Editing Mario Party 2 (section)

==Development and release==
''Mario Party 2'' was developed by [[Hudson Soft]] and published by [[Nintendo]].<ref name=GI/> Development was underway as of July 1999, several months after the release of the original ''[[Mario Party (video game)|Mario Party]]'' game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nintendo Readies Big Sequels |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/07/29/nintendo-readies-big-sequels |work=IGN |date=July 28, 1999 |access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> A playable demo of the game was unveiled at [[Nintendo Space World]] in August 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=More Mini-games in Mario Party 2 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/08/20/more-mini-games-in-mario-party-2 |work=IGN |date=August 19, 1999 |access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mario Party 2 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/12/23/mario-party-2 |work=IGN |date=December 22, 1999 |access-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816161359/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/12/23/mario-party-2 |url-status=live}}</ref> The game was 70 percent complete at that time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Sam |title=First Impressions: Mario Party 2 |url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_08/29_vg_mariop2/index.html |work=GameSpot |date=August 29, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000305105404/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_08/29_vg_mariop2/index.html |archive-date=March 5, 2000}}</ref> Mini-games that involve rotating the control stick, as in the original ''Mario Party'', are not present in this installment due to potential injuries, such as blisters, from rotating the stick too quickly; this was the subject of [[Mario Party (video game)#Hand injury complaints|a lawsuit]] in the case of the first game.<ref name=NL/><ref name=IGN2/><ref name=ONM/>

In Japan, ''Mario Party 2'' was released for the Nintendo 64 on December 17, 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Party Down Sooner Rather Than Later |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/10/16/party-down-sooner-rather-than-later |work=IGN |date=October 15, 1999 |access-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-date=October 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016173058/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/10/16/party-down-sooner-rather-than-later |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=This Year's Top Japanese Import Games |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/04/this-years-top-japanese-import-games |website=IGN |access-date=October 16, 2019 |date=November 3, 1999 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816160444/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/04/this-years-top-japanese-import-games |url-status=live}}</ref> It received a U.S. release the following month, on January 24, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nintendo Announces Q1 Dates |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/03/nintendo-announces-q1-dates |website=IGN |access-date=October 16, 2019 |date=November 2, 1999 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816161404/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/03/nintendo-announces-q1-dates |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=MP2>{{cite web |title=Mario Party 2 |url=http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/marioparty2/index.html |website=Nintendo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229093537/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/marioparty2/index.html |archive-date=February 29, 2000 |access-date=March 25, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly before its U.S. release, Nintendo donated copies of the game to the [[Latin American Youth Center]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mario Partying Now |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/01/21/mario-partying-now |work=IGN |date=January 20, 2000 |access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref>

In Japan, ''Mario Party 2'' was re-released in November 2010, as a downloadable [[Virtual Console]] game for the [[Wii]].<ref name=NWR>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/24565/mario-party-2-coming-to-north-american-virtual-console|title=Mario Party 2 Coming to North American Virtual Console|website=Nintendo World Report|date=December 17, 2010|access-date=2017-05-13|archive-date=2024-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816161412/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/24565/mario-party-2-coming-to-north-american-virtual-console|url-status=live}}</ref> The following month, it was released for the Virtual Console in North America and Europe.<ref name=NWR/><ref>{{cite web |title=Deck the Halls with Mario Party 2 and Other Downloadable Delights |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/12/20/deck-the-halls-with-mario-party-2-and-other-downloadable-delights |work=IGN |date=December 20, 2010 |access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Makuch |first=Eddie |title=Mario Party 2 dances onto Virtual Console |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mario-party-2-dances-onto-virtual-console/1100-6285651/ |website=GameSpot |access-date=October 16, 2019 |date=December 20, 2010 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816161511/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-poltergeist-house-is-for-sale-and-its-preserved-in-1980s-goodness/1100-6525792/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, ''Mario Party 2'' was re-released as a Virtual Console game for the [[Wii U]] on December 22, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2016/12/22/mario-party-2-joins-nintendo-wii-u-virtual-console/|title=Mario Party 2 Joins The Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console|date=2016-12-22|website=Siliconera|access-date=2017-05-13|archive-date=2017-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506033318/http://www.siliconera.com/2016/12/22/mario-party-2-joins-nintendo-wii-u-virtual-console/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The game was re-released on November 2, 2022, via the [[Nintendo Classics]] service.<ref>Nintendo (October 20, 2022). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meP0WTgUJcE Mario Party & Mario Party 2 Trailer - Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021021143/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meP0WTgUJcE&gl=US&hl=en |date=2022-10-21}}. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 20, 2022.</ref>