Mario Party: Star Rush

Mario Party: Star Rush
Developer(s) NDcube
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Shuichiro Nishiya
Producer(s)
  • Keisuke Terasaki
  • Toyokazu Nonaka
  • Toshiaki Suzuki
  • Atsushi Ikeda
  • Kenji Kikuchi
Designer(s) Takeru Sugimoto
Programmer(s) Masayuki Shinohara
Artist(s) Keisuke Kasahara
Composer(s)
  • Toshiki Aida
  • Satoshi Okubo
Series Mario Party
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS
Release
  • EU: October 7, 2016
  • AU: October 8, 2016
  • JP: October 20, 2016
  • NA: November 4, 2016
  • KOR: April 27, 2017[1]
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Mario Party: Star Rush[lower-alpha 1] is a party video game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It deviates from the normal Mario Party series in its removal of turn-based gameplay in favor of the ability to move at will, simultaneous with other players, and without set paths on the game board. The game was released in Europe, Australia, and Japan in October 2016, and in North America the following month. The game is preceded by Mario Party 10 for the Wii U.

Gameplay

Yoshi, Yellow Toad, Princess Peach, Toadette, Blue Toad, Red Toad, and Donkey Kong battling the King Bob-omb boss

Mario Party: Star Rush is a handheld party video game in the Mario Party series based on group minigame events that follow a board game concept. Star Rush's main change to the franchise is its replacement of turn-based gameplay with the ability to move at will, simultaneously, and without set paths on the game board.[2] The game's main mode is "Toad Scramble", in which all players play as Toad from the Mario franchise. Other Mario series characters can be recruited to play on the player's team, but are not themselves playable.[2] Star Rush features boss battles where players compete to deal the most damage to the boss.

Up to four players can join a common multiplayer game when near other players through the Nintendo 3DS handheld console's local wireless mode.[3] The game is also compatible with fifteen of Nintendo's Amiibo figurines.[3]

Development

Nintendo announced the game at the end of a press release for the 2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild during its June 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo coverage.[2] Journalists described the announcement as "hidden".[2][4] Nintendo showed more of the game the next day.[4] Shortly after its announcement, Twitter users commented on how the game's box art was reused from other projects, including the label of SpaghettiOs canned pasta.[5] Closer to the game's release, the box was updated with original art. The removal of the turn-based format was designed to make the game better for portable play.[5] Mario Party: Star Rush was released in Europe on October 7, 2016, in Australia on October 8, 2016, in Japan on October 20, 2016, and in North America on November 4, 2016.[3]

Reception

The game received mixed reception, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[6] Sean Buckley of Engadget praised the new design choice to remove the turn-based format. He wrote that Mario Party minigames were fun but that the board game format was antiquated.[2] Chris Carter of Destructoid lauded the removal of the series' "car" mechanic, in which all players traveled in a car together on the game board, though he remained "not hopeful" for the new game overall.[4] In Japan, the game sold less than 30,000 units in its first week.[7] It has sold 88,544 in the region as of December 16, 2016.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: マリオパーティ スターラッシュ Hepburn: Mario Pātī Suta Rasshu

References

  1. ↑ "한국닌텐도, 「요괴워치 2 원조」,「요괴워치 2 본가」의 정식 발매 및닌텐도 3DS 소프트웨어 라인업 발표" [Korea Nintendo Co., Ltd. announced the release of "Yogi Watch 2 Aid" and "Yogi Watch 2" and announced Nintendo 3DS software lineup.]. Nintendo of Korea (in Korean). January 20, 2017. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Buckley, Sean (June 15, 2016). "'Mario Party: Star Rush' doesn't make you wait your turn". Engadget. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Alexander, Julia (June 15, 2016). "Mario Party Star Rush launches in November on 3DS". Polygon. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Carter, Chris (June 15, 2016). "Mario Party Star Rush will not continue the bad 'car' mechanic from recent iterations". Destructoid. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Carpenter, Nicole (June 16, 2016). "E3 2016: Mario Party: Star Rush Uses Repurposed Art From Nintendo Spaghetti-Os". IGN. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mario Party: Star Rush". Metacritic. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ "This Week In Sales: Japan Still Loves Battlefield, Mario's Latest Party Hits 3DS". Siliconera. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. ↑ ""This Week In Sales: Yakuza 6 Pummels Its Way To The Top"". Siliconera.com. December 16, 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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