Mario Party Party: The First 

There's a real sleepover vibe to this one with how much fun everyone is having. Before the dread set in. Before Jeff realized he'd made a deal with the Devil.

Notable reviews of Mario Party 1 “The Party really starts when the players interact with each other while competing in this hilarious game.” - Gamepro “The excitement raised by the frantic multiplayer action is nothing short of sensational.” - Hot Games “It’s like someone took a crap or a dump inside an N64.” - Jeff Gerstmann

It’s a tradition to come back to this video once in a while.

Can’t say how much I miss this crew and how big of an impact they made on my life. Wish them all the very best. So happy they have all wound up in places that seem to be doing well. Here’s to Giantbomb!

Drew's cold unblinking stare as no one pays attention to how he's about to turn the game upsidedown at 2:04:07 might be my favorite Giant Bomb moment of all time.

Jeff's response after the first mini game is perfect comedic timing. Dan: "You've been practicing!" Jeff: "...I like to party." Immaculate

I did 50 turns ONCE. I rented the game, did 50 on Bob-omb's Poor Life Choice Jamboree against all computer players, and it was the worst combination of mistakes I have ever made.

The dynamic between Dan and Jeff is so great.

KingK brought me here. Worth it.

Jeff's buddies here are all gone. RIP Giant Bomb.

They are all great, but this might be the best one. Jeff is not yet completely broken here. He can still feel some joy. And at 44:30, that joy left him and he broke.

Who else is going to miss madman Dan, and the chaos his ideas brought to Giant Bomb? I'm watching this after finishing "The Final Mario Party" and I'm weirdly emotional.

Look at them. So young. So full of hope for the future.

Within two short years, all of Dan's hair on his head retreated to his face.

Dan cackling like an imp on nitrous oxide gives me life. I swear, he is this good at these because he is a game of Mario Party given a sentient form

I love the juxtaposition of Dan talking like Mario Party is a real game, and Jeff's soul slowly eroding as the horrid reality sinks ever in that he has to do this eight more fucking times

I love watching people play these games with Dan. I would hate to play these games with Dan.

I came from an unrelated analysis video, I dunno who any of these people are, immediately they have a fantastic dynamic.

Mini games not played 1. Coin block blitz 2. Box mountain mayhem 3. Grab bag 4. Key-pa-way 5. Hot rope jump 6. Tightrope treachery 7. Tug o war 8. Pedal power 9. Ghost guess 10. Deep sea divers 11. Handcar havoc

So depressing to watch now. They had such a good thing going.

Fuck I missed this. Nothing will beat the days of the couch

2:05:13 made this whole game worth the wait.

I still love these videos. They are like comfort food or a warm blanket. I love the endurance runs and I love UPF. I love the big live live show live and everything else the site produced for a wonderful, formative many years in my life. I’ll probably return to GB content until I’m an old man. Seeing what became of the team really makes me so sad. I can’t even remember the name of the other site they split off into. It’s soulless and depressing. I wonder why they had a falling out It’s insane to me that these guys basically pioneered let’s plays back in 2008, were at the top of their popularity, and decided they didn’t want to listen to the entire fan base asking for endurance runs. They walked away from a literal fortune. They could have been making Game Grumps money these days. They chose not to play 30 minutes of games together everyday. I’ll never understand that. If you are reading this and haven’t watched them before, go watch the Persona 4 and Deadly Premonition endurance runs. They are some of the most classic videos on the internet.

Awww, this one is only three hours long.

The amount of entertainment I've gotten over the past couple of years of being a premium member is well worth the cost of admission.

Jeff's constant head shaking is hilarious! xD

19:48 Just realized that this is where the infamous "game of skill" thing was born.

"It's like a garbage dump and an outhouse had a baby."

I know it's late but holy shit if Brad's cry of defeat isn't one of my favorite Giant Bomb moments ever

I like how Dan brought a glove, but it's a shitty latex glove instead of something actually capable of protecting his hand from blisters from the stick.

33:45 This is fucking hilarious!

For anybody without premium who may be considering watching all of Mario Party Party, fair word of warning: nobody wins.

I still love Giant Bomb in 2022, but damn I miss this vibe.

I miss giant bomb

coming from the 11'th mario party to this is just great. Jeffs mood now compared to then. priceless

This series was why I got a premium membership

Who's here after Brad said goodbye😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Best video on RU-vid? Yes!

I miss Dan and Drew so goddamn much, but they are both living their dreams now. Poor Jeff. I guess we'll always have Mario Party....nobody wins.

