Identifying Luck: Mario Party 1 

CORRECTIONS: I'm bound to make a few mistakes with a video of this much length. If you find any issues then feel free to let me know and I'll correct them down below, along with giving you credit! 15:35 - Peach's Birthday Cake has 58 total spaces, not 71 10:03 - Failed to mention that a deactivated star space turns into a Chance Time space. (FlamezOfGamez) 12:09 - DK's Jungle Adventure isn't the _only_ Mario Party board with two Boos on it at once, as shown by Western Land and Horror Land from Mario Party 2. (David Navarrete) 16:27 - The turn order actually _doesn't_ matter for the same reason it doesn't matter for Bowser's Big Blast: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aPK5whj40Ck.html (Fynmorph) 28:08 - Pagoda Peak actually has the least amount of spaces in Mario Party's 1-7 with a mere42 Spaces! (me68777) 1:13:12 - Failed to mention that the solo player can grab onto vines above for a slight boost. While this isn't necessary to win, it can help you out if you're in a tight spot! (FlamezOfGamez)

I would suggest changing the title to "Identifying Luck: Mario Party 1" so as to not have people think you're doing a full series overview in this video which could be the case since it is an hour and 34 minutes long

My friends: what are you doing today me: watching a guide on a game i don't own

Memorizing which star spaces have been used is basically the card counting of Mario Party, I love it.

"And no other player can prevent them from doing so" *unplugs friend's controller*

>"If you land on a pyramid, you will fall" >immediately proceeds to successfully land on the edge of a pyramid, jump over it, land on the next platform and then jump short of the next.

you have summoningsalt energy. never played mario party. never will. why am i so interested?

I like how Bowser is literally just selling his products on the boards Man doing busniess

1:12:18 There was actually a glove that nintendo power offered to prevent palm burn. You had to trace your hand and mail it in as well as provide proof that you owned the game. We tried to get one for my brother, but I don't think we got it in in time or something.

"one player mini games are almost always easy coins" *shows pedal power* Confirmed sadist/masochist

"Single player minigames are easy" Shows minigame responsible for giving me stigmata as a child.

I don't know why I just listened to a guy talk how to game Mario Party for over an hour but it was strangely satisfying.

Identifying Luck: Introduction - 6 minutes Identifying Luck: Mario Party 1: - *1 hours and 34 minutes*

Man, just watching the first bit and I can already tell how much work went into this. I hope this video performs well, I'll definitely share it with my viewers to help you out!

Ah yes, I needed a 1 HOUR VIDEO ON MARIO PARTY LUCK

Me: Algebra is useless Also me: [Watches this video even though I'll most likely never play this Mario Party.]

No one: Me: Fun fact, that one Mario Party minigames goes at 282BPM

"no amount of player input on either end of the steal will increase or reduce the amount of coins stolen" my button mashing was for nothing?

I find it makes a huge difference in "Cast Aways" if you're the farthest player on the right. The sweet spot for chests is just a fraction of a second after they enter the screen, and you always have first crack at them. Easy to rack up huge totals.

3:59 “What? You actually thought I’d give you 10,000 Mini Stars?”

11:32 don't think I didn't catch that conjunction junction joke

"Most of these mini games are EASY!" *shows Pedal Power AKA Palm Destroyer*

This was absolutely excellent. I feel like I'm ready for MLG Mario Party now. I used to play MP1 on an almost daily basis with my brother when we where kids, only ever stopping because we needed time to heal after carving crater sized flesh pits in our palms (Tug 'o War was serious business!). I actually think MP1 is one of the better MP games out there to this day. Naturally there's a lot of nostalgia talking here, but I also think the minigames where simple in a good way (although some of the 1v3 minigames are kinda bullshit...), and the boards all have both nice visual themes and gimmicks that sets them apart. It also feels more like a competition than many of the later entries do, despite having random elements like they all do (perhaps due to the ability to lose coins during minigames, thus making them feel more consequential). I'm glad they removed the stick spinning minigames after this one, though. So many controllers sacrificed...

Me: a video analyzing how luck based mario party games are as a whole? Reality: WIN

For Mushroom mixup, I think you can cheese it with a ground pound once it gets going real fast. The midair twirl actually lasts longer than the platforms stay underwater.

Bro this is insane. Great research, video and editing, you're a committed mad man thanks for this

11:34 I love how you can just _barely_ hear a tiny laugh after the "junctions function" rhyme.

