Wow can we take a moment to appreciate this bombshell. Round of applause for Nintendo making a Mario Party relevant again, apparently.
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Super Mario Party sells over 9 million units LTD
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With this, it becomes the second-best selling entry in the Mario Party franchise:
DS: MPDS = 9.31M
Swi: SMP = 9.12M
Wii: MP8 = 8.85M
The game sold 1.53M units this quarter. Quite likely, it'll pass the DS game by the end of the fiscal year. After that, the hunt for 10M is on (and it should hit that milestone easily).
DS: MPDS = 9.31M
Swi: SMP = 9.12M
Wii: MP8 = 8.85M
The game sold 1.53M units this quarter. Quite likely, it'll pass the DS game by the end of the fiscal year. After that, the hunt for 10M is on (and it should hit that milestone easily).
10 million is a lock at this point. and it's going to be be the best selling mario party game by a nice margin.
i'm not sure if there's going to be a super mario party 2 at this point :( maybe next year.
i'm not sure if there's going to be a super mario party 2 at this point :( maybe next year.
it's pretty insane they turned around the series that much.
although looking back, every MP since the Wii/DS ones up to now had something against it (MP9 releasing when the Wii was dead, 3DS releases kinda suffered from the 3DS not being big like the DS and the Wii U game being on wii u)
this level of sales also shows that doing one game per console is much more profitable. they've sold way more than a lot of the yearly ones did in the past combined.
although looking back, every MP since the Wii/DS ones up to now had something against it (MP9 releasing when the Wii was dead, 3DS releases kinda suffered from the 3DS not being big like the DS and the Wii U game being on wii u)
this level of sales also shows that doing one game per console is much more profitable. they've sold way more than a lot of the yearly ones did in the past combined.
Exactly, but people here still wish for DLC, i almost believe a new Mario Party will be announce for end of this year
Needed more boards, but despite that it's still an absolute blast to play with friends and family.
fuck those random end game bonuses tho
fuck those random end game bonuses tho
Whaaaat? I'm very surprised Mario Party DS sold so well. It's a lot harder to get a multiplayer game going on a handheld than on a home console.
Not even close. When you have 4 boards, and like this
compared to n64 boards like this
For me it's not even about boards, it's about the mini games complexity and the time ratio, meaning how much time you spend on the board vs how much time a mini game lasts.Not even close. When you have 4 boards, and like this
compared to n64 boards like this
I had a lot of fun with it, but you can barely do a match without the same minigame repeating 2 or 3 times. There's also only 4 boards which is simply absurd, and while the other game modes with the boat or the dancing are decent timewasters, there simply isn't enough content to justify the price in any way. Baffling they haven't even thrown in DLCs, free or paid. If this is their plan going forward, having bare minimum content full priced every couple years, this will probably be the first and last Mario Party I buy anywhere near its launch price.
Undeserved tbh lol
Like two more boards would have went a long way. Mario Party games could be a lot better if Nintendo put more effort into them.
But they kinda puked this one out and we ate it up lol feels bad. Maybe the next one will be solid, or they just won't care cause they know it'll sell. Who knows?
Like two more boards would have went a long way. Mario Party games could be a lot better if Nintendo put more effort into them.
But they kinda puked this one out and we ate it up lol feels bad. Maybe the next one will be solid, or they just won't care cause they know it'll sell. Who knows?
next one with more (and more complex) boards and actual online for the main mode can sell extremely well too.
I don't care about the size of the boards, I think they work very well and are balanced. These huge boards from earlier games always felt overwhelming, everybody was always so distant from each other, and stars were always too damn far. SMP has a very nice game pace.
That said, 4 boards is way too few. I got over the game very quickly because I got tired of replaying the same boards over and over.
That said, 4 boards is way too few. I got over the game very quickly because I got tired of replaying the same boards over and over.
They're hanging out with the group of people who believe it's fiscally responsible for Nintendo to put out MK9 ASAP.
EDIT: And now that I think of it, my whole life Mario Party has been a major presence at drinking parties and the like since college. I don't really see a largely negative aspect to making Mario Party games semi-annual so that we always have a new set of experiences year after year, think Jackbox Party games meets Madden-esque yearly releases.
This about sums it up. Two additional boards would have made this game.
Mario Party DS is actually one of the best Mario Partys in the series. It's really fun and has very robust single cart download play.
Hopefully the sequel will actually be deserving of those numbers, game is fun, but I never bought it and only played it at my friend's house when we gathered for no particular reason.
It was great and I was still in contact with my high school friends back then as I had finished the year before it came out I think, so we gathered for that local MP that only required one cart. That shit was amazing, also that lent games thread reminded me that another friend borrowed it and never returned it. Oh well...
Bought it and played it once. It sucks if you have to fill up with CPU players (A lot of time waiting for the computer) and you can only play with joy cons as I have two Pro controllers and I'm not buying another set of joy cons for something like this.
I really regret buying it digital.
I really regret buying it digital.
I'm not sure they really did anything to make the game relevant again, other than having a very popular console where people are gobbling up the limited number of first party games they release.
Good for them, but good luck getting me to buy SMP2 knowing there won't be any support post-launch.