Super Mario Party

I'd argue NSMB is just title shenanigans too.

Like how they called Super Mario Bros 4, Super Mario World.
 
Eh, better paced that way.
 
This is a very good showcase for the game. Not only does the characters stay on the scene after a minigame's over, they even celebrate with each other! That's already a step up from the previous installments, where very few minigames have this kind of celebration (Mario Party 10's doughnut minigame is great for this reason). I also like how every character has a different dice block that you can select, which makes each character have a unique playstyle. This has rarely happened in Mario Party and it's one of the reasons I like Mario Party 3 (because in Duel Mode your starting partner is based on your character).

In terms of hosts, I would have preferred it if Tumble makes his triumphant return, since he's the first character that you can rightfully say belongs to a Party game, and not Woody, the Toad townspeople in the first Mario Party or even the Koopa Kid (though I would like him to return too).

Swiftie_Luma said:
i feel the board they were playing in the treehouse stream is too small :(
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Well, I guess it makes games happen faster (as in, it's faster to race for Stars) so I guess that's what they are going for. I hope that it means that there are more boards than what we normally expect, so probably more than 7 boards. That would have been great.

Thank you for reading.
 
Hey, Lakitu is like Boo in Mario Party 1!

Wow they are serious with "going back to the roots". Also yeah, that looks cool, and the mechanics don't focus around the allies, so it's not too Star Rush-driven.

But eh, it’s what we've seen so far. Also, is it just me, or the music in the background is the Smash Ultimate theme?
 
Iron Man said:
Also, is it just me, or the music in the background is the Smash Ultimate theme?
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If you're talking about the treehouse stream, then yeah, I think it is, they were probably playing near to the Smash Bros. thing. I picked up on it too.
 
And wait, The Whomp mechanic is back from MP1 and MP8, isn't it?
 
Iron Man said:
Hey, Lakitu is like Boo in Mario Party 1!
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I kind of wonder why they made it Lakitu instead of straight up bringing Boo back. It's neat that the mechanic is back though.
 
Hmm, some of these character dice blocks seem unbalanced.

For example, Bowser's is he gets a high role, or he loses 3 coins and goes nowhere.

But Rosalina's is she gets a high role, or she gains 3 coins and goes nowhere.

Also they are demoing it again and like some of those later gamecube mario parties, each board has it's own gimmick and gameplay style but is still based around getting stars.