10 Frustrating Mario Party Moments That Ruined Friendships

10. The Bonus Stars

Let's get to this one right off the bat, because it was one of the most notoriously frustrating aspects of the game.

So you've gone through 50 turns of Mario Party, which can often take one or two full hours. It's a close game, but through sheer determination and fortitude, you've managed to pull ahead. Your buddies both have three stars, but you've managed to come away with five. You win, right?

If only it was that simple. You've forgotten one thing, one of the most baffling additions to the series.

After the game has ostensibly ended, the powers that be decide to hand out bonus stars for a variety of categories. One is an extra star awarded to whomever won the most minigames. That makes sense, right? The minigames require a level of skill, so that person gets a bonus.

Then there's a star for whoever had the most coins at once. Huh, okay. There's another for whoever landed on the most ? spaces. To be clear, that is completely random, and before that, the ? spaces weren't anything particularly useful. 

And then in some games, there's one for landing on the most red spaces. The red spaces that take away your coins. Yes, you get a bonus for doing something that you're supposed to actively avoid. That's like if Monopoly awarded extra money for going to jail the most.