Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Designing For is a series which looks at one specific level, character, or idea in gaming and breaks down the central theme to that element to figure out what it's, well, designing for! In this episode, we tackle the Mario Party series. Long thought to be purely luck based, instead, we teach you how to WIN by manipulating your friends, what to focus on in how to get better, and how to enhance your Mario Party experience to its highest level.

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Director/Writer/Voice Over/Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong twitter.com/pyrrhickong

Video Editing/Footage: Lucas The Enby https://bsky.app/profile/lucastheenby.bsky.social

0:00 I Am Very Normal About Mario Party
3:00 What We're Covering
3:56 #1 - Minigame Mastery
7:12 #2 - Coin Thresholds (and how to manipulate them)
10:46 #3 - Talk To 'Em: How To Break Their Game Plans
17:44 #4 - Avoid Gimmick Plays!
19:45 #5 - Use Items Defensively!
23:36 #6 - Crush Their Positioning, Crush Their Spirit!
28:04 #7 - Steal Bonus Stars!
32:41 #8 - Be A Good Sport!
34:37 I Am Become Party (And So Are You)