I haven't played as many of the Mario Party games as everyone here has probably, though I owned 2 of them and played some of the N64 ones at in-store kiosks ages ago.
I can't remember exact numbering, but I think the 2 Mario Party games I owned were 4 on the Gamecube, and 8 on the Wii.
I really can't remember which game was which nowadays since all of them are so similar, and it was ages ago that I played either one, but I remember some things about them. I paid full price for 4 sometime after it came out. I remember I was so disappointed by it that it was kind of the catalyst that made me give up on Nintendo during the Gamecube era. Looking back, it probably wasn't a very bad Mario Land game, I probably just expected something else from it.
I got Mario Party 8 on the Wii because, quite simply, I had all of the other Wii games I wanted and I had money burning a hole in my pocket. It did seem kind of like it was thrown together just to give the Wii a Mario Party game early on, but it took some advantage of the motion controller which probably added something to the mix.
Despite the series' point of being a party game that brings people together, my dad and I just seemed to get angry at the game when we played it most times. I think we both got angry because so much chance was involved, and it always seemed rigged. I actually remember watching an episode of X-Play once where they reviewed one of the games and they were like "That (expletive) Waluigi always wins!" I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
One minigame I remember that I enjoyed was one where everyone was on a wobbling platform that tilted all around, and a big ball rolled around and tried to crush people or knock them off of the sides of the platform or whatever. One minigame I remember that I disliked was where you were in canoes, and you just... Pressed one button over and over again to win - it seemed stupid. It seemed like there should have been a bit more to that minigame. I forget which games each one was in for sure.
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