Super Mario's Disappointing Party. 

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i want this game, but i have no friends to play with.

One of my favorite boards was Kamek’s library from Mario Party DS

Mario Party DS is the best one, change my mind.

I haven’t played the others but I liked this game.... the board game was fun for me - i didn’t like the River part as much but overall it was enjoyable game. I’d give it a 7.5

Am I the only one who loved the Koopa hotel board in Mario Party 8?

Would have preferred a Mario Party 1-3 HD enhancement on Switch.

As someone who played Mario Party 1-6 almost religiously, I can say I love Super Mario Party. While the main Mario Party mode is a little lack luster, the other new modes are great. Partner Party is a fun twist on the gameplay (even if it does suck that you have to land directly on the star space). Toad's Rec Room has some great minigames beyond the normal 80. And River Survival is one of the best additions to Mario Party ever. It takes the idea behind the car but actually makes it great. And I love all the new playable characters and the character specific dice blocks and how they make playing different characters actually different beyond just the look. That's before we get to all the great attention to detail stuff (like how Monty Mole freaks out when playing the Whac-a-mole game). This is one of my top games of the year.

The gold pipe is actually a returning item. I remember playing Mario Party DS, and my sister would always end up with the gold pipe, which would infuriate me back in the day.

It would actually be cool that you could set the price of the stars and the items you can get etc...

Being a huge Mario party fan. This game is great, the boards are slightly small, but they actually work much better than I though they would. The minigames are fantastic. I also don't really care about Online mode, because you can't deny that this game is infinitely more fun when playing with people in the same room.

Me watching the beginning: so basically its not disappointing Me watching the middle and end: oh.

I'm actually disappointed about Waluigi having the worst dice block. Did the developers secretly disrespect him?

It's lacking but it's definitely a step in the right direction. Maybe if the game does well enough, it'll get updates. Also, Koopa's Tycoon Town is the best!

I’ll be completely shocked if they don’t release new boards (and maybe even characters or items) in a post update to keep interest going in the game. Heck, who knows, they may even enable the full game online. There can’t be many technical challenges preventing it. Nintendo’s been trying for a while to fix Mario Aces, and even put some effort into improving Arms.

Has a lot of potential. If Nintendo listens to what the fans really want, it can be perfect. I understand they did listen by removing the whole fixed car movement. But The only thing wrong with it for me are the map sizes. Bigger maps. More maps. Maybe we’ll see a brand new franchise, “Super Mario Party 2” etc.

Love how your suggestions for an ultimate Mario party game is actually happening now.

Im happy with The Game itself, but there are some things I would have changed, mostly small things tho.

I actually really like this game! Yes only having 4 boards sucks (hoping some dlc boards come our way) and not being able to play the boards online is the stupidist decision ever - but the cool new ally feature combined with the custom dice feature makes the game way more strategic and fun! The mini games are the best yet and the graphics are surprisingly good. If you've enjoyed mario party in the past or are looking for a solid 4 person game you would be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't at least try it out!

1:47 that's called playing monopoly as a communist

Mario Party 8 will always have a place in my heart since I would play it with my 2 aunts. We had so much fun❤️

Mario party 6 has to be the peak of the series for me. Great boards like the city with the star in the middle with a changing price. Great items like the thwomp stopping peoples roles early, or taking over spaces of the map with a Goomba who forces your opponent to roll a dice to lose their coins. Also where are the dual minigames?!

"It's time to potty, with Mario Potty!" Sounds like a commercial.

They should add an update with new maps and allow you to change star price

mario party 8 was the best one, we loves the board where we became hotel owners!

