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Super Mario Party Review Thread
- Thread starter Camjo-Z
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What about using a comparable modern console like Xbox One controllers?
There's online play for some of the minigames (is it a rotating selection? I can't remember) but no online board game play.
Mario Party kind of stopped doing that since the Wii Era. If anything, N64 and GCN were the only big insults (Ironically, those games are Actually liked here).
Yeah, GameCube had, what, 4 Mario Party games? It was nuts. I think we're over that now.
Good thing is they can work on DLC for the next 6 months or so with new boards and what not. Then they can move on to the next Mario Party game.
Only 4 boards is absolutely terrible. Would rather them take away the River Run and co-op modes if it meant we had at least 8 boards instead :/
I hope DLC will come to fix this issue but with nothing announced right now, it doesn't look good. I wouldn't say the same is exactly starved for content but I was really hoping they were going to blow this out of the park and really bring back Mario Party and while Its great that they've done back to the older style of gameplay the limited amount of content is a damn shame.
I hope DLC will come to fix this issue but with nothing announced right now, it doesn't look good. I wouldn't say the same is exactly starved for content but I was really hoping they were going to blow this out of the park and really bring back Mario Party and while Its great that they've done back to the older style of gameplay the limited amount of content is a damn shame.
None of the reviews I've read confirm whether you need 2 copies of the game as well as 2 Switches to play the minigames that need 2 consoles linked together. It did seem that way at E3, but that requirement is ridiculous and I wondered whether Nintendo saw sense.
Time went to making the mechanics are actually good.
Before that, content was the corcern (yet still rushed, meaning more iterative gameplay and the common criticism of annualized sequels), but that's easily fixed with DLC nowadays.
I wouldn't mind if they scrapped single player mode in future Mario Party games. It's not an aspect I see people craving for. I want more focus on the main party mode.
The thing that's a huge turnoff is the talk of it being joycon only for play.
that's a no buy for me.
that's a no buy for me.
I feel like every pro I find about this game has an opposing con.
Pro: A return to form for its main board game mode.
Con: Only 4 boards and they're less differentiated than we're used to.
Pro: There are tons of modes to try out, and 80 mini-games is a lot.
Con: But it's 80 spread across a few modes and you end up with (my asspull numbers) like 50ish for the board game mode and 10+ for each the 4p co-op mode and the sound stage mode.
Pro: It seems very polished in the presentation. The graphics are clean and crisp. The font and general UI design is very modern.
Con: Almost too Apple-like in its sterility, and not what I would associate with Nintendo fun.
Pro: A return to form for its main board game mode.
Con: Only 4 boards and they're less differentiated than we're used to.
Pro: There are tons of modes to try out, and 80 mini-games is a lot.
Con: But it's 80 spread across a few modes and you end up with (my asspull numbers) like 50ish for the board game mode and 10+ for each the 4p co-op mode and the sound stage mode.
Pro: It seems very polished in the presentation. The graphics are clean and crisp. The font and general UI design is very modern.
Con: Almost too Apple-like in its sterility, and not what I would associate with Nintendo fun.
since wii got 2 and wii u got 1, i doubt they would suddenly go back to the n64 days of 4 mario party games on one console. there will likely be a second one released towards the end of switch's life, giving them more than enough time to support this one with pos-release content.
I want to get this game, I do. I'm also happy the reviews are better than what I expected. However, I just can't get past the fact that there is no online mode that's just the regular board game. I know it sounds petty or whatever, but I would love to be able to play with my friends or family when we're in our respective households etc.
I'm glad the game is doing fairly well. At least, it's a step back to the original games and mechanics, which is a relief of course (after multiple trial and error on Nintendo's side). Could anyone tell me if you can play handheld by yourself? Like along with other CPU? Or does it need to be in table top mode because of joy con mini games?
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I'll be shocked if this doesn't get updates of some kind, the majority of Nintendo's big first-party Switch games have gotten it. Hopefully online play for boards is at the top of their list.
You straight up can't play in handheld.
You straight up can't play in handheld.
I already got a release day party planned so it's heartening to see some good reviews. I've not played a Mario Party since 5 and still have fond memories of the earlier ones. Being limited to using one Joy-Con is weird but not a dealbreaker by any means. That there's only four boards is a little disappointing, but hopefully they're all killer no filler (my memories of the series is that people tend to gravitate to 2-3 boards per game anyway) and more will probably come with DLC.
