Mario Party DS review at CVG.

"Have you heard the one about the Nintendo characters and the minigames? More unlikely, have you managed to avoid it? Unless you haven't had access to electricity for the last ten years, you'll probably know all about Mario Party, which is one of the most successful and imitated casual games series.

It has had its ups and downs over the course of at least nine sequels, some of which are barely distinguishable from one another beyond the title screens, but it's never less than popular - explicably or otherwise."

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