My favorite map was Horror Land in Mario Party 2 on the N64 ! I loved the costumes in mario party 2, it's sad they didn't bring that back :0

I think you have some very valid points and I understand but i simply adore super Mario party. It feels like a evolution of 1-6 in some ways .its not perfect but it’s pretty good. I think it is a step up for MARIO party and the series will grow . ~Hatsandhedgehogd

The wii party had my favorite board. It was something like a hotel one where you bought buildings

You know I have gone to appreciate this game. It’s definitely a step in the right direction. Super Mario Party is not perfect, and the only grip I have with it is for sure the boards. Other than that I hope the next Mario Party game will be a true successor to Mario Party 8 which was the last good Mario Party we got.

The game has a lot of potential with future DLC. Just imagine larger and more dynamic boards, new items, characters and mini games. I'd gladly buy a DLC bundle at a fair price.

I feel like the smaller boards is a good thing, because it speeds up the pace of the game, not like the time itll take to finish but as in the time it takes to travel between stars and traverse the map, while the quantity of the boards is dissapointing but the size only adds the the havoc

The good: There's no car. The bad: Having multiple modes is great on paper, but needed to be fleshed out. Especially with things like maps. The worse: Yoshi's dice block.

Mario Party 8 had the best maps... Booty Boardwalk, Perplex Express, Tycoon Town, Haunted Hideaway, Treetop Temple. All Amazing. The only bad one was that Warped Orbit thing.

Super Mario party > mario party 9 and mario party 10

I'm sorry but this game is so much fun. I've played every single one and own every single one and this game is so much fun. I've been playing it non stop. And it's got even extra game modes and the ally system is so much fun and adds so much layers to the game. It's so much so so I'm sorry this game is far from disappointing. It's kinda sad that people cant just be happy with what they get and there nostalgia glasses wont come off.

“Hey Kim!” Ad starts playing I don’t know why but I thought that was hilarious

In mario party 8 (i think) there was a city map where you could go in taxis and something to do with the town hall i believe. But yeah. The city and train map were the best

I thought this game was awesome I had a lot of fun with my family.

Mario kart revamps and reuses old tracks and does it brilliantly - why can’t Mario party reuse old game boards?? There are so many past iterations they could take from. Also one thing I loved about the DS variants was the ability to do local wireless multiplayer... the DS does it better than the switch 😑

This game is one step forwards and like 5 boards back.

the BEST Mario Party is the one in N64 (THE BEST).

Best Mario party board ever is pyramid park where everyone starts with 5 stars and you use chain chomps to steal each others stars. Sooooo much fun soooooo much salt 😂

Just be glad your not in a kart

I love Super Mario Party, The series has always been one of my favorite series. My only problem is there is too few things to do. 4 maps is PATHETIC. The very first n64 entry had 6 i believe.

None of my friends bought this game when I told them about the online and my girlfriend wouldn't play it anymore after 2 days because it was just boring. 100% agree, you screwed this one up Nintendo, just like the online for almost all your games. What are we even paying for?

My favorite board of all time is koopa's tycoon town

Agree with this review. But it is unfortunate you didnt mention the partner party mode. I actually think that feels more like a true mario party experience while also being a fresh take on the formula. My gf hates the regular board game mode but she's really into partner party and I agree. The regukar board game mode just seems plain and easy in a way, while partner party adds a significant level of strategy

Bowser's Pinball Machine. That's my favorite board, since you asked.

For the next game Nintendo needs to seriously sort out online. How you only gonna allow one player per switch and then severely limit the number of games you can play in a game with the word “party” in it.

Nintendo got one option: DLC baby

Bought the game. Own a pair of joycons and 3 pro controllers. Get ready to play with my friends and brothers. You can only use a joycon to play. Only 2 people played at a time.

