Mario Party Superstars announced for Nintendo Switch, coming October 29th (UPDATE: Treehouse Live gameplay demo, see threadmarks)
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I highly doubt it although I'd love Game Guy to come back. I think Toad, Toadette and Koopa are gonna be the hosts for all the boards.
I doubt they'll bring in the Millennium Star (he's just a host after all), but I could see Game Guy given it's an actual game mechanic.
Bummed that the board-themed costumes are not included. Also, give board games is too few, as I would've preferred three boards for each N64 installment (increasing the tally from 5 to 9).
2 and 3 had 6, the original had 8.
The selection so far is decent but these last 2 are pretty important imo
I just went through all the classic games to get a count:
MP1 had 8 boards (most of them weren't very good)
MP5 had 7
MP2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 had 6 boards
MPDS had 5 boards
So yeah, looks like most of them did have 6. Feels like this one should've strived for 6 especially with it all being remade content.
I'm getting the feeling NDcube isn't really much bigger than Hudson was to account for HD development.
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.
This game has 100 mini games not in Super and 5 new boards with a completely different economy. Just because its visually similar I don't think it could have been a simple DLC expansion.
I think Nintendo probably figures the demographic for something like Mario Party will be more receptive to a new game than a large expansion for an existing game...
I think Nintendo probably figures the demographic for something like Mario Party will be more receptive to a new game than a large expansion for an existing game...
This is the Mario Party they should've released first and then learned what we liked about it to release a new version.
6 would have been a good number, both in terms of game size as well as giving us 2 per game.
As it currently stands one of the three 64 games is going to feel left out since there's no way to have an even distribution with only 5 boards.
I think if they did that it would've been full of the annoying decisions like all the slow animations and potentially the weird coin values. At least this way it looks like we'll have a relatively uncompromised version of N64 Mario Party on Switch - and the fact they actually sped everything up raises my confidence in their next original entry. I think they're finally getting it.
I hope it's 2. I realize that game's beloved but the actual game mechanics of the boards just aren't very inspired imo. With the removal of 2's theming none of its boards are must-haves for me.
She might not have been included with this demo build of the game, and quite honestly, I wouldn't worry about her being excluded in the roster. She's been a mainstay since Mario Party 3 (with the exception of Mario Party Advance, but no one cares about that game).
I caught some of the treehouse gameplay, are Stars 20 coins again?
Very nostalgic for these games, Day one :)
Very nostalgic for these games, Day one :)
I got really excited at the initial announcement. Thought it was going to be a collection of boards and mini-games from across the entire series. I was disappointed by end of the segment.
it appears so! I hope dice rolls go back to being 1-10... and that only the winner of mini games receiving coins... I want my brutal and random Mario Party back!!
Anyone know if dice and mini game coins are changed?
The assets for the characters seem to be directly copied over from Super Mario Party. There's no way she's going to be excluded since it'll be so trivial to put her in.
This game is looking to be "The Top 100, But Actually Good" lol.Aren't they similar (top 100 mini games)?
The Top 100 completely missed the mark by only having mini-games. It felt so shallow without the boards to back it up.
NVM... just watched some treehouse footage. Dice rolls go to 10 and only winners get coins from mini games!! Woohoo!
No way they're removing her, it would make no sense as they only have to port her model and animations from Super Mario Party, although it is weird that she wasn't seen in any single image.
I hope there are more surprises in the roster apart from Birdo (who is a nice veteran returning, btw), though. SPM had a solid roster which just a few odd exclusions (mainly Birdo and the Toads who were the hosts), and while I would not expect the same number of characters as there are no groups in this game, I'd like characters like Dry Bones and Diddy Kong returning. I was expecting some Pauline love too, but seems like that's gonna have to be left for Mario Golf.
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.
I'm sad they're making Toadette a hostess instead of a playable character. Like, why not replace her with a regular toad?
Nearly, 4 player games seem to be split as 10-3-2-0. With 1vs3 and 2v2 only giving coins to the winners.
If there is concerns on the economy, it comes from the shop and those lucky spaces. Lucky Spaces do seem a bit abundant and give out items and a fair bit of coins.
Here's a view of the shop as well.
This is the leader looking at the shop, so none of the lower place discounts involved here that some Mario Party games have. For comparison with MP2
Skeleton Key = 10 Coins
Mushroom (Double Dice Equivalent) = 10 Coins
Warp Block = 15 Coins
Chomp Call = No Equivalent in Mario Party 2, but assuming it works like it did in 4, then the closest comparison is the Lucky Lamp of 3 which is 10 coins
Golden Mushroom (Triple Dice Equivalent) = 20 Coins
Magic Lamp (Golden Pipe Equivalent) = 30 Coins.
So stuff is certainly a bit cheaper than their 2 counterparts.
It's actually fairly similar to the cost the items had in Mario Party 3, to pull that list here:
Skeleton Key = 5 Coins
Mushroom (Double Dice Equivalent) = 5 Coins
Warp Block = 5 Coins
Lucky Lamp (Chomp Call Equivalent Assumption) =10 Coins
Golden Mushroom (Triple Dice Equivalent) = 10 Coins
Magic Lamp (Golden Pipe Equivalent) = 20 Coins.
