Party With Mario & Gang (Mario Party (DS))

Member Name: TravellerJen

Product:	Mario Party (DS)
Date:	19/10/09 (39 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A good variety of different game modes

Disadvantages: Best played as a multiplayer

I have always been a fan of most Mario games, so when I seen this I had to buy it. Mario Party DS was released in 2007 and made by Nintendo. You can play a number of mini game modes and this game is for up to 4 players.


In this Mario game you play a series of game modes;

Story Mode
In story mode you play on a board, which you go round and go and try and get the most stars. Throughout this game mode, you get to play the variety of mini games that this game has.

Party Mode
In party mode, you also play on the boards, you can either play on your own, in two player, tag team or even 4 individuals.

Mini Game Mode
This game mode is simply for you to just play the mini games. You can again play up to 4 player in this mode.

Puzzle Mode
In this mode, you get to play some puzzle games which is not really in theme with the game as such, but this means more games so Im happy with that.


In this game you can be a number of characters including: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess Peach, Daisy, Wario, Waluigi and Toad. My favourite character when playing Mario games when applicable has always been Yoshi. My lame excuse for choosing Yoshi is simply because he is cute and green!


The different game boards you can play on include: Wigglers Garden, Toadette's Music Room and Kamek's Library. Each board has its advantages and disadvantages. My favourite has got to be Wigglers Garden, I think this is because it is quite simple to understand the board, whereas in the board of Kamek's Library, you get teleported from one spot to another and can be quite frustrating and confusing.


There are up to 70 different mini games you can play in this game, which can make the game play longetivity pretty good, as there is a wide variety. Some of the mini games you can play on the DS version of Mario Party are: Fast Food Frenzy, Blowdown, Rotisserie Rampage, Hexoskeleton, Shuffleboard Showdown and Soccer Survival. The mini games all have different controls and this game certainly does use all the buttons in this game. For example you use the touch screen, L and R buttons, the cross pad, the a & b and even the microphone.


Overall this is a well designed game, and can completely is something you would expect from the creators of such Mario games. Good use of characters and also a hugh variety in what you can actually play in this game.

Summary: Another classic Mario game