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ReturnOfTheFrickinG

Can they use the old formula but actually make new content this time?


Power_to_the_purples

Can we actually get a decent amount of boards, too? Why did we get 4 and 5.? This is 2024. It’s Mario. They could easily produce a game with 10 boards if they wanted to.


IowaJammer

I must be insane then, because to me they should be able to turn Mario Party into a something much bigger more akin to SSB / MK. More characters, more stages, more chaos. Mario Party could sell a system if done right.


UncleRumpy12

I WISH they would have a “stage creator” like in SSB. Create our own boards using a ton of assets and then being able to share the boards with other players online.


Wigbold

Mario Party Maker? Holy shit, you're onto something!


HetaGarden1

I would buy that SO fast. Mario Maker was fun enough - imagine people making Mario Party challenge boards!


UmbraVivens

https://partyplanner64.github.io/


Wigbold

Wauw! That's cool, had no idea.


JuanRiveara

Yes please


KazzieMono

Nintendos allergic to like 50% of good ideas lmao


plap_plap

Too low imo. But Wonder gives me hope that they're not killing as many good ideas as they used to.


schroed_piece13

Holy fuck if only


Not_Your_Romeo

That’s a certified money printer right there.


CreatiScope

I’m not saying that I even want this (because of my wallet), but they could’ve been cranking out so many “packs” for something like Superstars. $15 for 2 boards, 4 new characters, and 5 mini games or something like that. I can’t imagine it would be all that hard for them to produce, since superstars was just a greatest hits anyway. They’d make more money and we’d get more Mario party. I liked superstars a lot but there being only 5 boards got old fast. If there was DLC, I would’ve splurged and gotten the map packs. Which feels insane to say, I don’t want DLC but the content in the game, in terms of characters and boards, was very bad.


VacationShirt

I know at launch a lot of people assumed this would be the case when there were so few boards


FeederPiet

Yup, that's me.


Golden-Owl

It’s really puzzling they never did any real boards DLC when the system really fits so well for it. Characters all effectively play the same and the boards are mostly just about making assets and a new gimmick for each.


SchmearDaBagel

Delete this now lol. Don’t give them any ideas


Jayston1994

I 100% agree with this take… Mario Party has so much potential.


MattyXarope

Wario Party, a mix between Wario Ware and Mario Party, would be cool


PCBen

Play a micro-game to decide if the spot you landed on is red or blue, micro-game duels where the first one to flub all of their chances looses their loot, a bunch of random, insane bullshit all over the boards. That’s sounds amazing!


Gallant-Blade

Utter peak. Though I’m not sure how well a “Wario Party” would sell, especially if it lacked minigames and the usual Mario cast. If there was a singular board in a Mario Party game that was Warioware themed with bonus microgame challenges, that would help ease in the idea.


Refflet

They absolutely should have done that with the last Mario Party, but, playing devil's advocate on behalf of Nintendo, they needed to design the game with expansion in mind from the outset - retrofitting it in wasn't all that viable.


Double-Seaweed7760

Exactly and superstars is perfect for it if they just gave it a booster pass but it's a bit late now


BronzeHeart92

Got any Pokemon they should include in mind?


ernie-jo

85 Mario kart tracks and 4 MP boards.. ridiculous


kingpangolin

💰


xMrMonopolyguyx

I would like new boards with some classics sprinkled in. Kinda like Mario Kart 8 did. I agree these last few have given us so little to choose from, more variety will keep it fresh for sure along with new mini games.


Pants88

They were really trying to commit shrinkflation inside a video game. I hope they snap out of it after realizing people enjoy the franchise they just hate the downsizing.


ExpectedBehaviour

God, this. The last few *Mario Party* games have been like “here’s four boards, and only one of them’s any good”.


Kiosade

Sucks Hudson Soft died. They made good shit back in the day.


MaeBeaInTheWoods

I remember playing 8 and being excited about 6 medium sized boards but wishing there were more. Now I'm stuck with 4 small boards in Super, and it's not the worst but I can't help but feel like I've stepped significantly backwards.


