Mario Party 2

Mario Party 2 is a party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. The second game in the Mario Party series, it was released in Japan in December 1999, and in the United States in January 2000.

Plot
One day, Mario and friends decide to create a new world. They name their own theme park, Mario Land. But Wario, who is really a superstar, is unhappy with that name, and introduces his own name; Wario Land. Thanks to being Wario a superstar, an argument breaks out on what to call this new world. Peach suddenly interrupts the group claiming she has a name they can all agree on. She reveals her name to be Peach Land and the characters double over in irony. As the group continues to argue, a sinister event is taking place on the other side of the unnamed world. Bowser has set his sights on this new land, and quickly begins invading it for himself, as he attacking Mario Land because the group is still arguing. A lone Koopa Troopa sees his invasion and then arrives to warn the group about Bowser's plans. However, since they are fighting they do not hear him. Toad then gets everyone's attention by saying whoever can beat Bowser will have the new land named after them. The cast quickly runs off to defeat Bowser and save Mario Land from the evil invasion. The story then takes the characters across six lands ending in Bowser Land. Bowser meets the group in a showdown showing his Metal Bowser power up and claims he is invincible. The character (depending on who won the board) then fights Bowser and with the power of the stars, is able to throw him into orbit.

The game then resumes to the stage format with Mario and friends triumphantly standing over a defeated Bowser. Toad exclaims that they live in peace in the new Mario Land (which does not change depending on the character). The curtain falls and each character comes out for one final bow, followed by the whole cast.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Smooth controls.
 * 2) Each board, except the last board, Bowser Land, features characters in their different outfits.
 * 3) At the end of each board, we see a cutscene, where each board's winner battles Bowser.
 * 4) Some of the mini-games from the first Mario Party are reused, this time with additional or different features, or with a new design. For example, the 4-player minigame, Balloon Burst became a 2-vs-2 minigame.
 * 5) *It is not possible to fall off the track, in the Mario Party 2 version of Handcar Havoc.
 * 6) If you land on the Item minigame space, you can get a free item. However, if you got Baby Bowser, they get nothing; and if you get a Bowser Bomb, it belongs to Bowser at the end of each turn.
 * 7) In Pirate Land, the Happening Spaces cause a cannon to shoot a cannonball at the player, sending them back to the starting space, similar to these board games.
 * 8) It introduced a Battle Space, where you can battle to get more coins.
 * 9) Best soundtrack.
 * 10) Stylized board designs.
 * 11) Great references to many of the Mario games.