On Monday night, four friends decided to wipe the dust off an old Nintendo 64 and blow into the cartridge of Mario Party 2 and play a few games—for nostalgia’s sake.
They fought, battled, dueled and Chance Time’d their way through several grueling games. However, when one of the players, IPFW junior Gregory Stinch, ran past a star space, he decided against buying it, despite having the 20 coins required.
“It was horrifying. Here we were, trying to get to the star,” said IPFW sophomore Lu Sir. “And little things kept popping up on the map. Blockades, go-back-to-starts, and others. Greg finally reaches it and, when Toad asked ‘Do you want to buy the Star,’ he answered, ‘No, thanks.’ He even had more than enough coins, too.”
The objective of Mario Party, as most people remember, is to obtain as many stars as possible throughout the match. To refuse a star deliberately when given the chance is unheard of, and many strategists agree that it isn’t part of a secret tactic.
“I don’t see what the big deal is,” said Stinch. “I just decided not to buy a star. I mean, I can use the star for other things… Like, maybe I could buy a car! And I could drive it around the game board instead of hitting the stupid dice blocks. And then I could get more stars.”
Sir apparently yelled at Gregory Stinch, saying, “But the stars are how you win!”
