In every Mario Party, brand new minigames that aren't found in past games are introduced. Usually, the minigames are brand new, but on a small occasion, the minigames are recycled from past games, with Mario Party 2 being the biggest example since it recycled a lot of elements from its predecessor. In fact, the only Mario Party game that beat it in terms of recycled minigames is Mario Party: The Top 100, which is a game built around recycled minigames anyway.
Although the minigames are reintroduced, they aren't always a direct translation from the past. Some minigames are the same as their predecessor, as seen in Mario Party 2's Bowser's Big Blast and Mario Party 4's Bowser's Bigger Blast. Some minigames have essentially been changed in the way it plays out, as seen with Hot Bob-omb, in which Mario Party 1's Hot Bob-omb ends when one player received the end of the Bob-omb, while Mario Party 2's Hot Bob-omb has three rounds, eliminating each player until the last player stands. It could also be as simple as updating the environment around the minigame, as seen with Mario Party: The Top 100's Mush Pit use of Mega Mushroom instead of Mario Party 3's Toadstool Titan use of Super Mushroom.
There is another Mario spin-off series that is known to use past material as extra content, and if you haven't guessed by now, it's Mario Kart. The first game that reused past content is Mario Kart: Super Circuit, which lifted all the courses from Super Mario Kart for presumably being easy to fit in. However, starting from Mario Kart DS, the courses are essentially remade since some courses were previously in 2D. Every Mario Kart since then has essentially doubled its content since the decision to add retro courses, and we were all the better for it, since we still get new courses every game anyway. Mario Kart 8 has the twist of basically overhauling the courses used for inspiration, which makes it equivalent of new courses. As an example, you will notice how different Donut Plains 3 is in Mario Kart 8 coming from Super Mario Kart.
Coming back to Mario Party, while every game has no shortage of minigames, where it's expected to have around 70 of them each game on average, the reasonable assumption is that with an abundance of minigames, a number of them could be recycled in new games. While I certainly enjoyed the new minigames every new game has to offer, I thought it would also be interesting if the games started looking to the past, at the very least a handful of them are revisited.
I have been talking about the minigames, but I thought boards could also be revisited. While Mario Party games tend to only recycle concepts, as seen with the similarity in playstyle between Mario Party 6's Snowflake Lake, Mario Party 7's Pyramid Peak and Mario Party 8's Bowser's Warped Orbit (basically every player starts with 5 stars and the objective is to steal from each other), if the new game introduced a new playstyle in the boards, then I think it's a good idea to bring back older boards. Personally I feel it would be great if there is more variety in Mario Party boards, since I think the games tend to just have enough.
So what's your stance on recycling past Mario Party minigames and boards for every new game, similar to how Mario Kart does it?
Thank you for reading.
Although the minigames are reintroduced, they aren't always a direct translation from the past. Some minigames are the same as their predecessor, as seen in Mario Party 2's Bowser's Big Blast and Mario Party 4's Bowser's Bigger Blast. Some minigames have essentially been changed in the way it plays out, as seen with Hot Bob-omb, in which Mario Party 1's Hot Bob-omb ends when one player received the end of the Bob-omb, while Mario Party 2's Hot Bob-omb has three rounds, eliminating each player until the last player stands. It could also be as simple as updating the environment around the minigame, as seen with Mario Party: The Top 100's Mush Pit use of Mega Mushroom instead of Mario Party 3's Toadstool Titan use of Super Mushroom.
There is another Mario spin-off series that is known to use past material as extra content, and if you haven't guessed by now, it's Mario Kart. The first game that reused past content is Mario Kart: Super Circuit, which lifted all the courses from Super Mario Kart for presumably being easy to fit in. However, starting from Mario Kart DS, the courses are essentially remade since some courses were previously in 2D. Every Mario Kart since then has essentially doubled its content since the decision to add retro courses, and we were all the better for it, since we still get new courses every game anyway. Mario Kart 8 has the twist of basically overhauling the courses used for inspiration, which makes it equivalent of new courses. As an example, you will notice how different Donut Plains 3 is in Mario Kart 8 coming from Super Mario Kart.
Coming back to Mario Party, while every game has no shortage of minigames, where it's expected to have around 70 of them each game on average, the reasonable assumption is that with an abundance of minigames, a number of them could be recycled in new games. While I certainly enjoyed the new minigames every new game has to offer, I thought it would also be interesting if the games started looking to the past, at the very least a handful of them are revisited.
I have been talking about the minigames, but I thought boards could also be revisited. While Mario Party games tend to only recycle concepts, as seen with the similarity in playstyle between Mario Party 6's Snowflake Lake, Mario Party 7's Pyramid Peak and Mario Party 8's Bowser's Warped Orbit (basically every player starts with 5 stars and the objective is to steal from each other), if the new game introduced a new playstyle in the boards, then I think it's a good idea to bring back older boards. Personally I feel it would be great if there is more variety in Mario Party boards, since I think the games tend to just have enough.
So what's your stance on recycling past Mario Party minigames and boards for every new game, similar to how Mario Kart does it?
Thank you for reading.
