01-31-2012, 08:12 PM
More specifically, Mario Party 2 introduced duel and item minigames (and I think battle minigames, too, but not sure), albeit much simpler versions than those in later entries.
Mario Party 3 was the first with a separate singleplayer mode, as well as providing improvements to the duel and item minigames.
Mario Party 3 was the first with a separate singleplayer mode, as well as providing improvements to the duel and item minigames.