The one thing i don't get, how dows the multi switch mini game works?
I'll be playing this on a tv but a friend is bringing his switch over as well, we need to play in tabletop mode or...?
I'll be playing this on a tv but a friend is bringing his switch over as well, we need to play in tabletop mode or...?
Not petty at all. No online board play is the main reason I'm not getting it.
It's like one step forward, two steps backwards. The game being good is great news, don't get me wrong. But with the fact you can't play in handheld mode and there's no regular online board game mode, it's two steps backwards. I'll get it if they ever do add an online board game mode, but man, what a weird decision.
Another Nintendo first party multiplayer and another game that's lacking in content and online options...
Will they ever learn?
Will they ever learn?
they milked the series for all its worth on the 3DS so now that they have one platform to work on going forward, it'll hopefully lead to more content and more polish for the future games in the series on switch.
I would be less frustrated if you needed someone's friend code to play online because there's no matchmaking with the online game mode rather there being no online regular game mode and not being able to play online.
One day, I hoped to see GameXplain do a livestream event of all members playing a Super Mario Party together. Think of this as another reviewing process.
I'm so glad this turned out decently. Hopefully they add to it with DLC boards, instead of releasing Super Mario Party 2 next year. Either way, I'm sure I'll have a good time with it.
It's super frustrating. On one hand the core gameplay of these games seems incredibly fun, but with as little content as there is, I just don't see myself ever buying these franchises again if they keep pricing them at $60.
It's really soured me on a lot of Nintendo's B-Tier multiplayer games this gen. ARMS, Mario Tennis Aces, and now Mario Party all seem to have the same issue. Fun to play, but not a ton to keep you going. I'm sure it won't be the last either, and my personal worst case scenario is Mario Golf turning out the same way.
Honestly we mostly use the 2 pro controllers. For a 3rd controller we use the the 2 joycons controller. Last person gets stuck with that one.
Oh yes, it's a huge missed opportunity. For people that have families or roommates, great, but many gamers (such as myself) live alone and never really have opportunities to do local co-op. Am I really going to spend $60 on a game that I will be able to use MAYBE once or a twice a year at a holiday gathering or something? Hell no. I'm assuming you can still do single player board play against the AI, but that's obviously not much fun.
I was gonna ask if its possible to play the board game mode over local wireless, but I think being forced to use single joycon controls is enough of a deal breaker already. fuck those things.
I have a meeting in 2 minutes so being brief, I was going to get this to play on a flight with my gf in tabletop mode.
Is this a bad idea? Seems like there's a lot of waggle and movement that might not be done in a fun way while being seated.
Is this a bad idea? Seems like there's a lot of waggle and movement that might not be done in a fun way while being seated.
I've almost always just played with one other person, and we end up trying to screw the computers over before we turn on each other. It's a loooot of fun.
so the game will end up being the second best reviewed game in the series, with only one point below the best one (the first game). not bad.
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No handheld mode? Thats bullshit. Its a no from me. If I did get it, i would play online minigames most the time in handheld mode.
It's 2018, a Mario Party with full online functionality should of been a no brainer. Especially with it not being playable in handheld mode, it's the least they could of done. Even if it's locked behind two things
(a) Requiring Online Subscription
(b) Friend Codes
I would of understood that much cause at least they're trying to push online to get more people on it and there's probably a larger amount of people who would be like "it's only an extra 20 for a year" etc. It just kills me man, I would of had a lot of fun with my best friends or family members playing this online during the weekends etc
Sounds like content is very lacking. Very disappointing after coming from Mario Tennis Aces....4 boards only is just terrible. And honestly, they don't look good to begin with. I think I'm going to skip this and wait to see if more content comes out. Mario Tennis Aces burned me pretty good, not letting that happen again.
Apparently not, people in this thread been stating that it's just straight up not playable in handheld, which Im assuming is true.
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It's so bizarre. At one point I might have thought "well the board segments can go on for a long time, maybe they're afraid of ragequitters, maybe they can't get the minigames working online, etc". But here, the boards are smaller and the turn limits shorter than ever, the minigames are already playable online, and they can easily limit online play to friends only if they're afraid of randoms quitting mid-match. There's just no logic behind its continued absence.
It is not playable with joy-con gripped to the system since minigames require you to move the joy-cons around. Therefore it's impossible.
You can only play with Joy-cons detached.