A party video game is a genre of video game that stems from in-person party games , involving player-to-player interaction as the central gameplay element. These games are often defined by simple controls which can be easily picked up and understood by players of any skill level.
14-599: Mario Party Superstars is a 2021 party video game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch . It is the twelfth home console installment in the Mario Party series, and the second for the Nintendo Switch following Super Mario Party (2018). It was released on October 29, 2021. The game features five remade game boards from the original Nintendo 64 trilogy and
28-540: A total of 100 minigames curated from previous entries in the series, similar to the Nintendo 3DS game Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017). Unlike Super Mario Party , Superstars can be played with button controls. Upon release, Mario Party Superstars received mostly positive reviews from critics who praised the game for its homage to the series' history with its classic minigames and boards, as well as its online functionality. A successor, Super Mario Party Jamboree ,
42-418: Is a list of video games for the Nintendo Switch video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. As Nintendo shares the sales of their video games every quarter while most other publishers do not share sales figures per console, this list consists mostly of Nintendo-published titles. Nintendo Switch, a hybrid home console and handheld device, launched worldwide on March 3, 2017. By
56-472: The 20th best-selling game for the Nintendo Switch . Party video game Party video games generally consist of short-term experiences which may be played in succession, and are sometimes characterized in the form of minigames . These experiences may be played singularly or in a group, and usually feature several players competing simultaneously. The first party video game is thought to be Olympic Decathlon , releasing in 1980. In 1983, Party Mix
70-544: The Nintendo 64 . Its launch eventually brought about the rest of the Mario Party franchise , in wake of the game's success across markets. Mario Party 2 was released in 1999, and Mario Party 3 was released in 2000. The launch of the Wii in 2006 led to the creation of Wii Play , a minigame collection that was bundled with certain copies of the Wii console. List of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games This
84-468: The Super Star. Stars are bought for twenty coins from Toadette , though can also be obtained via other methods. During a turn, each player rolls a die, enabling them to move the result of the roll—one to ten. Additionally, items may be used to affect themselves or other players. Between every round of four players moving, a randomly selected minigame of 100 is played. All 100 minigames are taken from
98-502: The analog stick as fast as they could make a return in Superstars ; these minigames feature a warning not to rotate the analog stick with the palm of the hand. This was due to incidents where players sustained hand injuries from using the analog stick in this way. Mario Party Superstars received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . Mitchell Saltzman of IGN gave
112-411: The boards "Peach's Birthday Cake" from Mario Party and "Space Land" from Mario Party 2 . Polygon ' s Ryan Gilliam noted that the boards included events not seen in the original versions; moreover, he commented that the game borrowed assets—such as the user interface—from its predecessor Super Mario Party . The presentation also confirmed that Birdo will return as a playable character for
126-593: The end of 2017, it had outsold the lifetime sales of Wii U , its home console predecessor. In September 2019, Nintendo launched the Nintendo Switch Lite, a handheld-only version of the system. By the end of 2020, total Nintendo Switch family units had outsold the lifetime sales of the Nintendo 3DS , its handheld console predecessor, by selling nearly 80 million units. As of September 30, 2024, 146.04 million Nintendo Switch consoles had been shipped, with over 1.3 billion copies of games having been shipped for
140-432: The first time since Mario Party 9 (2012). The third game board announced was "Woody Woods" from Mario Party 3 , which was revealed on the game's official website. During a Nintendo Direct broadcast on September 23, the final two boards were revealed, being "Yoshi's Tropical Island" from Mario Party and "Horror Land" from Mario Party 2 . A few minigames from the original Mario Party which required players to rotate
154-555: The game a "great" rating, stating: " Mario Party Superstars is an amalgamation of some of the best boards, minigames, mechanics, and quality of life improvements from the whole series, resulting in the best Mario Party has been in a very long time." It sold 163,256 physical copies within its first week of release in Japan, making it the bestselling retail game of the week in the country. As of March 31, 2024, Mario Party Superstars had sold 12.89 million copies worldwide, making it
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#1732780340441168-483: The previous entries in the series, 55 of which originate from the Nintendo 64 trilogy. "Mt. Minigames" is another mode, allowing players to freely play minigames without boards. All playable characters from the first four entries return, while Birdo and Rosalina are added. Nintendo revealed the game during the Nintendo Direct at E3 2021 on June 15. The presentation revealed and featured remakes of
182-573: Was released for the Atari, and consisted of an anthology of five multiplayer games, which began the format of party video games releasing as a series of individually-selectable minigames. In 1995, You Don't Know Jack was released, the first of the You Don't Know Jack franchise and the precursor to the Jackbox Party Pack collection in 2014. In 1998, Mario Party was released on
196-483: Was released on October 17, 2024. Mario Party Superstars features gameplay similar to the first eight entries in the Mario Party series, without the vehicle mechanics from the previous two numbered console games. Four characters, played by either humans or artificial intelligence , traverse one of five game boards , collecting coins and stars. The player with the most stars at the end of the game wins and becomes
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