mario party 3. The game is so slept on.
I love Mario Party 2!
My ranking of the Mario Party games
18: Top 100
17: Advance
16: Island Tour
15: 10
14: Star Rush
13: Super
12: 1
11: 4
10: 9
9: 5
8: DS
7: 2
6: Superstars
5: 7
4: 8
3: 3
2: 6
1: Jamboree
A 30 minute video from you.. wow! cant wait to watch this
I hope you enjoy it!!
In my opinion, I think star rush is criminally underrated - so much from it has inspired other mario party titles!
Super Mario Party had boards with freedom to move with partner party, allies and rhythm games
Mario Party Jamboree also has the Koopathlon, inspired by Star Rush’s coinathlon
They may have been a lack of mini games but there were game mods galore!
It’s still a great game as I mentioned! And yeah you’re right a lot has come across since then!
Star rush really began ND's cube obsession to use its ideas more and more
Star Rush is in my top 5 favorite
My Mario Party Tier List
S Tier: (fantastic)
* Jamboree
A+ Tier: (plain great)
* Superstars
* 3
* 6
* 2
* 7
A- Tier: (really good)
* Super
* 5
* 8
B+ Tier: (plain good)
* 4
* DS
B- Tier: (decent)
* 1
C+ Tier: (acceptable)
* 10
* 9
* Star Rush
C- Tier: (neutral)
* Island Tour
* Top 100
D Tier: (plain bad)
* Advance
F Tier: (horrible)
NONE
Phenomenal video swift. Glad to see someone else respects Mario party 4
Thanks so much legend. Mario Party 4!!!
You got it early from nintendo nice!
But it was released today?
Or he ordered it from Australia a day early
Mario party 6 is my favourite
A phenomenal game!
Personally I would put Mario Party 3 at #1 as I firmly believe it has the best gameplay mechanics in the series. Also, props for not putting Mario Party Advance in dead last and calling it a bad Mario Party game like everyone else, the game is really fun if you don't treat it as a mainline Mario Party game.
mario party 2 will ALWAYS be my fave for very sentimental reasons
It’s an AMAZING title, isn’t it? That’s me and Mario Party 4 TBH.
I loved Mario party ds grew up playing it and love the boss fights
Me to! Phenomenal game. I loved the boss fights!
MF MARIO PARTY 7 WAS PEAK GAMECUBE
Pagoda Peak was PEAK. But 6 clears it!
Yea but 4 or 6 are probably the best
Funny how switch can support 8 players and Nintendo had us both awkwardly holding those GameCube controllers with another person 😅
At least I remember trying to share... Maybe it was just a weird challenge me and my sister tried to do.
@@MimyRoo there’s no way the minigames made you do that probably just poor times and no extra controller lol I feel that. I do still think the gamecube was the best for Mario party though the minigames on 4 and 6 and the boards are good!
@@FoundOasis Actually yes, there was! They had 8-player minigames where two people would share one controller, taking one side each.
Mario Party Jamboree as the number-4 best Mario Party when going up against the likes of the classics (and 6) is impressive for the guys who made 9 and 10.
Jamboree absolutely blew me away. For me it’s number 1
Nice! Maybe in time for me it will be. It’s very very good!
I was like you, 4 was "my" first Mario party. I still love it's mini games, some of the best ever. The boards look great too however, I was forced to face that the infinites are deal breakers
Also, Swiftjar, I think it would be interesting to do a minigame ranking for Jamboree, too, especially the 10 Showdown minigames since they’re pretty unique and a bit longer. Now that I’m actually having a chance to play the minigames, I can confidently rank them now. It would be interesting to compare my ranking to others, even if just for the fun of it.
But otherwise, great video for ranking the Mario Party series!
some of the interesting facts about some of the Parties:
1. party 5 you can deff clearly see how its basically a beta for party 6 w/da capsule/orb system, refined up through 7's supah unique special char orbs
2. surprisingly parties 7 and 8 both reuse a board gimmick da previous had.
7 reuses 6's Chain Chomp Snowflake lake gimmick, 8 reuses 7's Koopa Hotel Gimmick, which kinda interesting despite how different da board layouts are.