You're telling us to make sure to have some coins or stars before landing on spaces as if we ever had any control in this game.

I hope you do Mario Party 2 so you can talk about Day at the Races - people act like it's pure chance, when you can actually play the odds!

As someone who has literally never played any Mario Party game ever, this was fascinating & I loved every second of it. The amount of time & effort that must have gone into this is mind-boggling. It is a CRIME that you don't have more subscribers. Thanks for the awesome content.

1:09:26 - 1:09:47 ← That part of the video reminds me of trickle-down economics.

Mushroom Mix Up gets insane if you and one other can survive, because it eventually gets so fast that you don't even need to be on the correct color, just make sure you are in the air while the mushrooms are down.

Wonder why this is getting popular all of a sudden. :o I'm glad it did though, since that's how I found it! Very detailed video - and surprisingly engaging. Here are a few tidbits that can help a little more... Apologies in advance if I missed them being mentioned in the video, or if comments brought them up! -In Piranha's Pursuit, there are vines at the top. The skating player can jump into these vines for a little boost. I dunno if it actually gives them any more room for error, but it looks impressive. -In Wario's Battle Canyon, pause buffering can help you land on exactly the space you want while the target is randomly moving around them. Pause as soon as the target moves. If it's the space you want, unpause and immediately press A. If not, unpause briefly, then pause as soon as it moves again. ...Of course, this might be seen as cheating, especially if you're playing with other humans. It also takes some practice. -Without pause buffering, you can still have a little bit of influence. Your reflexes most likely aren't fast enough to press A while the target is on a specific space... but you might be able to press A when the target has moved to a second space, but before it moves to a third space. So, if there's a particular space you really *don't* want to end up on, press A as soon as you see the target on that space. By the time you've reacted, it will have moved away from that space. ...Though if you're too slow, the target might also move to a third space by the time you press A - and it *could* easily be the same space that you're trying to avoid. That said, if you're fast enough even 1 time out of 5, it improves your odds of avoiding said space.

Having your coins taken away from you if you lose at certain mini-games is something I wish they'd bring back in later releases. It REALLY adds to the tension when you know you have something to lose instead of just something to win

8:37 "Easy" >Pedal power The stigmata on my hand says otherwise.

59:38 gotta love Luigi shaking the white flag as if saying “I meant this one! I swear!!!”

That perfect victory in Whack-a-Plant was the best way to finish the in-depth look at _all_ of the mini-games in this game. Great display of skill and one of the highest possible amounts of coins you can win in _any_ mini-game, ever, followed by that oh-so-sweet Perfect Victory/New Record jingle! Even 20 years on, that jingle is still my favourite one in the _entire_ series. Nothing says "You've completely mastered this mini-game!" or "Best team effort ever!" (or even, "We just royally screwed the poor sap on the Bowser Space!" in the case of Bowser's Face Lift) quite like it! EDIT: I honestly had *no* idea that the "perfect victory" jingle could even be _heard_ in Whack-a-Plant until I saw this video. Even back when I played that mini-game and somehow managed to get all 36 coins in it, I swear I only heard the regular "solo victory" jingle.

This is a very well constructed analysis and walkthrough of Mario Party. I’m surprised that you don’t have that many subscribers with this quality content. Can’t wait until the next Identifying Luck.

I'm insanely excited for the Mario Party 5 episode, my friends and I have been playing it a lot and we can really push our games to the next level with this

you don't hate chance time, you *fear* it. I must say in terns of board dynamics and strategys this game has probably the best boards. A remake of this game would be very cool

Damm some good memories playing this game with my buddies and siblings Also the agruments fighting for the "good" controller lol

nobody: 4 player co-op games: "I serve the soviet union."

i always argue that Mario Party is full of strategy and so many people have tried convincing me it’s all luck. your series is so validating thank you.

...I've never even played Mario Party, why am I listening to this lol Still, simply explained and useful video :)

I really appreciate these videos. listening to video essays really helps me with my anxiety, helps provide me with constant thinking points as I go throughout my day, so thank you. aside from my personal thanks, you seriously deserve more views, man. the sheer effort you put into writing alone deserves more credit, much less the time it would take to edit and put a video of this length together.