Wow, I remember this was the reason I went premium like 2 years ago

I have watched this three times. No regrets

25:46 I don't want to hurt myself I'm not willing to sacrifice the quality of my hands LMAO

1:25:19 Brad: "Don't let him surface!" Also Brad: *absolutely does not move an inch to stop Dan from surfacing*

2:12:35 Thank you, Jeff. You broke Brad.

this whole thing is like an ancient greek epic

I always found bullshit that Mario's Rainbow Castle is listed as being one Star in difficulty. Yet, Bowser steals 50 coins from whatever Player meets Him. I'm sure it's the most He steals from players out of any map. Technically, it's 40 coins since you immediately go down to Koopa after climbing the tower and get 10 back due to the game mechanics. Still quite harsh for one star difficulty.

Watch 25:44-26:31 without sound and only the bottom

Welp, time to rewatch all of these.

1:14:00 Well now there's going to be a HD remaster on Switch

This may be the best video on RU-vid...I’ve watched it way too many times...

21:22 best moment in video, he just cant reply

I've spent over 30hrs of my life watching these Parties, and don't regret a single minute.

Brad's scream can still be heard pulsating through the galaxy.

Literally all of them look way better now. :D

It's 2024 and the "see you soon" at the end really stings.

It's amazing how Mario Party's effect has had such a drastic ageing effect on these guys.

I know that this is old, but I remember watching all of these for the first time. It genuinely makes me sad that I've already watched all of them and I can't rewatch them for the first time. I can't wait for them to make another one on the new mario party comes out because they're absolutely hilarious. Somehow, I feel welcomed when I watch.

58:55 LMAOOOOO he was so happy about that then just by saying three words with a negative tone then just fuck

Anyone else find out about this through King K's Chance Time retrospectives?

Doing a loser solo mario party stream with special guests coming to hangout would be the best thing ever

1:36:48 The first time Jeff experienced true happiness

This is probably the only time I've enjoyed watching or playing MP1. I genuinely think it grew on all of them as the game went on, looking forward to checking the premiums out soon.

RIP

This was actually my introduction to dan, first thing I watched with him after he joined gb. What an introduction.

Oh man. This was the series back in the day that made a yearly sub after being on and off monthly sub. Love it and really makes me miss the Jeff and Dan dynamic we will lose. At least Vinny will get great pair and we still have the Best of the Year podcast with whole crew.

Thwompface Killah, the WZA, Ol' Dirty Bowser... We on a swarm.

We'll miss you dan

2022 viewer here. See you next game, Jeff! Welcome back, Dan! Bring back MP content to GB plz!

This was fun to watch didn’t expect to watch all of it

This makes me miss being a Giant Bomb Premium member. Mario Party 1 feels like no one ever playtested it imo.

I think this game may have profoundly contributed to troll culture

I love Dan, I miss him at gameinformer but love seeing him anywhere

Woah... The first mario party party. This takes me back.

"Those of you out there on the internet are alive." I certainly don't feel very alive right now, to be honest.

Curse you for sucking me into to watch this nightmare unfold again....I love it xD

1:08:45 "☝️ They call me Mr. Mario Party " - Jeff Gertsman LMAO

It's amazing seeing their attitudes from this one to the most recent one. They are breaking.

Still love these parties ;)

Man this one is so innocent compared to the clusterfuck it becomes. LOOK AT JEFF ACTUALLY TRY

1:08:05 is the reason I still play it. Not the only reason mind you but still. Doing the middle first is so much easier but the result's the same. When there's no double green players the player selection the second pick is just as easy. The third's just the topping of the revenge cake.

I would kill to be there and play Mario party with you. I have never played it but I always laugh like crazy when watching these videos :)

Nothing makes me want premium more than this.

Dan always did this at GameInformer too. Lol! Miss you on Super Replay. Pipo!!!!!

God, Jeff is a hero for putting up with this shit. I don't know why I have so many fond memories of Mario Party.

dan was so pure

Wow. Thanks, Giant Bomb.

wow Jeff has actually lost a lot of weight

Aah man I love this

1 hour in and this has been incredibly entertaining

this was insanly fun

dan looks so innocent and harmless in the video thumbnail! :D

1:19:10 - Another Drew meme.

The guy who said 50 turns is regreting it on the second roll

I only came here after watching KingK's video on Mario Party and seeing how pissed the already salty guy is. Only three minutes in and the game hasn't even started yet and I love the kidneystones I'm developing. Wu-Tang clan ain't nuthing ta fuck wit. Except Mario Party RNG. Mario Party RNG will fuck anything and laugh at its victim while doing it.

are you ready to depart for an adventure ?... And an adventure it truly was

I have not watched giant bomb its a good thing I checked it now

Dan is so different. Not just appearance-wise, his whole demeanor.

This is when Dan turned full on heel

in the grand scheme of things. this game gave (MP¹) Dan such an advantage especially with the mini games. shouldn't even have counted to the totals for example the face stretches, dan knew the exact contact spots to warp the face. Another example would be the countless other many games that then was able to abuse for the victory due to lack of experience from the rest of the crew

Angry Orchard, good one boys