Mario Party: Island Tour

 3DS
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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 172 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 53 out of 172
  2. Mixed: 71 out of 172
  3. Negative: 48 out of 172
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  1. Brc123
    Jan 19, 2014
    3
    Mario Party has always revolved around luck to an extent, but this game takes it to another level. This game makes Mario Party 8 look good, and will bore you in minutes. Starting off, the Mario Party series have never really offered a whole lot of content, but they kept gamers at bay, and also had a playable story mode. Not only is Island Tour the first Mario Party to not have a storyMario Party has always revolved around luck to an extent, but this game takes it to another level. This game makes Mario Party 8 look good, and will bore you in minutes. Starting off, the Mario Party series have never really offered a whole lot of content, but they kept gamers at bay, and also had a playable story mode. Not only is Island Tour the first Mario Party to not have a story mode, but the only thing close to it is the ridiculously easy minigame tower. Almost every single board in this game follows the concept that "Whoever gets to the end first wins!" and quite literally involve no skill and solely luck. Some boards last about 10 minutes and they did bring back mini stars, but screwed up at it by making the mini star stage full out luck (I got first on 90% of the mini games but still came in 4th). Mario Party's main selling point are the addictive minigames. Im not gonna lie, the mini games are pretty good but the only other modes beside free play are the usual step it up and time attack. Lastly, if you are looking for an original soundtrack, most of the music is ported from Mario Party 9. It's such a shame that a highly hyped game turned out like this. Even a hardcore Mp fan can skip this title.… Expand
  2. Focaccia
    Feb 22, 2017
    1
    I love Mario Party, but this game is terrible. The boards are uninteresting, most of the mini games aren't fun, especially the numerous chance mini games, honestly everything about this game seems lazy, and I'm not a Mario Party hater, I loved most of the first 8 Mario Party games, but since Mario Party 9 for the wii the franchise has been going downhill.
  3. NovaW2
    May 4, 2015
    4
    Mario Party:Island Tour is boring and dull and dragged out. The only thing to make up for it is you can play mini games without going into a full game
  4. MrTacoBob
    Jul 8, 2017
    1
    Some of the minigames are good but I found the boards to be awful, the story is bland, and its not memorable. The graphics are okay but they aren't amazing.
  5. brandonlow93
    Dec 25, 2013
    0
    Mario Party Island Tour lacks any depth or fun the originals had. The boards are short, and no skill is involved in playing this game. It is all luck that will lead you to win. The story of the game is non existing. Mini Games only last for a few seconds at most usually. Very disappointed in this long awaited title for the 3ds. Try again Nintendo
  6. Lokathor
    Jan 19, 2014
    2
    All of the boards are extremely short. All the minigames are free-for-all style. The game doesn't have an online mode. All the major features you'd want in a Mario Party game on the 3DS are not in this game.
  7. KoopaKart24
    Feb 13, 2014
    0
    I usually encourage Nintendo to try new things, but the past 2 Mario Party games have been dreadful. They don't even offer to have the old school mode, its like Mario Party 9 but worse, its literally boring, don't buy it.
  8. scraggasaur
    Feb 13, 2014
    4
    This game brought nothing new to the table. It just seemed like Nintendo had some extra time and made a new game. It did not focus enough on the mini games, and there were not enough unlockables.
  9. GamecubeLover
    Nov 3, 2016
    0
    The minigames are hard, easy, simple, complex, stupid, and the worst **** piece of **** in the world! The gimmick is to get to the end at least 10 and 9 and advance you do a collect-athon but in this game you just get to the END. The boards are lackluser and suck ass. The story mode is also a big piece of ****
  10. ShadowR
    Dec 30, 2013
    3
    "There's always something new to explore on the Party Islands." If you have played this game, you'll fall over laughing. True, the boards and extras are good, but that's pretty much it. The worst part is Bowser Tower. Bowser turns the sky purple, which is even lamer than kidnapping Peach, and all you do is play mini games.
  11. DarthSidious63
    Feb 16, 2014
    4
    The party is over. Mario Party Island Tour is a boring and that's the problem because it depends wholly on multiplayer and if there's none then it fails.
  12. wegie125
    Dec 3, 2017
    0
    I didn't know this but I guess there was a time where I almost thought this game was worth the money because I had this game rated at a nine. No, it doesn't even deserve a 1. It deserves nothing because it feels like they just slapped mario party on the front of some garbage new game. I can't believe they ruined the series like this and I can assure anyone that I would never play thisI didn't know this but I guess there was a time where I almost thought this game was worth the money because I had this game rated at a nine. No, it doesn't even deserve a 1. It deserves nothing because it feels like they just slapped mario party on the front of some garbage new game. I can't believe they ruined the series like this and I can assure anyone that I would never play this again or get any of the new mario parties. They ruined this… Expand
  13. AmACheeseburger
    May 9, 2014
    0
    This game is not much better than Mario Party 9!!!! The only thing Nintendo fixed was to separate the characters. Again, the minigames suck and so does multiplayer!
  14. PedroGamer
    Oct 17, 2014
    2
    Horrible!!!!This game doesn´t have any depth or quality that saves this horrible, crappy game.First of all, they introduced the lame Bowser Tower.There even a Stupid event that you lose all of your M Points!
  15. Chronicdayz
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    Nintendo's getting Lazy, I saw it with Mario kart 7 now with this... This time they couldn't be bothered to do the extra bit of programming to make this an online multiplayer, or maybe the 3DS can't keep up with the times then they should put out a better machine that can...It's all about Top multiplayer games...
  16. MadnessisRising
    Mar 6, 2019
    4
    Some mini-games are still fun. But i absolutely don't understand why they changed a great concept which was so successfully for nothing more than rubbish...
  17. MisterSushi7
    Dec 29, 2014
    3
    I was quite enthusiastic to play Mario Party: Island Tour on the 3DS, but overall I was left pretty disappointed. The gameplay is almost entirely based on luck, and although I like that they made each board unique and different, it gets too messed up to enjoy. There is a story, but it doesn't have any impact on the actual game besides Bowser's Tower, a mode that's actually just a bunch ofI was quite enthusiastic to play Mario Party: Island Tour on the 3DS, but overall I was left pretty disappointed. The gameplay is almost entirely based on luck, and although I like that they made each board unique and different, it gets too messed up to enjoy. There is a story, but it doesn't have any impact on the actual game besides Bowser's Tower, a mode that's actually just a bunch of minigames. The graphics are actually pretty good this time around, a few lazy textures here and there but ultimately it looks pretty nice. Overall, Mario Party: Island Tour could have been a great game, but Nintendo seemed to have rushed it out the door and not given it any actual fun.… Expand
  18. CarlDaShyGuy
    Mar 15, 2015
    4
    You know what? This game isn't actually too bad, but on the other hand, it isn't great. To be blunt, it's a mixed bag. Mario Party has always been innovating, but this game might be the most unique one yet. Each board is very unique and well designed, and the minigames are good, even the ones that don't innovate. A lot of the minigames in this game make good use of the touch screen andYou know what? This game isn't actually too bad, but on the other hand, it isn't great. To be blunt, it's a mixed bag. Mario Party has always been innovating, but this game might be the most unique one yet. Each board is very unique and well designed, and the minigames are good, even the ones that don't innovate. A lot of the minigames in this game make good use of the touch screen and other unique features of the Nintendo 3DS. Also, Mario Party has always had luck as an aspect. Here, that aspect is cranked up to eleven. A bunch of minigames and boards require very little skill, and more of that luck. The boards are also short, leaving less time to strategize on boards where there's more skill. The story mode is also a boring montage of minigames that can be completed in a few hours. And if you want to play with friends, you better assure that they have functional 3DS-es so they can actually play the game with you. And if not, then either say "Forget it" to the multiplayer, or have your friends spend wads of cash on hardware.

