Worst Gamecube Mario Party Boards

The Top Ten
1 Goomba's Greedy Gala

To be honest, a lot of MP4 boards are hit or miss for being the last Mario Party to use the original format.

2 Koopa's Seaside Soirée

Pretty bad board. I like the visuals but gameplay-wise it's not a fun time. The music is kind of frustrating, and there are two infinites, both of which we could've been without. The layout is pretty boring too. And the Koopa space, dude..., Remember the Koopa Bank from MP 1-3? Well this is that, but you don't earn coins when you land. What the FREAK?

3 Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!

This is the worst board in 7 by a long shot. In my honest opinion the bowser boards are usually the least interesting boards in each game and that is certainly correct for Mario Party 7.

By looking at pictures of this board, it's supposedly set in a castle filled with lava as the floor and then there's all the stuff on the lava you walk on but honestly this looks a lot more like Corona Mountain from Super Mario Sunshine if we'd exclude the walls surrounding the lava. Actually it could be in a volcano altogheter but point is it looks so boring and cliché It's your typical lava bowser board with no really interesting theme at all. I will say that I much prefer the island hoppnig in this board compared to others, as you can freely choose an island to go to when you reach it, but island hopping is island hopping, in other words, it's not fun.

This board could've been better if it had an interesting board rule or unique purpose from the other boards but nope it's just ...more

4 Future Dream

Now THIS is a stale and boring board. Sometimes I feel like this board describes how I feel about Mario Party 5 altogether: Boring, slow and forgettable. That's how I'd describe Future Dream as well. It's set somewhere in space with three round and small space stations. This needs to be said, it's always random which station the star will spawn on, and getting from space station to space station is annoying enough. Basically there are teleportation pads on each space station, two on one and there are so many spaces in between you have to cross so by the time you've gotten to right station someone has already taken the star.

Oh and did I mention how boring this board is? Since this board is set in space, there are no details at all in the background. It's just a dark blue background with a planet in the top-left corner. The music really helps it feel more boring. While it's not that forgettable and I guess it's an alright tune, together with this board, it's just so boring. Yeah ...more

5 Undersea Dream

This is the other board in the game besides Pirate Dream that I honestly care about. It's also a semi-great board and I consider it to be about as good as Pirate Dream. One of the reasons is because it looks a lot more alive and interesting than pretty much all other boards in the game. It's set in this coral reef underwater and the aestethics and assets look pretty colourful and nice to say the least. There's also a sunken ship on the board which is interesting.

It's a bit big and has a lot of pathways which can make gameplay pretty fun at times. The music while not great or anything is a lot more memorable than the other tunes. Probably one of the better songs in the game. It feels like you're underwater and has a more unique theme. So yeah I guess this is also a semi-great board.

6 Pagoda Peak

This is my personal favourite board between Mario Party 5 and 7. Before I got Mario Party 7 I used to only watch videos on Mario Party 7 and there was something about this board that just catched my interests a lot. It was the first one I saw a gameplay on youtube back when I first discovered this game.

I immediately loved the aestethics and look of this board. Even though I'm a bigger fan of south american and say african culture, the chinese setting is pretty good. Chinese buildings, bamboos, chinese architecture, the dragons, everything about this board is quite chinese and it fits so well. And everything is set on a high mountain above the clouds. Mountain settings are pretty cool in my opinion so this is basically a mountain / chinese board. Awesome is it certainly.

When I first got Mario Party 7, the first board I went to play was definitely this board because on youtube this board just looked so fun and it was just as fun playing this board. This is the most ...more

7 Shy Guy's Jungle Jam

Pretty in-offensive board. The boards in this game suffer from infinites, in other words, sections of a board that you're unable to leave by rolling naturally. The only boards without this kind of crap is Boo's Haunted Bash, and this board, Shy Guy's Jungle Jam. I've always liked the jungle theme and the music is kind of soothing. But unfortunately it's pretty basic.

8 Rainbow Dream

As if Future Dream wasn't boring enough, this is that board times 10. While it has a lot more detail, this board is just so boring. There is not a single rainbow found in this board. Just four small islands on clouds in a pink sky and all of them have some sort of "princess" theme. This is a board for little girls. I personally can't stand this board.

Don't get me started on how the music even feels like some princess music. It's not a terrible soundtrack but honestly it's not something that good either. So overall this is probably the worst board in the game in my opinion.

9 Toy Dream

This is the first board in the game and probably also the most simple and easy board in the game. It's also the first board I ever saw on Youtube, before I got the game thus I have some nostalgia for this board. However from here on, boards range from good to bad. This is not a great board, but just a decent-to-good board.

This board is based around toys and all those stuff, I like toys a lot so that gives this board a lot of plus points. There's also a railway that goes around the entire board, with a train, I like trains (no pun intended). Lots of presents and toys are scattered around the board as well. However the board overall looks a bit bland. The floors have generally bland colours and all that so it's not a top two board for me.

The music is alright. It's among the more memorable tunes in the soundtrack but then again it's not too memorable and slightly boring. I like the train sound effects and toyish feel of the song though so that's a point. Overall a good ...more

10 Bowser Nightmare

This board was surprisingly bearable, especially compared to Bowser's Enchanted Inferno from 7. Keep in mind I played Mario Party 7 before this, and I hated the bowser board and boss battle in that game so much, so all bowser stuff in this game astounded me how much better it was. The board is better too. The visuals are pretty nice and the overall lava fortress setting looks pretty cool. Although it's not necessarily a fortress, actually it is, but it's pretty low and small. Ironically it's the biggest board in the game though. It's actually quite fun to play though.

There's a handful of events that can happen as well. The final bowser battle is also pretty amazing. It feels pretty big and challenging and it's very well executed. Especially compared to the dread that was in 7.

The music, maybe not amazing but it's alright. Forgettable but once you listen to it it's pretty good I must say. Although I'll probably forget it again, because you know, it's forgettable. So ...more

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