User blog:WikiSchm2000/The MarioMario54321 Review Marathon - Part 31

'''Mario Party 3 Bloopers: Banned in the Party (Part 2) (February 6th, 2008) [Runtime: 5:44. Total Runtime: 14:43]'''

Prelude:

A mere day after the first part of this story was uploaded came the concluding part that you’re reading about right now. It’s a short amount of time for certain and exactly the sort of pace I see MM taking when making these videos, especially since we still have nearly three hundred of these videos left to go. That being said, though, the reason for why this turned out so quickly will be obvious to you in a short while. And let me just say that I’m not really looking forward to this part.

See this video first before reading on to get your own properly informed opinion:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCcms7t9bDk&list=PLNPi6H0sXYaCHQG4Br4q5yZJp8uxhid2B&index=31

The Main Video:

We start with Mario still attempting to fix the clock from the inside. He has the clock too slow at first, then too fast, and then finally decides to just quit when it’s completely stopped. In fact he outright states that he prefers it when it’s not moving.

I don’t think that’s fixing the clock, Mario, in fact I dare say you’re contributing more to it being unfixed than it actually being fixed. At least with the other attempts you did, the clock still tried to function normally.

After somehow falling out of the stage and seeing the clock restart itself somehow, Mario moans that he’s never going to be able to fix the clock. Mario Death Counter: 10. I’m just going to assume that these attempts to ‘fix’ the clock are simply him trying to stop it, and that the clock never really needed fixing in the first place. I don’t know why he thinks he needs to have that clock broken, which I think is interesting. Is this a revenge plan against Peach? Or is he so dense that Peach somehow managed to trick him into thinking the stopped clock was how the clock should be, and this is just her trolling him into a never-ending cycle of clock tampering agony? I’m not ruling out the latter possibility because you’ve seen how dumb Mario can be in some of these videos.

Instead of an interesting answer to that question, though, Mario basically just laments that he’s no longer in Mario Party. Trust me, Mario, this is perhaps the best thing that could have happened to you. You don’t need to be in a toxic environment against your own brother and your rivals, their lives could be in danger if you fought against them! Unfortunately for us, Luigi and the Millenium Star come and basically ask Mario to come back to Mario Party 3. And yes, I’m afraid the clock subplot isn’t going to progress any further until the next story. Yippee.

Apparently the reason they need Mario back was because Oiram is still dead, which is actually rather depressing now that I think about it.

I’m so used to him somehow surviving that it just feels wrong for him to be gone like that. Anyways, not dwelling on the death of our main protagonist, the Millenium Star invites Mario back on the condition that he completes two tasks. I don’t know why you need him to complete these tasks since Mario Party was apparently cancelled and you literally have nothing to do if you don’t promote someone else as the mascot. In fact, is it really that much of a crime to cheat at Mario Party that he needs two tasks to be reinstated? And why not just choose someone else to be your mascot like Luigi? He seems reasonably sane compared to everyone else, why not just convert this to “Luigi Party” instead and satisfy everyone? Ah yeah that’s right, MM exists. He definitely wouldn’t let that slide. So dang I guess Mario really is the only option. Sucks to be you.

So, not thinking this plan out thoroughly at all, Mario commences with the two tasks. The first is him having to survive in a barrel with coconuts raining down on him, doing a far better job at it than Luigi did last time.

And obviously Luigi and the Wario Brothers are trying to stop Mario since this is their one chance of actually cancelling Mario Party for good. Yes Luigi said the party wasn’t the same without Mario, but let’s be real, he meant it was better that Mario wasn’t there. Also really this is one of the two challenges? Why this and not some other random minigame? Again this really doesn’t seem too well thought out, Millennium Star. Are you feeling alright?

For the second challenge, the Millenium Star outright challenges Mario to beat him in a fight. I...wait what?

Isn’t that the final challenge in Mario Party 3 already? Why does Mario need to go through a final challenge of Mario Party 3 to prove himself worthy of coming back from cheating? In fact, how is any of this supposed to benefit Mario in any way, shape or form? Shouldn’t he first work on his image in the public eye as being a hero instead of being the murderous psychopath that he’s been the last few days? Instead of just doing random things you already can do in Mario Party 3? And why would you want him to potentially kill you, Millenium Star? You do know who you’re dealing with right?

So yeah none of this was thought out at all and I’m willing to bet that the Millenium Star doesn’t want Mario back at all. He’s being forced by MM to easily get him back, that’s the only explanation I can come up with as to why these ‘tests’ are so random and easy for Mario. Anyways the resulting battle is Mario Party 3 so I cannot muster up any care to comment on the specifics. But I must note now that you will be seeing this fight quite a bit in future stories so I might as well sum it up right now to get it out of the way. Basically Mario throws stars at the giant star, starting on a normal arena, then a quicksand arena, then an icy arena. That’s the fight in a nutshell.

So the Millenium Star is beaten, Mario gets his place back. Not only that but he gets the Superstar title for the board, which I’m pretty sure is just an add-on because MM would delete him otherwise. So Mario not only gets forgiveness but also a victory that he quite frankly didn’t deserve at all. Fantastic.

And that’s ‘Banned From the Party.’ This last part was...mostly uneventful actually. Honestly I’d say once you’re done with the clock part, just go to the next video knowing that Mario got forgiven. Trust me it will save you quite a bit of time. Other than the Millenium Star being a doofus there’s not much substance here, it’s just Mario getting back into Mario Party through random and contrived means.

The Extra Bonus Stuff:

Mario - 12 lines [44, 67%] (Man MM has a huge bias towards him doesn’t he)

Goombario - 0 lines [0] (Actually, I wonder. Is the Battle Goomba actually Goombario’s cousin? Did Goombario call him in to ruin Mario’s day in Mario Party and get him banned simply because Mario kept ignoring him? That would be an interesting twist, not going to lie.)

Pokeys - 0 lines [0] (I think I’m at my limit for these minor characters that don’t appear in certain parts. There’s only so many times I can say ‘they were out doing this while offscreen’, so I’ll just limit myself to anybody I have strong thoughts on)

Tornado - 0 lines [0]

Millenium Star - 8 lines [12, 18%] (How in any sense of anything is he allowed to run Mario Party?)

Waluigi - 0 lines [2, 3%] (Imagine not only losing on your own island but also losing to a guy who literally got banned. This has to suck horribly for him, I feel bad.)

Wario - 0 line [1, 2%] (Wario’s probably at home punching himself in the mirror again if I had to guess)

Luigi - 4 lines [7, 11%] (So knowing how this is going to work, I’m assuming Luigi’s going to kill the Millenium Star for declaring Mario to be the Superstar? Honestly the Millenium Star deserves it so I won’t complain)

Shop Toad - 0 lines [0]

Tiny Bowser who lives in a Desert - 0 lines [0]

Tumble - 0 lines [0]

Battle Goomba - 0 lines [0] (Apparently he can’t get Mario banned for more than two episodes. Ah well, you tried.)

Clock Specimens - 0 lines [0]

Total Lines: 66 lines

Part Biggest Chad: Luigi - Honestly nobody deserves this award so I just gave it to the person who least deserves the biggest loser award. Luigi held his poker face in when talking with Mario, so I’m giving it to him by default.

Part Biggest Loser: Millennium Star - Either he got bullied by MM or he’s the most inept game host I’ve ever seen in my life. Either way he earns this title.

Overall Biggest Winner: Battle Goomba - He is the only character who qualifies for this award, and only because he snubbed Mario out of any cash in the battle minigame. That takes guts. Technically otherwise his efforts horribly backfired on him once Mario took victory anyways, but I’m sure as hell not giving it to Mario because he doesn’t deserve it.

Overall Biggest Loser: Millennium Star - He chose a random minigame as one of two tasks for Mario’s forgiveness, then put his actual life in danger as the other task. This is literally on-level with Luigi declaring he committed vandalism in the Mario Kart videos. It takes actual talent to put absolutely no thought into what you’re doing despite it being your only job.

Favorite Quote: “I WANNA GO BACK TO MARIO PARTY!!!” - The stoic and calm hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario (Crying like a little baby when he doesn’t get his toys in this sentence.)

The mystery behind the brokenness of the clock will be revealed in the next story, hopefully without more Mario Party stuff.