

The Bank space gives players who land on it all deposits made in the Koopa Bank by others, who must deposit a minimum of 5 coins (1-4 coins if they have less than 5 coins) if they pass the space. The Battle space triggers the newly introduced Battle mini-games, which puts players against each other for a giant pot of coins with a 70/30 percent ratio share for the 1st and 2nd place winners. The Item space activates mini-games specific to the board that allows someone a chance to collect an item, which is now used to further players' board strategy (as opposed to items being used to toggle universal settings in the first game where certain items appeared randomly during the board gameplay mode). Mario Party 2 also features several new spaces, with the "1-Player Mini Game" and "Mushroom" spaces from the first game absent the Battle, Item, and Bank spaces are introduced. In the first game, all eight game boards featured Koopa giving the players 10 coins every time they overlapped the board (20 coins within the last five turns) however this feature was omitted in this game, with the exception where it still occurs on the Mini-Game Stadium board. Boo can still take coins and stars from other players like he did in the first game but unlike in the first game where stealing coins was free, it now costs 5 coins but unlike in the first game he can steal twice as many coins where in the original he could only steal anywhere from 1-20 coins, stealing stars still costs 50 coins like it did in the first game. Baby Bowser also appears and accompanies the space where the location of the previous star was and takes 5 coins from the player who passes by, although every once in a while, he'll sometimes reward the player 5 coins instead. "Bowser Land", "Space Land", etc.) and unlike in the original, the winner is announced during a cut scene in which the winner thwarts Bowser who harasses Koopa during certain scenarios appropriate to the board's theme. All the board titles end with "land", (ex. Another new feature of the game is the introduction of buildings on the boards: the Item Shop and the Koopa Bank, as well as power ups such as the "Red" and "Gold" mushrooms which allows players to roll up to 2 or 3 dice at once. Board characters include Toad, Baby Bowser, and Boo, with the notable absence of Bowser and Koopa Troopa (although both have roles in the game). Each turn in Mario Party 2 is followed by a minigame, which is competed to earn money for the character, used to buy items and stars.Īll of the playable characters from the original game are still available, but this time, they are all dressed in costumes unique to the board players are playing on (except for Bowser Land, on which they wear their usual attire). Each character's movement is determined by a roll of a die, with a roll from each player forming a single turn. 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. Mario Party 2 features six playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario and Donkey Kong from the Mario series, who can be directed as characters on various themed game boards. The game is the direct sequel to Mario Party and is the second game in the Mario Party series. The game was first released in Japan on Decemand in other regions in 2000. Mario Party 2 is a board game-style party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console.

Seven years after Jon and Arin played this, Arin and Dan then started playing the game on the Wii U's virtual console on Game Grumps.Įpisodes With Jon Mario Party 2 In the Revengeance round, Jon winds up winning with almost every single star in the round. The first round ends in a tie, as DK (controlled by the computer) winds up sweeping the bonus stars and winning the game. Consequently, the Grumps' revisit of Mario Party 8 was given the subtitle Ground Zeroes to continue the theme. Mario Party 2 was the first Mario Party game to be revisited for a second playthrough on Game Grumps, with the second round being labelled as Mario Party 2 Revengeance, named after the game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