Mario party 9 and 10 were borderline Socialist LOL

They just need more boards, i like the game its pretty awesome! Mario party is also good for drinking! For example “whoever loses the mini game takes a shot”

Oh man, but I actually liked the game. However i never played the other mario party games and interestingly enough my favorite part was the board part of the game and I was waiting for the mini games to be over

Remember the city board from Mario Party 7? That was the best ever

they could have fully gone and taken everyones fav board for all the other games and dumped them in this game and ppl would happy. imma keep playing my gamecube mario party

8:40 *cough* mario party superstars *cough* lol wood predicting the future

I'm so glad someone finally stops calling this game amazing because "it brought back the old system". Yes it brought back the old system...and I guess some invisible blocks too... and that's pretty much it. The measly 4 boards we get are so bland and lackluster and linear. The main thing I loved with the older MP's (1-8) was how the boards tended to have many paths. It made the boards feel very strategic and each board had a distinct character to it. In fact, all 4 of the boards in this mode are copied from other Mario parties: -The whomp board is a lamer concept of Horror Land from MP2. -The bob-omb board is a much smaller and luck based Waluigi Island from Mario party 3. -The fruit board is pretty much Yoshi's Tropical Island from MP1 (not fond of either) -Finally, the Kamek board is a boring version of Faire Square from MP6 and one of the best boards, Pagoda Peak from MP7. I am not gonna lie, I kinda like Partner Party. It has the same strategy based feel that the original mario parties had. In all honesty, I would not mind this being its own entire Mario Party (though many probably disagree). The main problem I have with it in this game is its simply just a lazy rehash of the same 4 boards we already had. I feel like it cheats us out of content that we rightfully should have deserved. The online is HORRIBLE. Like mentioned in the video, it is still just 10 minigames which makes it feel super lack-luster. It also uses peer to peer connection which causes EXTREME lag and I usually get disconnected because of it. I honestly don't get why we can't have all 80 minigames and ESPECIALLY why we can't have boards. Fortune street for the wii did this in 2011 and despite it being really hard to find a match with wait times being 30+ minutes, you would rarely experience people leaving since people sit down to play a long board. If people want to sit down and play a long game of mario party, why can't that same logic be applied? The thing that I personally enjoy most was the minigames. River survival was kinda meh but it was a cool idea just with too few minigames. Going to the full minigame collection, I feel like we have some of the best collection of minigames here. There are quite a few bad minigames *cough* Maths of Glory but 75% of the minigames I look forward to playing when I get them. Challenge road was fine but I feel like it was too easy (even a lot of the master challenges are relatively easy). To me, this game is not horrible. Its definitely WAY WAY better than MP10 and a bit better than MP9 but compared to MP1-8, it looks like a joke. It honestly feels like nintendo made something lackluster just for the sake people would buy it because of the new system. People need to get a slap of reality and get off the hype train and realize how much nintendo really failed to deliver.

Well, I see a lot of people saying good and bad things about mario party. However, I think this game looks so good to play and I can have a good time with friends. In other words, I am going to buy it and try it.

Sure, there’s only four boards, but hey. We have river survival, sound stage, and solo mode. Which are really fun. Not to mention that this solo mode is the best one in the franchise. The boards may not be the best, but there’s always a free update or dlc. Who knows, we could get 2-4 more boards, and they may be pretty fun. For right now, I give this game an 8.

We played yesterday for about three hours. 4 year old, 16 year old and my wife and I. We had a BLAST! Loved it to pieces. My four year old and I have been loving the 2 v 2 mode (vs 2 computers) and the river co-op mode. These modes, which have been amazing for my situation, were not really mentioned. I haven't played the boards enough (the unlockable one at all yet) but I like the bomb king board the most so far. Tighter and more options for where you can go, it is great. We have had so much fun with Mario Party so far. For a family, it is an easy purchase - highly recommended.

The only issue I see for Super Mario Party is the online but then this game is really fun, like a Mario Party should be. This is a game you should have if your family wants to do something new with the Joycons. People basically asked Nintendo to go back to the old times, Nintendo gave us that and added something new with the Joycons. Online was never the point with Mario Party because the fun was seeing your friends faces when they win or loose, of course.. Hopefully they do something better with the online.

I was about to spend $60 until you made such valid points!

I got a super mario party ad on this video.....

