jerec's Mario Party 9 review

I really was interested in this title. For some reason, it just looked better than the last three I played (7, 6, 5). Sadly, my Wii is not at my apartment and my sister, who is my irreplaceable Mario Party friend, is moving East. To clarify, can you grab people from online to play?

No, there's no online mode unfortunately. But having played Brawl online, which lagged like crazy, there's no way I can see a connection lasting for about half an hour. Hopefully the Wii U has a better online set up so multiplayer Mario Party can become a reality.

I've played 1, 2, 3, 6, and tried 8 once. Only really liked the first 2, so it has been a long time for me since I've enjoyed a Mario Party game.

1 and 2 were both great and I actually enjoyed 3 most as a single player game... it was incredibly challenging! That was the one that had two board games rolled into it, if I remember.

I can't recall four-six at all, except one of them used a microphone.

1 was good, 2 was awesome, 3 was great, 4 was pretty good, then nothing. Just got 9, and I'm liking it.