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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 Party 2
Developer	Hudson Soft
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Nintendo 64, Wii Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console
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 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 Wii Virtual Console and for the Wii U Wii U Virtual Console in 2016. It was the first Mario Party to receive a Virtual Console release, as well as being the only console Mario Party to do so to date.
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.

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 | publisher=[[Nintendo]]
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+| system=[[Nintendo 64]], [[Virtual Console|Wii Virtual Console]], [[Wii U Virtual Console]]
-| release='''N64'''<br>JP December 17, 1999<br /> US January 24, 2000<br />EU October 12, 2000<br>AU November 6, 2000<br>'''VC'''<br>JP November 2, 2010<br>NA December 20, 2010<br>EU December 24, 2010
+| release='''Nintendo 64'''<br>JP December 17, 1999<br /> US January 24, 2000<br />EU October 12, 2000<br>AU November 6, 2000<br>'''Wii Virtual Console'''<br>JP November 2, 2010<br>NA December 20, 2010<br>EU December 24, 2010<br />'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br />JP March 30, 2016<br />PAL April 21, 2016<br />US December 22, 2016
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 | genre= [[Party]]
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-'''Mario Party 2''' is the first of the many sequels to ''[[Mario Party]]''.
+'''Mario Party 2''' is a ''[[Portal: Mario Brothers|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=
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 ==Ports/Remakes==
-*It was rereleased in 2010 for download over the [[Virtual Console]]. It was the first ''Mario Party'' game to be made available.
+*It was released for download on the [[Nintendo Wii]] in 2010 as part of the [[Virtual Console|Wii Virtual Console]] and for the [[Wii U]] [[Wii U Virtual Console|Wii U Virtual Console]] in 2016. It was the first ''Mario Party'' to receive a Virtual Console release, as well as being the only console ''Mario Party'' to do so to date.
+*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]]''.
+The next game in the series was ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', which would be the last game for the Nintendo 64.
 {{Mario Party Series}}
 [[Category: Nintendo 64 Games]] [[Category: Mario Games]][[Category: Player's Choice]] [[Category: Rumble Pak Games]] [[Category: Virtual Console Games]]

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