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Mario Party 4


7.7

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Mario Party 4 is the wildest multiplayer get-together Nintendo has ever thrown. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and an all-star cast of Mushroom Kingdom regulars have been invited, and there's never a dull moment as one to four players compete in 50 all-new minigames. With varied styles of play including racing, target shooting and games of chance, Mario Party 4 gives partygoers more reasons -- and ways -- to celebrate. [Nintendo]

PUBLISHER:	Nintendo
DEVELOPER:	Hudson Soft
GENRE(S):	Party, Puzzle
PLAYERS:	4
ESRB RATING:	E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE:	October 21, 2002

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

GamePro

If you’ve got the warm bodies, Mario Party 4 will bring great gameplay.

TotalGames.net

Does exactly what it sets out to do, and as such it comes highly recommended to anyone with more than one controller to their name.

Nintendo Power

The minigames are just as goofy as ever, with only one or two clunkers amid dozens of fun challenges. [Nov 2002, p.218]

Cinescape

A lot of fun, and definitely worthwhile if you have a lot of friends. For solitary gameplay though, you might want to pass this one up.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

It's kind of a letdown that the only major difference in MP4 is the sharp GameCube visuals. [Jan 2003, p.187]

GameNow

As a single player game, it's kinda boring. [Jan 2003, p.59]

Play Magazine

Though the mini-games are all new, things haven't changed much from the previous entries. [Dec 2002, p.82]

Armchair Empire

If your house is party central, you can’t go wrong with Mario Party 4. It’s got everything the previous games had (plus more) to keep GROUPS of two or more happily playing.

GameSpy

With four-players in tow, it's a total blast, but for those that are looking for some solid, non-anger-inducing solo play, you'd do well to swerve away from this one for sure.

Game Over Online

The best game in the series yet. But that isn’t saying a whole lot when you consider that the sequels have always felt more like continuations than they did actual sequels.

GameSpot

While more accomplished gamers may find some of the minigames too simplistic, this accessibility ensures that Mario's party is one that just about anyone can enjoy.

netjak

The designers didn’t make the modifications to make this more than an N64 game with a different controller, and the changes that were made hurt the game rather than help it, for the most part.

Total Video Games

There’s no doubt that this is an absolutely great game for multiplayer, but we’re upset that HAL didn’t really put their all in with the visuals or on making a more streamlined game.

NintendoWorldReport

There are extra little features that make Mario Party 4 the best of the bunch, but nothing that makes it soar above the rest.

Nintendojo

While some mistakes were made in the making of this game, not enough were made to make it bad.

Yahoo! Games

It's worth noting if you've still got your N64 hooked up, there's not enough new and exciting here to make it worth the purchase.

IGN

Outside of... basic upgrades, there's nothing new about Mario Party 4... An absolute must-rent if you have a few friends over for the weekend.

Entertainment Weekly

The formula is getting just a little stale. [29 Nov 2002, p.114]

All Game Guide

The GameCube version is, not surprisingly, the best looking of the four games, but it’s not the huge leap in visual quality it could have been given the dramatic improvement in technology.

G4 TV

Its strength is that it gives fans exactly what they expect. But the whole concept is getting a little long in the tooth.

Game Revolution

Really meant for four players and is simply a game you either love or hate.

Nintendophiles

The franchise has become an exercise in monotony.

EuroGamer

The mini-games have different faces but they play ostensibly the same, and even with the visuals buffed to a sparkle the overall effect is very much ‘more of the same’.

Gaming Age

Another flaw with the game is it's lack of A.I. I'm not talking about the computer controlled characters, but rather the unfairness that occurs throughout any standard 4 player match.

Ferrago

Mario Party though is not a particularly good game and it's up against much better titles like "Super Monkey Ball" that manages to bridge this age gap by having inspired game play and a quirky feel. Most Nintendo games have this quality but it is sadly missing here.

Game Informer

If anything, the game did show me how much torment I can put up with before breaking down, sobbing, and pleading to make it stop. [Dec 2002, p.125]

The average user rating for this game is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 25 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Solomon R. gave it a6:
It's not a bad game but doing story mode with all the characters can take very very long, mario party 2 was maybe a better game than this.

Chrisyo V. gave it an8:
Good game... difficult sometimes, but best mario party of 4,5,6,7.

April B. gave it a3:
This game sucks! You can not change the board Its a flat boring board the other parties have much nicer boards. Do not buy this game buy 5 6 or 7 instead.

Brendan O. gave it a7:
It's not too bad..quite fun..but I'd definitely say that that Mario Party 2 on the N64 is by far the best!

Barbara B. gave it a 9:
I enjoy this single or multi player mode ... some of the mini-games are awful for the vision impaired but some are just a lot of fun.

Ni Jones gave it a 7:
It's a nice piece of gaming. Unfortunately some of the games are a little tedious. I've been given booksquirm TOO many times on single player games...*dies* The boards are really good fun though and the basement games are really silly and better than most of the N64 version games. People are too critical giving a game like this 0!

Ryan M. gave it a 0:
The first one was great. the second one was ok. the third one sucked. Mario party 4 is a sick disgrace of a video game. If your able to get through one game without throwing up and getting sick in the stomach, god bless you.