PixlBit

You should get one. It'd be a blast playing with your kids 

Pretty sure it's Gorbachev from the Cold War-era Soviet Union. I don't know where that particular picture comes from though.

The most important thing you need to enjoy a Mario Party game is other people to play with, the more the merrier. It's rather dull as a solo affair. As for which one to play, I'm partial to the original because I played it so much as a kid (you have to set the ground rule that you won't use your palm to rotate the control stick though; that's the only game in the series that uses that mechanic) but MP7 is probably the most robust. I don't think the imprecision of motion controls do the minigames any favors in MP8 & 9, not that they ruin the games either.

I don't think anyone got excited for them anymore, which is probably one of the reasons the series went on a long break. Having a bigger gap between games would help people get excited because it becomes more of an event. And it's amazing the reactions different people have to different games. A lot of people say the New Super Mario games destroy friendships but I'm never had problems with those games.

I heard that the WarioWare devs made the excellent NES Remix for the Wii U (which is apprarently getting a sequel soon), so they're still doing stuff. We'll have to wait and see if they return to Wario any time soon.

Well, judging by your profile picture, you're a very old man. And apparently not a patient one 

I played gobs of that original game and most of the others since then. None have been bad, except Island Tour, but it all gets very samey.

I actually have a copy of this game—a physical Game Boy cartridge!—but I haven't played it yet because *ideally* I'd like to play the first game first. It sounds so cool though. I liked Wario more back in these old days. Today they've really embraced the pointless crudity for him. I want to get the other Wario Land games, especially WL4 for GBA.

I really like the first one, no doubt because I played it more than any other. I'm surprised you're not a fan of the series. Seems like it'd be right up your alley.

Collaboration was not a good addition. Those boss battles are fun though.