<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
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
handheld	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
differs	O
from	O
other	O
titles	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
mostly	O
single-player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Device
Party	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
DS	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
in	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
from	O
four	O
different	O
Mario	B-Application
characters	O
:	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Luigi	O
,	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
,	O
and	O
Yoshi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
drives	O
a	O
car	O
around	O
a	O
party	O
board	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
multiplayer	O
Party	O
Mode	O
that	O
was	O
present	O
in	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
games	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
mode	O
called	O
"	O
Shroom	O
City	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
collect	O
all	O
the	O
minigames	O
and	O
"	O
Gaddgets	B-Device
"	O
that	O
were	O
scattered	O
around	O
Shroom	O
City	O
by	O
Bowser	O
,	O
by	O
completing	O
quests	O
assigned	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
by	O
the	O
various	O
inhabitants	O
of	O
Shroom	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaddgets	B-Device
,	O
invented	O
by	O
Professor	O
E	O
.	O
Gadd	O
,	O
are	O
interactive	O
items	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
Morse	O
code	O
generator	O
and	O
a	O
love	O
meter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
over	O
120	O
minigames	O
,	O
including	O
Gaddgets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
12	O
of	O
the	O
minigames	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Link	I-Device
Cable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
Gaddgets	B-Device
can	O
also	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
if	O
players	O
control	O
different	O
buttons	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Device
Party	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reed	O
said	O
"	O
a	O
typical	O
game	O
within	O
Mario	B-Device
Party	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
is	O
often	O
tedious	O
,	O
badly	O
designed	O
and	O
completely	O
lacking	O
in	O
any	O
endearing	O
qualities	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karen	O
Chu	O
of	O
1UP.com	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Though	O
I	O
'm	O
open	O
to	O
new	O
possibilities	O
and	O
reinterpretations	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
,	O
playing	O
this	O
game	O
made	O
me	O
want	O
to	O
just	O
jump	O
on	O
my	O
Gamecube	O
and	O
play	O
the	O
original	O
console	O
versions	O
--	O
even	O
if	O
I	O
have	O
to	O
play	O
against	O
3	O
CPU	O
players	O
because	O
frankly	O
,	O
being	O
the	O
only	O
player	O
on	O
a	O
board	O
game	O
that	O
's	O
advertised	O
as	O
a	O
party	O
is	O
just	O
disheartening.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
IGN	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
Best	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
Games	O
"	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
Mario	B-Device
Party	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
is	O
the	O
black	O
sheep	O
of	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
heart	O
of	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
lies	O
in	O
its	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
so	O
while	O
this	O
new	O
approach	O
brought	O
a	O
few	O
interesting	O
ideas	O
,	O
it	O
never	O
achieved	O
what	O
made	O
all	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
so	O
enticing.	O
"	O
</s>