    Scores:
    Single player: 4/10
    Multiplayer: 4.1/10

    Final Grade: 4/10    … Expand
  19. AnthonyDaBest
    Nov 14, 2017
    2
    This game is boring and relies on too much luck, the boards are too short and the Rocket one you can win in like 3-4 turns. The minigames aren't very fun and the extras are the only good thing about this game. The concept is actually a good idea but the way it was executed was done poorly.
  20. MarioReviewer
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    Behind Mario Kart Tour, this game is the worst Mario game on Metacritic and for good reason. Every single board in this game sucks. After Mario Party 9, a great game, they took the boards that worked wonders because of the party car, and took away the party car. Bold move, taking something that worked and removed it's working functions, well done. Hmm. The worst board in this game isBehind Mario Kart Tour, this game is the worst Mario game on Metacritic and for good reason. Every single board in this game sucks. After Mario Party 9, a great game, they took the boards that worked wonders because of the party car, and took away the party car. Bold move, taking something that worked and removed it's working functions, well done. Hmm. The worst board in this game is Banzai Bill's something Mountain, where all you do is decide whether to go into a hole where you can't progress, or go into the usual path, where you have a risk of being sent all the way back to the beginning. It may seem like fun luck, but really it's extremely annoying and just straight up unfun to play. The rest of the boards are just rolling a dice continuously until you reach the end whilst you see Mario and friends walking around. You might as well just roll a dice in real life around 30 times and after every 4 rolls you can walk outside and shoot a basketball in a hoop, then you've experienced Mario Party: Island Tour.… Expand
  21. BestGamReview
    Aug 1, 2023
    1
    My least favorite Mario party game. How did they mess up the story so bad? Shocking the franchise recovered from this. Gameplay is just straight up weird and might be even worse than the car. In my opinion this one is most certainly worth a skip

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57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 47 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 47
  3. Negative: 6 out of 47
  1. SpazioGames
    Apr 13, 2014
    65
    Nintendo is a master at finding a specific target audience and offer them exactly what they want, sometimes even with a little less quality than usual. Mario Party: Island Tour does just that, speaking to the more casual audience among the owners of Nintendo 3DS.
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  2. Level7.nu
    Feb 16, 2014
    50
    A very slow party game. The majority of the mini games are well done and easy to learn and play, but all the waiting time is killing the pace and joy of playing. A group of players could have some fun, but if you're playing alone - stay away.
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  3. Gamereactor Denmark
    Feb 12, 2014
    50
    There’s little reason to pick up the latest Mario Party. While it has plenty of personality, the majority of the experience is so thin that it struggles to keep your attention.
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