<s>
is	O
a	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
creator	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
served	O
as	O
development	O
supervisor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
1999	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
is	O
a	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
featuring	O
six	O
playable	O
characters	O
:	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Luigi	O
,	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
,	O
Yoshi	B-Application
,	O
Wario	O
,	O
and	O
Donkey	O
Kong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
frame	O
story	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
his	O
friends	O
argue	O
about	O
which	O
of	O
them	O
is	O
the	O
"	O
Super	O
Star	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
figure	O
upon	O
whom	O
the	O
entire	O
world	O
can	O
rely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
includes	O
multiplayer	O
compatibility	O
;	O
each	O
game	O
on	O
a	O
board	O
map	O
consists	O
of	O
four	O
players	O
,	O
including	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
human	O
player	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
character	O
who	O
is	O
not	O
controlled	O
by	O
a	O
human	O
will	O
instead	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
computer-controlled	B-Application
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
skill	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
computer-controlled	B-Application
characters	O
can	O
be	O
individually	O
adjusted	O
between	O
"	O
Easy	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Medium	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
Hard	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
is	O
to	O
collect	O
the	O
most	O
stars	O
within	O
the	O
allotted	O
amount	O
of	O
turns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
considered	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
much	O
more	O
enjoyable	O
when	O
playing	O
with	O
other	O
people	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peer	O
Schneider	O
of	O
IGN	O
took	O
a	O
similar	O
stance	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
interaction	O
between	O
players	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
interaction	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
made	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
fun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dr.	O
Moo	O
of	O
GameRevolution	O
wrote	O
that	O
playing	O
alone	O
"	O
is	O
terribly	O
boring	O
,	O
and	O
realistically	O
scrounging	O
up	O
4	O
people	O
to	O
play	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
is	O
harder	O
than	O
it	O
sounds	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
for	O
Game	O
Informer	O
wrote	O
negatively	O
about	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
and	O
its	O
mini-games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
had	O
a	O
good	O
concept	O
but	O
was	O
somewhat	O
disappointing	O
,	O
concluding	O
that	O
most	O
players	O
would	O
be	O
unsatisfied	O
with	O
the	O
short	O
mini-games	O
and	O
simple	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
first	O
2	O
months	O
of	O
its	O
U.S.	O
release	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
top	O
5	O
most	O
rented	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
,	O
certain	O
minigames	O
require	O
rotation	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
64	I-Device
controller	I-Device
's	O
analog	B-Device
stick	I-Device
at	O
top	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
players	O
reportedly	O
got	O
blisters	O
,	O
friction	O
burns	O
,	O
and	O
lacerations	O
from	O
rotating	O
the	O
stick	O
with	O
palms	O
instead	O
of	O
using	O
thumbs	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
uncomfortable	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
analog	B-Device
stick	I-Device
and	O
it	O
is	O
faster	O
to	O
beat	O
the	O
minigames	O
that	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
controversy	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
was	O
not	O
re-released	O
via	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
on	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
,	O
with	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
2	I-Application
released	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
re-released	O
until	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
2022	O
via	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minigames	O
using	O
stick	O
rotation	O
returned	O
in	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Tour	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
Superstars	I-Application
,	O
a	O
disclaimer	O
is	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
rules	O
screen	O
for	O
the	O
two	O
mini	O
games	O
that	O
use	O
stick	O
rotation	O
warning	O
players	O
to	O
not	O
use	O
their	O
palms	O
to	O
turn	O
the	O
stick	O
to	O
avoid	O
hand	O
injury	O
and	O
stick	O
damage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
warning	O
appears	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
when	O
starting	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
