Nintendo has done a great job in reflecting and making a great status for the Mario Party game series. Yet, it is just a shame that they haven't made any strategy guide for these games, and let the third-party companies try their luck with these guides. Unfortunately, that is just a mixed grab bag. Prima's Mario Party 5 startegy guide a great display of all the different kinds of games there are to unlock for the Nintendo Gamecube classic. Although it does give a great job at portraying each game, it sometimes gripes about the use of turbo functions on third-party controllers other than Nintendo, and how you can makr and break so many different records. Which is unfortunate and constantly annoying, considering some third-party controller devices don't work very well for the Gamecube. Still, Prima's Mario Party 5 strategy guide gives a good sense of the game, when you don't have instructions for the game.
Price: B 1/2+
Maps: A
Overall: B 1/2-