I have, but it’s been a while and I didn’t think too deeply on it. IIRC Bowser can steal your stars, but I’m not sure if that’s only in the later games (my little sister was really into the one that came with the gamecube microphone) and maybe not the N64 ones.
Also, Mario Party hot take: despite all the memeing, I maintain that “skill” of a sort is absolutely a factor in Mario Party, similar to Mario Kart. It’s certainly not going to be a competitive e-sport, but winning the most mini-games not only lets you have more money to buy stars and the other miscellaneous bullshit that’s available on the map, it outright gives you an extra star at the end of the game. In games I played with my younger siblings I consistently won, which if it was down to random chance and pure bullshit wouldn’t be the case.
This is a Mario party 2 screenshot, so I feel the discussion is best centered around that game specifically. Mostly cause it makes me correct. Mario Party 2 has a mini game where you bet on one of four guys to win a race and it’s absolutely random who wins. I’m sure someone weird enough to learn the Mario party 2 meta could sweep often but that one was random as fuck. If I recall thr bonus stars were 3 randomized from a pool so you couldn’t aim for one cause you didn’t know which were gonna matter, I could.be wrong there, last I played I was 8.
I have, but it’s been a while and I didn’t think too deeply on it. IIRC Bowser can steal your stars, but I’m not sure if that’s only in the later games (my little sister was really into the one that came with the gamecube microphone) and maybe not the N64 ones.
Also, Mario Party hot take: despite all the memeing, I maintain that “skill” of a sort is absolutely a factor in Mario Party, similar to Mario Kart. It’s certainly not going to be a competitive e-sport, but winning the most mini-games not only lets you have more money to buy stars and the other miscellaneous bullshit that’s available on the map, it outright gives you an extra star at the end of the game. In games I played with my younger siblings I consistently won, which if it was down to random chance and pure bullshit wouldn’t be the case.
This is a Mario party 2 screenshot, so I feel the discussion is best centered around that game specifically. Mostly cause it makes me correct. Mario Party 2 has a mini game where you bet on one of four guys to win a race and it’s absolutely random who wins. I’m sure someone weird enough to learn the Mario party 2 meta could sweep often but that one was random as fuck. If I recall thr bonus stars were 3 randomized from a pool so you couldn’t aim for one cause you didn’t know which were gonna matter, I could.be wrong there, last I played I was 8.