User blog:WikiSchm2000/The MarioMario54321 Review Marathon - Part 30

Mario Party 3 Bloopers: Banned in the Party (Part 1) (February 5th, 2008) [Runtime: 8:59]

Prelude:

This is the second video of the Mario Party line-up, and one that I’m not looking forward to. You already know my reasons for not liking these types of videos, though for this one you’ll see that MM tried something different. Instead of simply focusing on a board like the last time, he’ll instead include some minigames for the sake of it. Truth be told, I think the minigames are more interesting than the board games, simply because they can be assorted into different scenarios far more creatively than the boards can. But it’s still limiting nonetheless, and there’s nothing to distract you from the fact that he’s just playing Mario Party minigames.

So with that in mind, and with him starting to employ that video style here, is it any more interesting than the last story? We’ll find out right now!

See this video first before reading on to get your own properly informed opinion:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0adcZLroVg&list=PLNPi6H0sXYaCHQG4Br4q5yZJp8uxhid2B&index=30

The Main Video:

We start with Mario trudging through a desert, I guess simply because he wanted to partake on another adventure. For some reason even though deserts have never affected him before in the Mario games, Mario is lost and in need of refreshment in the midst of the desert. This desert is the one from Paper Mario 64, which means it’s not Mario Party and we’re already off to a decent start. Also Goombario is there with him technically, but the narrator tells us to ignore the ‘blue capped Goomba’. Wow, that’s extremely species-ist there MM. You couldn’t even have the dignity to call him by his real name? #GoombaLivesMatter.

When going through the desert, Mario ends up passing by some Pokeys. I’m surprised he didn’t say there was no happiness when he located them, but then again that might be a compliment for the Goombas if he did say that.

Eventually he finds an oasis, filled with water, limes and lemons. He hates the lemons even though they describe him perfectly, yet loves the limes even though that’s how I would describe Oiram. Ironic, really.

Unfortunately he has the idea to host a Mario Party in this location, meaning that the good times are pretty much over. Even though this section wasn’t the most riveting thing to exist, it at least had the potential to set up something good. I’d say it’s decent for a Paper Mario section, and he used quite a bit of dialogue to help keep things fresh.

Anyways about an hour later they set up a Mario Party.

Given how fast Waluigi’s Island was restored, that time frame honestly seems like too much time. Also despite wanting to set up a party in the oasis, we don’t actually get to see an oasis on the board. I had to look up the full map to see if there was one, and indeed there’s one near the top right. Nothing much interesting happens besides Luigi predicting that he’ll land on a red space before the dice is even rolled, which means that Luigi also has psychic powers. Maybe he learned a bit from Wario and decided to use them?

A minigame occurs and the only thing to note is that Wario and Waluigi are scrubs while Mario easily survives against Luigi. Luigi in rage then says that Mario will be on the boat next, which is an odd thing to say and one that I can’t comment on right now.

The next turn involves Mario getting a magic lamp from a Toad, because of course this game is rigged in his favor.

Wario lands on a battle space and a Goomba on a parachute drops in to force everyone else to play a minigame for coins.

How the battle space typically works in Mario Party is that a set amount of coins is taken from each player, and they have to compete for all those coins.

The battle minigame in this case is “Slap Down”, where competitors have to slap a hand down on a matching flower symbol when it pops up. Mario and Wario end up failing this game horribly while Luigi takes the victory. Also, the Benny Hill theme plays during this match and during the previous minigame, and honestly it’s a better fit than in the Smash Bros fights. I won’t complain about it. Everyone besides Mario ends up getting at least one coin, even Wario, which pretty much angers Mario immensely. NO Screen Counter: 11.

So, because he’s enraged, he forcefully starts another minigame with himself on the boat. In other words Luigi’s prediction came true minutes later, and now I’m worried. Did he honestly guess that Mario would be on the boat the next time around? Or did he legitimately want Mario on there just so that he could lose later on? I can’t tell for certain, but if it’s the former case then Luigi has gotten a serious upgrade in power. The minigame’s music becomes a certain someone’s theme later on that I can’t spoil yet and everyone is easily knocked out by Mario’s ground pound. Also he misspelled supposed again. Sopposed Counter: 5.

