Sequels
The popularity of Mario Party has led to eight sequels: Mario Party 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, as well as Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and E-Reader versions. A Mario Party for arcades called Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party was released only in Japan, making a total of twelve games in ten years, including at least one every year except the years 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The frequency of the sequels has led to some criticism regarding the games being unoriginal, as many ideas from previous installments of Mario Party have been recycled throughout the series. This is evident in the mini games in the later installments of the Mario Party series which do not differ much from earlier Mario Party mini games. However, new Mario Party games have continued to sell well, and Mario Party is still a very popular franchise.
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