Editing Mario Party (video game) (section)

==Hand injury complaints==
In ''Mario Party'', certain minigames require rotation of the [[Nintendo 64 controller]]'s [[analog stick]] at top speed. Some players reportedly got blisters, friction burns, and lacerations from rotating the stick with palms instead of using thumbs because of the uncomfortable design of the analog stick and it is faster to beat the minigames that way.<ref name="gamespot2">{{cite web | title = Nintendo Issues Game Gloves | first=Robert | last=Lemos | website = GameSpot | date = March 9, 2000 | url = http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-issues-game-gloves/1100-2541755/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322233203/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-issues-game-gloves/1100-2541755/ |archive-date= March 22, 2014}}</ref><ref name="bbcnews1">{{cite news | title = Nintendo to hand out gaming gloves | work = [[BBC News]] | date = March 9, 2000 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/671601.stm | access-date = March 22, 2011 | archive-date = January 31, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100131014133/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/671601.stm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Nintendo Power Gloves">{{cite magazine |title=Mario Party Minigame Play Caution |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |date=April 2000 |volume=131 |page=13}}</ref>

Although no lawsuits were filed, around 90 complaints were received by New York's attorney general's office and Nintendo of America eventually agreed to a settlement, which included providing gloves for injured players and paying the state's $75,000 legal fees. At the time, providing the estimated 1.2 million gloves could have cost Nintendo up to $80 million.<ref name="gamespot2" /><ref name="bbcnews1" /><ref name="Nintendo Power Gloves" />

''Mario Party'' was not re-released via the [[Virtual Console]] on [[Wii]] and [[Wii U]], with ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' released instead. The game would not be re-released until 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=October 21, 2022 }}. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 20, 2022.</ref>

Minigames using stick rotation returned in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''.  In ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', a disclaimer is placed on the rules screen for the two mini games that use stick rotation, warning players not to use their palms to turn the stick to avoid hand injury and stick damage.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Good|first=Owen S.|date=2021-10-25|title=Mario Party Superstars resurrects palm-shredding minigame from 1998|url=https://www.polygon.com/22745502/mario-party-superstars-tug-o-war-warning-minigame-palm-stick|access-date=2021-11-18|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|archive-date=November 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118031247/https://www.polygon.com/22745502/mario-party-superstars-tug-o-war-warning-minigame-palm-stick|url-status=live}}</ref> A similar warning appears for the Nintendo Classics version of ''Mario Party'' when starting the game.<ref>{{cite web|last=Norman|first=Jim|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/11/random-nintendo-doesnt-want-you-to-get-mario-party-blisters-this-time-around|title=Random: Nintendo Doesn't Want You to Get Mario Party Blisters This Time Around|date=November 2, 2022|website=[[Gamer Network#Partnered|Nintendo Life]]|publisher=[[Gamer Network]]|access-date=November 2, 2022|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816160713/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/11/random-nintendo-doesnt-want-you-to-get-mario-party-blisters-this-time-around|url-status=live}}</ref>