This is one of the best videos I've seen this year. It's like a trip to my childhood (MP3 to be more exact, but I still get some nostalgia with any other MP game), and the fact that you described and showed every single map, minigame and some trivia as a bonus, it's perfectt! I'm looking forward to the next videos in this series because I really really dig MP stuff

Two years late to this video, but this is one of the most detailed and fun videos I've ever watched. I applaud the effort you've gone through to create this and all your videos!! Thank you for this!😻

Amazing watch. I feel like I learned so much about a game I thought I already knew almost everything about! Seriously worth the full watch, and looking forward to Mario Party 2!

I love how you keep saying "try to land on X", like we'd have a choice on most boards. Great channel with a big passion about my favourite games. Wish you success in the future!

This an extremely in-depth analysis that I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Thank you so much for putting in the work to do this. Being the nerd that I am, I did spot at least a couple of errors, and will make corrections on this comment if I spot an error. I will edit as I rewatch. 1:48 The coins stolen are actually 1-20, though in my experience the coins stolen tend to lean towards less than 10 more frequently than more. 4:00 I have NEVER seen the cursor land on these in MP1, either on my game or on video. Though infrequent, I've seen it happen regularly on 2 or 3, but until I see it happen on 1 myself, I contend that it is impossible. If anyone has footage of this occurring on MP1 please show me in a comment reply. I'd love to see it. 12:08 Actually, while this is the only MP1 board to feature multiple Boos, multiple boards in MP2 have multiple Boos, as well. Off the top of my head, I know Space Land and Bowser Land have 2 Boos, and that Horror Land has 4 (2 day and 2 night), plus a Big Boo spot at night that behaves differently from the others. Adding to the madness, the 2 nighttime Boos in Horror Land are actually quite close to each other, so a lucky player(or a clever one using items) can get him twice in 1 turn. 15:28 Peach's Birthday Cake isn't sweet. I hate it. No, I'm not salty that last time I played it I got stuck in the upper right corner on back to back lottery tries. I'm not. OK, maybe I am. My tears make the formerly sweet board salty. My bad. 16:27 The player going first is not necessarily at an advantage, because the lottery doesn't reset until every seed is drawn. If the first player gets Bowser, then the three Toads have to be drawn before Bowser can be drawn again. So the chances of each player getting screwed on the first cycle is equal. 18:24 It's worth mentioning here that, regardless of game length, it's better to get a plant early in the game than late. It stays there until it steals a star, so if nobody lands on it, it's wasted coins. NEVER buy a plant near the end of a game unless you have loads of money to burn or are desperate for a steal to have a chance to win at all. Load up on them early and then go for the coin star toward the end. 30:05 There are 3 junctions you pay with, but the one on top that you circled is the Bowser vs Boo one that you don't pay with. The third junction is in the right side of the winding path. 35:20 Uhh... how did they tie? I'm pretty sure ties are impossible for dice rolls in this game. Emulator glitch? 35:43 MP4 has nine 1 vs 3 minigames. MP1 has by far the fewest 2 vs 2 games, not 1 vs 3. 42:40 In my experience, faster mashing means faster movement. This is evidenced by the fact that I move noticeably faster than AI in this game. The quicker you can get to places, the better your chances of victory. 44:17 These numbers tell you how many times you can hit the block, but at the end of this game, your coins earned in board game play are actually reduced to half of what you collected in the minigame. Minigame Island is the exception, as it's the very first level so it has to be easy. Otherwise, it would take an above average performance to even net 10 coins, which is undesired in an easy opening level. 53:12 Again, if someine has footage of any AI losing this minigame, I'd love to see it, because I have never seen this happen, not even on the easy difficulty. 56:10 Even though the music stops at a random time, you can hold the control stick directly towards the center while the music is playing at no penalty. This will let you start your movement to the chest on frame 1 regardless of music timing. I wish this game got a remake that penalized you for doing this because it's so cheap. LOL 58:21 Worth mentioning: If you have the bulb and all 3 teammates are possessed, either make a beeline for the socket if it is visible or let a player take the bulb from you and then IMMEDIATELY punch that same player. Put yourself between the player you are giving it to and the big Boo so that the possessed player keeps walking in your direction, making it easier for you to punch them. Remember: Only Boos can possess you, not possessed players. Also, if you want a certain player to lose coins in board game play and you start with the bulb, then commit suicide at the start. It's hilarious. 58:42 Actually, players caught by the big Boo do not earn coins for a successful run, but they don't lose any either, unlike if the bulb is lost. 1:12:06 Worth mentioning: If it looks like certain sides are getting sudden bursts of strength, guess what, they are. The river ebbs and flows alternately to the left and right over the course of the game. Getting a feel for this may help influence when you rotate harder and save a little skin, pain, and plastic. 1:21:17 The middle chest in the 3rd row is worth 5 coins, not 3, so if the opponent gets the big 10 coin chest, this is your next biggest target. 1:26:12 Uh Mario whut is u doin? 1:32:26 Actually, the coins DO count even if you fall, it's just that falling is worth -5 coins, so a bag plus a fall is worth a net change of 0 coins. A bag, 2 coins, and a fall is worth 2 coins. A fall and coin is -4 coins, and so on.