3. for party 1, tug-o-war, which's probably the absolute worst minigame in the series, as its literally unwinnable w/o palm method(aka thumb method) even vs easy cpus,
next to da solo minigame pedal power, which's also unwinnable for da same reason.
them bringing tug-o-war back twice(top 100+Superstars) is pretty surprising but most are prob glad its gone in Jamboree.
legit the best way to play tug o war is just to not play it.
4. in addition, Party 1's other stick rotators, Cast-aways and Paddle battle are actually winnable if usin da thumb method,
its really easy to win those w/thumb method no problem, palm isn't needed at all for those two.
I dunno why Pedal Power+tug o war are impossible w/thumb, but Paddle Battle and Cast aways are.
may haveta do with how the stick specifically functions in each of those 🤔
1 thing I do know is its specifically cuz of Pedal Power+tug o war that da minigame island in party 1 is and can be literally impossible to win, which's kinda insane.
5. Jamboree's Mario Rainbow Castle's Item Shop at da beginning is, surprisingly, something that an amazing fan-game called "party project" did first, in a similar way in placement
my overall faves would deff have to be 1,2&3(3 has amazing board music just like 1-2. 2's got dem iconic costumes. party 1's brutalness is deff pretty famous), Superstars for da hd versions and fixed boards+amazing ost
4(cuz of toad's midway madness's beautiful music despite the reality of how bad da board is cuz teacups),
DS, 6/7 due to da orb mechanic dat were refined from 5, granted 5's boards are pretty nice w/their happening mechanics.
I think I just like alla da Mario parties from 1-8+DS+Superstars, they're all alotta fun and da unique mechanics of each are really neat to look at when going through them
I deff think Jamboree's lookin to be a new fave due to the unique boards like Rainbow Galleria+da Fixing of Mario's Rainbow Castle from 1
Great list! I completely agree with your Top 5 (might have put them in a different order though, not sure).
What's funny to me is that every Mario Party Game has at least one bigger flaw imo. But that just makes me play all of my favorite entries rotatory which is actually nice in a weird way lol
In My Opinion:
3rd Best: Super Mario Party
2nd Best: Mario Party SuperStars
1st Best: Super Mario Party Jamboree
Bruh
so you've only played the switch games lol
You're all probably going to hunt me down for this, but I've never even played it, and Mario Party 10 is one of my favourites
I don’t think I have ever agreed with a UA-cam list vid as much as I did here. Minus flipping 3 and 6 this is my exact list. Love the defending of 1 and 4. Both titles have their flaws, sure, I think players are way too hard on those titles. Also agreed with what you said about the Switch titles (I haven’t played Jamboree yet). Superstars should’ve been the best title ever but the lack of content and the broken coin economy keeps it from the elite. Great list!
Worst to best ignoring; Top 100, Advance and 10 as never played.
15. Island Tour
14. 8
13. Super Mario Party
12. 9
11. 4
10. 5
9. 3
8. Mario Party Superstars
7. 1
6. 5
5. DS
4. 2
3. 7
2. 6
1. Here’s hoping for Jamboree !
Played Jamboree a bit today and feel the mini games are a bit half arsed compared to Super Party and Superstars. So many games are just press a button and guess. Also lot of the side mode stuff can’t be 2 players offline.
I wish I could rank all of the Mario Party series, but… I’ve never played as far back as all of them, unfortunately. 😅 And by that, I mean Mario Parties 1 through 10. I can, though, rank the ones I have played, though.
7. Mario Party: Island Tour
Now don’t get me wrong… I did enjoy this game, and in some ways, I do feel like it’s underrated at times. I enjoyed all of its boards and minigames. But something that really brought it down for me was that… it really had no story mode, which stopped it from having much flow to playing the boards. While it did have the Bowser Tower mode, it felt a bit more like a minigame gauntlet than an actual story. And also speaking of minigames, it had done away with the traditional genres of minigames (4-Player, 1-vs-3, 2-vs-2, Battle, Duel), which really made the minigames somewhat lack variety. One high point of this game I did enjoy, though, was that it had boards where getting the most Stars was NOT the way to win (except for one board). It led to some pretty creative ways and gimmicks of playing on the boards, which I really enjoyed. But… just like many others… I do favour the traditional way of playing even more.