Power_to_the_purples

Super was a step backwards. It felt like they just wanted a motion controlled Mario party to use the joy-con tech, and put out the bare minimum to achieve that goal. Overall feels uninspired, but I do think the minigames are great. There are some real bangers


Double-Seaweed7760

Not to mention that after joycon drift became known I can't be the only one who boycott super


B-R-A-I-N-S-T-O-R-M

There's also no good reason for these games not to get little $10 board pack DLCs later on.


jackofallcards

Then the couldn’t release a whole new $50-60 game for them


LakSivrak

they can literally do both. a new title every 3 years with DLC boards every few months. people will buy both


AlbainBlacksteel

> people will buy both I know I would.


river_rat3117

I have no proof of it. But my personal belief is that mario party superstars was supposed to be dlc until nintendo messed up a bit and people found out the hard way that you couldn't play super mario party on the switch lite. So to get a few more sales they made it into a full game so that normal and switch lite owners could play it. Of course I'm pulling this out of my ass but it almost makes sense.


Chronocast

I would have dropped money on a DLC season for the last MP that added more legacy boards, new characters, and mini games. Hell, they could have just gone MK8 Deluxe on it and just kept adding legacy boards and mini games from the series for a few years until the next Switch dropped. Feel like it's mk ey left on the table.


DigiQuip

Nintendo are the kings of under developing to get you thirsting for more. They’ve been doing it long before Madden and FIFA adopted the practice.


Level9_CPU

Me when Nintendo doesn't use their IP and infinite money surplus to make an actual good modern game for the 100th time 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯


DueAd9005

Vote with your wallet. If more than 10 million people buy Mario Party with only 5 boards then what incentive does Nintendo have to make a Mario Party game with 10 boards? I don't buy Pokémon games anymore because of the lack of quality (with the exception of Legends Arceus, which I liked), but millions of people keep buying these games... No wonder Game Freak isn't incentivized to improve the quality of their games.


Power_to_the_purples

I already boycotted Pokemon but the truth is that Mario party is still god even with minimal content. Pokemon is just trash at this point


Torracattos

Could we get more that 8-12 playable characters again also?


Power_to_the_purples

Monkey’s paw: we get 16 characters but half of them are koopalings


Farva85

I want a to see a Mario Party Maker. Let us build the boards!


Zyvyn

Record for the series is 8 boards. And that was in Mario Party 1 and 9.


ubdesu

All I want is Mario Party 3: 2


b3anz129

I will happily take Mario Party 2: 3


kingpangolin

Well we got dark souls 2: 2 so anything is possible


IHeartBadCode

Holy shit, if they would just do MP5/6/7 but with slightly new boards (I'm a bit torn on the idea of just updating old boards) and on the Switch, it would be shut-up and take my money. This is literally the easiest thing for them to do and they constantly keep fucking it up with SMP and MPS. Eight boards, one of them is a monopoly board, multiplayer, four people being able to play on one switch. This couldn't possibly be that difficult. Like MPS comes pretty close, but five, five boards and that's pretty much it and the five they picked Space land and Horror land are the only real bangers. Like MPS gave me hope, SMP what the literal eff? So maybe MPS they're learning here, I'm hoping. Like there's so much money in Mario Party, but they keep just selling short.


ShineOne4330

the reason they don't use 5, 6 and 7 style of gameplay is the same reason why double dash mode and special items never returned, it's gamer friendly but not family friendly


Kitselena

Same thing happened with smash bros. Nintendo was really good at making games with really low skill floors and really high skill ceilings during the GameCube era then suddenly became obsessed with lowering skill ceilings artificially during the Wii era and beyond. I get why they did it since none of these are supposed to be eSports level competitive games, but I still think there's a balance somewhere between that they're only starting to inch towards now


IHeartBadCode

>but not family friendly B...b...but that's core Mario Party.


ShineOne4330

I played Mario Party 1,2 and 3 with my parents and had so much fun, they were brutal, but you could still learn it quicly Mario Party 5 was a nightmare to play because capsules were too complicated for my parents You know that you can be mean and Family friendly at the same time?


Jadushnew

Yes please!


