Mario Party Superstars announced for Nintendo Switch, coming October 29th (UPDATE: Treehouse Live gameplay demo, see threadmarks)

[CaptainMatilder]

This game is a better fanservice to the oldschool fans then Super Mario Party so far. Yep, 2-3 more boards would be better. Oh well.
Mario Party franchise is still a hot seller and a DLC like 20 minigames, 2 boards, 2 characters or something like that for 20 bucks would sell very well. No doubt.

 

[Terraforce]

There's only 2 bonuses and they're probably random still….

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Shame. Two always felt more like a tie breaker. Three made it so that you could legitimately strategize around the bonus stars to clutch a win.

 

[Mandos]

Should have been DLC. I'm upset it doesn't have Mario Party 4 stuff too, that game is the best in the series by far (I'd just add the vehicle combat mode from 5 to it). Looks way better than SMP though, I'm still salty that it only ever got four damn boards.

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It has minigames from 4 at least. Also why would you want a game with completely different control(no motion controls in this game), and gameplay balance(dice are numbered differently, no special dice, economy is completely different), and is compatible with hardware the first game isn't gatekept by a separate $60 game? Also for the MP demographic paid dlc is a dice toss. This game brings something completely different than super

 

[Dark Cloud]

Shame. Two always felt more like a tie breaker. Three made it so that you could legitimately strategize around the bonus stars to clutch a win.

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Yep 3 was great and since you knew what the bonuses were it added even more strategy during the game.

 

[Fuhgeddit]

This is fucking awesome and I may buy it if my kid wants to play with us.

 

[SpaceCrystal]

While I understand everyone's upset about only having five boards from the N64 Mario Party era, you're talking about having to recreate 5 flat 2D boards from three different Mario Party games dating back 21, 22 & 23 years ago, into full 3D maps. That takes a lot of time & effort.

Maybe we'll get more through DLC, but that's the way how it is.

 

[PAFenix]

While I understand everyone's upset about only having five boards from the N64 Mario Party era, you're talking about having to recreate 5 flat 2D boards from three different Mario Party games dating back 21, 22 & 23 years ago, into full 3D maps. That takes a lot of time & effort.

Maybe we'll get more through DLC, but that's the way how it goes.

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Tbh, I was mad at first. Until I actually started watching what was shown and realized it's not just a 3D All Stars Mario 64 dump. Everything looks completely redone!

 

[Mandos]

While I understand everyone's upset about only having five boards from the N64 Mario Party era, you're talking about having to recreate 5 flat 2D boards from three different Mario Party games dating back 21, 22 & 23 years ago, into full 3D maps. That takes a lot of time & effort.

Maybe we'll get more through DLC, but that's the way how it is.

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If a bowser board doesn't get shown pre release I'm expecting it as a hidden sixth board. And yeah full remake with tweaks and qol improvements and everything being unified gameplay wise is huge. Wonder if they'll have a minigames from this party only option for the boards

That and they're hiding side modes, wonder if duel mode from 3 is back

 

[Xita]

Never played 3 or 1 so as a longtime MP fan I'm particularly excited for minigames from those

 

[SpaceCrystal]

I'm sure this started as DLC for Super Mario Party but eventually evolved to a new entry, and you know why? Because ahe minigames are played with buttons and, thus, they're compatible with controllers like the Pro, Switch Lite... It could not work as an expansion just because the rest of minigames would not be able to be played like that, so it would be a bit weird to give the option to play with the Pro controller to some minigames and not others. I'm happy it's a new game and maybe they can add a couple more boards as DLC this time.

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Not sure why people expected this to be DLC when this is built from the ground up, and wouldn't be playable on Switch Lite or with a Pro Controller if it was added to SMP. It's just another mash up like Mario Party the 100.

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I am confused at those saying this should be DLC.

Nintendo cranked out 10 Mario Party games in as many years expecting people to buy new entries almost annually. This is the second Mario Party game for the Switch - releasing 3 years after Super Mario Party.

