Why? Because they were "boring"? I never understood that critique. Mario Party games have never aspired to be more than fun laid-back party games, and they have always succeeded in that regard with every group of people I've ever hung out with. It was an even more popular pastime than Mario Kart.
How does it play for low skilled players? I really want to play with my 4 year old son.
maybe there'll be DLC
There really isn't any. You can play minigames, but no actual "board game" type mode.
The controllers are also way more expensive than past consoles.
Most of us only have the included joycons and pro controllers as the other option. That's what pisses many off. I bought an extra pair of joycons to just to get 3 player mario party going.
I think it's been in the US eShop top 5 for like 2 weeks now even though it's just a preload
Yeah, the car gimmick is awful. They also removed the joy of actually obtaining a star, since you could get *dozens* of them. All of it lead to some pretty "Meh" games with IRL friends, and me shelving the games after a couple hours of play.
But it's the same with the Wii -- a lot of the mini games required motion control, using the Wiimotes. If you had two Wiimotes and a Classic Controller, you'd still have to buy two more Wiimotes for 4 players.
The minigames are all simple to pick up, and you can freely practise them on the instructional screens before you start. You can select the difficulty of the AI from a range of options and the easiest ones will be great for young kids.
I get what you mean since $80 is nothing to sneeze at but you could've bought just one https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/p...lse&productId=prod840595&categoryId=cat831381
hard to say how Nintendo will handle hypothetical post content. paid multiplayer content seemingly ended with the Wii U, but that was one game (and then there's Pokken). Splatoon, ARMS, etc all had free content, so maybe SMP could follow the same route. just not enough data to plot a graph, methinks
if pretty much every other nintendo game for switch has proven anything, it's that the game will get decent post-launch support. and this time ND cube doesn't have to worry about creating 3DS games or putting out another game in a year or two, so they'll have time to work on the game after it releases.
To play 4-player SMP, you need to buy one set of joycons, $80. To play 4-player Mario Party 1, you needed to buy 3 N64 controllers, $90(plus inflation).
I sure hope they take the DLC approach from now on instead of crapping out annual sequels.
Im guessing being in USA helps.