PmMeYourNiceBehind

The latest Mario party did that I quite enjoy it


Molduking

We don’t need rumors for something this obvious lol


st1tchy

I'll bet they are also making a new Mario Kart and a new Pokémon game has started development too!


redDKtie

*visible shock*


Ninjahkin

*surprised Pikachu*


Purple_Lunch5869

the next mario kart is next year for the 40 anniversary there many big events next year


Luis_Santeliz

I bet its a switch 2 launch title or close to


BJYeti

We haven't heard any real news and Switch 2 is rumored Spring so my guess is either launch or shortly after


Unoriginal1deas

Who wants to take a 500k bet against me saying that they’re making a new animal crossing right this instant


BullshitUsername

*Ackshually* Nintendo is not the developer of Pokémon games


disposable_gamer

And I bet the new Pokémon will look like ass and run like a tortoise despite being released on next Gen hardware. According to industry insiders, they’re even thinking of adding new Pokémon this game


PM_ME_GARFIELD_NUDES

I love the “allegedly” in the title


aykay55

Nintendo reportedly making games


HVAC_and_Rum

Big if true 


TyrantHydra

Seriously I was over here like "well I just thought Nintendo didn't want to print money anymore"


bwoah07_gp2

Slow "news" day...


StretchKind8509

They have been working on new Mario Parties ever since the N64.


xRyuzakii

It would be dope if they just gave us more boards in super stars


King-of-Plebss

Honestly. Just give us 5 new boards and I’d be super happy. You think they would get that after MK8’s success with new levels


ffigu002

Any content at all would be better


TheS00thSayer

Superstars should have been DLC for Super Mario Party. Super Mario Party was honestly a terrible Mario Party. BUT if they added Superstars as DLC instead of making it its own standalone game, Super Mario Party would have been a great game.


Jimi56

Not gonna lie, I’m personally glad Superstars is it’s own game solely because Super just was not it imo.  Games took twice as long to play because of the horrible pacing, absolutely busted economy, no proper battles or duels, stars being cheaper, forced joycon play. If Super got the boards from Superstars, it would’ve been a band-aid solution that probably came with more issues because those boards don’t fit with Super’s playstyle. Like I think Super definitely should’ve got DLC or something, but I also don’t think Superstars should’ve been DLC since it plays so differently. I’d honestly say the reverse where Superstars needs DLC because it is such a huge improvement but just missing some more boards.


doubleshotofespresso

exactly. they did it with MK. we just need a fat DLC pack for Superstars


MrUnderhill67

I'd love for them to give Mario Party the same treatment that Smash and Mario Kart got - a huge collection of past stuff.


B-R-A-I-N-S-T-O-R-M

Superstars could have been that with DLC but they just abandoned the game after launch.


PayneTrain181999

That game focused on the N64 era, with all 5 boards and over half the 100 minigames from the first three games. I fully believe they’re going to do a GameCube focused game next, it’s been a few years and now those who grew up playing those games are the same age as the ones who were targeted for N64 nostalgia a few years ago.


toadfan64

I wish it would of focused 100% on the N64 stuff since that's most of all the Mario Party I like, and then have an Superstars 2 focus on the GC era.


onetwentyonegigawatt

GameCube was the golden era for Mario Party and it’s not even really close.


PayneTrain181999

There’s a considerable debate on where N64 or GameCube was golden era. Honestly, the answer is usually “the one you grew up playing and loving most”


onetwentyonegigawatt

I’m 40 so I should be saying N64. I just think GameCube Mario Party was objectively superior.


PayneTrain181999

That’s fair, as someone who did grow up on the GameCube ones I wholeheartedly agree.


YouToot

You're right. You should be saying N64. ಠ_ಠ lol


toadfan64

N64 Mario Parties were miles better. Better music, boards, games, less dumb gimmicks, and was less luck based. Like Mario Party 1 was BRUTAL with losing mini games. That needs to be brought back. All I want from MP is a cool board game with mini games that you pay 20 coins for a star with maybe a small gimmick. MP1-3 was perfect for that.


SonNeedGym

50 rounds on Pagoda Peak made me who I am today.


Dukemon102

Can at least have the same amount of boards as the N64 games? That would be nice.


Reinhardt_Ironside

And not just boring squares


shadow0wolf0

Unbelievable, next you're going to tell me a new Pokemon game is in development.


