Mario Party will always shine in local multiplayer. Even if they do add board play online one day, it's only the true experience when you have people there playing with you. Having played all of the Mario Parties with four people, my opinion from videos so far is that this one is going to be up there with the better ones. It'll certainly be more fun to play with friends then 8,9 and 10 were. (Although the beauty of Mario Party games are that they are all worth a play from time to time)
As for Mario Tennis Aces, again it's the best Mario Tennis game to play locally with friends. I have not gone back to Mario Power Tennis or Mario Tennis (64) since. Likewise with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and I have no doubt the same will go for Smash Ultimate. Nintendo is really hitting it out of the park at giving us the best local player experiences. With Mario Party the above is impossible to achieve due to all the games being different and worth a play without out-doing each other, but this one I feel will at least keep me on the Switch version for a long while.
Didn't know embargo was up in 30 minutes. Deal breaker if I buy or not :p
That's fair enough, but then when I mention how Party/Puzzle/Rhythm games are usually capped at 8 rather than 10, people often say it's just a review score, who cares? Just keep in mind that these genres are not often judged on their own merits. Most reviewers don't realise that if they give a party game a higher score than Breath of the Wild, it doesn't mean it's a better "game". Different genres can't be compared head to head like that. It just means it does what it's meant to do in a better way. That's how I see it anyway. I recommend you watch gameplay videos and judge for yourself.
