Best Mario Party 5 Minigames

This is everyone's first thought when someone mentions good Mario Party 5 minigames, because it's got a great sense of replay-ability and addictiveness level, despite being relatively simple. A bunch of penguins slide towards the left on an icy platform and you must make sure you don't fall off alongside the stream of penguins, and it's really exhilerating if I do say so myself.

I don't know, I've always had a soft spot for this particular minigame. You're all in an icy cavern and must collect as many crystals as possible, but you can also knock out crystals from other players. Not to mention that it requries the most platforming out of all minigames in the game, and that's always a plus for me. Did I mention it also looks absolutely gorgeous and has catchy music that goes along it?

This is one of my favourites! Excellent setting and it's fun overall

Hands down one of the most unique concepts for a minigame. You make yourself a way to the top of a hotel by punching goombas out of the way on a grid-based platform with obstacles, which means you have be extra careful and strategic when making your way. If you trap yourself you have to start the floor over. I didn't like it at first because of how tedious it could be, but I've grown to love it more, especially in contrast to most other minigames from the game.

Nice of the princess to invite us over for a picnic, eh, Luigi?

I disagree, boring and quite irritating

Another example of a simple yet great minigame from Mario Party 5. Here you skate around an oval circuit five times while trying to not hit the walls. Not much to say about it other than that it's really good and one of the most addictive minigames in the series thanks to the simple but good nature of it.

Eh, I find it annoying rather

In my opinion this is the prime example of how the good minigames in Mario Party 5 can be described as: tense and original. While I wasn't able to play on it until four years after I got the game, I enjoyed it superbly the second I stepped into it. It's a 2 vs. 2 minigame, and you must prevent burning wires from reaching your Big Bob-Omb by ground pounding it, and overtime more wires catch of fire. It's one of the most tense minigames, but also most addicting and unique minigames of the bunch, and it kinda reminds me of You're the Bob-Omb in Mario Party 8, which was on of my favourite minigames in that game, except this minigame is more defence-oriented whereas the other is offence-oriented where you legit try to blow up the opponent's bob-omb. Overall, this is the one favourite minigame of mine in this game.

I don't care much for this one but the times I've played on this minigame I've had a lot of fun. You control a bullet bill launcher on a platform which goes from right to left in order to get rid of the other players, but every time you shoot, the platform stops, making you an easier target. It's really fun.

A pinball level is never a bad one (yes even the Pachinko Machine in Super Mario Sunshine is kinda fun despite its broken nature). This take on a pinball level is 2 vs. 2 which means each player controls one flipper, and together you must harvest the more points. It's super satisfying trying to get as many points as possible!

Probably one of my favourite 2 vs. 2 minigames

It's one of those minigames where you make your way to the top by pressing the correct button and in this case, you climb a vine and depending on which side of it a leaf spawns, you must either jump left or right as fast as possible. It's really addictive it's one of the best minigames as a result.

Oh yes, I remember this one, it's alright but basic

This one's quite good and requires skill