Mario Party Superstars review | Nintendo Switch
0What you’ve got here, then, is akin to a remake of some of the Nintendo 64 Mario Party titles with five boards completely revisualised for a 2021 console. There’s Peach’s Birthday Cake and Yoshi’s Tropical Island from the first Mario Party, Horror Land and Space Land from Mario Party 2, and Woody Woods from Mario Party 3. To be completely clear: all five of these boards are entirely “new”, visually. It might be an odd thing to say, but the boards are remakes of those originals boards, keeping everything about them, for better or worse.
Mario Party Superstars is looking back to move forward. It’s tough to know what more can be done with a series like this, aside from adding new boards from more of the older games. Nintendo hasn’t been averse to doing something like that, with Mario Golf: Super Rush getting free courses added after release. And while five boards is better than the last game, more boards are always going to be welcome, especially with the online additions this time around.
It seems ridiculous it’s taken this long for Nintendo to add online to a Mario Party title, but that’s where we are. With the ability to save your game and continue onwards, it makes me almost think of “postal chess” from the old days. Sure, you have to be there to play Mario Party Superstars, but the fact that hours at a time aren’t the only way to play anymore is a grand thing indeed. For older fans, this is will be a nostalgic trip with modern updates to make it feel like a series at home in 2021. For everyone else it’s one of the best party games out there, even if it remains an experience where your luck may vary. It won’t change anyone’s mind, but for those of us who enjoy it, there ain’t no party like a Mario Party-party.
Review code provided by publisher.
✔ SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSCjiYXYZ2rbRc2wfT-B2A?sub_confirmation=1
► Support us via Patreon: https://bit.ly/3nyzh06
#MarioPartySuperstars #Nintendo #Switch