Why did Mario Party have 8 Boards?

[SuperZambezi]

Why is it that the the first Mario Party ended up having the most boards in the series?

I have to say that the quality of these eight boards... not the best. I enjoyed the boards from MP2 and on better than the first game's boards.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

I guess they wanted to have a board named after every playable character, in which that was six, plus a Bowser board, and another board for going with the story. Maybe that's how it came to be.

 

[chaosshadow123]

Well the first boards may not be the best, but it was their first attempt. So it makes sense that they wouldn't be perfect.

 

[MarioParty64]

They thought: More boards, more fun!(And more money for us!)

 

[ShyGuyFan]

Mario Party 1 had nine boards if you count the mini-game stadium.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Mario Party 1 had nine boards if you count the mini-game stadium.

True, but the Mini-Game Stadium wasn't necessary to the regular game play. It's just board for practicing mini-games. The good thing is, you still collect the coins after it.

 

[cookieboy17]

They didn't know the limit since it was just a party game. I'm not even sure how much they planned on having a sequel.

 

[SpiderStaryu]

it was the first game, sheesh, give em' a break lol

8 probably because the boards were smaller. And they were definitely not bad, only one I can honestly say was "bad", is Bowser's Magma Mountain lol

 

[Shaby]

It was cool to have that lot of boards!

 

[kinetic563]

I guess they wanted to have a board named after every playable character, in which that was six, plus a Bowser board, and another board for going with the story. Maybe that's how it came to be.

My thoughts exactly.

I'm not sure how else the 8 boards would've came to be. But it still puzzles me why they decided to never do 7 or more boards in another Mario Party game.

 

[ShyGuyFan]

Actually, a lot of Mario Parties have more than six boards:

Mario Party 2: 7 if you count Mini-game Stadium.
Mario Party 3: 12 including the duel boards.
Mario Party 4: 8 with the mega and mini boards.
Mario Party 5: 7 normal boards.
Mario Party 6: 9 counting the single player boards.