Super Mario Party

Super Mario Party
Cover art, featuring some of the game's playable characters
Developer(s) NDcube
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Shuichiro Nishiya
Producer(s) Toshiaki Suzuki
Toyokazu Nonaka
Keisuke Terasaki
Kenji Kikuchi
Atsushi Ikeda
Designer(s) Tatsumitsu Watanabe
Programmer(s) Yuhei Tsukami
Artist(s) Keisuke Kasahara
Composer(s) Toshiki Aida
Satoshi Okubo
Naruki Kadosaka
Series Mario Party
Engine NintendoWare Bezel Engine
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Release 5 October 2018
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Super Mario Party is a party video game published by Nintendo. It is the eleventh main instalment in the Mario Party series and was released on 5 October 2018 for Nintendo Switch.

Gameplay

The traditional gameplay of the older Mario Party games returns in Super Mario Party, after the previous two games' departure from the established form. The standard game mode, Party Mode, features up to four players taking turns and navigating the board in search of stars while competing against one another in a variety of minigames. A second mode, known as Partner Party, has two teams of two players also searching for stars on a free-movement board similar to those in Mario Party: Star Rush.[1] The game can be played with only one Joy-Con controller per player, allowing two players to play together with only one Switch system, which comes with two Joy-Con. Super Mario Party also takes advantage of the Switch's local wireless capabilities, allowing teams to play from separate Switch consoles and allowing multiple Switch consoles to be arranged and synchronized to create larger, multi-monitor environments[2][3][4] in a mode called "Toad's Rec Room"[1] (as patented prior to the game's reveal[5]).

Some of the minigames can be played using traditional button controls, while others may be controlled by motion controls, such as a tricycle race minigame.[6]

Toad returns as Super Mario Party's host, directing the players throughout the game.

Rosalina, Yoshi, and Mario on the Whomp's Domino Ruins board, with Mario about to roll his dice
Mario, Goomba, Princess Peach, and Bowser competing in the Trike Harder minigame

Online play

Super Mario Party features online multiplayer for the first time in the Mario Party series. While Party Mode's board games are restricted to offline play, players are able to play the game's 80 minigames with other players either locally or online independent of the board games in the game's "Online Mario-thon" mode. In the Online Mario-thon mode, players compete in five randomly-selected minigames aiming to get the highest score. It also features leader boards and a ranking system, as well as rewards that the players can receive for playing the mode.[1][7]

Some sources criticized the game's lack of an online party mode.[7][8]

Playable characters

The roster of playable characters in Super Mario Party includes Mario, Luigi, Rosalina, Dry Bones,[4] Boo, Koopa Troopa, Hammer Bro, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Shy Guy, Bowser, Wario, and Waluigi, all of whom are returning characters. New playable characters to the series include Bowser Jr. and Diddy Kong, who had only previously appeared as a playable character in handheld Mario Party games; Pom Pom, Goomba[4] and Monty Mole, none of whom has previously been a playable character in Mario Party, although this is the former's debut in the series, and the latter two have appeared as NPCs throughout the series.[9]

Development

Super Mario Party was developed by NDcube.[10] Nintendo revealed Super Mario Party on 12 June 2018 during their Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 Nintendo Direct presentation,[11] where they also announced that the game would release on 5 October 2018 for the Nintendo Switch.[12] In August 2018, Nintendo said that Super Mario Party would not support the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller.[13] In September 2018, it was revealed that Super Mario Party would not support handheld mode.[14]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic76/100[15]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid7.5/10[16]
EGM9/10[17]
Game Informer7.25/10[18]
GameSpot7/10[19]
IGN7.3/10[20]
Nintendo Life[21]
Nintendo World Report8.5/10[22]
USgamer[23]

Super Mario Party received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.[15] IGN gave the game a 7.3, stating "Super Mario Party delivers the couch multiplayer experience the series is famous for," though also mentioning a lackluster selection of maps.

Sales

Super Mario Party sold 142,868 physical copies within its first 2 days on sale in Japan.[24]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jenni (14 June 2018). "Super Mario Party Talks About Partner Party, Online Multiplayer". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Gach, Ethan. "Super Mario Party Lets You Combine Two Switches". Kotaku. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Gartenberg, Chaim (12 June 2018). "Super Mario Party might be the most creative Switch game yet". The Verge. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018. But where things get really interesting is when you get multiple Switch tablets in the equation. Players will be able to pair off into teams, displaying content on each Switch instead of dividing up the screen for split-screen
  4. 1 2 3 "Super Mario Party announced for Nintendo Switch". Polygon. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Machkovech, Sam (15 April 2018). "Nintendo's new multi-screen patent isn't just crazy—it might already hide in Switch". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Tran, Edmon (12 June 2018). "E3 2018: Nintendo Reveals Super Mario Party For Switch". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 Craddock, Ryan (15 June 2018). "Super Mario Party Will Feature Online Play With Friends, But Only For Minigames". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Super Mario Party's online minigame mode is outrageously limited". Polygon. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  9. ↑ Dell-Cornejo, Daniel (12 June 2018). "Super Mario Party announced for Nintendo Switch". Nintendo Wire. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "SUPER MARIO PARTY". Australian Classification Board. Government of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  11. ↑ Espineli, Matt (12 June 2018). "Nintendo E3 2018 Press Conference News For Switch - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Fortnite, Mario Party". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  12. ↑ Goldfarb, Andrew (12 June 2018). "E3 2018: Super Mario Party Announced with Release Date". IGN. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  13. ↑ Life, Nintendo (2018-08-24). "Super Mario Party On Switch Won't Include Pro Controller Support". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  14. ↑ Life, Nintendo (2018-09-22). "Super Mario Party For Nintendo Switch Won't Support Handheld Mode". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  15. 1 2 "Super Mario Party for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  16. ↑ Carter, Chris (3 October 2018). "Review: Super Mario Party". Destructoid. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  17. ↑ Slead, Evan (3 October 2018). "Super Mario Party review". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  18. ↑ Shea, Brian (3 October 2018). "Super Mario Party Review". Game Informer. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  19. ↑ Ramée, Jordan (5 October 2018). Gamespot https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-mario-party-review-friend-and-foe-unite/1900-6417004/. Retrieved 8 October 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ Claiborn, Samuel (3 October 2018). "Super Mario Party Review". IGN. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  21. ↑ Olney, Alex (3 October 2018). "Super Mario Party Review (Switch)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  22. ↑ Gibson, Casey (3 October 2018). "Super Mario Party Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  23. ↑ McCarthy, Caty (3 October 2018). "Super Mario Party Review". USgamer. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  24. ↑ Romano, Sal (10 October 2018). "Media Create Sales: 10/1/18 – 10/7/18". Gematsu. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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