Mario Party 3
Mario Party 3 is a 2000 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. The third installment in the Mario Party series, it was first released in Japan on December 7, 2000, in North America on May 7, 2001, in Australia on September 3, 2001, and in Europe on November 16, 2001. As with the previous installments, the player chooses between eight playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Wario, and Donkey Kong from the first two games, alongside newcomers Princess Daisy and Waluigi. The game introduces duel maps, where two players try to lower each other's stamina to zero using non-player characters such as Chain Chomps.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2000
- Developer
- Hudson Soft
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 7 December 2000 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo 64 |
| Genres | party video game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q743187, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Mario Party 3? How long to beat it
Total play time for Mario Party 3 is about 27.3 hours to do everything, and around 9.4 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 9.4h | 41 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 19h | 18 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 27.3h | 14 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Mario Party 3 sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Mario Party 3 lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 59ahead of 13% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 45ahead of 84% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Mario Party 3
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Mario Party 3
What platforms is Mario Party 3 on?
Mario Party 3 is available on Nintendo 64. It first released in 2000.
Who made Mario Party 3?
Mario Party 3 was developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Mario Party 3?
about 9.4 hours for the main story, 19 hours with the main extras, 27.3 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.