Because a double minigame is illegal in Mario Party, the Millenium Star finally bothers to speak up and bans Mario from the game, planning to replace him with his arch-nemesis Oiram. Ah, finally, material I can work with! So first off, I feel bad for Bowser. I can’t imagine how bad he feels knowing he’s been replaced by the guy who for all purposes is the real hero of this universe. Second, is he still actually alive to replace Mario? Because if so that’s the best news I’d ever hear in one of these videos. And thirdly, I suspect that this was a plan.

Now hear me out. After what happened in Waluigi’s Island, it’s obvious that everyone wanted revenge against Mario. It doesn’t help that he didn’t feel bad about his unearned victory. So, having gotten word of another Mario Party occurring and hearing complaints from Goombario about being ignored, they rigged the game to purposefully get Mario banned. The first minigame chosen was rigged and Luigi purposefully lost, all to get the idea of the minigame into Mario’s head. Then Mario and Wario’s dice rolls were rigged so that Mario’s spirits would be lifted with that magic lamp of his. Waluigi’s comment on Mario not having enough coins was also purposeful to trigger him. And once Wario landed on the battle space, the Goomba deliberately snubbed Mario out of any money to completely anger him. I’d say it was a really good plan, honestly, and the facts all check up. There’s too many coincidences for this to be just random.

Also, I’m so glad that Mario was banned. Not only because he deserved it, because he totally did. Rather, because we don’t have to look at Mario Party anymore! Finally, we can get on to more interesting stuff. Mario drives back with sad music playing in the background, and he goes up to roam around in Tick Tock Clock for a bit. ...Okay, maybe that’s not the most interesting thing he could be doing, but at least it’s not Mario Party.

He speaks about wanting to fix the clock, which you think would just be a throwaway thing. But it’s actually a set up for a mini-arc in this era called the ‘Mario Clock Arc’. Basically Tick Tock Clock is apparently broken, unable to move its gears correctly, and so Mario must seek to try and fix it. All it amounts to so far is him roaming around the clock tower and eventually ground pounding into oblivion below. And believe it or not that’s how the video ends. No “To Be Continued”, just Mario falling to his death. Mario Death Counter: 9.

I will say that coming up with my own take on this video was entertaining, and the plot of Mario losing his mind is a bit interesting. But all the Mario Party 3 fluff added in was a bit too much for my tastes.

The Extra Bonus Stuff:

Mario - 32 lines (Got banned from something at least)

Goombario - 0 lines (Got ignored completely, #GoombaLivesMatter)

Pokeys - 0 lines (Move faster, Pokeys! You could have initiated some battles to spruce things up in the desert scenes!)

Tornado - 0 lines (Mario didn’t want to enter the twister zone)

Millenium Star - 4 lines (Ah yes, he finally speaks in this one! Good for him, I thought he was an out-of-game mute.)

Waluigi - 2 lines (It’s not Waluigi’s Island so he’s not number 2 anymore)

Wario - 1 line (He didn’t do much besides lose really)

Luigi - 3 lines (The most involved since I think he’s the linchpin of this whole Mario banning operation.)

Shop Toad - 0 lines (Gave Mario a magic lamp out of fear)

Tiny Bowser who lives in a Desert - 0 lines (Didn’t give people magic lamps)

Tumble - 0 lines (I finally looked up his name, thank me later)

Battle Goomba - 0 lines (Basically responsible for this whole video)

Biggest Chad: Battle Goomba - No contest. He snubbed Mario and lived, enough said.

Biggest Loser: Mario - Got manipulated into rage quitting Mario Party and can’t navigate Tick Tock Clock apparently.

Favorite Quote: “NO WAI! BLUE CACTI!” - Mario (This sounds like someone who’s way too enthusiastic about Cacti. Also how do you spell ‘way’ wrong?)

So what happened to Mario after he ground pounded himself into oblivion? And will we get back to Mario Party torture in the next part of this story?