Introduction
They say that Mario Party is where friendships go to die. Let's test that, shall we?
The Games
Mario Party is a highly ornate random number generator disguised as a video game. The joystick motions and button presses of up to 4 players are recorded by something that looks like a virtual board game for over an hour. At the end of each turn, the players are presented with distractions in the form of several luck and skill based mini-games in order to conceal the calculations of the generator. Once all the turns have elapsed, someone has more stars than everyone else, and they win. Or do they?
The Players
played by pokecapn: "Wario plays to win and so do I."Strength: Has played every Mario Party game multiple times.
Weakness: Hubris.
played by Kung-Fu Jesus: "I've played a Mario Party game before. I think."Weakness: Doesn't know what the hell he's doing. This is also his Strength.
played by medibot: "I'll do my best!"Strength: The People's Hero.
Weakness: Is actually the best, and therefore the Enemy.
played by MyNameIsKaz: "..."Strengths: Has obtained the God Thumb via contract with Satan.
Weakness: Didn't read the part of the contract that granted him anti-luck.
The Chase
We take a cue from Wario Ware and skip all mini-game explanations. It's called Wario Party. I made it. medibot named it. And now, we play it.
The Catch
Starting with Mario Party 3, there's a handicap feature that allows players to start the game with up to 9 stars already in their possession. This gave us an idea: One game of Mario Party spread across 8 physical titles to determine the Ultimate Party Star. The results of each game go into a single total for each player. These totals determine the handicaps we start with in the next game.
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The Results
Mario Party 1: DK's Jungle Adventure
1st medibot 3s 21c
2nd pokecapn 2s 52c
3rd Kung-Fu Jesus 1s 89c
4th MyNameIsKaz 1s 75c
Mario Party 2: Western Land
1st pokecapn 4s 85c
2st Kung-Fu Jesus 1s 50c
3rd MyNameIsKaz 1s 49c
4th medibot 1s 36c
Mario Party 3: Deep Bloober Sea
1st pokecapn 10s 53c
2nd medibot 7s 100c
3rd Kung-Fu Jesus 6s 39c
4th MyNameIsKaz 5s 34c
Mario Party 4: Goomba's Greedy Gala
1st pokecapn 13s 57c
2nd MyNameIsKaz 9s 33c
3rd Kung-Fu Jesus 7s 72c
4th medibot 6s 86c
Mario Party 5: Pirate Dream
1st medibot 18s 32c
2nd pokecapn 17s 71c
3rd MyNameIsKaz 15s 16c
4th Kung-Fu Jesus 11s 35c
Mario Party 6: Faire Square
1st medibot 22s 24c
2nd Kung-Fu Jesus 18s 26c
3rd pokecapn 13s 23c
4th MyNameIsKaz 12s 20c
Mario Party 7: Bowser's Enchanted Inferno
1st MyNameIsKaz 11s 80c
2nd medibot 10s 23c
3rd Kung-Fu Jesus 10s 04c
4th pokecapn 8s 38c
Mario Party 8: King Boo's Haunted Hideaway
1st MyNameIsKaz 7s 22c
2nd Kung-Fu Jesus 3s 07c
3rd medibot 2s 39c
4th pokecapn 1s 52c
Grand Totals after a 40 coin/star exchange
1st pokecapn 78s 31c
2nd medibot 78s 01c
3rd MyNameIsKaz 69s 09c
4th Kung-Fu Jesus 65s 02c
The Stinger
Sonic Shuffle Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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