Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Minigames. Are they important? Maybe. Do we care? No. Our mission, which we choose to accept, is to make it through Mario Party 3's Story Mode without winning a single minigame. Well, other than the Stardust Battle at the end, that would be silly.
The core rules:
- I can't get 1st place or be declared a winner in standard minigames, duel minigames, or battle* minigames. I also can't be "one of multiple winners" (such as if multiple people score in Chip Shot Challenge), but draws are OK because they don't award coins. On top of that, I can't earn any items in item minigames, and I'm not allowed to earn coins via Game Guy minigames either.
*At the end, I considered bending this rule to allow 2nd-place finishes in Battle minigames as a way of making things more interesting. This consideration didn't end up mattering, though.
- In the event of a coin minigame (yellow text on the minigame roulette), I must play the game out without making any inputs. Whatever coins I get, I get, but I'm not allowed to influence the outcome. This rule is in place as a compromise between the spirit of the challenge and a potential way to exploit it. I want to prevent uncontrollable instantaneous death.
- If I win a minigame, despite my best efforts, *I must reset the board from Turn 1. No reloading*.
- Savescumming turns is not allowed either - it would make the challenge too easy.
On face, this challenge looks ridiculous. And it is. But that didn't stop me from taking it on!
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Yeah so this challenge is ridiculously hard. So hard, in fact, that I'm not going to be giving it another shot as it's currently defined. Perhaps I'll figure out a way to make the challenge sliiiiightly easier without cutting against the spirit of it too much, but until then, this'll have to be it. All the same, I had a good time giving it my best shot.
Minigames. Are they important? Maybe. Do we care? No. Our mission, which we choose to accept, is to make it through Mario Party 3's Story Mode without winning a single minigame. Well, other than the Stardust Battle at the end, that would be silly.
The core rules:
- I can't get 1st place or be declared a winner in standard minigames, duel minigames, or battle* minigames. I also can't be "one of multiple winners" (such as if multiple people score in Chip Shot Challenge), but draws are OK because they don't award coins. On top of that, I can't earn any items in item minigames, and I'm not allowed to earn coins via Game Guy minigames either.
*At the end, I considered bending this rule to allow 2nd-place finishes in Battle minigames as a way of making things more interesting. This consideration didn't end up mattering, though.
- In the event of a coin minigame (yellow text on the minigame roulette), I must play the game out without making any inputs. Whatever coins I get, I get, but I'm not allowed to influence the outcome. This rule is in place as a compromise between the spirit of the challenge and a potential way to exploit it. I want to prevent uncontrollable instantaneous death.
- If I win a minigame, despite my best efforts, *I must reset the board from Turn 1. No reloading*.
- Savescumming turns is not allowed either - it would make the challenge too easy.
On face, this challenge looks ridiculous. And it is. But that didn't stop me from taking it on!
--- SPOILER LINE --- DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE ENDING SPOILED ---
Yeah so this challenge is ridiculously hard. So hard, in fact, that I'm not going to be giving it another shot as it's currently defined. Perhaps I'll figure out a way to make the challenge sliiiiightly easier without cutting against the spirit of it too much, but until then, this'll have to be it. All the same, I had a good time giving it my best shot.
