Mario Party 2

Mario Party 2
Developer	Hudson Soft
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Nintendo 64, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U)
Release Date	Nintendo 64 JP December 17, 1999 US January 24, 2000 EU October 12, 2000 AU November 6, 2000 Wii Virtual Console JP November 2, 2010 NA December 20, 2010 EU December 24, 2010 Wii U Virtual Console JP March 30, 2016 PAL April 21, 2016 US December 22, 2016
Genre	Party
Gallery	GH Gallery
Rating	ESRB: E

Mario Party 2 is a Super Mario-themed party game that was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999. It is the first of many sequels to Mario Party.

Story

Mario and his friends have just worked together to build a new land, called Mario Land. However, Wario intervenes and demands that the land be renamed Wario Land. This causes everyone else involved, even Princess Peach to demand the land be named after themselves. During their arguing, Bowser begins wreaking havoc throughout the new land. Toad convinces Mario and friends to quit their bickering, and instead they decide to make defeating Bowser into a competition; whoever succeeds in defeating Bowser will be named the Superstar and will have the land named after them.

Gameplay

As in the previous game, up to four players compete in exploring board games. The point is to collect as many coins as possible, which could be used to purchase stars. Stars and coins were essential in winning games. At the end of each turn, the players competed in minigames for more coins. This game removed the one-player minigames as well as the minigames which required the player to rotate the control stick quickly. This game also brought in a Battle Games, where players gambled coins on special minigames; Item minigames, where a single player could earn items instead of coins; and a Duel minigame, which pitted two players against each other.

The game contained a variety of boards all with unique themes. Additionally, minigames could be purchased and played at the Minigame Island. The Minigame Island also contained other methods of playing minigames in the form of the Minigame Stadium and the new Minigame Coaster.

Minigames

List of Mario Party 2 minigames

Legacy

Ports/Remakes

• It was released for download on the Nintendo Wii in 2010 as part of the VWii Virtual Console and for the Wii U through the Wii U Virtual Console in 2016. It was the first Mario Party to receive a Virtual Console release, as well as being the only one of the console Mario Party releases to receive this treatment. Only two of the handheld Mario Party games (Mario Party Advance and Mario Party DS) received Wii U Virtual Console releases.
• Thirteen minigames from Mario Party 2 were included in Mario Party: The Top 100.

Sequels

The next game in the series was Mario Party 3, which would be the last game for the Nintendo 64.