Uploaded April 2025 | 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 delve into the WHAT WERE THEY THINKING of Mario Party 3 and its weird and wacky Duel Mode! Figure out who reigns supreme and what they were trying to go for as we break down who is TOURNAMENT VIABLE in this unfinished mess of a mode!

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Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP

Director/Writer/Voice Over: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong

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

Intro Animation By: youtube.com/channel/UCb4-84eJw6K6Ij7EIsIBJpA

Intro Theme By: soundcloud.com/phil-thej/tracks

All Songs Used (In Order): pastebin.com/zFtEp5vR

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0:00 The Part You'll Skip On Rewatch
1:45 What Is Duel Mode?
3:26 8th
6:29 7th
8:29 6th
11:02 5th
13:27 4th
15:30 Bonus Round
17:27 3rd
19:42 2nd
21:39 Busted
25:09 ok great why should i care