me, who has never played a mario party game and doesnt plan on doing so any time soon: yeah this seems like a GREAT thing to watch at 1am!

lets just make sure chuggaaconroy never sees this

This is one of my favorite games of all time and I really thought I saw and knew everything about it before I came across that video. Thank you so much for this amazing piece, I really can't wait for the next installments!

I never knew I wanted this video so much! This is a gold mine of in-depth content about my favourite MP ever. Amazing work!

you emit the same energy summoning salt and EZscape have. interesting and well done vid, you earned my sub and like 👌

Subscribed for this video and this video alone. Not enough people analyse Mario Party on the internet to this detail. Looking forward to future editions in this series!

With the amount of detail in these things, the five and a half hour Mario party three video will be GRAND!!

Amazing video! As a kid, I thought I knew everything there is to know about the game, but it seems that there was far far more stuff that I didn't know about. Watched the entire video and loved every bit of it

This is the exact kind of video I have been loving lately. I look forward to listening to this and the next while working on other stuff

I’ve been playing the Mario party series sense I was 4 and I’ve learned many strategies and probability’s throughout the games but this video answered questions even I had. This nostalgic trip and informative video has gotten me hooked on your channel, hope to see more!

Quality content. This is one of those things you’d always assumed someone documented in video form already but here we are. Look forward to the rest whenever they may be

Hey, weird question but where did you find that incredibly accurate Mario font you used throughout the video?

I didn't even play any Mario Party aside from the one for DS, but the throughness, editing and explanation kept me hooked. Great job, and I'll wait for when you'll do the DS one :D

Thank you for such an indepth video on one of my childhood favourites! It is fascinating to learn about things and hidden rules that I never knew about even after playing it for years! Looking forward to watching the rest of the set! And, to add further compliment, even though the video is over an hour long I never felt it overstayed it's welcome. On contrary: It was entertaining AND educational, well done!

Hey dude. Amazing video, I can´t imagine the amount of time it took on editing alone. I´m looking forward for the rest of the series!

This deserves more views for the amount of detail alone.

Oh man, this video made me quite nostalgic for this game! I played it with my brother and cousin all the time. We really loved the peach cake and yoshi island boards. The board I remember heavily disliking was the luigi engine room board. Great video!

I tend to analyze a minigame now and then for best/worst outcome, to see how to make the best of it, but this is so thorough, I'm amazed! Nice!

i know most of the tips, if not all, in this video by just playing the game for years, but for some reason just listening to you talk about every detail is just cool and relaxing, maybe it's just the way you explain everything

Got this video recommended to me and i'm so glad it was. Great content!!!

This was the most in-depth dive into Mario Party I've ever seen, and I spent a few months just mapping star spaces in my free time. I can't wait for the rest of them. It'll be the most comprehensive guide to the series out there.

This video is more like "A comprehensive guide to optimal strategy and tactics in Mario Party 1" than just "Identifying Luck". Pretty interesting, although mainly just in an academic sense for me since I've never actually played the original Mario Party (3 is the only one I played a significant amount of).

I love these kinds of videos, and you're doing an absolute killer job at it as well! I can't wait to watch and/or fall asleep to every single one of these you release, lol. Very nice to listen to. It's sort of like Pannenkoek, but with Marioparty! Keep up the amazing work.

Someone hwo does a 1 and a half hour breakdown of mario party deserves more than 11k subs. That's some quality content right here. Hope your channel takes off.

Gonna say it in the first MP video since it's currently playing. I've been straight up playing the whole "Identifying Luck" playlist for sleep ambience because your voice is oddly soothing.

I just rewatch this series over and over, I love it sooo much. It’s like you are a close friend but not in a creepy way lol

Fantastic video! Mario Party should be the next big e-sport

1:10:53 Mario gettin' a good sniff down there

Thanks for this amazing analysis of Mario Party! Now I'm more prepared when I finally get the game!

this was very relaxing and interesting at the same time. i got sucked in and didnt notice how far i was into the video. great work comrade!

