Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at the best board from the Mario Party series, Bowser Land, which accomplishes everything that any good Mario Party board sets out to do.
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Mario Party League every Sunday at 6:30 PST!: twitch.tv/TarvouldsQuest
Past Mario Party League VODs: youtube.com/channel/UC15OXkUQ-UmFzSaelV1mwHQ
Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Voiceover/Audio Editing/Game Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong (twitter.com/pyrrhickong)
Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Pyrr and ZoomZike recently did a podcast, talking about the worst Mario Party boards!: youtube.com/watch?v=5dYZavVRHgw
Also watch our episode on Peach's Birthday Cake, a board that's interesting...but only under very unfortunate circumstances: youtube.com/watch?v=MO0mPXsPC_k
Or our episode on Waluigi's competitive viability in the Mario Party series here: youtube.com/watch?v=Bn-1F8ezfV8
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The Mario Party series is © Nintendo Co., Ltd and Hudson Soft Co., Ltd./NDcube Co., Ltd.
Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, Super Mario Maker, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Mario's Super Picross, Tetris Attack, and Yakuman DS are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Yakuman DS by MediaKite.
Super Smash Bros. is © Sora, Ltd., Bandai-Namco Entertainment, Inc. and Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled is © Beenox/Activision Publishing, Inc.
Cuphead: Don't Deal With The Devil is © Studio MDHR.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is © DiC Animation City/Nintendo Co., Ltd./Reteitalia S.P.A., /Sei Young Animation.
Danny Phantom is © Billionfold Inc./Nickelodeon Animation Studio, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable is © David Production Inc., based on the manga by Hirohiko Araki.
Monopoly is © Hasbro Inc./Parker Brothers.
Party Planner 64: partyplanner64.github.io
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Footage/Images Used:
"SUPER MARIO CEREMONY -The 30th Anniversary Medley-": youtube.com/watch?v=l-DaJGGDoNI
"Identifying Luck: Mario Party 2": youtube.com/watch?v=aPK5whj40Ck
"Getting the Bowser Suit in Mario Party 4 Rare Oddities #01": youtube.com/watch?v=M4IXys6hUbs
"Mario Party 2 - Episodio 57 - Horror Land Parte 1": youtube.com/watch?v=-WTbl0dXXEU
"Mario Party 3 - Woody Woods": youtube.com/watch?v=FGemTG8NPxQ
"Mario Party 6 - Castaway Bay (Multiplayer)": youtube.com/watch?v=5f14VgiJ58c
"Mario Party 7 - Bowser's Enchanted Inferno! (Multiplayer)": youtube.com/watch?v=-uEBLNTRaGg
"Mario Party 8 - Koopa's Tycoon Town (3 Players, Very Hard Difficulty)": youtube.com/watch?v=OCx3gTkdabI
"Super Mario 3D World 100% Walkthrough - World Bowser (4 Players)": youtube.com/watch?v=IDKxuiaszPU
"Super Mario Party Toad Tips - Part 2 - One Life Short": youtube.com/watch?v=k1nY_y_lr-s
"This Has NEVER Happened Before! Super Expert Super Mario Maker": youtube.com/watch?v=rvZGBjezwZY
"Cuphead ALL Casino Bosses _ King Dice Boss Fight": youtube.com/watch?v=U_h64mIW_9I
"Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (PS4) Online Podium Retro Animations": youtube.com/watch?v=HEGnZQxkdOk
"20 Years of Partying!": deviantart.com/nintooner/art/20-Years-of-Partying-777174988
"deviantart.com/thezoemonster/art/Super-Mario-Party-511600377": Super Mario Party!
"Bowser at Work": knowyourmeme.com/photos/1463519-doug-bowser
"SUPER BOWSER BUILDER!": furaffinity.net/view/32139169
Bowser's family in his car: king-of-teeth.tumblr.com/post/123465088063/been-working-on-this-one-for-a-few-weeks-i-love
"Bowser's Gym": theshirtlist.com/bowsers-gym-t-shirt
"I Drew Bowsette": thesilversilhouette.tumblr.com/post/178761677855/i-drew-bowsette-too-bad-shes-not-in-super-mario
"Super Mario Sunshine - The Manta Storm": deviantart.com/datpurple/art/Super-Mario-Sunshine-The-Manta-Storm-802656834
"Mario Party Item Highlight #2 – Skeleton Key": mariopartylegacy.com/2016/03/mario-party-item-highlight-2-skeleton-key
"Lovely Skeleton Key": deviantart.com/dialogue-of-one/art/Lovely-Skeleton-Key-708880388
"Evil Princess Peach | Mario": deviantart.com/kuroe911/art/Evil-Princess-Peach-Mario-688718399
"Evil Mario (completo)": newgrounds.com/art/view/elgeorgehd/evil-mario-completo
"Yoshi Fanart [OC]": reddit.com/r/SmashBrosUltimate/comments/ha18zr/yoshi_fanart_oc
"Mr. Monopoly": deviantart.com/elchetibo/art/Mr-Monopoly-789744472
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at the best board from the Mario Party series, Bowser Land, which accomplishes everything that any good Mario Party board sets out to do.
