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Fun, fun, FUN!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I recently got this toy as a birthday gift. The microphone that comes with it gets annoying. Like, when you say, "up" sometimes Mario will freeze instead of moving up. The party mode is awesome! They didn't completely redo this game. For all of you who like Mario Party 5, Mario Party 6 is for you! I have one last thing to say, it's a Mario game! Why wouldn't it be FUN!?

Man... Mario Sure Does Throw a Lot of Parties!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 17
Date: August 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you're a newcomer to the series, maybe... just maybe... you should get it. But, if you've played it before, it's the same ****ing rules.

Same, yet different

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 20 / 22
Date: January 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After the dismal Mario Party 5, I wasn't expecting MP6 to be any better, but somehow it is.

For one, the number of boring and time-consuming animations has been cut down, thus speeding up the games. However, they're still too long. Do we really need to see the "Shuffle-tron" mix up the orbs for 10 seconds every time someone lands on that space? It still takes an hour to play a 10-turn game; you could play a 20-turn game in the same amount of time on the Nintendo 64 Mario Party games.

I still don't like the idea of "orbs," as opposed to buying items directly from shops in the older games. Everyone is constantly getting free random orbs, and most of them affect a certain space on the board, rather than doing something good to the player or bad to another player. So you have a lot less control of what your items do, and a lot less control over what items you have in your stash.

The mini-games, the heart and soul of Mario Party, are more fun this time around than in MP5; it seems they attemped to be a little less derivative and a little more creative. I especially liked the snowboarding game. And the graphics look fantastic during the games. There is one game where you must smash rocks that are blocking a road, and you are driven in a car by a Shyguy. The graphics looked so cool that I wanted to drive the car myself! Why not let us drive the car, Nintendo??

The boards are a bit more creative, too. It's about time we get away from the standard "ice, water, jungle" stages, and the garage stage is a welcome departure. The "nighttime, daytime" gimmick is just that, and doesn't really affect the game in a meaningful way.

The mini-game competitions (that you can play outside the board game) are cool, especially the bingo game. But nothing will top the Duel Mode that was included with Mario Party 3, still the best game in the series. Duel Mode, a completely different board game for two players that reminded me of turn-based RPG battles, could have stood on its own as a separately sold game.

Not having a microphone, I can't comment on the voice-activated portion of the game. But I'm glad that Nintendo is still introducing new innovations, even six games into the series.

Up's and downs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for Christmas and well let's just say it's not a must have. If you have brothers and or sisters or people that you have to play it with you. Other than that I can tell you that it's not worth the money maybe half the price or about $35.00. But if you want to spend your money on it go ahead!

Mario Party...=/

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: December 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just go this game yesterday and it wasn't as fun as expected it to be. Mario Party 2 and 3 were way better. Mario Party 5 a bit boring. The new mini games aren't that great, and the microphone is not really necessary. Maybe playing with families or friends may be a bit more fun. Buy this game if you have siblings to play with...

Fast & MUCH BETTER than Party 5, But....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: December 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

the mic doesn't work well at all!~~ You can yell commands, and the character does the OPPOSITE! ~~ I'm glad Nintendo didn't charge EXTRA for the mic to be included. Anyway, the mini games are Better, the game itself is Faster! Each game round goes soooooo FAST, that your mind SPINS!. You don't have to pay to use your "Orbs", and you can BUY as MANY Stars as you want with your coins, to advance youself in the game! But, Yoshi's cute voice is Gone. :0(

Same game.. different look.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What started as a quirky, interesting use of Mario and all his iconic friends on the N64 has turned into an annual bash, which is now in its sixth year. On the surface, Mario Party 6 seems to offer some of the biggest fundamental changes the series has ever seen. But this is really just a fresh coat of paint on an old building. As always, Mario Party 6 is modeled after a board game, of sorts. Much of the other changes that Mario Party 6 makes to the Mario Party formula are largely superficial.
Whether you've worn out your last copy of Mario Party or are just looking for a light, accessible multiplayer experience, number six is a fine pick. Alternately, if you have yet to be charmed by previous Mario Party games, this one isn't likely to change your opinion of the series.

great game, but microphone :P

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i played this game at a friends house, and had tons of fun with it, i wanted to buy it for myself so i could playi it with my sister, and relatives when they came over. but i couldn't find it anywhere without the microphone, it didn't seem to me when i first played it that it was a required part of the game, and it sure seems to jack up the price way beyond what it should be sold for. I have still yet to to get it, and the price remains way too expensive. I'm tarting to think this game ranks into the category of collectable nintendo devices, its almost widely known that nintendo peripherals become collectors items depending on how poorly they sold. I really liked this mario party and wish i could have played it again. I guess i'll have to wait for mario party 7 to go down in price. :(

*Dies*

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: December 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Mario Party is Nintendo's most rehashed series. I think it needs to stop! I agree with GameSpot's review, this game is just new paint on a old building. The only new thing about this game is the cool microphone, but other than that, it is pretty much the same game.

Nintendo should make a "Mario Party Chronicles" that includes all the boards and mini-games, and then stop the party.

Best of the series so far

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Back when I was younger, a great game I had on the Nintendo 64 was mario party 2. It was a fantastic game to play with friends, and it always provided a great time. Upon the purchase of a gamecube, I rented mario party 4 and 5 to find that they were a waste of my time, and I gave up on the series for a few years. I began playing more advanced games, so when I came back to the mario party series, I found it to be kiddie stuff suitable for only young children. And I was right, until I found Mario party 6.

At first,I found MP6 it to be way too stuffed with kiddie stuff, and it almost made my eyes bleed to endure all those bright colors. But once it wore off on me, I found a great little game under all of the kiddie hooplah. For those who dont know, mario party games are basically virtual board games, where the goal is to collect coins, which in turn can be used to buy stars. The player (out of 4) with the most stars in the end wins. Coins are aquired by landing on spaces on the board, or by winning one of over 80 minigames that are hosted at the end of each turn sequence.

The minigames are the best part about the game. minigame tasks range from cleaning windows, to capturing goombas, to dropping lightning bolts on your opponents while they are frantically running around on a conveyor belt. There is great variety here, but if you have ever played a mario party game, you wont find much new, in tems of gameplay. All minigames are simple enough for literally anyone to pick up and even win on their first play. This is all standard issue mario party business, but the real reason to get this one over all other mario parties is the additions to the actual board games.

The first major addition is items that you use to claim spaces, which almost always hinder opponents. the concept of claiming spaces is best used in this game and allows room for a lot of opportunity, and also makes for geat fun. Another big addition is the new boards that actually completely change the way games are played. These offer amazingly different ways to experience mario party, and help bring a freshness the series so desperately needed. Finally, the gameplay has been sped up a whole lot, cutting out a lot of boring, unneeded stuff that we got in earlier mario parties.

While the gameplay has improved greatly, there are still some issues with this game. For one thing, as mentioned before, this game is extremely kiddie. If you are used to playing games like halo, GTA, or other such games, you might want to stay clear of this game, because it is so childish, it is painful. Also, graphics are utter crap. Not that this game needs cutting edge graphics, but the low poly count of character models and generally bad effects make this game very hard to look at. lastly, and this is not really a fault, is that the game comes with a gimmicky microphone with horible voice recognition that is used in such a bad way, you might just want to disable this feature altogether so it wont ruin your otherwise enjoyable gaming experience.

So if you are thinking of buying a mario party game, this would be the one. Even though the graphics are bad and it is a little too kiddie for it's own good, there is still a lot of fun to be had, especially wih friends (in fact, it is only fun with friends). It adds enough to a great formula to warrant a purchase, and thats why I give it a 4/5

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