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15 Jan, 2009
Great Party Game - Not so Hot for 1-player unlockables
2 of 2 found this helpful Mario Party is great for a group! The "party tent" board games for 3-4 players are excellent, with different types to choose from to make the game experience fun. With multiple players, and no computer players, you can truly have a good time and maybe even the winner of the game won't be the one you thought! The minigames are for the most part excellent and not too repetitive, & its a fun break to stand up and have some activity. However, "to unlock" the 2 final characters you must run thru the 1-player "Star Battle" mode twice. My first run through was easy enough, but on the 2nd run through things really got out of hand. There is no reliance on the players skill. The game computer viciously skews the dice rolls, position of stars, computer's skill at the minigames, etc to make the game 'harder' and more based on luck. Well, what it accomplishes is extreme frustration on the player's part. I could not even get through the 1st battle (of 6) the second time, and I turned it off in the middle of my third try after getting too angry to continue playing. A 10-minute battle was taking 3 hours because every time I would get close to winning, the computer would tweak things to make the computer player win. Suggest you stick to the Party Mode and have at least 2 friends with you. Don't bother trying to get the unlockable characters - save yourself the frustration.