Nintendo has done an impressive job with Super Mario Party[...] it is truly a fantastic multiplayer game. Super Mario Party , as Birdo will tell you, is the 11th instalment of partying plumbers.

Wide variety of modes; Fantastic multiplayer experience; Toad's Rec Room is a great technological showcase

Lack of boards; Repetitive cut scenes

When he's not trying to save the Mushroom Kingdom or taking part in any number of sports, Mario is either found smashing or partying. In 2018 he's partying first, smashing later, but can Super Mario Party be the fresh start that the series has needed for far too long

Returns to classic style Mario Party boards; Character dice add strategy and risk; Experimental Toad's Rec Room minigames; Magical HD Rumble tune

Only four main boards; Not enough minigames for some modes; No handheld solo play; Only minigames when online

The Nintendo Switch in the last year and a bit has become the home for a lot of successful ideas and concepts, and at first glance one would think Super Mario Party is the perfect fit for the hybrid console.

With its motion-sensing Joy-Con controllers and hybrid portable/fixed-console nature, Nintendo's Switch might just be the best party-gaming device ever devised. So it makes perfectly good sense that the Japanese company would bring Mario Party , its long-running party-game franchise to the Switch.

Super Mario Party is what you'd expect from the series - short bursts of fun that everyone can enjoy

Recent Mario Party games have previously had a somewhat sterile feel to them, but with Super Mario Party that simply isn't the case. This isn't a cash-grab with Mario's face on the front; this is a well-constructed and beautifully realised Mario Party game which takes the series right back to its...

Super Mario and his friends are back for their 11th Mario Party on consoles and this time the party is making its franchise debut on the Nintendo Switch! Super Mario Party brings a lot of the fundamental Mario Party elements that have made the franchise so popular while adding some fresh new...

Beautiful visuals; New modes to enjoy; Fun minigames; Nice selection of characters

No drop-in/drop-out option; AI is terrible; Not enough minigames; Not enough Mario Party boards; Minimal online modes

Mario Party has been through a bundle of changes over the past 20 years, some for the better, and others sending the series in weird directions that nobody asked for. With over 15 iterations in the franchise, it's fitting that Nintendo has finally reinvented the franchise with Super Mario Party.

Super Mario Party is the eleventh entry into Nintendo's boardgame franchise and after several underwhelming attempts on previous consoles, the Switch game is tasked with not only breathing fresh life into an ageing series but also with reviving the glory days of Gamecube and N64 digital board-gaming...

80 surprisingly unique and enjoyable mini-games; Wonderful attention to detail in character animations and game-play; Mario Party and Partner Party balance luck and skill really well; Great 4-player local multiplayer experience

Difficulty in single-player mode is far too easy; Toad's Rec-Room feels a little disconnected from the rest of the game; Shorter game time option and extra boards would've been great; Online component unavailable for review

The Mario Party series has never aspired to be much more than a colorful delivery system for fun four-player minigames, and Super Mario Party at least succeeds in freeing its enjoyable content from its clunky, board-game framework.