Best Mario Party: Island Tour Songs
The best songs in Mario Party: Island Tour. This is probably one of the most nostalgic and memorable video games of all time in my personal opinion so this was a fun list to make. With that being said here is the list.Without a doubt, no other song comes close to the specialness this song holds. This may be the greatest song in Mario history. It is one of the most climactic and epic themes ever for a final boss fight. Even if Mario Party 9 is my favorite Mario Party and the first Mario game I ever got, I can't deny that Mario Party: Island Tour awakens more memories and nostalgia for me personally.
Honestly, just go listen to this song for yourself. Even if you hate modern Mario Party, you can't deny how awesome this song truly is. I love epic and climactic songs, so of course, it's no surprise this is my favorite. Nostalgia is another factor that made my love stronger. It has to do with my trip to Lithuania back in 2014 when I fell incredibly sick. However, this game (this song in particular) and a few other things made the trip quite good still.
This song is simply flawless. There is not a single thing I can complain about this work of art. Criticizing this song is a crime! Just kidding. But yeah, that's how much I love the song. The melody is just awesome. The section from 00:54-01:00 especially hits me nostalgically every single time I listen to it. Flawless song with no flaws in the slightest, and I mean it. This is the greatest song ever made.
If the rage phase for the Bowser battle is a flawless piece of work and my favorite song of all time, then obviously its normal phase isn't much worse. It's a slightly slower and less epic version of its rage counterpart, so of course, it's slightly weaker. I mean, it's less epic despite being pretty much the same song.
But you can't deny this song is amazing too. The nostalgic melody is still there, and the climax is still there as well. You're high in the sky on a tower, surrounded by dark purple thunderclouds, with Bowser in his Koopa Clown Car. It's the final battle. The Bowser battle is my favorite Bowser battle of all time (maybe favorite final boss as well) and this song just helps make it so climactic and great. There isn't really anything negative about this song. It's just that the epic rage phase is better. This song is one of the top favorites as well.
I don't think I have loved a minigame song as much as this one. In all honesty, Mario Party: Island Tour just had so much great music. It may be due to my nostalgia and bias, but this song is just so catchy and memorable. Even though it loops after 12 seconds, it still always hits me. The best minigames in the game use this song, and it helps my love for the song grow even stronger.
I receive the same nostalgia from this song as with the Bowser battle songs and pretty much every other song in the game. I do have one complaint, though, as the song is a bit repetitive. I mean, it loops just after 12 seconds! If there was an additional part to the song after twelve seconds or maybe after 24 seconds, it would be even better. Other than that, the song is amazing.
This song is just downright awesome to listen to. It's another minigame song, and it sits on the same tier as "Let's Go!" which is the amazing tier. This one, as opposed to that song, isn't just a 12-second loop over and over again but rather an 18-second loop, which is a bit better. Although the melody isn't as good as that song, it stays a spot lower. However, it still awakens memories.
The minigame Sub Trouble especially makes this music incredibly memorable, as that was one of the best minigames in the game. That wind instrument just sounds so awesome. Deserves to be high on the list.
Another minigame song? Well, Let's Go, Wide Open, and this one are the only minigame songs on the list that are amazing tier songs, in my opinion. Of these three, this may be slightly the weakest, but I still love it. It's super catchy and gives me nostalgia like the other songs on the list. I love the melody in this song. It's pretty upbeat and exciting, and like the other songs above, this one awakens memories.
Also, this song is a lot longer than the other two minigame songs on the list and consists of a 22-second loop instead of 12 and 18, which is another great plus. There is a variant of this song that plays in the minigame Grasshopalong/Quickest Cricket, in which another instrument takes over the main melody, but it's pretty much the same thing. Amazing song.
The only board music on the list. I don't know. I just really like it a lot. It's quite beautiful and really fitting for a first board in the game. The melody is nice, and the instruments are really fitting for the song, sounding really chill and nice. It's one of the longest songs in the game as well, looping after one minute and twenty-three seconds, so this song has a lot to offer. Great song, definitely.
This is quite a cool song. I love how chill it is and motivating at the same time. Although not as nostalgic as other songs on the list, this one is surely nostalgic as well. Minigames that are otherwise stressful are automatically pretty chill thanks to this awesome song, which is a huge pro. The melody is so chill. Deserves a spot here.
Chain Chomp is my third favorite boss in this game, and its soundtrack is part of why, since the battle itself was honestly not that good objectively. My third favorite boss music in the game overall as well. I love how intense it is. It's not really epic or climactic, but the melody is quite intense and motivating for sure. I don't really have any complaints about this song, so let's move on.
Dry Bowser is the best clone character in Mario, no doubt. Unlike other clone characters that serve little to no purpose, Dry Bowser actually made some appearances in the Mario series, and he looks badass! Back in 2014, he was my favorite Mario character because of that. Even though it's kind of stupid how Dry Bowser is a minion of Bowser in this game, even though they're literally the same character, I still think Dry Bowser was the second best boss in the game, and this music was awesome too.
I love the bone instrument, and while the melody isn't too amazing, it's quite good. I prefer this a little over the rage phase because that's just the same thing but a little less interesting and faster. Great song in my opinion.
The story mode in this game consists of the player completing 24 minigames in Bowser's tower. The player must get to the top to destroy a machine that is creating bubbles, which are clones of Mario characters, and the gang wants to destroy it for good reason. However, at the end, Bowser comes and prevents them from doing this. And so Pink Gold Peach was born... just kidding. Other than the PGP thing, that's the plot. The tower consists of 30 floors and is divided into three sections, each further divided into two parts.
Each of the three main sections plays different music. The first section, covering the first ten floors, plays a rather calm and nice song. When you get to the second section, a more spooky and slightly more intense variant of the song plays. In the third section, the song becomes a climactic version. The climactic version, Bowser's Tower Finale, is my favorite because it is climactic. Good song.