6. Mario Party: The Top 100
I was amazed when they decided to do this. The thought alone of having 100 minigames, let alone having 100 classic minigames really enticed me since I never actually played any of them before but watched and wanted to try. Personally, though, I would actually prefer this game’s lineup of 100 minigames compared to those in Superstars because there were quite a few in there that I enjoyed which did not return in Superstars (ex. Balloon Busters, Hide & Go BOOM! And before anyone asks, yes, I know the ones I listed here are luck-based ones, but I like their theming and intensity.) However, outside of the minigames themselves, what really brings it down is that, I felt there really wasn’t much else to the game, aside from Minigame Island (While I liked its board game mode though, Minigame Match, the gameplay just felt like it dragged on at times, something that I feel Superstars would rectify later on.)
5. Mario Party: Star Rush
Star Rush really got inventive with its gameplay, where they found a way to make it so that it was always everyone’s turn on the boards. I’m also pretty sure that this is where the concept of an ally system was first introduced, too. I’ll admit, I wasn’t too fond of the main mode Toad Scramble at first, considering the fact you had to play as Toad, but the more I played it, the more it grew on me, and I think it ended up actually working really well. I like how you have to battle bosses for the Stars - it really gave a sense of adventure every time. Coinathlon was also another mode that I really enjoyed when I wasn’t playing on the boards, and other modes such as Balloon Bash and Challenge Tower also really helped to keep things exciting. One thing that could have been improved, though, is that it had too few minigames, in my opinion. 53 is just not enough.
4. Super Mario Party
Super Mario Party really did its best to feel like a hopeful return to the traditional way of playing Mario Party after being absent for so long, and to me, I think it did. After all, you have to remember that this was the first Mario Party for the Nintendo Switch, so it was still experimenting with its capabilities, including the Joy-Cons - it was doing its best at the time before Superstars and Jamboree were even a thing. Now granted, it probably shouldn’t have been the only method of playing, but I don’t even have any other controllers besides Joy-Cons, so it never really bothered me. One thing I will say, though, that may be in contrast to what others think, is that… I actually really liked the ally system. It felt great to put together your own team of players all working together to help you win, and… dare I say it… it’s what I would do all the time. Maybe it was brought down by the fact that it only had 4 boards… but I’d rather not let it get the best of my opinion. Super Mario Party also introduced some really fun brand new modes such as Sound Stage and River Survival, which also led to new genres of minigames, namely, Rhythm, Co-op, and my favourite, Team Minigames. It’s not the best of what I played, but it’s certainly not the worst, either. So my placing for it is right here… in the middle.
3. Mario Party Superstars
After Mario Party: The Top 100 brought back 100 classic minigames, I didn’t think we’d ever seen anything like it again (and I’m pretty sure many of us didn’t either). But how we were wrong! In fact, a part of me had wondered what it would’ve been like if The Top 100 did a take two on the Switch. And yet, here it was! But only did it once again bring back 100 classic minigames - it also brought back 5 classic boards, none of which I played before. Improving on The Top 100 in many ways, this really felt like a much more improved nostalgic trip, even going as so far to return to the original Mushroom Village where it all started. I also think that the spread of minigames was improved greatly (ex. having a few coin minigames thrown in, which The Top 100 did not have). Though once again, I will say that I do still somewhat prefer the list of minigames from The Top 100 over Superstars, but that’s just me. Overall, Superstars is clearly the Mario Party one could ever ask for if they wanted only the classic boards and minigames of the past combined in the perfect blend.