Another Achilles Heel to the game is in fact that if you have the Nintendo Switch Lite it is not natively supported, unless if you have bought joycons.....And they're $70 for a pair.....

Everyone: The Golden Pipe is so cheap Me who rolled a zero after using a golden pipe: Allow me to introduce myself I mean seriously, how do you mess that up?

I love your vids Wood (and thanks for this one), but I do hope you’d play a bit more of the game before you judge fully. As some other comments mentioned already, there are more than just mushroom items. Not to mention, even those mushroom items have more importance and variety since each character has specific dice blocks that those can be applied to (in regards to your comments on there not being as much strategy). I’d also say the majority of your other concerns could be alleviated with dlc or updates. The emphasis in the review could be put on the fact that at launch the game is not quite what it could be. The game is fun enough with friends at launch, and if you’re buying Mario party to play it alone... well you shouldn’t be expecting too much. I’ll agree that forcing players to unlock the mini games for solo mode first was an odd choice. And that only allowing a select few mini games to be playable online was a bit cheap, But yet again that is fixable with an update if it gets enough backlash. Some of these switch games feel like completely different games months after their launch.

Idea for potential DLC 4 new characters: Cappy 0,1,5,5,5,5 Nabbit -2,-3,5,7,8,9 Spike +1,-2,+3,-4,+5,10 Piranha plant 0,1,4,5,7,8 2 new game boards: A forest themed board who's design is very narrow and has many branching paths. It has Peatty Piranha roaming the stage and heads towards the player who was the last to land on a event space or until three turns are up. if he catches the player ( he also effects any other player in the path) they would get sent back to the middle (this could be beneficial if you are at the opposite side of the star). He also rolls the same dice as you do and also rolls for all the allies you have (1,2 dice). If you use a custom dice he rolls the standard die but still includes the allies. A ghost house themed board who's main gimmick is that it's split into a 4 x 4 grid (it has a 2×2 bit in the middle that doesn't move) and landing on an event space has king boo ( not the luigi's mansion one but just a large boo with a crown on ) and he switches 2 of grid spaces around or sometimes he will switch 2 rows around ( this would also change the paths around) (Also for partner party) the forest board still maze like but Peatty Piranha just roams the board. He moves around faster and steals some coins from the player instead of sending back to the middle. The ghost house is the same except the chance for the board to move around is determined if a player lands on a blank space (that is not in the middle of the board that doesn't move) and works the same for the hidden block. *And possibly ten or twenty new mini games

9:41 Luckily, they updated Super Mario Party so you can play 70 of the mini-games, Mario Party, and Partner Party online

huh me and beatemups share a birthday, well happy birthday to us

This is what I'm thinking: A lot of us are obviously disappointed and a lot of us are very happy. I'm personally kind of disappointed. I really enjoyed Mario Party 8 and Mario Party DS. I feel as Nintendo is trying to grab a new younger audience with this game (not just this game, Let's Go Eevee and Let's Go Pikachu) which isn't bad it's just not as appealing to the older audience. I wish they would make the game more interesting by adding exciting spaces and items, it just looks so boring. Remember this is just an opinion :)

Well well well, looks like the game got the long awaited online update

Minute 08:40 literally describing him Mario party Superstarts

I wanted this game to be a resurgence of the good. Taking all the best of the previous games, and finally giving us a true sequel instead of what Mario party 6-onward were like. Maybe even incorporate the best games of the series like that failed Top 100 game. Instead, we got this game. A return to form, pretty looking, functional, good or even great attention to detail. But missing some creativity, and some... intensity? This is a fun game, but it doesn't have that Theme that 1-3 had, it doesn't have color and excitement of 4 and 5, and it feels a little soulless. Like looking at a sweet treat or candy but then finding out it tastes kinda subdued or a little flat.

