I should make something fancier here, but having finished it I just want to push it out the door and get away from the computer.

I've assembled some statistics about the recent fifty-turn playthrough of Mario Party 2 . The document is probably too long and complex to directly include as a blog post, but you should be able to read and download it from here. Just as a heads-up, it's 40 pages long, with about 30 graphs and tables and 9,700 words.

I only realised mid-way through that the original is a Premium video so if you can't watch it, some of this probably won't make sense. If you can watch it but haven't - you really should.

In lieu of the actual content, here's the table of contents:

Contents

Contents. 0 List of Tables. 0 List of Figures. 1

Background. 2

Before The Game. 3 Game Parameters. 3 "Story: The Legend of Mario Land", as told in the official instruction manual 3 "Story: The Legend of Mario Land", as told by Dan to the other players 4

Gameplay. 7 Turn Durations. 7 Brad’s "Turn of the Game". 9 Die Rolls. 9 Events. 10 Bank Payments. 12 Bowser Beam.. 13 "Happening" Tiles. 13 Star Purchases, Hidden Blocks, and Boo Steals 14 Hidden Blocks. 14 Boo Thefts. 14 Star Acquisition Rate. 15 Coins. 16

Minigames. 17 Winners. 17 Minigame Randomness. 18 "Free-for-all" Minigames. 19 1-v-3 Minigames. 20 2-v-2 Minigames. 21 Battle Minigames. 22 Minigame Durations. 22

Turn 51. 27 Bonus Stars. 27 Mini-Game Star. 27 Coin Star. 27 Happening Star. 27 Official Results. 27 Player Ranking. 28 "Short Game" Winners. 28 Context-free Mario Party 2 opinions, in chronological order 30 Mario Party 2 content not experienced during the game (as broadcast) 32

"Space Land" Board Statistics. 34

Appendices. 37 Appendix A: Data. 37 Appendix B: Tools and Methods. 37 General Transcriber. 37 Path Recorder. 38 Data Analysis, Quality Control and Presentation 39 Appendix C: References and Further Reading 40



List of Tables

Table 1: Encounters by player for various event types. 11

Table 2: Times players were moved due to Happening Tiles. 13

Table 3: Thefts between players (of any type). 14

Table 4: Coins stolen by Boo. 15

Table 5: Total coins gained and lost by each player. 16

Table 6: Gains and losses in particular events for each player. 16

Table 7: Times that individual minigames were played. 17

Table 8: Minigame winners for each player and minigame. 18

Table 9: Coins collected from minigames. 27

Table 10: Maximum coins held by each player. 27

Table 11: Happening tiles landed on by each player. 27

Table 12: The final score, as calculated by Mario Party 2. 27

Table 13: Percentage of game at each rank. 28

Table 14: Possible outcome of a 20-turn "Lite Play" game. 29

Table 15: Possible star counts of a 35-turn "Standard Play" game. 29

Table 16: Possible outcome of a 35-turn "Standard Play" game. 29

List of Figures