2. Mario Party DS
This was my very first Mario Party ever and how I got my start into playing this series in the first place. I remember playing this one… A LOT. (Maybe even too much…) I’m pretty sure this was also the last game that used the traditional way of playing just before it was phased out for a while. So YES, to everyone who had any doubts, I did know enough about the traditional style of playing Mario Party back then. I especially loved how it also had a Story Mode, and I’m glad that most Mario Parties had a Story Mode in the past. Which is sort of why I was a bit upset when it got mostly phased out after 9. I am kind of glad that Super Mario Party and Super Mario Party Jamboree both brought back some sort of story, even if it’s not a full-blown story mode. But, this Mario Party will always have a special place in my heart. Always.
1. Super Mario Party Jamboree! (I hope!)
As it is right now, I’ve barely begin to scratch the surface of playing the game, and yet, there is still so much more to discover and enjoy here. That feeling you get where think you’ve discovered everything, only to realize you did not, so you always keep coming back for more. I think that’s a really good feeling to have. It really does bring out the best of all Mario Parties of the past - I can see them all. And yet somehow, it still manages to introduce and work in its own newer ways of playing not seen in other Mario Parties. And even once you truly have discovered everything, with so many ways to play, it has potential for high replayability, which is something I seriously consider to be important. I also can’t help but like Impostor Bowser… it just goes to show how important Bowser . Bowser gets his dream of trying to become the Superstar once again since Super Mario Party… yet we still have the antagonistic Bowser of the past - the best of both worlds, if you ask me. Here’s to high hopes that this Mario Party will be the best one! This Jamboree really feels like it has it all!
You put the n64 games up there just for nostalgia or approval, jamboree is clearly number 1 or 2 at least
Great ranking, not much to say as you said it all in the video - while some games might be slightly higher or lower for me I share most of your reasonings about them (speaking of, shoutout to Advance which might be even higher for me exactly considering what you mentioned and just like you I'm so happy to see a story mode similar to it in Jamboree)!
I do agree with the top 4. Mario party 6 is still the best and pretty much peak mario party followed by 2 and 3 which are still top 3 imo. And I think for most people mario party 2,3 and 6 are in the top 3. MP4 is lower on the list for me but overall a solid list. Im still happy with Jamboree even though it didnt surpass 2,3 and 6 and it has some flaws but its still pretty damm close and definitely in the top 5 at least.
1-6. Mario Party DS, 2, 3, 6, 8, Jamboree
7-11. Mario Party Superstars, 1, 2, 4, 5
12-18. Super Mario Party, Advance, The Top 100, Island Tour, 10, 9, Star Rush
Awesome video, and as others have said, I really enjoyed this video style! The Mario Party that holds a special place for me, is Mario Party 7, since it's the one I grew up with, and is 100% based off of nostalgia, but nice to see it make your top 10! Also, fair criticisms, too!
Love this format for you! :)
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoyed it?! I feel like it turned out pretty well.
@@Swiftjar I agree!
In my opinion mario party 4 is the greatest of all time. I have played that game since release and still have lots of fun with it. The reason why its better than the other mario partys because its the only one that I didnt get bored after completing the game. I really enjoy this new jamboree because It brings the best features from mario party games.
I might contest Superstars vs 7, but a damn fine ranking 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so much!! Getting some interesting feedback, that's for sure hahaha
As much as I enjoy the added features and characters and great boards of subsequent games, the original Mario Party will always be the best imo. I liked the random dice blocks from the shop, the challenging nature of it like actually losing coins when you lose mini-games, etc. and also the sometimes hilarious expressions the characters had when they are forced to purchase some wonky gimmick from Bowser like in Luigi’s Engine Room. To me, the original is the gold standard.
That’s fair! I completely get that reasoning. Mario Party 1 is awesome.
Both mario party 8 & ds are underrated
If I had to rank the MP games
#15 Mario Party Advance
#14 Mario Party Island Tour
#13 Mario Party Star Rush
#12 Mario Party 10
#11 Mario Party 9
#10 Mario Party 1
#9 Mario Party 4
#8 Mario Party 8
#7 Mario Party 5
#6 Super Mario Party
#5 Mario Party 2
#4 Mario Party 3
#3 Mario Party DS
#2 Mario Party 7
#1 Mario Party 6
Never played Jamboree but really want to.
Jamboree is really fun, I think it might be my favorite.
