What is Mario Party 2?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox VG |title = Mario Party 2 |developer = [[Hudson Soft]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://games.ign.com/objects/025/025033.html#Developer|title= Hudson Soft (Developed Games)|accessdate= October 25, 2011|publisher= [[IGN]]|archive-date= November 2, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111102180603/http://games.ign.com/objects/025/025033.html#Developer|url-status= dead}}</ref> |publisher = [[Nintendo]] |designer = |composer = Hironao Yamamoto<br/>Shohei Bando<br/>Kazuhiko Sawaguchi |engine = Modified ''[[Mario Party]]'' engine |series = ''[[Mario Party]]'' |released='''Nintendo 64'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/mario-party-2/61-12162/releases/#platform-2 |title=Mario Party 2 |accessdate= October 25, 2011|publisher= GiantBomb}}</ref><BR>{{vgrelease new|JP|1999-12-17|NA|2000-01-24|AU|2000-10-12|EU|2000-11-6}}'''Virtual Console'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vc.nintendolife.com/games/n64/mario_party_2 |title=Mario Party 2 |accessdate= October 25, 2011|publisher= NintendoLife}}</ref><BR>{{vgrelease new|JP|2010-11-2|NA|2010-12-20|EU|2010-12-24}} |genre = [[Party game#Party video games|Party]] |modes = [[Single player]], [[Multiplayer game|Multiplayer]] |platforms = [[Nintendo 64]], [[Virtual Console]] }} '''''Mario Party 2''''' is a party board [[video game]] for the [[Nintendo 64]] console. It is the second game in the ''[[Mario Party (video game)|Mario Party]]'' series. It was published by Hudson Soft and published by [[Nintendo]]. It was released on December 17, 1999 in [[Japan]], on January 24, 2000 in [[North America]], and on November 6, 2000 in [[Europe]]. It was later re-released for the [[Nintendo Wii]]'s Virtual Console in November and December 2010. ==Gameplay== ''Mario Party 2'' is played like the first ''Mario Party'' game. Players go around on boards to collect coins, which they can use to buy stars. Movement is done with the use of a [[dice]] block with the numbers one through ten. After all four players take their turns, a [[minigame|mini-game]] is played. Th