Additionally, due to its controls, it would be impractical to have Lite owners purchase Super Mario Party and buy DLC when the base game would essentially be unplayable on the system.

No one can deny Super Mario Party has some glaring issues. Superstars seems to be tackling many of these issues for the better. Only 5 playable boards is disappointing, but I see many other improvements that make this seem like a solid choice for fans of the series.

I'm not saying there aren't things to criticize about the game, but I think calling it DLC is a bit much.

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For those who are disappointed that this was't DLC, I'm curious what you pictured the scenario being if it were.

This game is obviously meant to go even further back to basics than Super Mario Party did, as they dropped the character dice and the ally system. So it wouldn't just be adding new boards and minigames to Super Mario Party, as they would then be adding a "classic" mode alongside it.

That's not a huge deal in concept but this has 100 minigames. If they did DLC for Super Mario Party, it's unlikely to be more than $20 and they certainly aren't designing 100 mini games for that price (Just because they're all classic games doesn't mean it's a simple copy and paste -- they're being rebuilt from the ground up). That's more minigames than the 80 that Super Mario Party has. Hell, Super Mario Party had one less board than this does.

Any DLC for Super Mario Party would be something like 2-3 boards and 30 minigames, give or take. It seems strange to expect Nintendo to release DLC for a 3-year-old game that costs far less than the base game while having more minigames.

This product would never exist as DLC at all.

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These. And not to mention that SMP didn't have pro controller support, nor could the game be played properly on the Switch Lite. And the online for it was hot garbage.

Those are the main reasons why I haven't picked up SMP & why I want to pick up this upcoming Mario Party game instead, nostalgia being one of them.

So glad I never wasted my money on Super Mario Party because now I don't feel ripped off by this. One or two additional boards would have been ideal, but the fact that it's classic boards, classic mini-games, and a corrected coin economy makes this an easy buy. I just hope they've fixed the Bonus Stars, too.

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I definitely agree!

 

[Mandos]

Now I don't mind my sister still having my copy of SMP

 

[MrWonderworld]

I'm so excited to play this. I'm glad to be able to use Pro Controller and play with people online. I have so much nostalgia for N64 Mario Parties so I'm glad we return to old school format.

 

[Dark Cloud]

I'm so excited to play this. I'm glad to be able to use Pro Controller and play with people online. I have so much nostalgia for N64 Mario Parties so I'm glad we return to old school format.

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Same

 

[Spidervan]

Should have been DLC. I'm upset it doesn't have Mario Party 4 stuff too, that game is the best in the series by far (I'd just add the vehicle combat mode from 5 to it). Looks way better than SMP though, I'm still salty that it only ever got four damn boards.

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Good, MP4 is the worst one, every board map is a section and the big and small mushrooms is unbalanced. Also has the least amount of mini games in the series. Mini games are good so that's a plus, i'll take MP4 mini games, but I don't want any of their boards.

If this was DLC I wouldn't be able to play in handheld mode, that alone is worth the price of admission for me. That and getting away from super rules of the board.

 

[jariw]

These. And not to mention that SMP didn't have pro controller support, nor could the game be played properly on the Switch Lite. And the online for it was hot garbage.

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FWIW, the online has been updated in SMP, about a month ago.

 

[MondoMega]

There's only 2 bonuses and they're probably random still….

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Going to assume it works like Super Mario Party, where the number of Bonus Stars is determined by the turn count.

On Treehouse we saw the Shopping Star and Slowpoke Star. Not a fan of the latter, since it eliminates any chance to do a guaranteed clean-sweeep of the bonuses, but oh well. We're obviously going to have the classic three Bonus Stars in there; Eventful Star (most happening spaces), Minigame Star (most coins earned from minigames) and Rich Star (highest coin count during the game). Probably also going to bring back Unlucky (most red spaces), Sightseer (further distance moved), Item Star (used the most items) too. That'd be eight total, and accounts for all of the Bonus Stars from Hudson's Mario Parties (all of them sans Shopping Star were back in Super already though).