Definitely couldn't disagree harder on the high placement of 4 lol! Always disliked it for its luck elements.. 😭
Never!!! Hahaha
I loved the thumbnail
Thank you! Took me a little while haha
Mario Party 5 deserves to be higher! At least above Mario Party 4 for me. It’s my favourite multiplayer game of all time.
Hey just a lil tip! You should add a low-pass filter to ur voice to remove the deepest bass and ‘muddiness’ from the vocal tracks
It will make your voice more clear and allow music and background sounds to fit better with the entire video / mix
Cause watching on my tv with big speakers, and theres alot of bass in that voice ahah
(You can do this with most EQualizers)
Yes! I know. When I was exporting it seems it added some extra bass to the audio file. It's inconsistent with my other content. I must have accidently hit apply.. Ah well!
Rest of the videos will be back to normal!
My fav is Mario party 6,7,3,2❤❤❤
Thx for ur review i think it’s pretty fair i woudl probably swap a few around. I will say i think jamboree is rated to high in alot of ways the other mario parties esp the gamecube ones have way more varied and fun minigames and are more wacky and willing to try things to innovate! Mario party jamboree feels way too safe. I would put it where u put super stars and put super stars 1 spot or 2 spots above it. Ithink superstars is still the best one on the switch yes it’s all old minigames but they are so much more varied and better to play. They should have just done superstars dlc and added the modes and bring some new and old boards over
Super Mario Party / jamboree gang
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@@SwiftjarPlus “I’m in the thick of it, every body knows!”
@@megamarvelousmartyto the switch, to the screen, to the jamboree
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I really like Super Mario Party, and I’m not even going to try and hide it.
Top three is usually Mario Party 3 or 6, and then Mario Party 2
I think Mario Party is my favourite series of all time, i've put hundreds of hours into each one and this list is perfection - although I tend to switch 6 and 3 around as the best all the time lol - nevermind, 4 being that high is war crimes, the mega and mini mushroom totally killed that game
7:42 I think MP 9 is OK, problem was most of the boards are bland, one is too short(only the last two boards are good, and even then, in the last one, the Midway boss and the final one are luck-based)
EDIT: I forgot the weak punishments(even the "lose half of your mini-stars", cause you normally gonna have 60-70 of those)
Superstar is incredibly overrated.
It features old boards and minigames, but with better graphics and much much worse presentation, balance, and design.
Do you remember how much fun it was to enter Chance Time or a battle? The music and whistles added so much to the experience. Now, it’s just a dialogue between characters.
Additionally, now you can earn like 9999 coins simply by landing on a treble space. The minigames don’t even matter anymore.
Furthermore, 100% of the boards come from Mario Party 1-3, and 60% of the minigames do as well. But in a Switch you can access ALL the minigames and boards from Mario Party 1-3 with the Switch Online Service.
I can’t believe you rated it higher than Mario Party 5. I’m sooOoo angry >:C
P.S. at least you put the best mario party as number 1. :D
Yeah Mario Party 5 deserves to be way higher
BEEN A MINUTE FOR ME BUT… ALWAYS GONNA BE A GREAT DAY WHEN SWIFTJAR UPLOADS!!!!!!
Legend! Hope you enjoyed. Almost lost my voice recording it hahaha
Mario Party 9 might be not the best Mario Party game, but It'll be the special one for me since ts my favorite Mario Party chilhood game :]
It is still a decent game!
So, do you think you and Albert Boris will try to do something involving Jamboree together at some point swiftjar?
Hopefully!!!
You are not an idiot, I thought your ranking was very reasonable.
You are to kind! Thanks so much for watching
Great but I think Mp Advance was WAY to high.
I thought people may think that! But I really enjoyed it!!!
Mario party 1, 2 and 4 are the best and most fun in the series.
Think this list is too tainted by public perception. You'll say you really like 1 of the MPs on the end of the list, then you get to Super and speak mostly negatively about it, then MP Advance comes up and you really love it despite it being like 13th on the list, so on so forth.
If you really love it, put it higher. Otherwise, you probably just like it.
Not at all. As mentioned at the start of the video, I truly enjoy every single entry.
