Mario Party DS is the best since the 64 games!
--Graphics--
For te DS, Mario Party DS has really nice graphics. They are realyl square at some point bt if you can look past that, it looks great.
8/10
--Gameplay--
The main focus of Mario Party games are the Mini-Games and boards. This is the reason the newer Mario Parties weren't so good, because either they had bad mini-games, annoying boards or both. But in Mario Party DS, most of the mini games are fun to play and the boards get annoying sometimes, but not a lot. For example, in some of the mini-games it either tells you to spin a wheel on the touch screen to control a car, or blow into the microphone to blow out candles or use the buttons to break ice cubes. It's nice to see the mini-games in different varieties and not just using the touch screen. Most mini-games on the DS in other games just requires you to scribble a lot on the screen, but in Mario Party it's different. Now for the boards, my only complaint is that they are too small. There isn't enough spaces to walk accross, so if you hit a 10, you can basically go half way across the board. And espeially when you get a Triple Dice Block, there is a good chance you can get the star, no matter where it is.
8/10
--Music--
Each board has it's own song. They are all great and niceto hear. Even the mini-games have a different variety of songs. It has different kind of music for either intense 2 vs 2 mini-games, free for all coing collecting mini-games, etc...
8/10
--Story--
In Mario Party DS, the story starts off with Mario seeing 5 shiny objects flying across the sky. One falls near him and determines that it's a Sky Crystal and hurries to tell the gang. Just then, Kammy Koopa flys by and gives them invitations to Bowser's Castle. He wants to have a dinner with them to apologize for how much of a jerk he has been. The gang goes, but it is a trap and they get trapped by Bowser. Bowser steals Mario's Star Crystal and uses his Minimizer to shrink them. He throws them out and now it is up to the gang to get all the Star Crystals before Bowser. It's a basic story and what you would expect.
8/10
--Overall--
Mario Party DS is the best Mario Party since #3! It's a great game to play solo but it's even better to play with your friends! You also only need 1 cartridge to play! It's a bummer that there is no online, but maybe they'll add it in the sequel. ;)
8/10