Mario Party 4
Mario Party 4
Sorti le 21 octobre 2002 sur Nintendo GameCube, Mario Party 4 est un jeu de cartes et de société développé par Hudson Soft et édité par Nintendo et Gradiente. Dans ce titre, Toad, Koopa et d'autres personnages ont caché des cadeaux d'anniversaire à l'intérieur du Party Cube, et Mario, Yoshi, Peach et d'autres habitants du Royaume Champignon doivent traverser divers minijeux pour les remporter, tout en affrontant les perturbations de Bowser, Whomp et Thwomp dans une salle supplémentaire. La durée de la campagne principale est estimée à neuf heures et demie, tandis qu'un parcours complet peut atteindre soixante-six heures. Avec une note agrégée de 61,93, le jeu a reçu des retours mitigés mais certains médias l'ont apprécié : TotalGames.net a estimé qu'il fait exactement ce qu'il promet et le recommande à ceux disposant de plusieurs manettes, et GamePro a indiqué que si l'on a des joueurs disponibles, Mario Party 4 offre un excellent gameplay. De leur côté, des joueurs sur Metacritic ont salué la musique et les plateaux du jeu, tout en regrettant la présence d'un plateau de type jeu d'argent, qu'ils jugent tout de même intéressant à voir.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Does exactly what it sets out to do, and as such it comes highly recommended to anyone with more than one controller to their name. »
« If you’ve got the warm bodies, Mario Party 4 will bring great gameplay. »
« The minigames are just as goofy as ever, with only one or two clunkers amid dozens of fun challenges. [Nov 2002, p.218] »
« It's kind of a letdown that the only major difference in MP4 is the sharp GameCube visuals. [Jan 2003, p.187] »
« As a single player game, it's kinda boring. [Jan 2003, p.59] »
« A lot of fun, and definitely worthwhile if you have a lot of friends. For solitary gameplay though, you might want to pass this one up. »
« If your house is party central, you can’t go wrong with Mario Party 4. It’s got everything the previous games had (plus more) to keep GROUPS of two or more happily playing. »
« Though the mini-games are all new, things haven't changed much from the previous entries. [Dec 2002, p.82] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« now this Mario Party had so much great stuff to it the music when you warm was amazing the boards that when you jumped into were really far out and honestly unlocking some call present as well in the game which was has to be you had you've guessed it you know what level I'm on about one of the rarest ones in the entire game and these this board this game has got so much and so much good vibes to this one and also you would be saying goodbye to one rare character in this last chance game is DK you'll see why »
« This would be an 8 if it not were for the gambling map. This is just something truly nice to see because today that wouldnt be possible (because of woke they say). Now the semen-demon hasnt gotten to me yet so we were able to finish this after watching one battle after another. The other great thing about this is that you can beat the CPU on hard if you are a good gamer (which I am) so we not only beat this **** on hard but he (actually she because it was peach) also got 4th place (#loser). Music could be better. Thats all for today, beggars cant be choosers. »
« Good story mode, Good characters. A goodsucessor of Mario Party 3. Party Boards are fun »
« Not bad, but I think it relies too much on rng. Half of the minigames are luck based and the boards have it integrated as well. I know that's how Mario Party works, but I didn't experience this as much in the later games. I was literally stuck in one corner on the Goomba Roulette map for an entire party, so I would say the board designs are not great and very blocky. The minigames themselves are fine, the capsule mechanic is interesting. The single player mode has a surprising amount of content - you can complete every single stage with every single character and you're always rewarded with something else. The single player mode also works like it should, being a default party with three computer players (this is something that was different for a few entries). The extra modes are also fun, provided you unlock them (I haven't unlocked too many things, I might not have even seen the best). Overall, this is a good Mario Party, but some flaws in the board design and too much reliance on luck hold it back for me. »
« The final of the classic Mario party games. Truly a masterful conversion to the GameCube story graphics and gameplay. It’s surprisingly shocking just how well this game works and I feel it’s a bit underlooked compared to the original 3 games. Trust me though, you may be shocked at how good it really is. »
« This game is basically Mario Party perfected before they started messing with the core game mechanics in later entries »
« The first of the many GameCube Mario Parties. My favourite part of this one is the minigame selection, as it is the best in the entire franchise. There are so many really good ones like Booksquirm, Trace Race, Dungeon Duos, Paths of Peril, Order Up, Blame it on the Crane, you name it! However, the boards, while okay, aren’t the best. They all feel a bit different and I love the different themes of each one such as an amusement park and a casino, but they all look too similar and have some annoying flaws. My biggest gripe is that you can get stuck in an area and the only way to get out is by some random luck, which can take many turns and it’s not fun. The core gameplay is pretty decent but a little slow paced. There are no new playable characters, keeping the roster the same as Mario Party 3 which is a little disappointing. A big mechanic in this game is the mushroom spaces, where if you land on one you can either grow really big or shrink, and it can lead to some interesting strategies. The items once again are fun and help to freshen up the gameplay. This is a very solid entry and good to start off the best era of the series being the GameCube era, but it has its fair share of flaws, which makes it my least favourite of those ones. »
« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »
