Seventh Mario Party trying out eight-player pad sharing. Generous idea on paper, awkward in practice, decent boards and still strong mini games. Probably the least essential GameCube Mario Party, pleasant but no more.
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Category
Party / Minigame4 players3+
Description
Mario and friends participate in mini-games in this seventh Nintendo GameCube Mario Party. Published by Nintendo, released in Europe in January 2006. Party game with varied 8-player mini-games with two controllers, Cruise and Bowser modes and new features.
Mario Party 7 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Up to eight players on one screen, sharing controllers: this collective madness pushes the party spirit to its peak. Exotic boards, mini-games galore and dirty tricks by the bucket keep a hilarious tension going from start to finish. Generous and chaotic, it offers one of the most convivial experiences in the catalogue.
Seventh and last Mario Party on GameCube, pushing to eight players via shared controllers and also shipping a microphone. Its collector interest lies in its position as the series' close on the machine, often the final piece completists aim for, and in the need to include the peripheral for a whole set. The European edition, with a narrower PAL pressing, is all the more coveted as the original mic is often missing from resold boxes. Desirability rests on a rising value and that end-point status, making it a prized goal at the end of a collection.
Is Mario Party 7 still worth playing in 2026?
The last Mario Party on GameCube, entry 7 pushes multiplayer up to eight participants sharing controllers, against a round-the-world cruise and new modes like the Bowser mode. The eight-player madness is its strong suit, ripe for laughter. But the formula is starting to spin and the addition stays incremental, the solo still skippable. A festive party game, generous in multiplayer, worth recommending above all to large groups and series diehards.
