Mario Party, why ya buggin? ?

Mario Party really has it in for me. I?m not sure if it?s just our Mario Party, or if it?s all Mario Parties, but I?m definitely sensing some hostility. I have played as Player 1, and I have played as Player 2. I have played as Toad, and as Yoshi. It doesn?t matter. Always with the hate. What did I ever do to you, Mario Party? Granted, I proclaimed (loudly and frequently) that version 3 was inferior to version 2, and I spurned your fourth version altogether. But through our ups and downs, I always loved you! So why does someone always have to land on Tweester when I?m about to reach the star? And why, even if James has twice as much coin as I have, and more stars than the rest of us combined, do the CPU players always choose me to duel, or to steal stuff from? At least when I get my ass kicked at Kart I know it?s because I lack the basic motor skills needed to keep from steering my little kart into the water (or the lava, or the giant chasm). But this, it?s just mean.

And for some reason, I just keep coming back for more.