My hope is that maybe you can choose the number of bonus stars given out at the end (0-3)? Most Mario Party games let you turn off Bonus Stars, but Super didn't; for the sake of having options hopefully that's back at least.

 

[MondoMega]

Oh, I didn't realise that the footage shown in the Japanese Direct shows that the Plunder Chest is back; nice.

 

[Edengamer25]

I am quite excited for this, and makes me want to check out some of the other Mario Party games in the meantime(only Played 1 and DS).

As for the other Mario Party 1 board that makes it in im going to guess Marios Rainbow Castle. Idk but the Wario and Luigi ones seem the least likely

 

[Dark Cloud]

Oh, I didn't realise that the footage shown in the Japanese Direct shows that the Plunder Chest is back; nice.

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Nice

 

[Dreavus]

This is going to need a few more boards for sure, but I'm in.

I know they skipped on DLC for Super Mario Party but I could definitely see some happening here if they are so inclined.

 

[MondoMega]

Also seems like there's two versions of the Warp Block?

Thankfully we saw a description for the one with blue arrows in the item shop during Treehouse, so we know that's the classic Warp Block in name and functionality.

I've only got a few guesses at what the one with orange arrows could do:

• Let you directly choose who to swap with rather than being random?
• Just warps you to another player's space instead of swapping places (like the Springo Candy in 8)?
• Warps you to a random space on the board (like the Warp Dice Block in DS)?

 

[viotech3]

One thing I noticed with the Treehouse stream is the lack of minigames from Mario Party 4 onwards. There is one minigame called "Tread Carefully" which is not the name of any of the minigames in the first three Mario Party games, and if I were to guess it would likely be Sneak 'n' Snore. In general it's interesting how there is a smaller number of minigames from those other Mario Party games shown so far, with none of them coming from Mario Party 8 at all.

Also something that I'm sure a lot of people noticed is how Daisy isn't anywhere to be seen yet while Birdo is shown to be playable (in a long time), though I'm sure Daisy will be shown off at a later game.

Among returning boards, Waluigi's Island would be a very good one to return to, because it has a lot of fun events like the exploding zone and the island that changes space types every turn. It would also be nice if a "Mini Game Stadium" would be in this game, basically a simple board that is only focused on coins and the minigames that ensued based on the spaces landed.

I do agree that the Reverse Mushroom (or a Dice Block equivalent) should return, because that's one of the reasons Mario Party 3 has a relatively deeper layer of strategy of all the Mario Party games, among other reasons (branching paths with blocked entrances, action time, ability to carry 3 items that are generally more available).

Thank you for reading.

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Reverse shroom better be in....

 

[delete12345]

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First official localization from Nintendo by the way.

 

[Mandos]

Also seems like there's two versions of the Warp Block?

Thankfully we saw a description for the one with blue arrows in the item shop during Treehouse, so we know that's the classic Warp Block in name and functionality.

I've only got a few guesses at what the one with orange arrows could do:

• Let you directly choose who to swap with rather than being random?
• Just warps you to another player's space instead of swapping places (like the Springo Candy in 8)?
• Warps you to a random space on the board (like the Warp Dice Block in DS)?

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Or everyone gets warped to your space

 

[delete12345]

Given that we can pause mid-game, can we pause during an online match?

If yes, I can see how there's a lot of us looking forward to playing anonymously with everyone else.

 

[Mandos]

Just had an interesting thought, hopefully they're doing the classic fakeout and following in the tradition of MP1-3 they brought back Bowser's board as a hidden sixth one… but oh wait what if they only say there's 5 because the sixth isn't a returning one but an amalgam of all 3 bowser levels remixed into one. Because they explicitly say 5 "Returning" boards

 

[mclem]

Hopefully they do DLC this time around. It somehow feels like a better platform for it; they don't really need any minigames or anything, just boards. It feels more suited for a skeleton crew to work on than SMP did.

