Mario Party 3
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Mario Party 3 is a 2000 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. The third installment in the Mario Party series, it was first released in Japan on December 7, 2000, in North America on May 7, 2001, in Australia on September 3, 2001, and in Europe on November 16, 2001. As with the previous installments, the player chooses between eight playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, and Donkey Kong from the first two games, alongside newcomers Princess Daisy and Waluigi. The game introduces duel maps, where two players try to lower each other's stamina to zero using non-player characters such as Chain Chomps.
Mario Party 3 received generally mixed reviews, with critics divided on its new minigames and gameplay features, and whether it was a meaningful improvement over its predecessors. It was a commercial success, with over 1 million copies sold worldwide, making it one of the best-selling Nintendo 64 games. The game was the final first-party Nintendo 64 title released in North America. It was followed by Mario Party 4 for the GameCube in 2002. Content from Mario Party 3 was remastered as part of Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017) for the Nintendo 3DS and Mario Party Superstars (2021) for the Nintendo Switch. The game received its first official re-release on the Nintendo Classics service on October 27, 2023.
From Wikipedia's article Mario Party 3
Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
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Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
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Metascore 74 · 12 critics
Review scorecard
- Graphics 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Metascore 74 · 12 critics. Overall source The same 74/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores.
What the reviews talk about
Key wordsunresponsivechoppycuteboringfrustratingenjoyable
What the critics said
While GamePro calling it "one of the last and best games you can play on the system with up to three buddies", other reviewers were critical of Mario Party 3 for largely using the same gameplay as the previous installments, with only minimal changes.
— GamePro, 2001
NGC Magazine wrote, "Playing against the CPU is one of the most frustrating exercises known to man."
— NGC Magazine, 2002
Gavin Frankle of AllGame called Mario Party 3 the most enjoyable in the series, reasoning that it "provides enough to entice new fans and satisfy existing ones".
— AllGame (Gavin Frankle)
One negative comment among the Nintendo Power staff review was that "it seems like many of the challenges are based on overcoming unresponsive controls."
— Nintendo Power, 2001
Fran Mirabella III of IGN stated that the game "uses the same bright colors, low-resolution textures, and choppy animation that the rest have."
— IGN, 2001 (Fran Mirabella III)
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Mario Party 3 article.
Scores
- 92 Official Nintendo Magazine2001 92%
- 90 GamePro2001 18/20
- 90 Nintendo Power2001 4.5/5
- 80 AllGame 4/5
- 78 Famitsu2006 31/40
- 75 GameSpot2001 7.5/10
- 73 Electronic Gaming Monthly 6.5/10, 7/10, 8.5/10
- 73 Hyper2001 73/100
- 72 NGC Magazine2002 72%
- 70 Jeuxvideo.com2001 14/20
- 65 GameRevolution2001 C
- 64 IGN2001 6.4/10
- 60 Computer and Video Games 6/10
- 40 Game Informer 4/10
From the review table in Wikipedia's Mario Party 3 article.
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