Mario Party DS (DS)Board stupid :: 4/10 EurogamerEurogamer - December 5, 2007
Submitted by kspraydad (475)
at 4:23AM PST on December 5, 2007
Decent visuals and bonus puzzle games aren't enough to make Mario Party DS worth a purchase. It suffers from the same problems as the other games in the series. The mini-games, on the whole, are badly designed and boring. Watching other players take turns round the board is tedious. Even if you win every single mini-game, the stupid star system means you could still lose overall.
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There are more than 70 mini-games and they use a variety of control systems, from the stylus to the d-pad to the microphone. But too many of them are too simplistic, over too quickly or simply too dull to be enjoyable.
How are kids not going to find this appealing when they can play all those games with one cartridge? That's more what it's about, is kids wasting time with their friends who also have a DS!