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It wouldn't surprise me *too* much if it turns out that one of the reasons that this is a distinct game from Super Mario Party is entirely *so* they can restructure it internally into a manner specifically designed to be modular enough to allow for DLC to simply plug in new boards and/or minigames.

 

[Quinton]

I'd love to see DLC for this, but I didn't think it'd happen with SMP and I'm not convinced here either. It being "too obvious they'll do that" doesn't mean much with Nintendo sometimes, ha.

 

[DecoReturns]

I'd love to see DLC for this, but I didn't think it'd happen with SMP and I'm not convinced here either. It being "too obvious they'll do that" doesn't mean much with Nintendo sometimes, ha.

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While personally. I'm not expecting any DLC .

this situation is a bit different so Nintendo could react. I think it's safe to say that Super Mario Party vastly sold beyond expectations so perhaps they have ideas planned to make this Mario party sell well for a long time. Wouldn't surprise me honestly, Mario Party Superstars seems very well received announcement wise

The pervious one was seen by many that Nintendo was obviously going to add more stuff and whatnot based off a few switch games that were getting DLC. Of course that never ended up Happening and they did never say the game would get update.

 

[Ginger Hail]

Wasn't too shocking to hear about a new MP after they tried stealth patching online into SMP. However, I wasn't expecting them to embrace the older games. Definitely has my interest. Wonder what the playable roster's going to end up like. At the very least we have some non-64 era characters confirmed (Rosalina and Birdo) but I'm not banking on everyone in SMP being back.

 

[Hero]

I have more faith that this game will have DLC support considering all modes will be playable online from day one and is being advertised as such. They would absolutely get away with selling packs containing characters/maps/mini-games.

 

[CaptainMatilder]

The biggest improvement - believe it or not - is the controller support. Sure, we miss out on some janky motion control stuff, but eh, it's fine.

Someone spotted a "press the a button as often as you can" minigame? Was always a free minigame win for me back then. I like the Whomp Domino version of it.

 

[Mandos]

Here's what I'll say, everything we know about MPS already looks great which makes me curious and excited about what we don't know

 

[Deleted member 55822]

From what I could tell they got rid of the single player mini games. No more going ham on the Pirhana Plants and getting 30+ coins lol. I'm glad they took that away. It doesn't look like the costumes are returning for the Mario Party 2 board. It makes sense it would stick out if the other boards didn't have costumes.

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Not sure what you mean by this, But item minigames are in. Though unlike standard minigame you just get right to the game with no preparation screen before hand.

 

[Maximo]

The biggest improvement - believe it or not - is the controller support. Sure, we miss out on some janky motion control stuff, but eh, it's fine.

Someone spotted a "press the a button as often as you can" minigame? Was always a free minigame win for me back then. I like the Whomp Domino version of it.

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Biggest god damn hurdle of ever playing Mario Party, only owned two Joycons and both have unbearable drift, could never get 4 working joycons. Mario Party got played once by me and my friends, no one wanted to deal with the bloody joycons.

 

[CaptainMatilder]

Not sure what you mean by this, But item minigames are in. Though unlike standard minigame you just get right to the game with no preparation screen before hand.

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He means the 1p Minigames in Mario Party 1.
Whats still in there are the Item Minigames from MP3 (and maybe MP2).

 

[Dark Cloud]

Not sure what you mean by this, But item minigames are in. Though unlike standard minigame you just get right to the game with no preparation screen before hand.

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The ones from Mario Party 1 aren't there I meant.

 

[InASnowBoundLand]

Here are some minigames I would like to see return.