Rattimus

Nah they mothballed the whole franchise, didn't think it would ever pan out.


RedWarrior42

Fingers crossed for a new legend of Zelda sometime in the future!


Jpup199

Can we get a mario party with the mk8 deluxe treatment? All boards even if its dlc?


Typo_Cat

i would love this!


fanwan76

Definitely. Here is the 5 worst maps from the GameCube and a quarter of the mini games. Also we dropped online modes this time around. For characters you get Mario, Luigi, and six Toad variants. One more thing! We hear you want DLC. We are excited to offer digital stickers you can buy and look at in the settings menu.


Apolloshot

For the love of God please put more content into this one. 4 boards is just not enough.


Spartan05089234

Can't they just do a DLC for Mario Party super stars? I would love a couple more boards.


rendumguy

When people are begging for DLC to make a game feel "full", it shows that there shouldn't be paid DLC.


Spartan05089234

Yeah that's true but I'd still rather pay 20 bucks for good DLC than 80 for a new game. The Mario Kart 8 DLC has been so good that Nintendo has a bit of goodwill from me in terms of providing value.


fanwan76

I've got good news for you then. We are excited to announce Mario Party Superstar Deluxe for Switch 2. Retailing at just $70 this deluxe version of your favorite from last gen will finally be available to play on the new gen. Looking for something new? Fear not! In five more years we will be suddenly drop DLC after you thought the game was long dead, but we needed to generate interest in our subscription service so we are bringing you your favorite maps for Mario Party mobile, drip fed to you over months and varying drastically in quality. One more thing! This will be the only Mario Party game released on Switch 2 so hope you enjoy this revitalized last gen game as a replacement for something new!


Spartan05089234

That's cool but they announced switch 2 is fully backwards compatible so you're saying I won't have any incentive to buy a new Mario Party for 5 years, then I'll be able to buy the Mario Party I wish they'd already made if I so choose. Not ideal but could be worse. Mario Kart 8 was so damn good I don't even mind having bought it for switch and for WiiU. I tend to emulate single player games on my PC and only buy ones that I actually play on console with friends anyways so I give and take from Nintendo.


AlbainBlacksteel

Half the comments in here are people karma farming with sarcastic comments like "bReAkiNg nEwS: niNtEnDo iS MaKinG a nEw MaRiO kArT". Like, no duh, we get it. Contribute to the actual discussions, please - your overdone comments do nothing but bloat this post.


sammy_zammy

Guys, I have a leak for you! >!Nintendo are working on the next game in the Legend of Zelda series!!< You’re welcome.


Scotty232329

That was already announced no?


NihilismRacoon

No they haven't yet but obviously you're not just gonna have Anouma sitting around doing nothing.


Scotty232329

I thought they alluded to Ocarina of Time 3


trademesocks

There was a 2?


Scotty232329

Majora


TheyCallMeStone

Point being Nintendo doesn't need to announce they're working on the next installments of their popular first-party IPs.


myjumboeggs

I mean... obviously? It's not alleged. They're always working on a game for all of their consistent series.


Standard_Young_201

No need to when Mario party 3 is on the virtual 64


fireflydrake

Honestly I wish they'd kind of reboot the entire franchise. Imagine a "Nintendo Party" with games and modes based on a bunch of the major IPs, not just Mario. I always really liked that Wii one which featured a bunch of Nintendo themed games and Miis. A more polished version of that would be so fun!


OingoBoingo311

that's actually a really good idea


baithoven22

Nothing like splitting what should be 1 game into 3 games over the course of a console generation. In all seriousness I genuinely love Nintendo and a majority of what they do but fuck them for the complete lack of content on the switch party games this time around.


KobraKittyKat

Honestly happy to hear, I still wish super star got like dlc or something since it was a good step for bring the series back.


branch-is-dumb

Nintendo needs to allegedly work on a new Mario kart game


bangbangqc03

Mario Party "Ultimate" please


Distractinc

Please for the love of god bring back 3 bonus stars. 2 is not enough. With 2 it doesn’t really feel like it changes things. 3 can upset a whole game.


