The party classic pocket-sized!

'Mario Party' has been synonymous with the N64 for a lot of multiplayer fun. Also the DS offshoot is his ancestors in every way. Nintendo and Ubisoft created a more than successful version for the handheld. So if the go ever feel like a Mario Party has, which is hereby served.

The story is, as with any Mario game, very simple: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Wendy, Wario, Waluigi and Yoshi are shrunk by Bowser and must now play its game boards to compete at the end against him.

Tons of options can be found here: First, the story mode, in which one of eight characters denies the adventure with. Then of course the multiplayer mode and a lot of little extra games, such as the puzzle corner or of course, the individual boards and minigames. Here you can activate not only various religious, trophies and music, there is also Mario Party points. The more you win it, the faster you get to the extras and profits.

Game boards, there are five and each one has its tricks and secrets. In particular, the boards of Donkey Kong and Bowser are really tricky and offer plenty of variety! The rules are likely to most anyway be known, but who is new, of course, gets a player-friendly introduction. And if you understand everything, you can get started immediately and collect stars, coins and items, and to duel against the opponents.

In this game you can really spend a lot of time! Who the opponents are too weak, which can increase the Com- skill level, increase the number of laps or narrow minigame categories. And above all the different minigames (over 70!) Are the players call and provide the necessary voltage!

Visually, the game is on a very high level (for DS conditions in any case) and the music is really great. How does Nintendo after so many years still to compose melodies that go a catchy? Especially nice is that you can listen to the music separately in the extras is.

Nevertheless, a few more boards would have been nice, after all, there are so many categories and topics in Mario, you still could have used, such as a submarine or slab. Nevertheless, the game offers a lot of variety!

'Mario Party DS' is really what it promises: Party, fun and games. Until the branch appears for the 3DS, you can access without thinking who is Mariofan, will can not resist here. One of the best games for the Nintendo DS!