Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
INFORMATIONAL SPREADSHEET HERE: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14VbiFZ10gVZK5qE8e5JPccBo1q9JQ7vDEDVl4zaWMaI/edit?usp=sharing
(The rules for the challenge are in the above spreadsheet, as are the final scores for the number of attempts it took on each board.)
And with that, we're through! Waluigi's Island put up a hell of a fight, but in the end I was able to turn two of its main features - the Boo-blocking, Star Space-shielding pitfall trap and the exploding bankruptcy dynamite - into tools for my victory. The successful final board match begins at 1:33:05 in the video. I can now say that I've completed Mario Party 3's Story Mode without winning a single minigame.
And I do mean winning. Because, as I explain **at length** in the video, **finishing** Stardust Battle successfully is not a win as defined by the game itself. Don't like it? Take it up with Hudson Soft, who put "FINISH" at the end of that minigame, rather than "LUIGI WINS". I'm still expecting people to make all sorts of hilarious comments about the apparent contradiction, and I know I can't really stop them, but I will say that said people should make sure what they're saying is actually funny if they're going to bother "well ackshually 🤓"ing me. 😉
We learned a hell of a lot about how this game works, and perhaps that knowledge will serve us well in future Mario Party 3 challenges. But before that, we have some investigating to do on other Mario Party titles to see if we can put a second feather in our green, "L"-stamped cap. Do you hear them? The buzz of a capricious casino? The roar of a raging river? The thundering gears of an admittedly underwhelming rollercoaster? The... spooky... noises... of a... graveyard? It's Mario Party 4. I'm talking about Mario Party 4. The challenge might be done on this game, but we're not done losing to win just yet!
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/yourgenderhere
INFORMATIONAL SPREADSHEET HERE: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14VbiFZ10gVZK5qE8e5JPccBo1q9JQ7vDEDVl4zaWMaI/edit?usp=sharing
(The rules for the challenge are in the above spreadsheet, as are the final scores for the number of attempts it took on each board.)
And with that, we're through! Waluigi's Island put up a hell of a fight, but in the end I was able to turn two of its main features - the Boo-blocking, Star Space-shielding pitfall trap and the exploding bankruptcy dynamite - into tools for my victory. The successful final board match begins at 1:33:05 in the video. I can now say that I've completed Mario Party 3's Story Mode without winning a single minigame.
And I do mean winning. Because, as I explain **at length** in the video, **finishing** Stardust Battle successfully is not a win as defined by the game itself. Don't like it? Take it up with Hudson Soft, who put "FINISH" at the end of that minigame, rather than "LUIGI WINS". I'm still expecting people to make all sorts of hilarious comments about the apparent contradiction, and I know I can't really stop them, but I will say that said people should make sure what they're saying is actually funny if they're going to bother "well ackshually 🤓"ing me. 😉
We learned a hell of a lot about how this game works, and perhaps that knowledge will serve us well in future Mario Party 3 challenges. But before that, we have some investigating to do on other Mario Party titles to see if we can put a second feather in our green, "L"-stamped cap. Do you hear them? The buzz of a capricious casino? The roar of a raging river? The thundering gears of an admittedly underwhelming rollercoaster? The... spooky... noises... of a... graveyard? It's Mario Party 4. I'm talking about Mario Party 4. The challenge might be done on this game, but we're not done losing to win just yet!
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/yourgenderhere