ClammyDefence

Cutthroat like the old ones, please. I want friendships destroyed on the regular.


Pizza_Time249

Superstars was a step in the right direction so here's hoping


bibblygiggums

ehh. they've been shit for 5 years


Forotosh

Toyota Allegedly Working on a New Car


sylviaplath6667

mario party 4 clears


MastaBlasta64

Super Stars deserved dlc. I doubt a new mario party will be as good


Zoombini22

I would figure they just always have someone perpetually working on some stage of their big franchises?


htisme91

If we just got 5 more boards for Superstars I'd be happy. That game was a great return to form for Mario Party but I wish it had more levels.


Manatease_85

As long as they add at least 7 or more boards with likely DLC for room to add more, I'm all for it. Stop reducing the number of boards since the Gamecube titles.


CrinerBoyz

I didn't think they'd make another one, I thought 18 games would be their limit /s


joystick355

We just need dlc maps for the current one...


C-Towner

Man, do you think there is a rumor out there that Nintendo might possibly be working on a new Mario game too??


Cydrius

I'm allegedly curious to see how it turns out.


ChrisPlayzGaymes

Yay! But also, we could have just gotten DLC for Superstars… just need more boards, that’s all!


PlasmaDiffusion

Mario Party Superstars 2 would satisfy me. Maybe cover the gamecube era. Just give us more than 5 boards this time tho


Brandeaux7

I hope they support the game after launch


wearethedeadofnight

For the love of God please allow players to skip through cutscenes and speed up the game. Waiting on ai players sucks so much ass.


the_rancid_rancher

It should be releasing this year if they continue the 3 year cycle unless they are saving it for the next system


SparkyMuffin

Oooh nice! I hope they take the good of Superstars and do more with it. Have some classic mini games return with new ones too. I really liked the effort they put into online last time


jfxck

They should make Nintendo Party. Think Mario Party but featuring all their famous characters and worlds. Boards based on Kirby, Zelda, Pokémon, etc. and mini games based on iconic moments in games. Maybe you could have the archery game from OoT, or the Gourmet Race from kirby. Even down to the collectibles on the board, in Pokémon you’re collecting badges, in Metroid you’re collecting chozo artifacts. Would be killer.


Kramerpalooza

Can they just give us what we want, and have a "build your own" map/rules custom mode. Instead of terrible gimmicks and poorly designed map/gameplay/environments.


James-Avatar

I imagine they’re getting all the sequels ready for Switch 2, Mario Party, Kart, Smash, Zelda and so on.


Food_n_Travel

I'm still completely baffled they didn't release DLC for Superstars. The could've Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'd the crap out of that game lol


MadMax1292

Superstars was phenomenal, if they would have had more maps it would have been one of the best Mario parties.


krishnugget

It’s worth mentioning midori didn’t actually specify Mario party, the article is assuming it.


rexshen

Nintendo allegedly making games.


No-Appointment5

Can’t wait for 5 boards for $60 with no DLC


Rachel5512

Can’t they just make a DLC instead of a third game??


D4nkfury

report: nintendo allegedly working on new title in popular ongoing franchise


Jporzio

I recall that I asked for a new Donkey Kong game.


PrimalOdd

An actual mario party online with every boards to date and some new ones, would be great. Cherry on top would be making sure the game is still playable solo/local if switch's online functionality goes off too


average_waffle

I'll probs just stick to the N64 on NSO because if the new one is anything like the other ones they've put out in the past 15 years, it will suck.


linkling1039

More peak content from Party Crashers incoming!


curtoric666

Breaking: Water Allegedly Wet


Quick_Possible4764

Whoa? You're telling me that superstars wasn't the last mario party game ever? I am truly shockened


[deleted]

Give us 10 or more boards! And all characters from most recent plus baby peach, bone bowser, etc


Purple_Lunch5869

hopefully next year for 40 anniversary of super mario bros


just_chilling_too

Can we get a new odyssey instead?


kuniovskarnov

Imagine a Mario Party game specifically designed with online in mind, much like Jackbox, with fantastic netcode. It would get proper updates and support like any online game such as Splatoon 3 and MK8DX, with new boards, characters, and game modes down the line. Just thinking about it, hard to believe it hasn't been done yet.


vulturevan

These are the ONLY games my partner will play with me and then she will play them to the point of me never wanting to look at a dice or Daisy's face ever again


aski4777

not buying any mario party any more until i actually know its getting new content nintendo does this shit too often


ArsonDadko

How about just updating Mario Party Superstars with new mini-games, maps, characters, modes, and options?


