Super Mario Party Website Suggests Game Will Only Include Four Boards To Play On

Honestly, I care more for the modes than boards by this point.

...but yes, it's rather a little disappointing.

If they are well designed then yes, it is enough.
In the original Super Mario Party for N64, I always played the Donkey Kong board because it was so well designed for multiplayer.

I feel like 5 boards should at least be the minimum.

Don't worry guys, you'll get new exclusive boards via DLCs or if you have paid for your online service... :/

@Aneira That's a good point, I only really played the DK and Yoshi boards over dozens of play sessions.

Four boards and only one controller scheme.

Only four boards, and no pro controller. I haven’t used my joy-cons in ages I think I lost them.

Not usually one to complain about control schemes, but only joy-cons is such a bummer. I only have the joy-cons that came with the system ... and Mario Party is the traditional way to destroy even the hardiest of controllers. Urgh. I have a generous pre-order discount with Amazon on this one, but the out-of-pocket cost may be out of reach here. Urgh.

I hope there are more boards. I remembered from MP1 or 2 that i enjoyed it that all boards had different specials such as changing ways and make it a more or less difficult level to play. No problem if they use elder boards from previous versions.

@zufa86 Waluigi's Island, Mario Party 3. The -weeks- lost to competitions on that board!

I was expecting 103 boards like super smash ultimate.

It triggers me that people are just accepting this is news when it's just speculation.

Also the one controller scheme makes sense to utilise a variety of features. I know some people might have mostly other controllers but if you think about it most people have joy con so its not an issue really. Its not rendering it unplayable, simply only with less people if you don't shell out for joycons. Personally Id rather have a creative game utilising all the features than some joy stick minigames we had for mario party 1-7

depends on the price...4 boards for 19.99 is ok, not 49.99

After Kirby Star Allies and Mario Tennis Aces I really fear that this game might also have not enough content for 60 €.

Every Mario Party game should have at least six boards like in the GC days.

I already bought Mario tennis for 60€ and it’s nowhere near worth that amount so I won’t fall for that again :3

The game is in the eShop top 5 on digital pre-orders alone, it's gonna be massive.

Eh, the website does not suggest that at all Liam. The website suggests that there are 3 confirmed boards which have been revealed, but that there are more unrevealed board(s). It doesn't suggest there's only one more.

Nintendo has never put forth website illustrations with several of the same background just to imply there might be more than one of said "feature". Different features? Yes. But the same? Nah.

So let me guess this straight, you guys had fortunate chances to ask Nintendo or people who have tried it about every detail regarding this game for the past 3 months in every event that it was available at and this one pops out all of a sudden just now???

What?

Haven't you got a review copy to check?

@StephenYap3 i find boards to be very important as modes since it can add more variety strategy wise but if its only 4 then that's even less then mp10 with 5.

NL we are sure you have a review copy. Why would you say the website says only 4 boards when we know you already knew this?

Also, when does that review embargo lift? You critics should post review embargo dates. People love that but you never reveal it.

I swear this site only posts articles to try and ruffle feathers these days.

5 bucks says we will get new boards as free DLC post release. Like we got new maps for Splatoon.

This will be another half-baked game, mark my words.

Surely you guys have a review copy and know exactly how many boards there are in the game? Why speculate on vague information on the website?

It should be at least DOUBLE that number, especially considering how small these boards are. We might get post-launch content but I'm not gonna support that practice. If I pay full price, I want the full game immediately and not wait for "updates".

Is this Nintendo's thing now? Releasing games and then adding the content later on. The only board I've seen looked disappointing anyway so now this game is a definite miss from me and I'll have a look again in a year to see how much has been added

If 4 boards is the base entry number then I really hope they'll release another 2 or 3 in the future as DLC to keep you coming back. Free DLC would be nice too =0p Already pre-ordered on digitial so hoping this wont be a let down.

First MP had seven boards. After that it's mostly been six in each game.

