And now it’s time for more Solo adventures. This time its in SPAAAAAAAAACE. Mario Party has had a bit of a history of space levels. I think Mario Party 2 nailed it, and this one has as well. Maybe this time we’ll even get the super special awesome rare mini-game. Also, it’s another bonus this week so vote for Michael, Calli, or Computer.
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Just a reminder to get votes in.
Whoops, almost forgot. Gonna go with Michael this time.
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Gonna go with Calli.
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AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME-O
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A bit late in the day but it’s time for more multiplayer! I don’t see the faire, or the square, but that’s what it says it is so I will trust it. Honestly the gimmick of the center is really neat, but the rest of the board leaves much to be desired. But I will get into that more next time! For now, make sure to get those votes in everyone.
I think that Michael’s gonna score a come from behind victory this time.
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Oh right, I should actually vote this time.
I’m guessing Calli’s gonna maintain the lead.
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And now we conclude the Faire. And I would really like to get people’s opinions on this map. I really don’t understand why you would ever stray from the middle circle and wrap around the top. Money becomes so big in this game, and the night stars can become so cheap, I see no literal point to ever stray from this path. Even if you go left, you can then easily get a happening space to bring you back to the middle. I’m just not sure if this board is just a lull in design we’ve seen thus far or what. It’s just kind of bland, and you never see the whole board at any point.
Man, the AI is relentless in this game.
Faire Square’s a neat idea, but the distribution of places that earn you coins is a bit lackluster. There’s a board in DS that I think uses the central gimmick of “you can buy as many stars as you want at a time” far better. The DK board doesn’t have a central area, but instead the Star spot is located at the top of the area so it’s about finding a good pace to travel the map.
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I never played Mario Party 6 myself, and my only exposure to it was when pokecapn et al played a board from each game. This was the board they played, so this whole time, I thought being able to buy more than one star at a time was a game-wide feature, not a board gimmick.
That’s almost too bad, because I really like it. It seems like there are so many ways to get coins, it just makes sense (to me) to let you use as many as you can on stars in one go. It would certainly make things more volatile, at the very least.
But, having said that, the board itself does seem pretty boring, yeah. Being able to stay in the tiny loop in the middle where the star always is seems like poor planning. I guess the trade-off is that you don’t get any orbs or access to the slot machine, but if you keep winning minigames, you’ll probably be fine without them.
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I’m still curious as to what’s on the right side of the board.
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Arent we all…
Sadly no one will ever know. Because anyone who goes in to play the game will have no reason to ever go over there.
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So we’re back in the solo boat. This time we’re climbing a tower, a Bowser tower. The aesthetic for Solo mode is really good. Each map has done a good job of making each map feel completely different from the others. And we find a neat way to do an infinite loop in this one. But this is the end to Solo mode. Short wasn’t it? Next time is more mini-games for a bonus. So that means its a vote for everyone. Who will win it? Calli, Michael, or a Computer?
Calli’s been doing really well on the bonus stuff so far.
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Minigames can be a tossup in this game, but I think I’ll vote for Calli.
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We cruise along and finish off all the Mini-game game modes. Some really neat ones this time, it’s clear that they put quite a bit of thought into these side things.
It’s time to go to Snowflake Lake, a board that quickly over stays it’s welcome. While the board itself looks incredible this time, the gimmick quickly loses it’s appeal as the strategy breaks apart into a very simple game of numbers. And as always, it is time to vote!
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Calli looks like she’s got the momentum for right now, although we all know Mario Party could still happen.
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