Mario Party
Mario Party is a 1998 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. The game was targeted at a young audience. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto served as development supervisor. The game was released in Japan on December 18, 1998, North America on February 8, 1999, and in PAL regions on March 9, 1999. It received mostly positive critical reviews for its multiplayer mode, concept, and music; disapproval of its slow pacing; and mixed reviews of its graphics. It is the first installment in the Mario Party series and was followed by Mario Party 2 in 1999. The game received its first official re-release on the Nintendo Classics service in 2022. Content from this game was remastered as part of Mario Party: The Top 100 for the Nintendo 3DS, Mario Party Superstars and Super Mario Party Jamboree for the Nintendo Switch.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1998
- Developer
- Hudson Soft
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 18 December 1998 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo 64 |
| Genres | party video game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q6507722, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Mario Party? How long to beat it
Total play time for Mario Party is about 21 hours to do everything, and around 9.1 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 | 9.1h | 61 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 15.1h | 29 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 21h | 27 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Mario Party 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 lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 56ahead of 11% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 48ahead of 86% 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
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
What platforms is Mario Party on?
Mario Party is available on Nintendo 64. It first released in 1998.
Who made Mario Party?
Mario Party was developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Mario Party?
about 9.1 hours for the main story, 15.1 hours with the main extras, 21 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.