Mario Party (video game)

This article is about the first game in the series. For the series, see Mario Party.
Mario Party
North American box art
Developer(s)Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Kenji Kikuchi
Producer(s)
  • Shinji Hatano
  • Shinichi Nakamoto
Composer(s)Yasunori Mitsuda
SeriesMario Party
Platform(s)Nintendo 64
Release
  • JP: December 18, 1998
  • NA: February 8, 1999
  • PAL: March 9, 1999
Genre(s)Party
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Mario Party[a] is a 1998 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.[1][2] The game was targeted at a young audience.[3] Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto served as development supervisor. It received mostly positive critical reviews for its multiplayer mode, concept, and music; disapproval of its slow pacing; and mixed reviews of its graphics. It is the first installment in the Mario Party series and was followed by Mario Party 2 in 1999. The game received its first official re-release on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack in 2022. Content from this game 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.[4][5][6]


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  3. ^ "Mario Party US-Bound". IGN. December 1, 1998. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Goldfarb, Andrew (September 13, 2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 Announced for 3DS". IGN. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Purslow, Matt (June 15, 2021). "Mario Party Superstars Announced, Comes to Switch in October - E3 2021". IGN. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Higham, Michael (June 18, 2024). "Super Mario Party Jamboree Revealed - Nintendo Direct 2024". IGN. Retrieved June 19, 2024.