4 is ok. It could be worse, it could be 3 boards and the "?" is just to select one of the 3 at random...!

I don't know, I think 4 boards is fine. Is 2 more going to make a huge difference? I think the main appeal of the Mario Party series are the minigames and not the boards.

I mean they are pretty to look at, but not much "game" happens there, you may use an item then you roll a dice and you end up in a good space or bad space, some turns you may have to make some extra decisions.

Also, don't forget you have River Survival "board"

And surely, NintendoLife already knows the answer to this question as they have been sent a Review Copy.

I love you Nintendo Life...but this kind of article could put people off buying what is a fantastic game!! I have played it and can confirm there are 4 boards readily available (though possibly more to unlock) but the 4 boards I played are HUGE and take a very long time to see everything (several different choices of paths and traps etc that would take hundreds of hours of gameplay to see every bit of)
there are also a lot of unlockables and suprises that haven't been shown as yet. It's a brilliant game and I VERY highly recommend it.

It’s pretty clear that they’ll roll out new boards in the future, similar to Splatoon’s stages.

Seems like some of these releases from Nintendo lately have been light on content. Irrelevant because I’m not buying this one either I guess.

Wii Party had ONE main board for traditional boardgame mode and it is probably my most played game on Wii.

Honestly, Nintendo Life, please stop with such alarmist tactics.

Four boards seems a bit thin, but they may release more over time. They're enjoying this bare-bones release > stream of free updates model (see Splatoon, ARMS, Mario Tennis) so I could understand why they might do the same for this.

I'm more concerned by just how small those boards look. There doesn't seem much scope for packing various routes, spaces and hazards into such a small area.

I not played a Mario Party game, but your heading ' only four boards' suggests that's not good.

I guess a 7 or 8 score.

If all the boards are very different, then it's okay for me.

Compared to the Pro Controller situation, this is nothing.
Apart from being just a rumour, the Mario Party games never had a gigantic number of boards. My favorite one (Mario Party 6) has only six boards. The only thing it matters is if they are good boards.

@Mgene15 I can't use em my hands are too big lpl

To be honest, I almost forgot this game was coming out this week. Nintendo has barely been advertising it since E3.

I'll wait till the game is officially released. Nowhere does it explicitly say there are only four boards

Well I hope that they roll out more boards as free dlc. 4 is definitely not a good number of boards considering how many that previous installments had

Don’t you all already have a review copy? Couldn’t you just tell us if there are 4 total? It comes out in two days...

If there are only 4 boards and they announce season passes or dlc, I'm kinda done. Nintendo was the last to start using the scam of dlc... and when they did finally jump onboard they offered real value on top of an already packed game. But this... this would be utter b.s.I was actually looking forward to this reboot on the series.

Super Mario Party
Game boards: 4
Fun factor: 9
Price: £42

Monopoly
Game boards: 1
Fun factor: 2
Price: £25

It’s probably enough.

CANT WAIT!!!!

I think they'll be constantly updating the game, just like Mario Tennis Aces.

I’m getting this. Not too bothered about the number of boards. 80 mini games will be randomly fun

Can we not just ask that guy that paid 7 grand for it?

This game comes out in 2 more days. Don't you have a review copy in the office? So you a reporting on speculation that you know the answer to?

why do they keep allowing the mario spinoffs to be so low on content ? ?

no worries here since im sure there will b plenty of awesome DLC coming like minigame packs, characters, and new boards. that's what im most excited about

Four boards isn't great but it looks like there are a few different modes, like the co-op river mode, a 2 vs 2 tem mode, some kind of rhythm game mode. I guess we will find out for sure soon enough.

Well, at least it's better than Mario Party Advance which only included one board, and on paper at that.

When will they fire nd cube, when will they finally release us from this demon! I just know someone else would do better at this point!!

I think it's a little low for a complete revamp of the series, I mean hell, even Mario Party 9 had seven maps, maybe some small, and some large maps? Maybe four or five of each? Or even some classics as DLC?