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Willa Rowe

25 Years Ago, Nintendo Made a Brilliant Mario Spinoff — and Perfected a Popular Genre


At any party I attend with friends, there is a high chance we will end the night sitting on a couch, rolling dice, and completing mini-games, as we progressively get angrier at each other for devious tactics is one of the most fun things you can do. No matter how many other games try to emulate the feeling, nothing can match the Mario Party series. Nintendo struck gold in December 1998 with the first entry and in the 25 years since, Mario solidified himself as the star of the party game genre.

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