Really? We have yet to get anything less than "Take half of other's coins" as a duel reward.. And there have been many occasions where the loser has to give up one, or even two, stars..
And yeah, the game is good, but I don't know that it's really
a lot better than MP6. It requires more luck than 6 and 5 since there is more randomness too.. I've got a few comments/questions though for you guys..
1) Is there a way of turning on duels when two people land on the same space in the last 5 turns? Because I noticed that it was missing in this version, and that's a feature I really liked, so I was just wondering if it was completely gone..
2) I find that there seem to be less Free for All minigames (9 I think) and many really aren't that good at all. Especially the one where you're in the bubble and have to punch people out, and the kart racing one.. Then there's the USELESS one where you just hit the dice block to find out how many coins you get.. I must say, though, the one where you flip through the drawing book to match the picture is pretty damn good. Other than that, the other minigames (apart from the Bowser ones, which are too easy) are pretty good. I have a few favourites, I'll list them later - which ones do you like personally?
3) The mic is used differently this time - it's not 1 person with the mic and 3 others without, but its turn based, and also there are mic spots on the board that if you land on them you get a bonus mic game to double the money you wager. There is only one of these bonus games, and it is ridiculously easy - so much so that you can ALWAYS bet all your money and be basically guaranteed to win double. It's the game with the fruits and you have to memorise the order. The other mic minigames are so-so; nothing particularly outstanding and which couldn't be done with a controller. I did like the balloon one and the one where you have to stop the clock closest to the time given, though..
4) As I mentioned, this game is more random than the others. At the end, the bonus stars are ALL random, so you can even get a bonus star for how much money you used to shop at Orb Huts. In one case, there was a star for who landed on the most red spaces, and none of us even landed once on any of them. That's the problem with the random stars - if someone had landed on a red space even once, they would have won a whole star at the end.. And this deteriorates the value of the minigames, because there's no guarantee of a minigame star. I would have definitely preferred it if the Minigame star and another one (Orb maybe) was fixed, and the other one could be random, because as it is, it's based too much on luck
5) The Windmill map is brilliant! FINALLY a map where coins mean a lot, and therefore minigames mean more. This map I would play over and over again, because it's just that good.. With no Coin Star being awarded, coins didn't really mean much. But this map changes that; you have to "invest" your coins in a windmill that contains stars, and whomever has the most coins in that particular windmill gets all the stars. I think there are 6 or 7 windmills, and most have 1 star, but 2 have 2 stars and 1 has 3 stars. So obvioulsy people would fight over the ones with more stars, and your precious coins won't be poured into a windmill with only 1 star. It's strategic and fun, and the best map in the game..
EDIT: Character specific orbs =
but a bit unbalanced..
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