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Respectfully, I’m really shocked Mario Kart 9 hasn’t made the list here. 8 is Nintendo’s best selling game on Switch, so of course they’d want to launch with a new one! A new Mario Party would probably hit Q1 of the Switch 2 as well.

It’s so interesting to me that so many people are disappointed by Splatoon 3- I’ve only played a bit of 1 and 2 at other people’s homes and I’m finally buying my first Splatoon game for myself this time around. And… I’m pretty excited. It seems fresh and fun, and I probably won’t be able to tell what’s old and new. Nintendo should obviously do more to appeal to longtime Splatoon fans, but I’m just glad it doesn’t ruin my hype levels for the game myself.

Definitely picking this up- it looks great!

How did I know that this was written by Kate the instant I saw the headline? It’s so funny.

This is unrelated, but if you want ANOTHER story involving wizarding schools, then I recommend watching The Owl House- it’s on Disney Plus.

I can vouch for Snipperclips, it was a forgotten gem.

@Magrane The two are pretty different in practice. The only similarity the two have is that they both have 100 minigames from Mario Party 1-10, albeit they have different ones from each other.

Mario Party: The Top 100 is a collection of 100 minigames from throughout the series, Mario Party 1 through Mario Party 10. It's a decent selection overall, and has most of the all time classic minigames. You can play these minigames in a free play mode(you get to play any minigame you want), a minigame island mode(just tells you what order to play them in), and a mode called Minigame Match, where you move across an extremely watered down board that looks like it's from Mario Party Star Rush, released a year earlier. All of these minigames can only be played against CPU's or with friends if the two of you both have the game and are in the same room. No online functionality.

Mario Party Superstars is more in depth. They remade 5 boards from Mario Parties 1-3. 2 boards from Mario Party 1 & 2, and 1 from Mario Party 3. These are beloved boards by many, and they pay homage to classic Mario Party in style. They have a different selection of 100 minigames from across the series. Some minigames are in both titles, but they only share about half of them, with the other half being picked sperate from one another.

You can play in a classic Mario Party format, on the same screen if you have several controllers, or with local play like the 3DS. There is also full online support, with friends or with random people. You can also play these with COMS. You can customize the board rules a fair amount, or you can play Free Play for the minigames, as well as variety of other ways to play Minigames.

Hope this helped!

@HobbitGamer I mean to be fair in Mario Party's golden age (1999-2007) they released a new Mario Party yearly, that's just how the series has historically been.

I pre-ordered it right after E3, but I will say 5 boards and 10 characters feels... Underwhelming. I think 8-10 boards(considering they're remakes not originals) and 12 characters would've been much better. And 5 is especially bad considering the fact that every single Hudson Soft Console Mario Party had 6 boards. Apart from the first... Which had 8. I do hope we see boards in DLC.

@andyg1412 Actually, part of the appeal of this game is that you can play it with any controller, including a Pro controller. Also works with Switch Lite.

@Snow-Dust I understand why motion controls have historically been a part of Mario Party since 8, in Super they were mostly fun, but specifically critiquing a game for NOT having them? That's dumb.

If you look at Gamespot's review it's an absolute joke. They literally said that not having motion controls was a negative.

@Kyranosaurus I'm certainly not against the idea of bringing the stuff to life, and of course it's good that they brought it up in the first place, but just like the Activision Blizzard thing back in July... I'm glad they covered the major details at that point but it's not their responsibility to give full coverage to it. That's a job for others, like I've mentioned.

This game looks a little TOO fast paced for my blood, so I'll wait for more about it to be revealed. Yes, I just said a monopoly game looks too fast paced.

@Kyranosaurus oh sorry, didn't realize this was called "Ubisoft Life."

This is a responsibility for places like IGN and Kotaku to carry, not Nintendo Life. The only reason they mentioned this is because it's coming to Switch, it's not NL's job to report on the whole industry.

Finally! They basically gave this game the cold shoulder until Metroid Dread was released. I'm happy they gave Metroid so much coverage, but I'm glad they're finally acknowledging Superstar's existence.

This game has been my most hyped game in 2021! Super excited for this game.

@KateGray this is true journalism, thank you for writing about what really matters.

Me seeing most small game releases these days be digital: meh, I have other games to play.

Me when a physical version gets announced: Okay now I can't not get it.

It's quite interesting to see Netflix go for this. I guess they realize that gaming is so big, but
I don't think they'll get very far. But eh, whatever.

For me this was actually pretty mediocre. The only new game reveal was Kirby, and that looked excellent, but not much else was super great. The N64/Genesis NSO reveal is cool, I must admit, though it didn't personally grab me. They also did a minor bit of Mario Party Superstars news, which made me happy personally, though I was disappointed by the brevity of it. There was Triangle Strategy and Splatoon 3 news bits, but honestly I don't care about Triangle Strategy and the Sploon trailer actually turned me off a bit on Splatoon 3, I went from wanting to preorder to waiting for reviews. And then there was the Mario movie...and that was at least entertaining. And then I guess there was Monster Hunter Rise DLC, but I don't care about that. Bayonetta 3 was a great rereveal, but I don't think it was a good "one more thing" announcement.

If you mean "horrible" as a positive, then I agree with the headline.

I've never played Warioware before, and I initially wasn't interested in this game. It just didn't seem worth my money, and I guess I didn't understand the appeal. But out of curiosity I gave the demo a whirl last week and had a blast. I pre-ordered that very night.

The indie world showcase in April 2019 will always be the best by far.

Nice confirmation! Definitely seems like a game to pick up...

But then again I'm already stacked for the holidays from Jackbox, Mario Party, Pokemon, and the Switch OLED! This might have to be a 2022 pickup for me unfortunately due to the sheer timing at the moment. I do think it'll be fun, but my backlog is already overflowing.

@Mr_Pepperami Yep! It was revealed at the end of the original.

Whew, that'd be a unique one. But it's kinda cool at the same time? I hope the game's a callback to the era where digital games weren't a thing.

It's a port. I honestly don't feel like it's that difficult to port it by Summer.

My Animal Crossing switch still works. However, I think the hardware itself is starting to show it's cracks. And a 4K dock won't do much for me because my main TV is maxed at 1440. This needs to have something really truly new. Also it should come with a pro controller IMO.

Yeah yeah I get that, but what about an explanation of the power up wheel? Makes very little sense.

Will you do a review of it when the time comes?

Out of any game to pick, why this one? I've never played the game so I can't speak on the quality, but there's so many games people would care more about? So... Why this?

@Mr-Fuggles777 it has same- screen multiplayer

Soooo hyped for Sploon 3. Never got a chance to play the first two when they were relevant and 3 looks fresh enough to be a great start for me.

Ah yes, the classic day one patch. I can't think of a major Nintendo game in recent memory to not have one.

@BlubberWhale honestly if Arlo is always just taking articles from NL(no problem with him doing that btw) then NL should be able to take one single story from arlo without a bunch of flak

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3D Land feels forgotten