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This game is packed fit to brust with minigames and I even brought it four days ago and I still find new minigames to play, and I play about one hour a day! It gets a bit annoying when you have to play story-mode or party-mode and unlock the minigames for minigame mode. But it takes little time for people to take their turn so every three and a half minutes you are back into a mini game. Minigames can be dull such as three throw when plays just have to throw basketballs in moving nets. While others are a great yell with your mates such as booksquirm when players have to try not to be squashed by turning pages and have to look for holes in them, you will want to kill the computer when it yet again pushs you and you get squished by a page. The items are cool apart from a magic lamp that takes players straight to a star it's way too easy to win with this item.
DON'T BUY THIS GAME IF: You hate waiting your turn and dislike short and sharp fun and just want it all the time. Minigame mode offers this but as I said you will have to unlock the games one by one in story or party-mode first. Better let your eager friend do this for you.
BUY THIS GAME IF: You love a variety of fun and games and like a laugh with your friends in front if the televison.

If you are a fan of the Mario Party series, you will love the newest installment, Mario Party 4. It is the same premise as past Mario Party games: You can compete against up to 3 different players (which is highly recommended) in trying to collect stars and coins. You begin in a board game setting, but the real fun begins with the mini games. There are over 50 here, and some of the highlights include a basketball throw game, a skiing game, a speedboat/parasailing game, and a co-op dungeon escape game. These pit player against player or have you team up with your opponents. These are highly addictive and you will find yourself playing for hours to try and uncover new ones.

You also have a 1 player option in which you face off against 3 computer opponents, so if you're not hanging out w 1, 2 or 3 of your friends, you can still play. There is even a new option, offering more mini games if you have exhausted the regular ones.

For those of you who have not played the previous Mario Party titles, this is a very fun and addictive game that is optimally enjoyed if played with friends. For those of you who have played past Mario Party games, it has more mini-games, more options, and improved graphics. If you enjoyed previous versions, you will really like this one. If you haven't liked past Mario Party's, give this one a shot. You will not regret it.

this game was horrid compaired to the first. when i upgraded from a n64 to a gamecube, i got this game. the only thing different was that they copyed every game except they made it worse and added some of the worst games ever. the graphics are an upgrade and they made items that help you around the board, but it goes to waste on really bad levels. they added 2 odd characters daisey and waligi, a copy off of peach and a cross between wario and luigi with conan o'brians legs and a purple suit. ehg