Mario Party 4

Mario takes a vacation from his vacation and spends some quality time with his friends playing mini-games and being generally absurd.

Super Smash Bros. Melee. Super Monkey Ball 2. And now, this thing called Mario Party 4. Yes indeedy, the ?Cube is lookin? like where it?s at for gamers who aren?t antisocial hermit freakballs.

The hands-on demo of Mario?s latest four-player festival of absurdity retained the same board-game/mini-game rules of the three original N64 titles: roll the dice, move your piece, play a mini-game, find as many stars as possible before the turn limit is up, screw your fellow players as often as possible. Little has changed aside from the graphics (completely redone for the GameCube) and 50 brand-new mini-games (no repeats from previous games) that ranged from bouts of basketball-hurling to tracing lines with crayons. Five boards and eight characters (including underground favorite Waluigi, Wario?s lanky purple compatriot) will be available right from the outset.

While it?s pretty much guaranteed that anyone with three friends nearby will enjoy the hell out of Mario Party 4, flying solo will still be a sad little journey?the game?s new Story mode hardly seemed the harbinger single-player merriment that was Super Smash Bros. Melee?s Adventure mode. Now all the world needs is a little Mario Kart love.

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