Favourite Mario Party era?

[Brookelas]

What is your favourite era? Personally, I liked the Gamecube era the most. Especially Mario Party 6.

 

[deadlyximpulse]

I'm going with the N64 Era because it has a good character roster, memorable mini-games, a dense storyline, better items, and most importantly of them all, it has DK. 8)

 

[gameguy1996]

I am going with the Gamecube Era because it had more charcters and new elements.

 

[Yoshiman222]

N64/GBA era...

Yeah... N64 was awesome, but the GBA was... not so good...
...chose that anyways.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

I think GBA era would have been better off with the GCN era, too, not with Nintendo 64.

Nintendo 64 era. It had the best Mario Party games ever. Despite the old games, it did things right. Mini-games were all great, except for a very few of them, which were challenging.

 

[Chubbo1793]

I'm gonna say the Gamecube MP's were the best. I like the Gamecube's controller, which was comfortable and perfect for MP imo, they had the best characters, and the boards and minigames were great.

 

[IggyKoopaStar]

Personally, I would say Gamecube era here... it's because the games here are so far my favorites and it's here that the boards, minigames and characters are appealing me the most (except the 4 which is too restricted...) By characters, I mean characters like Koopa Kid and Boo... which are my two favorite Mario Party characters... for the boards, probably the boards from Mario Party 6 where I like nearly all the boards, and I will not forget to include that 8-player mode in Mario Party 7 which is awesome.

(And about Mario Party Advance, the game is with the Gamecube era because this game was out in 2005, the year Mario Party 7 was out...)

 

[ChickenLegs]

What is your favourite era? Personally, I liked the Gamecube era the most. Especially Mario Party 6.

This is exactly what I think.  The Gamecube Era did not have gimmicks until MP7 and they had more minigames.  Gamecube ones are the ones I have the most fun over.

 

[HerbertMcHoover]

GCN

 

[Luma Party]

GCN/GBA definitely.
The Wii/DS era was nothing like original Mario Party games.
The N64 era was a bit more sophisticated than other Mario Party games.
The GCN games fit right in. (I don't really count Mario Party Advance).

 

[Yosher]

I have to go with the N64 era. I didn't really like all the different conditions to obtain a star on some boards on the GCN installments, and Mario Party 4 was awfully slow. The N64 installments are the most memorable for me, both board and mini-game wise, even Mario Party 3 which I didn't even get to play until last year.

 

[mostachedpolar]

I prefer the N64 era, each Mario Party offered something different to the series, Mario Party 64 was obviously the one that started the series, Mario Party 2 offered better boards, items and the minigame coaster while Mario Party 3 added a Story Mode and Duel Mode.

 

[manasword]

I think GameCube MP would be better. (I never been played them yet.)
Advance is worst, Wii were bad compared previous one. (8 was bad minigames, 9 was toss out of Toadette)
DS is not compared N64 and NGC one. (Idiot AI, few boards)

 

[Baconfat23]

Well I still haven't played Mario Party 4/5. It's a toss up between N64 and GCN but I think GCN had a slight edge. Mario Party 3 is my favourite but Mario Party 1/2 I didn't like as much. Mario Party 4/5 look like fun and 6/7 were fun so I picked GCN

 

[Wafflenator]

I'm going with the GameCube era. They added new elements and mixed them with old ones.

Bonus points for nostalgia.

 

[SirYoshi211]

The Nintendo 64/GBA era for me, no doubt about it. I think they had the best mini-games and plot out of the others. My favorite Mario Party and video game is from the Nintendo 64 era. Princess Daisy had her original design which was pretty cool such as the crown designs on her dress. Loved the sound effects and font of these games as well. Mario Party Advance was okay, but not better than the Nintendo 64 ones. The Game Cube ones come very close with it's Mario Party 6.

 

[Jimmy T.]

I would say the N64 era, I loved the complete main gameplay in Mario Party 2, especially on my Wii's VC. The Wii/DS and GCN/GBA would be runner-ups in my religion, but I prefer the Wii's (Mario Parties 8 and 9) better. The GCN's take a long time to complete in multiplayer, the DS version is too short, and I never tried out the GBA version.