Mario Party 9
Ok, so I don't know if there are plans to make a Mario Party 9. I honestly don't care, because 8 of these things already exist not including one on the DS AND GBA, plus an E-reader one.What I'm saying, however, is IF Mario Party 9 is created, I don't see why it can't be the best one in the series.
Mario Party was a part of my childhood. I remember being a tot of mere 9 years when me and Sydney would play Mario Party, her always picking Peach, me always picking Yoshi, and duking it out to wonderful stages, beautiful music, and super fun mini-games. It was a grand old time. Mario Party 2 and 3 only heightened the experience.
However, once it moved to the GCN, it started to go downhill. There were still moments of glory, but 4 on was riddled with boring, unimaginative mini-games, dull stages, and an all around not fun to play environment.
So, here are some ideas for you, Nintendo. Instead of making a Mario Party 9, make a Mario Party Gold, or something like that, rehashing and updating all of the things that made the series great in the first place. And if you MUST make a Mario Party 9, here are some ideas for you:
BRING BACK:
- CLASSIC MINI GAMES
Ok, so what was one of the main reasons that Mario Party was fun? Umm...because the mini-games were fun. This is a NO brainer. I can't recall a single memorable mini game from the fourth installment on, yet the first three were riddled with MASTERPIECES, such as Mario Bandstand, Move to the Music, Bumper Balls, Bombs Away, Shy Guy Says, and SO. MANY. OTHERS. It would not be a crime to recreate some of them. Which brings me to...
- 4 PLAYER CO-OP MINI GAMES
I don't understand what happened to these. Key-Pa-Way and Running of the Bulb were two of the BEST mini games in the series to date. And they were from the FIRST GAME! Why on earth, Nintendo, would you just abandon this concept? I honestly don't get it. Please, someone explain it to me?
- DONKEY KONG AS A PLAYABLE CHARACTER
This one is just stupid. Making DK an NPC was one of the most idiotic things I saw throughout this series. His NPC status literally added nothing to the game, the DK games were boring, unimaginative, and just corny. It's almost mean. You give us a character from RARE for a couple of games and then just take him away. I liked playing as DK every once in a while, you jerks.
- COSTUMES
Ok, this is just something that I personally liked, but it was neat! It was innovative. It added charm to the second Mario Party, and I was disappointed that they've never made a reappearance. Please, Nintendo? Humor me and all the other fans that like small little things like this.
- MINI GAMES WHERE MORE THAN ONE PERSON/NO ONE MIGHT WIN
These games were so much fun! Games like Face Lift, Crazy Cutter, Bombs Away, they were GREAT. They really added that sense of competition, and more often than not they were just the most fun out of the bunch. Also, on a related note, the entire concept of being able to lose coins after mini games was a good idea too.
- SOLO MINI GAMES
This is pretty self explanatory. They were fun. They allowed people to get ahead or fall behind. Bring them back.
- STAGES WITH GIMMICKS
I still hold up Witch Land (or w/e its called) from Mario Party 2 as one of the best boards in the entire franchise, because of the nifty night/day mechanic that it utilized. I realize that this entire concept was later used for Mario Party 6 (I think, might've been 7), but when one concept applies to the ENTIRE game, it's not as imaginative. Create a plethora of boards with unique gimmicks.
- ITEMS
Orbs? Candy? No. Nononononono. Stop it. The WORST. Bring back the classic items please. Magic Lamp, Golden Mushroom, the whole shebang.
EDIT:
- PLAYABLE CHARACTERS
You had this right for a while. Mario Party 3 was almost perfect. SO CLOSE. But then you just got stupid. I mean, look at the last couple of games. BIRDO?! HAMMER BRO?! REALLY? You took away DK and gave us a generic Mario baddie and...a creepy transvestite thing? The list of playable characters should be Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, DK, Wario, Waluigi, Daisy, Toad, and Bowser (explained in a minute). This would be the perfect assortment. No more, no less.
- THE VILLAIN
Bowser is old. Bowser is lame. No one likes Bowser as the villain anymore. It's expected. It's not innovative. He (and you) are running out of ideas. So here's an idea. Mario and Bowser have teamed up before. So...make a new villain, and have Bowser be a playable character. It's alright, Nintendo, not having Bowser be the baddie in one game isn't going to make anything explode.
- STORY MODE
Once again, you used to have this right. The Mario Party 3 story mode was so much fun, and then it morphed into this...thing where one player just goes up against rainbow mini bowsers. What?
CREATE:
- 6 PLAYER+ BATTLE ROYALE
Just as the name implies. Even if you have 4 people playing head to head, everyone likes beating the crap out of the computer players. So let 4 friends compete with extra computer players. It could create the potential for some great mini-games too. Turns would take forever...but that leads me to...
- SOMETHING TO DO WHILE WAITING FOR TURNS
Waiting for your turn is boring. This has been a proven fact throughout 8 of these games. You're Nintendo. You're creative. Make up something that will entertain us while we wait.
- CO-OP STORY MODE
The name says it all. I can't believe this hasn't been created yet.
This is all I can think of for now, but there are so much more possibilities for this series to be great again. All it takes is some brainpower and some common sense, Nintendo. Chop chop.
posted by Andyroo @ 12:59 AM
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