The "Mario Party" franchise has finally branched out to the Nintendo DS, cutting the fun--literally and figuratively--down to size. In the game you guide a miniaturized Mario and company through colorful board games that decide who gets to save the day. To do that, 4 players face off in a series of minigames to earn coins to trade for stars, and the player with the most stars gets to fight a boss character and advance. Now that's all well and good, but I've come across some problems, one being the mixed bag of minigames. While mostly intended for the pre-teem crowd and mastered with little practice, the concepts of some games, like driving a racecar by spinning a wheel with the stylus, are just a little out there.
Also, if you earn enough special points, you win a bunch of prizes. Now I like virtual figures and trophies and props as much as the next guy, but nothing replaces new characters, games, and play modes (which mostly consist of the minigames you've already played a hundred times). By then, the bag of treats you get from "Mario Party DS" gets pretty stale pretty fast.
This game is rated E for Everyone: Comic Mischief.Get more detail about Mario Party DS.
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