Topic: Mario Party 10 - OT

Is motion plus required?

EDIT: Checked the Manual and it does say both Wii Remote and Wii Remote motion plus works

Haven't played the game yet as I'm waiting for my friends to arrive.

I've made an unboxing of Mario Party 10's amiibo bundle:

I hope you'll like it

I could deal with not having an online mode but the fact that I'd have to spend about 120$ on a new set of controllers, since Nintendo isn't making this compatible with the Pro Controller, is a deal breaker.

and for god sakes just get rid of the stupid party bus. It's such a horrible concept that nobody wants.

I've seen them, and I actually thought a new wave of SSB4 amiibos were being released today so I went to Gamestop and they weren't there…

The Mario Party amiibos are larger but don't look nearly as nice as the SSB4 ones. They don't have as much detail.

Which is why they released a second game using the concept.

It's still not the same though… I don't like the motionless amibo figures in the game and all the amibo boards look very bland. I'm sure the game is fun but from all the reviews it's getting (6.5 at best), it seems like it has very little replay value for veteran Mario Party fans. They're trying to dumb it down way too much, and it was never all that deep of a game anyway but it's like they tried to make it as reliant on luck as possible.

The next Smash wave doesn't even have a release date in the US though maybe now that Mario Party 10 is out, they'll announce the release date in a near Direct and preorders can start.

I think it was a joke by @Aviator, that they base a follow-up game on the same car mechanics, when "nobody wants it".

Who are these "Veteran Mario Party fans"? Are these like Smash Melee fans?

I've played a few rounds of Mario Party 10. The main board mode has improves quite a bit compared to MP9, since it's much faster and not at all that unbalanced (regarding bonus stars) anymore. Basically, mini game skill and dice strategy are what decides the score.

I feel the main issue with MP10 now is what @UGXwolf already mentioned above: the mini games are divided into so many categories that it feels like there aren't that many mini games. And since there are no unlockable boards, the feeling also is that there are not a lot of boards to choose from. But given the amount of work they have made in other areas of MP10, like the Toad house (the Photo Studio is much better implemented than the Smash photo studio, for example), it almost feels like MP10 has been designed for DLC games/boards from the start.

So I got to play the Mario Party and Bowser Party game modes tonight. They were a lot of fun. I felt like the Bowser Party mode was a little unfair for Bowser but still fun. This was the first Mario Party I played with the car system and I think it is a big improvement over what Mario Party 4 (the Mario Party I have the most experience with) was. There was a lot more strategy (for a Mario Party) and I had to consider the other Player's moves a lot more. The mini games were a lot of fun and F-bombs were playing everywhere. Can't wait to try out the Amiibo Party.

I have a feeling this game will have DLC of some sort (not including amiibo). I mean, there's a shop, the random button on the character select screen is huge, and the range of minigames is slightly smaller (due to being spread out).

It's by no means a bad game, but not a great one either. I have tried all game modes now and with around 3-4 hours of gameplay I must say it's an okay game allthough the lack of online multiplayer and no pro controller compatibility is disappointing. This is a game where you know what you should expect on beforehand and what you in the end will get. Since there are no Mario Party game previously on Wii U I found it to be worth a purchase.

Played for about 10 hours now. Enjoyed myself the whole time, no issues for me with the lack of pro controller compatibility, nor the lack of online game play. I actually quite like the "all in one car" dynamic, makes the game much more tactical.

I am not in a hurry to play this game. It will probably be a solid rental for me and that is that.

Is this game worth getting? I never played a Mario Party game,but this one looks like it could be fun.

I think it is worth it if you have friends to play with. To me this game is the same investment that I put into board games. I don't pay $50 for a board game that I am going to play 50 times in the next week or two, I pay $50 bucks to play once a month with a group of friends and have the best experience possible. It is just a different type of investment for me.

Great post Flopsy

This is a little something I typed up on reddit after a bunch of people have been mostly just bashing the game :

While everyone has different taste, I feel there are many that have cheated themselves from a good time. Some won't even give the game a chance because it requires Wii remotes. I could understand not wanting to buy a bunch more but that's not what's stopping some people. It's just the simple fact that they want to use the Pro controller instead. I've been playing the game a ton this weekend, and it seems to me the Wii remotes work very very well for this game (and the series, which I've played since the original). There are several games that don't require motion at all, and the ones that do, mostly aren't all that difficult to understand. I think using the Wii remotes (which a lot of Wii U owners already have, and should have at least one of anyway) makes it more accessible to everyone as well, with out it feeling like it's talking to you like you're an idiot. It's not supposed to be like playing Melee with Fox only on Final Destination with no items. This is a different sort of game, and the series itself has taken a different direction than what it used to be. Honestly, I don't think it's near as bad as people claim it is. Even the car concept, while maybe not as interesting as moving on your own at times, is pretty enjoyable once you get used to it, and there is plenty of strategy to use against other players along the way. To not make this too much longer, I'll just say Bowser mode is a lot of fun, either if you're Bowser or on Team Mario. There isn't a ton of minigames to it but it doesn't seem to need a ton either. The amiibo party is fun as well, and is set up similar to the old style of MP (though more simple boards of course). Using the tokens and saving them along with new bases to your amiibos, adds a little more value to having those amiibos as well.

The game is not perfect, but me, along with about 5 other adults I've played with over the weekend have had a great time with it, and that's what it's about. No, there isn't much to playing alone, so if you have no friends maybe it's not your type of game. Maybe I'm just not much of a critic, or I like to be happy, but I just don't like seeing people completely mess themselves out of a good time due to their outlook and expectations for this sort of game. I hope I didn't come across as being rude or anything, just trying to help you guys out!

This is pretty much along the lines I've been thinking aswell, I really don't understand the hate because of the fact that the game requires Wii remotes, MP9 required them so why should this game be any different. If MP10 used pro controllers then it would be a step back into the gamecube era.
Wii Party U also used Wii remotes but I don't see many people bashing that game, maybe because it was never on GC or N64 before the motion control era.

If people don't want to try this great game and bash it then just let them get on with it I say. You can't judge this game if you haven't played it.
Yes the "hated" car mechanic is there but the hidden gem known as amiibo party does have some great classic MP gameplay, and yes the boards are small but it doesn't affect the gameplay too much, the boards are consistently changing whenever I play them and there are a lot of combinations out there, if anything this is as good as (if not better) than a GC/N64 MP with fixed boards.
I maybe a bit biased here because I have 7 compatible amiibos for amiibo party but we are only using 2 at a time because I've only played with 2 human players so with 2 compatible amiibos it's possible to have a great time in this mode.

The MP10 Party mode is much better than MP9's also, this game has in my opinion bested MP9 on all fronts (except for people who are hating on the removed characters from the roster).