Despite my love for all the games there are still things I will nitpick about! Doesn’t matter if it’s first or last.😊
Bro had to strike when the iron was hot
Always strike, helped having the game early thanks to PR.
Mario Party 6 #1? Based!
I haven't played 4 5 or 6 but I have the rest besides the first game you discussed in this video but I would say mp8 was the worst but mp3's duel maps are terrible as well. So far my favorite is superstars and mp9. Mp9s choice challenge and garden battle are a blast for me. I have not played jamboree yet but I will in 24hrs lol 😂
I'd have to go with mario party 3 as the best one. Even when I was a kid i hated that paper graphics though. Sadly, i missed 6 I hear that is the best. Super MP was terrible, superstars was good but lacked more boards, economy issues and few other minor things. Jamboree seems good so far it's just so SLOW. 1 1/2 hours for 15 turns?! Still uncertain about ally system and economy but looks up there with your list. Now how do we get in match with you and zak pak lol
Coinathlon = Koopathlon
An unpopular opinion, but I’d say my favourite is Super Mario Party. Granted it was my first so there’s a tiny bias, but it’s more enjoyable than people give it credit for. Mario Party 5, 8, and DS are also really good. Can’t wait to get Jamboree to see how it compares.
bias is tied to all of our favourites. BUT we all have that for certain entries!!! I still enjoyed my time with it. The allies sucked in that game though :( and economy
Crap small boards with very low stakes - Mario Party at its core should be massively luck based and SMP played and looked like it had its soul sucked out of a once great franchise - SMP should have been what Jamboree is
SMP has one of my favorite MP modes ever, Partner Party. However the economy is a disaster, the boards are too small and there's never been less boards in the series. The character dice are unbalanced too, but it gets points for debuting online play.
I would rank super mario party better than mario party 1 but it still cant compare the other mario partys like 4 or 6.
Super mario is wayyyy too low. It's my second fave, after Jamboree!
Oh no! I thought I was being generous to!
I enjoy your content, and I understand it's an opinion, and everyone is entitled to their opinions, but, dear god, mario party 4 is sooo sooooo bad, and almost every single board is god awful with either infinite loops or sections you just get trapped in. Then, they have the mini and mega mushrooms, which were as terribly designed as the boards and work horribly, as well. Mario party 4 was an overrated abomination simply because it has a few of the best minigames in the series. Those minigames are not enough to make me ever play that game again.
letsss go!!!!
!! It’s finally here!
@@Swiftjar yay!!!
Mario Party 7 is way too low, since it is the best, overall.
The section on Jamboree felt more like advertisement than an actual review like the rest of the games have. You even ranked it pretty high despite really saying anything about it. Is the amount of playable characters really a worthy talking point when you have 2 and 3 as the next games up? I think you should actually include details about the game itself like, how are the boards? How do the items impact gameplay? Is the economy good?
Valid point! Think I was concerned with how much to go over. I’ll have more videos detailing all of those points. So hopefully it makes more sense then!
Only negative is the pace
I want to watch this but the muffled voice-over has forced me to give up.
He mentioned in his discord his audio got corrupted in transition and noticed it when watching on his tv with a sub
I hate how much bloat there is in Mario Party board play… arent the mini-games the stars of the show? so why is there so much time spent on shops and random board play nonsense?? Give players the ability to eliminate/edit spaces, just a mode where we can tailor the experience to what we want.. i would just go back to only having a single shop and minimal gimmick spaces
I hate the Mario Party isnt a “platform” like Mario Kart is on the Switch….. we should have gotten a Mario Party at launch and paid for a “party pack” that brought us new boards and minigames through the life of the console…
At this point all Mario Party games should have different “modes” to play each board as well… Koopas Tycoon Town property purchasing design should be a mode applicable to all boards now.
I agree Mario Party 4 had the best minigames.. but that “Big/Small” dynamic just did too much to lock you out of parts of the map.. sometimes the Star would be trapped behind a “small” gate..
Is e on the list
yes
Yep!
Fun fact mp 4 had a flash version during the early days when it was out