This is basically a how to "cheat" at mario party, and I love this a lot, subscribed and liked. Cannot wait for the others!

The single most comprehensive game analysis video ever released. And 7 more on the way Absolutely mental

Hey, it doesn’t matter what order you get to goomba on peaches birthday cake, first has a 25%, second has 33% of 75% which is 25%, third has 50% of 50% which is 25%, and fourth has 100% of 25% which is 25%. So the order doesn’t matter.

Oooh, I watched this 4 years ago on a different account! Really happy you made this a series, I needed more long form content to save me from short form brain rot. ❤

I need more of this series!

Idk what it is about you, but I could listen to you for hours. Definitely subscribing to you.

There's a few minigames in which I have a bit more info. For Musical Mushroom, there is no penalty to having the Control Stick tilted before the music stops. Therefore, you can tilt the Control Stick toward the center mushroom in order to move right out of the gate. In Running of the Bulb, only four regular Boos can be active at once, whether they're possessing someone or not. Therefore, a legitimate strategy (that I have successfully pulled off, though I sadly don't have footage of it) for bulb-carrying players who are the only ones not possessed is to lure the Boos and possessed players to the center and literally run circles around them until you get to the end. Again, be careful of the Big Boo. The vines above the single player in Piranha's Pursuit can be jumped into with the right timing, which will automatically propel the player a bit forward. This is useful to keep ahead of the Piranha Plant, allowing for more recovery time if they make a mistake. An odd AI quirk on Ground Pound that Chuggaaconroy loves to bring up is that no matter what setting the AI is on, the will alternate between spiky and flat-top posts. In other words, the AI will _never_ lose this game, so plan accordingly.

Loved this video, can't wait for the rest of the series. The next one gets me excited as it's my favorite mario party that I played too much of as a kid

What drives people to making analysis videos that are over an hour! Shits awesome

I think the difficulty stars indicate how many unique mechanics each board has assigned to them. DK Jungle has the boulder, 1 Mechanic Peach's Birthday cake has the piranha plants and the seed guessing game, 2 Mechanics Yoshi's Tropical Island has the thwomp toll that can be manipulated and the changing star locations, 2 Mechanics Wario's Battle Canyon has the cannons and the shy guy, 2 Mechanics Luigi's Engine Room has two different types of ? spaces, the blue and red paths changing every turn, and the ability to change them with coins, 3 Mechanics Mario's Rainbow Castle has the changing Toad and Bowser theme, 1 Mechanic Bower's Magma Mountain has the shortcut roulette, the star or Bowser roulette, and all the blue spaces becoming red for a few turns, 3 Mechanics Eternal Star has the warping, the changing warp courses, and the baby bowser minigame for a star, 3 mechanics. That's my very best guess anyway. Thanks for the video!

Amazing video! Learned a lot more about the inner workings of MP1 thanks to this! One thing I want to add: In Desert Dash, if (for whatever reason) none of the players does anything after a while, the game will eventually end in a draw.

11:35 This board’s JUNCTION FUNCTIONS. Hooking up words, phrases and clauses?

I haven't played a mario party game since 2007 and this video was so entertaining that it makes me want to play again.

I don't have a clue of how I ended up here but if I've watched the first 51:07 minutes might as well see it all through the end. Nice video, never played Mario Party 1 but it is helping me get an idea of how this game works

OH MY FUCKING GOD I LOVE THIS SERIES. I'm so glad this was put in my recommended vids. I love your narration style. I can imagine analysis videos like this take FOREVER to make, but I seriously cannot fucking WAIT for the rest of this series. Thanks for doing this.

I gave up the video since I only played Mario Party 4 onward Then I watched the Introduction video And then I subscribed and will watch every last one

Thank you for the video, I'm already 20 minutes in! Love what you do!

there's something very compelling about these longform videos explaining a game in depth. it just vibes.

Cant wait for the rest of the videos, your analysis is awesome

Absolutely excellent breakdown! ...of almost absolutely everything. I can think of only two things you forgot to mention: Star Spaces - Deactivated Star Spaces turn into Chance Time spaces. I do not know if they remain that way forever or only until all the Star Spaces are cycled through. Piranha's Pursuit - You can jump onto the vines to swing from them. I am unaware if this is faster. Can't wait to see you do my main man Mario Party 2!