-
Mario Party League every Sunday at 6:30 PST!: twitch.tv/TarvouldsQuest
Past Mario Party League VODs: youtube.com/channel/UC15OXkUQ-UmFzSaelV1mwHQ
Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Voiceover/Audio Editing/Game Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong (twitter.com/pyrrhickong)
Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Pyrr and ZoomZike recently did a podcast, talking about the worst Mario Party boards!: youtube.com/watch?v=5dYZavVRHgw
Also watch our episode on Peach's Birthday Cake, a board that's interesting...but only under very unfortunate circumstances: youtube.com/watch?v=MO0mPXsPC_k
Or our episode on Waluigi's competitive viability in the Mario Party series here: youtube.com/watch?v=Bn-1F8ezfV8
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The Mario Party series is © Nintendo Co., Ltd and Hudson Soft Co., Ltd./NDcube Co., Ltd.
Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, Super Mario Maker, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Mario's Super Picross, Tetris Attack, and Yakuman DS are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Yakuman DS by MediaKite.
Super Smash Bros. is © Sora, Ltd., Bandai-Namco Entertainment, Inc. and Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled is © Beenox/Activision Publishing, Inc.
Cuphead: Don't Deal With The Devil is © Studio MDHR.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is © DiC Animation City/Nintendo Co., Ltd./Reteitalia S.P.A., /Sei Young Animation.
Danny Phantom is © Billionfold Inc./Nickelodeon Animation Studio, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable is © David Production Inc., based on the manga by Hirohiko Araki.
Monopoly is © Hasbro Inc./Parker Brothers.
Party Planner 64: partyplanner64.github.io
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Footage/Images Used:
"SUPER MARIO CEREMONY -The 30th Anniversary Medley-": youtube.com/watch?v=l-DaJGGDoNI
"Identifying Luck: Mario Party 2": youtube.com/watch?v=aPK5whj40Ck
"Getting the Bowser Suit in Mario Party 4 Rare Oddities #01": youtube.com/watch?v=M4IXys6hUbs
"Mario Party 2 - Episodio 57 - Horror Land Parte 1": youtube.com/watch?v=-WTbl0dXXEU
"Mario Party 3 - Woody Woods": youtube.com/watch?v=FGemTG8NPxQ
"Mario Party 6 - Castaway Bay (Multiplayer)": youtube.com/watch?v=5f14VgiJ58c
"Mario Party 7 - Bowser's Enchanted Inferno! (Multiplayer)": youtube.com/watch?v=-uEBLNTRaGg
"Mario Party 8 - Koopa's Tycoon Town (3 Players, Very Hard Difficulty)": youtube.com/watch?v=OCx3gTkdabI
"Super Mario 3D World 100% Walkthrough - World Bowser (4 Players)": youtube.com/watch?v=IDKxuiaszPU
"Super Mario Party Toad Tips - Part 2 - One Life Short": youtube.com/watch?v=k1nY_y_lr-s
"This Has NEVER Happened Before! Super Expert Super Mario Maker": youtube.com/watch?v=rvZGBjezwZY
"Cuphead ALL Casino Bosses _ King Dice Boss Fight": youtube.com/watch?v=U_h64mIW_9I
"Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (PS4) Online Podium Retro Animations": youtube.com/watch?v=HEGnZQxkdOk
"20 Years of Partying!": deviantart.com/nintooner/art/20-Years-of-Partying-777174988
"deviantart.com/thezoemonster/art/Super-Mario-Party-511600377": Super Mario Party!
"Bowser at Work": knowyourmeme.com/photos/1463519-doug-bowser
"SUPER BOWSER BUILDER!": furaffinity.net/view/32139169
Bowser's family in his car: king-of-teeth.tumblr.com/post/123465088063/been-working-on-this-one-for-a-few-weeks-i-love
"Bowser's Gym": theshirtlist.com/bowsers-gym-t-shirt
"I Drew Bowsette": thesilversilhouette.tumblr.com/post/178761677855/i-drew-bowsette-too-bad-shes-not-in-super-mario
"Super Mario Sunshine - The Manta Storm": deviantart.com/datpurple/art/Super-Mario-Sunshine-The-Manta-Storm-802656834
"Mario Party Item Highlight #2 – Skeleton Key": mariopartylegacy.com/2016/03/mario-party-item-highlight-2-skeleton-key
"Lovely Skeleton Key": deviantart.com/dialogue-of-one/art/Lovely-Skeleton-Key-708880388
"Evil Princess Peach | Mario": deviantart.com/kuroe911/art/Evil-Princess-Peach-Mario-688718399
"Evil Mario (completo)": newgrounds.com/art/view/elgeorgehd/evil-mario-completo
"Yoshi Fanart [OC]": reddit.com/r/SmashBrosUltimate/comments/ha18zr/yoshi_fanart_oc
"Mr. Monopoly": deviantart.com/elchetibo/art/Mr-Monopoly-789744472
