Anglerte's Soundtrack of the Week

Mario Party 5

While admittedly I find Mario Party 4 to be a bit more attractive game than it's successor for many reasons beyond nostalgia (although that is certainly a stronger factor of 4, it applies quite favorably to both 4 and 5), Mario Party 5 was able to maintain and expand upon some of the greatest qualities of the Mario Party series while still establishing fairly innovative and unique themes that separated it from the rest of the crowd. Unfortunately, Mario Party 5's successors were not quite as successful in doing this (although I actually haven't played 7); while Mario Party 6 certainly introduced creative concepts unique to itself, I personally couldn't overcome the feeling that the game was more like an expansion pack with a few extra characters and new mini-games and gameboards than a full on new game. Regardless, I have enjoyed every Mario Party game that I've played for various and colorful reasons, and this track possessed emotion which conveyed and strongly established that this was in fact a new game, the next step forward in one of the greatest multiplayer party game series of all time.