All Fired Up

All Fired Up is a Battle minigame found in Mario Party 3. The name comes from a term that describes someone who is either really excited or angry about something.

www.mariowiki.com

Hot Rope Jump

Hot Rope Jump is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, and Mario Party Superstars.

www.mariowiki.com

Lights Out

Lights Out is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 2. Its name could be a play on the bedtime "lights out" command given to youth and on the phrase "knock one's lights out."

www.mariowiki.com

Dungeon Duos

Dungeon Duos is a 2-vs-2 minigame found in Mario Party 4 and Mario Party Superstars. In Mario Party 4, a Shy Guy plate is awarded in the Present Room if the minigame is beaten within one minute and 30 seconds or one minute and 40 seconds.

www.mariowiki.com

Fruits of Doom

Fruits of Doom is a Bowser minigame in Mario Party 4. It involves Bowser commanding the four players to bring him fruit.

www.mariowiki.com

 

[Dark Cloud]

Here are some minigames I would like to see return.

All Fired Up

All Fired Up is a Battle minigame found in Mario Party 3. The name comes from a term that describes someone who is either really excited or angry about something.

www.mariowiki.com

Hot Rope Jump

Hot Rope Jump is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, and Mario Party Superstars.

www.mariowiki.com

Lights Out

Lights Out is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 2. Its name could be a play on the bedtime "lights out" command given to youth and on the phrase "knock one's lights out."

www.mariowiki.com

Dungeon Duos

Dungeon Duos is a 2-vs-2 minigame found in Mario Party 4 and Mario Party Superstars. In Mario Party 4, a Shy Guy plate is awarded in the Present Room if the minigame is beaten within one minute and 30 seconds or one minute and 40 seconds.

www.mariowiki.com

Fruits of Doom

Fruits of Doom is a Bowser minigame in Mario Party 4. It involves Bowser commanding the four players to bring him fruit.

www.mariowiki.com

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Hot Rope Jump is a classic. It has to comeback. Dungeon Duos is one of the best mini games ever it better comeback.

 

[MondoMega]

Here are some minigames I would like to see return.

All Fired Up

All Fired Up is a Battle minigame found in Mario Party 3. The name comes from a term that describes someone who is either really excited or angry about something.

www.mariowiki.com

Hot Rope Jump

Hot Rope Jump is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party, Mario Party 2, and Mario Party Superstars.

www.mariowiki.com

Lights Out

Lights Out is a 1-vs-3 minigame found in Mario Party 2. Its name could be a play on the bedtime "lights out" command given to youth and on the phrase "knock one's lights out."

www.mariowiki.com

Dungeon Duos

Dungeon Duos is a 2-vs-2 minigame found in Mario Party 4 and Mario Party Superstars. In Mario Party 4, a Shy Guy plate is awarded in the Present Room if the minigame is beaten within one minute and 30 seconds or one minute and 40 seconds.

www.mariowiki.com

Fruits of Doom

Fruits of Doom is a Bowser minigame in Mario Party 4. It involves Bowser commanding the four players to bring him fruit.

www.mariowiki.com

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Hot Rope Jump and Dungeon Duos are musts, I agree. No clue why neither showed up in Top 100; the latter especially is an all-time great.

 

[SpaceCrystal]

So far, we have 62 minigames revealed:

Every Minigame in Mario Party Superstars | Mario Party Legacy

A list of all 100 Mario Party Superstars minigame discovered in screenshots and videos so far. All minigames now revealed!

mariopartylegacy.com

Mario Party 1:

4-Player:

• Crazy Cutters
• Face Lift
• Hammer Drop
• Mushroom Mix-Up
• Shy Guy Says
• Tipsy Tourney

2 Vs. 2:

• Bobsled Run
• Handcar Havoc

1 Vs. 3:

• Tug o' War

Mario Party 2:

4-Player:

• Bowser's Big Blast
• Bumper Balloon Cars
• Bumper Balls
• Honeycomb Havoc
• Roll Call
• Sneak 'n' Snore

2 Vs. 2:

• Balloon Burst
• Cake Factory
• Dungeon Dash
• Mecha Marathon
• Sky Pilots
• Slot-Car Derby

1 Vs. 3:

• Archer-ival
• Look Away

Mario Party 3:

4-Player:

