silly, slick and spotty return for Nintendo's madcap series

I have to admit, I have a strange history with the Mario Party series. I've been playing since the very first game launched on the N64 back in 1998, and while I've always been entertained by them, there's always been this voice at the back of my head saying "you know this probably isn't very good,...

Mario Party returns to its traditional formula; River Survival and Partner Party are great additions to the main game mode; Minigames are consistently great; Playing with a full group of people is a blast

Boards are tiny and there aren't enough of them; Online mode leaves a lot to be desired; Not a good buy for those playing alone

brings back the basics by creating a wonderful couch multiplayer. With over 80 minigames available you won't find yourself losing interest quickly. The way Nintendo incorporates the Joy-Cons and Switch console is a testament Nintendo as a company, a quirky tech company looking to continually...

delivers the couch multiplayer experience the series is famous for with an awesome new layer of strategy, 80 mostly-great minigames, and the quirky tech of the Switch controllers to keep things feeling fresh.

is synonymous with strange burns in the centre of our palms and broken three-pronged controllers. Many hours were spent on the original N64 for versions of these games, often with friends or siblings.

Super Mario Party was an inevitable title for the Nintendo Switch. Since its inception on the Nintendo 64, the Mario Party series has been on every single Nintendo console and handheld ever since. It has even made appearances in Japanese arcades thanks to Capcom.

Wayne's World

Gloriously colourful; Plenty for all to do; Frantic friendly fun

Open boards feel unfair; Some duff minigames

Mario Party has never felt so at home on the Nintendo Switch

I'm currently unbeaten at Super Mario Party's titular mode. That isn't to say I'm particularly good at the Mario Party mode, which is ostensibly the title's main attraction. Mario Party sees you and three friends (or a combination of friends and AI players) stomping around a game board with the aim...

Shy Guy is great; Genuinely quite funny; Tons of content

It's a collection of minigames, so if you hate minigames.., Like, it's just minigames; That's it

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