Topic: Mario Party 10 - OT

This is the internet, there are zero prerequisites for complaining.

That is true but in this case the complaints are justified.

so lets call up Nintendo and tell them how we feel? maybe they will be nice and understand and make the mario party games with the best features of all the other ones?

Some things I've noticed on looking at these pictures.

1. There are only VS minigame spaces and no 1vs3 or Battle minigame spaces.
2. There appears to be item shops on route (as Nintyman says) but they are Toad houses and it could be that card shuffle again from MP9, it looks like just passing them means you can use them now though.
3. There aren't as many shuffle, spin, dash or back spaces on the boards.
4. On the underwater map at the circular section on the right side, you have the choice to go right and up the cliff or down and circle around again (could loop infinitely until someone chooses right), however there are 3 unlucky spaces and a mini bowser space (?) following the down route hence punishment for trying to make the game a little longer!
However, I've also noticed there is a gate on the right hand route which is blocked so I guess until the gate is open, you're forced to go down and loop again. You might have to roll a particularly high number as a team or individually to open the gate.
5. Lucky spaces seem to have disappeared but unlucky spaces haven't.
6. There are no Bowser spaces but there are still mini bowser spaces (in a different colour), maybe either of them (or both!) could show up on these spaces like Mario Party 4 did. They aren't Yellow background with Red picture anymore, they are now Black background with Red picture (like Bowser space colours)
7. There are Blue '!' spaces which seem to lead to offside board sections which have 3 blocks possibly to choose from, who knows what these are, they could be good or bad. They could even be the lucky spaces as they were Blue in MP9
8. There appears to be a lack of mini stars on the underwater one though there are a lot of treasure chest spaces instead which lead to off board circles, supposedly for mini star related events.
9. There doesn't appear to be as many Captain events on these boards
10. Easier to see on the Bowser board but the mini stars have numbers underneath them now saying how many you will receive or lose when you pass them. eg. "+5" "+8"
11. It will be interesting on how the airship board will be navigated, the top half of the picture looks hard to compute!
12. The spin spaces, although there are a lack of them seem to have a spinner/sign on the side of the road.
13. At the top of the underwater board, before the first boss battle there appears to be a road with no spaces on it and it is blocked off at either end, there is a back space at the end closest to the boss battle, perhaps if you land on the back space, you might be forced to go back down that road.

Just some things I've noticed on studying the pictures, nothing concrete though.

I also miss classic Mario Party, and while I've never played 9 (or Island Tour) they look and sound like they rely almost completely on chance. I can't tell how on earth I could ever make plans, sabotage other players, or anything like that, at least on purpose, in this game. Mario Party 3 is my favorite, and I play it on a regular basis, and unlike this, skill plays a big part in that game. My cousin nearly always wins because he's better than us at nearly all the minigames, so he gets a ton of coins and a minigame star from that. You can use items to help yourself or sabotage your friends, and I often find myself trying to think a few turns ahead on how I should use my items. These latest installments in Mario Party just seem like they've lost all of that, and if 10 is the same, not even DK can get me to buy the game. (Despite how happy I am he's playable again!)

The all-in-on-car approach in MP9 still requires some tactics, although you could really just affect the person who would move directly after you. However, MP9 is not skill-based since the random events occurring at the end is so unbalanced, so the outcome still is very random even if one player has a huge lead.

Nice finds! I think the 1vs3 has been "replaced" by the new Bowser mode.

Do I need the DK or Rosalina amiibo to play as them in Mario Party 10?