However, while Superstars does many things right and is arguably a more complete experience than Super Mario Party, the latter does better than the former. Updated April 8th, 2023, By David Giatras: With the recent release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, many fans of the franchise have been going back into the franchise's best games. There are many titles to choose from, and Mario Party Superstars and Super Mario Party are among the popular games in the franchise, and fans still debate to this day which was the better overall game.Ĭomplaining that a game cheats or knows what you want and chooses not to give it to you is something gamers have uttered since the olden days of arcades. Sometimes a mechanic in a game happens a few too many times that it feels like the game is actively and spitefully working against you. RELATED: 10 Video Game Villains Who Deserve Their Own Spinoff While most people would shrug off this complaint, Mario Party is a different animal.
In many older games, the computer opponents often got numerically perfect rolls right when needed. Meanwhile, players often found themselves being put through a gauntlet of red spaces and Bowser spaces. It's not uncommon to see the computer players roll impossibly high on triple-dice blocks leading to one turn where they get a star and then pay Boo to steal another.