• Cheep Cheep Chase
• Mario's Puzzle Party
• Messy Memory
• Mush Pit
• Parasol Plummet
• Rockin' Raceway
• Snowball Summit
• Storm Chasers

2 Vs. 2:

• Eatsa Pizza
• Etch 'n' Catch
• Puddle Paddle

1 Vs. 3:

• Boulder Ball
• Coconut Conk
• River Raiders
• Tidal Toss

Duel:

• Tick Tock Hop
• Vine With Me

Item:

• Bobbing Bow-loons

Mario Party 4:

4-Player:

• Booksquirm
• Trace Race

2 Vs. 2:

• Beach Volley Folley
• Reverse-a-Bomb

Mario Party 5:

4-Player:

• Coney Island
• Leaf Leap
• Pushy Penguins

2 Vs. 2:

• Ice Hockey

1 Vs. 3:

• Squared Away

Mario Party 6:

4-Player:

• Catch You Letter
• What Goes Up...

2 Vs. 2:

• Rocky Road

Duel:

• Mass Meteor

Mario Party 7:

4-Player:

• Pokey Pummel
• The Final Countdown

1 Vs. 3:

• Pogo-a-Go-Go

Mario Party 9:

4-Player:

• Goomba Spotting

2 Vs. 2:

• Shell Soccer

Mario Party 10:

4-Player:

• Rapid River Race

1 Vs. 3:

• Skewer Scurry

Unknown:

• Tread Carefully

And there's still 38 more minigames left to go.

MondoMega Dark Cloud InASnowBoundLand I agree with all of you; Those minigames have to return.

 

[MondoMega]

Alright, one minigame from each game that I want to see return; specifically choosing games that didn't show up in Top 100:

• Hot Bob-omb (MP1)
• Shock, Drop or Roll (MP2)
• Aces High (MP3)
• Dungeon Duos (MP4)
• Panic Pinball (MP5)
• Daft Rafts (MP6)
• Fun Run (MP7)
• King of the Thrill (MP8)
• Tumble Temple (MP9)
• Cheep Cheep Leap (MP10)

Of course, Top 100 already has some of my tool picks for most of the games, and a lot of the great ones are already confirmed, so trying to think outside of that group is tricky.

 

[unicornKnight]

If they announce free updates towards release then I'm in. I'd also like to see if there will be online with random people.

1 Vs. 3:

• Tug o' War

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Excuse me what?

This one was a drifting offender. Have they addressed if it's gonna be updated to work with buttons instead of rotating the stick?

 

[MondoMega]

I'd also like to see if there will be online with random people.

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They already confirmed random matchmaking online.

Excuse me what?

This one was a drifting offender. Have they addressed if it's gonna be updated to work with buttons instead of rotating the stick?

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When it returned in Top 100 on 3DS it was still a stick spinning game; but we've only seen a screenshot of it in this game so we don't know if they've made it a masher.

 

[Bedameister]

What can we expect from the amount of content in this compared to Super Mario Party?

 

[Jaq'or]

If they announce free updates towards release then I'm in. I'd also like to see if there will be online with random people.

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Online with randoms was confirmed in the presentation :)

 

[War95]

After getting Mario Party Switch online at last they gonna release another one lmao

 

[MondoMega]

What can we expect from the amount of content in this compared to Super Mario Party?

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We've already got official totals of 5 boards and 100 minigames (versus Super Mario Party's 4 boards and 80 minigames). They alluded to other modes besides basic board play and free play minigames, but haven't detailed any of it yet.

 

[Bedameister]

We've already got official totals of 5 boards and 100 minigames (versus Super Mario Party's 4 boards and 80 minigames). They alluded to other modes besides basic board play and free play minigames, but haven't detailed any of it yet.

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Oh cool. Sounds ok. People will be pleased with this release I assume?

 

[MondoMega]

People will be pleased with this release I assume?

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Maybe if the final board and minigame picks picks (we only know 3/5 and 61/100 respectively) disappoint reception will change, but what we've seen so far is pleasing a lot of people.