You are actually paying more for Warp Blocks and Lamps in this one compared to 3.
So I think it mainly comes down to how those Lucky Spaces work out for the games economy more than anything else.
Man i really hope they consider it - only way i can justify getting one of these games.
Everything else sounds great.
Dont all Mario Party games look pretty good visually ?
I didn't really like Super Mario Party, so I'm very happy that this is the first Mario Party to look good since Mario Party 8. Even if there are only five boards, they are going to be exponentially better than the crappy ones in Super Mario Party anyway, so I don't mind this not being DLC honestly.
That said, really, remaking at least one board from 1-8 would've been nice. But the N64 era (plus 4) was the best in the series, so I'm okay with this. I just hope this sells well and encourages the next games following the template of the good, classic boards.
Wish Pauline was getting added to Mario Party finally, though. Especially since she's been in Kart, Tennis, and Golf now.
That said, really, remaking at least one board from 1-8 would've been nice. But the N64 era (plus 4) was the best in the series, so I'm okay with this. I just hope this sells well and encourages the next games following the template of the good, classic boards.
Wish Pauline was getting added to Mario Party finally, though. Especially since she's been in Kart, Tennis, and Golf now.
Since diddy Kong g is in super and they always do at least some new character even mario kart 7 had the queen bee and wiggler
Think Dixie or other kings are possible
They are in tour
Though they use paon models from barrel blast I think?
Think Dixie or other kings are possible
They are in tour
Though they use paon models from barrel blast I think?
Mysteryland was the best tho
wanna say 2/3 had the 10/3/2/0 split originally too. Plus battle mode split things up tooNearly, 4 player games seem to be split as 10-3-2-0. With 1vs3 and 2v2 only giving coins to the winners.
If there is concerns on the economy, it comes from the shop and those lucky spaces. Lucky Spaces do seem a bit abundant and give out items and a fair bit of coins.
Here's a view of the shop as well.
This is the leader looking at the shop, so none of the lower place discounts involved here that some Mario Party games have. For comparison with MP2
Skeleton Key = 10 Coins
Mushroom (Double Dice Equivalent) = 10 Coins
Warp Block = 15 Coins
Chomp Call = No Equivalent in Mario Party 2, but assuming it works like it did in 4, then the closest comparison is the Lucky Lamp of 3 which is 10 coins
Golden Mushroom (Triple Dice Equivalent) = 20 Coins
Magic Lamp (Golden Pipe Equivalent) = 30 Coins.
So stuff is certainly a bit cheaper than their 2 counterparts.
It's actually fairly similar to the cost the items had in Mario Party 3, to pull that list here:
Skeleton Key = 5 Coins
Mushroom (Double Dice Equivalent) = 5 Coins
Warp Block = 5 Coins
Lucky Lamp (Chomp Call Equivalent Assumption) =10 Coins
Golden Mushroom (Triple Dice Equivalent) = 10 Coins
Magic Lamp (Golden Pipe Equivalent) = 20 Coins.
You are actually paying more for Warp Blocks and Lamps in this one compared to 3.
So I think it mainly comes down to how those Lucky Spaces work out for the games economy more than anything else.
What's wrong with the bob omb map? I think that one is the best by far because it has the most interesting happening spaces.
I hope either Western Land or Spiny Desert are put in this Mario party!
The last Mario party game I bought was 6 and this looks really fun. I'm definitely going to buy this.
There's no publicly-accessible press kit this year, is there? Normally I like to go through all the press assets and things like this would have been included and been in the public sooner than now.Box art!
The first MP I played was Super with my GF. We found the minigames pretty good but the boards were incredibly boring. The boards in partner mode were really good though! I was hoping for a new MP entirely focused on Partner Mode.
Then we played 9 on Wii (actually on Dolphin) and again, the minigames were good but we thought the car mechanic destroyed the competitiveness. We also tried 8 and the boards were cool (especially the Monopoly one, which was a sort of game-inside-a-game). Unfortunately, the game was very ugly and slower than the NDCube games (but I should add we played the PAL version, which was locked to 50hz for some reason).
So the content of this Mario Party will be 100% new for me. Should I get it? Do we know if they plan to add Partner Mode?
Paging Stopdoor since he seems to be the Era Mario Party Connoisseur.
Then we played 9 on Wii (actually on Dolphin) and again, the minigames were good but we thought the car mechanic destroyed the competitiveness. We also tried 8 and the boards were cool (especially the Monopoly one, which was a sort of game-inside-a-game). Unfortunately, the game was very ugly and slower than the NDCube games (but I should add we played the PAL version, which was locked to 50hz for some reason).
So the content of this Mario Party will be 100% new for me. Should I get it? Do we know if they plan to add Partner Mode?
Paging Stopdoor since he seems to be the Era Mario Party Connoisseur.
Bomb-Omb one is typically always that 1 out of 5 choice that's not Thwomp's. It's ok but too reliant on gimmicks.
I didn't have time to watch the full treehouse presentation, how did it look? Is it closer in gameplay to the original 64 boards or SMP? I would love to get this but I felt pretty burned from SMP, at least this one has multiplayer at launch I suppose.
