Mario Party 2

Overview

Mario Party 2 is a 1999 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 on December 17, 1999, North America on January 24, 2000, and in PAL regions on October 13, 2000. The game received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the improvements over the original, as well as the multiplayer and minigames, but criticized the lack of originality, while graphics received a mixed to positive response.

Mario Party 2 features six playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, and Donkey Kong from the Mario series and the original Mario Party, who can be directed as characters on various themed game boards. The objective is to earn the most stars of all players on the board; stars are obtained by purchase from a single predefined space on the game board. Each character's movement is determined by a roll of a die, with a roll from each player forming a single turn. Each turn in Mario Party 2 is followed by a minigame, which is competed to earn coins for the character, used to buy items and stars.

Mario Party 2 was followed by Mario Party 3 in 2000 and was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in 2010, for the Wii U Virtual Console in North America in 2016, and on the Nintendo Classics service in 2022. Content from Mario Party 2 was remastered as part of Mario Party: The Top 100 for the Nintendo 3DS, Mario Party Superstars and Super Mario Party Jamboree for the Nintendo Switch.

Official trailer

Game Intro. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Mario Party 2 (N64) - Main Story Longplay, Mariofan98 Longplays. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Quiz/Trivia, Card & Board Game

Developer

Hudson Soft, CAProductions

Publisher

Nintendo

Series

Mario Party

Platforms

Wii, Nintendo 64, Wii U

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

PEGI

3

ESRB

E

CERO

A

ACB

G

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Space and patches

Update patchNo patch

DLC

No DLC. Nintendo 64 games had no downloadable content.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

No online features; every mode works today. The cartridge runs on any Nintendo 64, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Reception

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Electronic Gaming Monthly	8.25	10
Nintendo Power	8	10
IGN	7.9	10
GameSpot	7.8	10
Edge	7	10
Game Informer	5.25	10
Official Nintendo Magazine	91	100
N64 Magazine	87	100
Hyper	80	100
GamePro	5	5
AllGame	4	5
Next Generation	3	5

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Developer	Hudson Soft
Publisher	Nintendo
Director	Kenji Kikuchi
Producers	Shinji Hatano, Shinichi Nakamoto
Composers	Hironao Yamamoto, Shohei Bando, Kazuhiko Sawaguchi

Notes for collectors

• Leaves out the stick-spinning minigames that hurt players' hands in the first Mario Party.
• Five themed boards plus a sixth to unlock.
• Bought minigames unlock Mini-Game Stadium for four players and the single-player Mini-Game Coaster.
• Took the first game's place on the Wii and Wii U Virtual Console.

Credits

Publisher

Nintendo

Developer

Hudson Soft, CAProductions

Director

Kenji Kikuchi

Released

2000-01-24

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 7.2 hours