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Mario Party 7

You can play more than 80 new minigames in the most recent Mario-themed party game, Mario Party 7. Mario and pals needed some time off, but they forgot to invite Bowser on their cruise. You can battle against…

30 11 July 2005

Mario Party 7 is a card & board game developed by Hudson Soft, released 11 July 2005 on Nintendo GameCube.

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What Mario Party 7 is

Mario Party 7 is a card & board game game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2005. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo GameCube only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You can play more than 80 new minigames in the most recent Mario-themed party game, Mario Party 7. Mario and pals needed some time off, but they forgot to invite Bowser on their cruise. You can battle against an angry Bowser or up to seven of your friends on a single GameCube system. Mario Party 7 includes a few new characters and brings back microphone support from Mario Party 6.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series

Mario Party 7 is the 40th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix in 2005. Its critic score of 30 is 44 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

See all 66 Mario Bros. games in release order →

How it was received

Mario Party 7 holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 37 points below the year average. Players rate it 51, 21 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Mario Party 7 launched on 11 July 2005, within three weeks of Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari and Fatal Frame III: The Tormented. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari, Fatal Frame III: The Tormented.

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Quick answers

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When did Mario Party 7 come out?
Mario Party 7 was released on 11 July 2005 for Nintendo GameCube.

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