I've never played a Mario Party until this one and I had a blast playing with my wife! We want to go buy 2 more Joy Cons now just so we can play with our friends :) I think you might have set yourself some high expectations based on past titles and/or hype around the game. I'd say, take it for what it is and lets hope that they add some more boards and that the online features get flushed out a bit more in updates. Remember that the online service JUST came out and they're probably limiting features until it's been well tested. Nintendo wouldn't want anyone to have connection/lag issues because they believe in quality products (like you've said on the channel before). I hope the move to the new house is going well for you both!

Mario party 6,8 and DS were amazing

Ayo! Its October 10, but it’s been four years. But still happy birthday!

Mario party 8 was my favorite! I remember it being so much fun with my cousins and siblings 🤣

Happy early birthday, Wood! I usually agree with your reviews; however, I think your review is a little off on this one. You didn't even mention River Survival which is a super fun mode. I agree there should be more boards, but Megafruit Paradise is super colourful and fun. It does feel like a Wii U game that will have DLC rolled out. One thing I do agree with 100% is the online component! Was disappointed you can't play the boards in full online, so now I'll be sticking to Splatoon.

A 14 minute video, with way too many adverts is pretty bad form, TV isn't even that bad. Maybe one or two is acceptable but not this many and especially not in the middle of you talking. Doesn't matter that you make excellent videos, if its being interrupted during mid-sentence it makes the viewing experience bad. I know this process is somewhat automatic in the first instance, but you should be able to go in an alter how many appear during and when they appear. After three ads I tend to get so irritated I'm more likely to just stop watching.

Let’s not forget that there’s 2 characters that are locked behind the single player mode, which like you said is locked behind its own wall and also 2 of the characters are unlockable characters one from the single player and the other in a team based mode and the amiibos are practically useless to make it another way of unlocking them since amiibos do nothing in the game

Bring back the mario 7 chain chomp map !

Kamek's Library on Mario Part DS is my favorite. It was challenging and full of different map mechanics. Good old days...

So what I understand is: the Mario party side of Mario party is great. The everything else of Mario party is bad.

My biggest complaint is actually the warp pipe. Costing only 10 coins is absolutely ridiculous. My friends and I would just teleport every single turn and get a Star, making dice rolling irrelevant. It would help a LOT if the Stars costed 20 coins and the Warp Pipe costed 30 coins.

I don’t agree with your opinion on this game. My daughter and wife have a blast with this game. But for lack of online play and unless you do couch co-op, I can see some issues obviously with the game. I didn’t find the maps that bad but do wish there were more. I have a feeling dlc or updates coming soon will happen that will add stuff. But if I have to be honest, I don’t care about online play. Also, I don’t think the items are that bad, but they definitely aren’t the best. But that’s why opinions differ. I think you had higher expectations that you should have with this. Oh well.....

Happy (early) Birthday, Wood!

It is a bit odd that there's only 4 boards and they're very small... but you definitely should not base your opinion of the game ONLY on that. There's a lot of other things to do, the partner mode is really fun and I love Sound Stage.

I will still love Mario Party 9 because it was the first Nintendo Wii game I ever played. I still love the volcano map in it.

*The Hatch D Rumble*

Wow I was never this early before!

Super Mario Party to me was pretty decent it's miles better than 9 & 10.

Most of Mario Party 4 & 6 boards were unique and fun af. My favorite is Neon Heights from MP7 and tbh all the boards from that game were lit. I even liked all the boards from 8 my faves being Boo’s Mansion.

BeatEmUps uploads and the depression goes away

Not every game will be perfect, but that doesn't make every imperfect game bad.

Good thing i have a brother, he has to be my friend

THANK YOU for establishing why SMP is so much worse than what I remember before. I finally got my first console as a full grown adult, and I couldn't put my finger on all of the ways why SMP just seemed so much less creative than the MP7 I remember playing with my cousins.

There's no Funky Kong in Super Mario Party that's what I hate about this game

OOf voice crack at 9:20

I wish we had DLC Boards in Super Mario Party!