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− | It was revealed during the [[2018]] that the game had topped 1 million units sold during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend in the US alone. It was also reported that this pushed it at the top of the list of fastest selling Mario Party game thus far. As of the end of December 2018, ''Super Mario Party'' sold 5.30 million copies, making it the seventh most successful Nintendo Switch game. As of March [[2019]], ''Super Mario Party'' sold 6.40 million copies allowing it to keep its seventh place. |
+ | It was revealed during the [[2018]] that the game had topped 1 million units sold during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend in the US alone. It was also reported that this pushed it at the top of the list of fastest selling Mario Party game thus far. As of the end of December 2018, ''Super Mario Party'' sold 5.30 million copies, making it the seventh most successful Nintendo Switch game. As of March [[2019]], ''Super Mario Party'' sold 6.40 million copies allowing it to keep its seventh place. The game reached 6.99 units sold worldwide by July 2019. |
==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
Revision as of 09:33, 30 July 2019
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Super Mario Party is the eleventh mainline entry in the Mario Party series, returning to a more classic ruleset with the goal to collect stars against the other competitors. There are also special minigames utilizing more than one Switch.
Gameplay
Like previous Mario Party games, the game has a multitude of modes. They are all accessed by going through the hub menu with the chosen player characters. The hub is also populated by other Mario characters including the ones that weren't chosen.
The main board game mode, Mario Party, is played with up to 4 players and all the minigames utilize the functions of a single Joy-Con. There is some deeper strategy with each character getting unique kinds of dice. Like Star Rush, other Mario characters can be encountered along the board and used as additional dice in the form of an Ally.
The Partner Party mode uses similar boards but, is played in teams of two. It plays similar to the Toad Scramble mode from Star Rush though with board elements like Whomps blocking paths and such. The players move independently though combine their rolls. Each player can only get 3 allies.
The Minigame mode has a few new options. Mariothon is a new minigame mode somewhat similar to the Decathlon from earlier Mario Party games. The players compete in 5 minigames in a row to get the best score in each of them. The winner is the one with the best overall score. This is the first Mario Party mode with online play.
The next new minigame mode is River Survival where players work cooperatively to row their raft to the end of the river before the timer runs out. The players periodically have to play cooperative minigames via balloons which adds time to the timer.
The another minigame mode is the Sound Stage mode where players partake in simple rhythm games in various themes.
The other main mode is Toad's Rec Room which utilizes the Switch's Tabletop mode. This mode can use more than one Switch console. This is similar to minigames from Wii Party U.
Characters
- Mario
- Luigi
- Princess Peach
- Princess Daisy
- Yoshi
- Wario
- Waluigi
- Bowser
- Donkey Kong
- Rosalina
- Bowser Jr.
- Diddy Kong
- Goomba
- Shy Guy
- Koopa
- Dry Bones
- Boo
- Hammer Bro
- Pom Pom
- Monty Mole
Boards
The game only features only 4 board themes but, there are significant layout changes between the main modes of Mario Party and Partner Party. They are:
- Whomp's Domino Ruins / Domino Ruins Treasure Hunt
- King Bob-omb's Powderkeg Mine / Gold Rush Mine
- Megafruit Paradise / Watermelon Walkabout
- Kamek's Tantalizing Tower / Tantalizing Tower Toys
Minigames
The game has 80 different minigames. They are split into the free-for-all (including allies), 2 vs. 2, 1 vs. 3, Sound Stage and co-op.
Reception
Super Mario Party received "generally favorable" reviews from critics according to Metacritic with a current Metascore of 76/100. This is especially good for a Mario Party game, having the second highest Metacritic score in the series.
The title has been praised for the return to the classic gameplay.
Sales
It was revealed during the 2018 that the game had topped 1 million units sold during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend in the US alone. It was also reported that this pushed it at the top of the list of fastest selling Mario Party game thus far. As of the end of December 2018, Super Mario Party sold 5.30 million copies, making it the seventh most successful Nintendo Switch game. As of March 2019, Super Mario Party sold 6.40 million copies allowing it to keep its seventh place. The game reached 6.99 units sold worldwide by July 2019.
Trivia
- The game's opening where the characters are arguing over who is the Super Star is an homage to the opening of the first game in the series.
- Some of the playable characters' voice clips were recycled from Mario Kart 8, Mario Party 10, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Mario Party: Star Rush.
Mario Party series | |
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Consoles games | Mario Party • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • Super • Superstars |
Handhelds | -e • Advance • DS • Island Tour • Star Rush • The Top 100 |
Related | Nintendo • Hudson Soft • CAProduction • NDcube • Capcom |