Nintendo's strange hero is ready to claim the spotlight once again. The goal of Mario Party 5 for the Nintendo GameCube (available today at an MSRP of USD 49.95) is to restore peace in Dream World, which was disrupted by evildoers Bowser and the Koopa Kids. People who join the Mario Party 5 fun will find that they can play more than 60 new mini-games, making it by far the busiest and most active of all the parties. The game sports new game boards, new playable characters, an expanded one-player mode and, of course, the multiplayer madness that made the franchise famous in the first place. This sequel extends Mario Party's reign as the king of the party game!
Standing at just 5 feet tall, Mario would be the shortest U.S. president ever, 4 inches shorter than James Madison. He would be only the second bachelor president, after James Buchanan (Princess Peach has offered to take on the duties of the first lady).
Sources close to the campaign said that Mario was considering following in the footsteps of John F. Kennedy by making his brother, Luigi, an integral part of his administration, possibly even his running mate. The rest of Mario's top advisers embody diversity itself with the inclusion of Toad (a 29-inch diplomat from the Mushroom Kingdom), Yoshi (a long-tongued dinosaur) and Donkey Kong (a stubborn ape, remind you of another president?). The political quintet has been dubbed the Mario Party 5.
