Mario Party 5 (Nintendo GameCube, 2003)

As good as Mario Party 4 is, Nintendo was in a major rush to make it. They had to cancel duel mini-games and other mini-games just so they could release it in time. Mario Party 4 was a test and rush game. After Mario Party 4 was a success, however, Nintendo made another Mario Party for the Gamecube that they actually took their time on. Mario Party 5 brings back duel mini-games, has tons of extra mini-games and other games in bonus mode, and they even added some new characters like Toad, Boo, and Koopa-Kid. Mario Party 5 also started 3-D board maps wich are totally awesome! Plus there's eight of them. On all other Mario Paties, there's only seven boards (actually, Mario Party 1 has eight boards too.). You can also now create your own spaces with items and you can get items (now called capsules) for FREE! Don't forget the awesome DK and Bowser mini-games. This even has a fun and different story mode. Mario Party 5 is a must have game that up to four players can enjoy. Happy partying!

Mario Party 5 keeps the popular board game franchise going and going with action packed mini-games, fun boards to play on and a new item system unlike in the previous installments. What I find comforting here is the music. I like listening to music if you don't mind.

The worst part of this game is Donkey Kong gets eliminated as a playable character, but instead provides beneficial support for players who run into him.

That's all I can say about Mario Party 5.

the game was very easy to play, meaning that you could get around the maps without a problem, pretty much whenever you want. This is bad because in a 20 turn game all four players would have 2 or 3 stars. In other mario party games, particularly mario party 4, you relied more on luck to get where you want, and the maps were much different. In Mario party 5, however, the maps were all basically the same with different colors and titles. Very disappointed.

This game has all favorite characters including mini games more choice of character selection more board games also the fact dk is then enemy sweet mario party 5 is a must game to have if you wanna just have fun with your family

I really like this game a lot. It has my favorite mini-games out of the ones I've played so far which is Mario party 4,5, and 7. If your child likes video games, it's a great family game to play together. My son is 7 and he played it at age 5, but he catches on quickly to controllers and games. The graphics are pretty good, but its obvious after Mario party 7, graphics have gotten a lot better for the Mario series. If you want a game that for family fun, and you don't mind graphics that are good but not great (mini games are more important) then I would definitely recommend this game. If you go for graphics over mini games, I'd recommend mario party 7 or 8. Overall though, they are all great family friendly games. I gave it a good rating instead of excellent because like I said earlier, graphics have been much improved in the new Mario party games. If I was writing this 2 years ago, it would have been an excellent rating.