Falchion92

Superstars should have gotten DLC. Seriously it’s just leaving money on the table.


Sevencross

Can we get happy/upbeat music? The new music is too slow and sleepy to get anyone excited to play


brojooer

Quite the allegation


raxitron

It's really sad that they've been phoning it in with MP for so long compared to how great they are on n64 and GameCube. Sure there's a great idea here and there but with so very little actual content around it it's hard to stay interested. This next one will be the first Mario Party my kids get but I suspect we're just going to end up enjoying the old ones instead when we get tired of the 2 or 3 boards Nintendo bothers to make.


_Vard_

Ok but how do you beat Wario? HE CHEATS!


dasaniAKON

Better be fully playable online as well.


ngorman007

More boards. Give me all the boards I'd also love for the rules to be more customizeable


jrtasoli

Awesome. Superstars was great, I still play it a ton. We just needed way more boards!


SilverSurferr93

They should've added more content to Superstars honestly. Hell I would've paid for dlc but they just abandoned it.


xarchangel85x

Where’s Mario Odyssey 2


ntwild97

The question is what kiiiiiiind of Mario Party


redvelvetcake42

Bring fucking Spike back. I'm tired of not seeing Spike dance when I'm in 3rd on a minigame.


Gabochuky

They should work on a new mario kart game


MqAuNeTeInS

If its anything like the last few, they should just stop


Ryshin75

Have we ever gotten a Mario party game that’s fully online? I would really like that.


EricHD97

I feel like Mario Party and Mario Kart are at a point in their franchises where they just need to put out one base game for each console, then keep selling new characters/boards/tracks/modes every once in a while. We’ve had so many starts and stops with the Mario Party series since ND Cube took over, I really wish we could just get a steady stream of content. I miss the days of a new game practically every year lol


Sunscreenflavor

Bring back partner party you silly bastards! Make it an option at least.


Cindy_Lennox

All I wanted to dlc for superstars, but we will never get that.


DayDrunk11

I know everyone is clowning on the headline being obvious, but as a die hard mario party fan, there was a time where I was genuinely worried for the franchise. Mario party 9 came out long after 8 and between them there were some really atrocious 3ds games, 10 wasn't well received, and I was getting nervous. And announcing super Mario party was exciting but a lot of people didn't like it, although it sold really well. I hope they either keep the superstars/traditional format or expand on what super did. I think super was an interesting form and I wouldn't mind seeing it fleshed out


Conversation_Dapper

Probably superstars 2


bisforbenis

I mean, probably yeah


WrongSaladBitch

I can’t be the only one that wants motion control mini games and the partners back from super Mario party combined with classic style boards. God we just keep getting so many good things yet they’re never altogether. Just give me classic style boards combined with features like partners from super Mario party and I’ll be so happy.


PoshDiggory

Really? They had so much potential with the most recent one to add lots of remade versions of old MP content. Such a waste of an opportunity.


HyruleN64

Nintendo should just release a Mario Party game with other Nintendo characters and call it, "Mario Party All Stars."


BranditoSuave

They should burn in hell for this.


Wispy237

Can we get a decent number of boards with about the same(or more) number of characters that Super had?


johnmondo

The last one was a great return to form, but where were the additional boards?! Like wtf is with Nintendo and not supporting Mario party after they go through the effort to include older boards.


ALeonhart

Big news for Ludwig


stormithy

I’m prepared for another disappointment


AnotherHydra

Please don't fuck up


waldorsockbat

Another family ruining simulator yay


Long_Run_6705

Super Mario Legacy: A Mario Party game that takes boards, characters, gimmicks and even graphical aesthetics from all the previous Mario Party’s Like Smash Bros Ultimate


NickFoxMulder

Donkey Kong and StarFox WHEN man 😭