Super Mario Party
What to Know
Average Score
- October 5, 2018
- Nintendo
- Action
Critics Consensus
- October 5, 2018
- Action
Critics Consensus
# Reviews: 80
Super Mario Party goes back to basics with the core board game, and the selection of minigames is among the best in the series.
Critic Reviews for Super Mario Party
Reviews
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47% of scored reviews fell within the range of 80 to 86 / 100
Samual Claiborn (IGN)
7.3/10
“Super Mario Party is the best Mario Party in two console generations, but even with a few real winners among the 80 minigames, the party might get stale.”
Brian Shea (Game Informer)
7.3/10
“The boards are underwhelming and some of the modes suffer from repetition, but the selection of minigames is among the best in the series”
Cecilia D'Anastasio (Kotaku)
Recommended
“Chaos still reigns, yet with more opportunities for strategy, Super Mario Party has aged at pace with its audience.”
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Areajugones | Sergio Villa | 9 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is the rebirth of a franchise that, after a great audiovisual work and very successful mechanics, will provide a lot of hours of fun to all players. | Read review |
Atomix | Iván Román | 80 / 100 | 10-15-2018 | Super Mario Party is the game of the series that you should not skip because it recovers everything that has made this intellectual property fun and adds many things that are worth trying, also the hours of fun will be many and with the end parties Year in sight is a game to put in the Christmas dinner with family or friends. | Read review |
Bazimag | Mohammad Hossein Bethaei | 8 / 10 | 10-20-2018 | Super Mario Party is not a game to understand its true worth by only playing it for a few hours. the passing of time will determine how memorable it’s gonna be in the minds of casual players. but from my own experience, if you were looking for a game in this genre don’t doubt that you should buy this game, you won’t regret your decision! | Read review |
Cerealkillerz | Julian Bieder | 8.5 / 10 | 10-02-2018 | The eleventh entry in the Mario Party Franchise steers away from the gameplay of its recent predecessors and gets back to the roots of the early games. The classic turn-based still works as well as it did in the early Naughties and the new companion system makes Super Mario Party feel like an old-school classic enwrapped in a fresh reboot. If only there would be more playable maps… | Read review |
CGMagazine | Derek Heemsbergen | 7.5 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | By ditching previous entries’ clumsy attempts at innovation, Super Mario Party reminds us how fun it can be to crowd around a TV and roll dice with the Mushroom Kingdom crew. | Read review |
COGconnected | Alex Everatt | 65 / 100 | 10-03-2018 | Nintendo, your Mario Party fans deserve better than Super Mario Party. Take a page out of the Smash Bros book and give fans a real treat next time. | Read review |
Critical Hit | Alessandro Barbosa | 8 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party retains the whimsical and hilarious nature of its predecessors while greatly expanding on its mini-games and their complexity. It’s a joyous time with a bunch of friends or family, even if you can’t actually get any better at playing due to its heavily randomised mechanics. | Read review |
Cubed3 | Jorge Ba-oh | 9 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is an eclectic celebration of twenty years of star collecting and coin hoarding; bringing together the best bits into one show-stopping, mini-game cake. Paul Hollywood would grab a Joy-Con and give it a thoroughly good handshake. The addition of “Super” to the title is thoroughly deserved | Read review |
Cultured Vultures | James Cooke | 8 / 10 | 10-16-2018 | Super Mario Party offers old school board game action with action-packed mini-games that make full use of the joy-cons’ motion capabilities while delivering new party tricks for all. | Read review |
Daily Dot | AJ Moser | 3 / 5 stars | 10-09-2018 | If you have a Nintendo Switch, or some friends with their own systems, Super Mario Party can be a good time. | Read review |
Daily Mirror | James Ide | 3 / 5 stars | 10-20-2018 | The online play is severely lacking and disappointing. But many hours of fun are to be had with this game and even more so with friends. | Read review |
Destructoid | Chris Carter | 7.5 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | I have a lot of quibbles with Super Mario Party that could have drowned it, but the extras pull it up above water. 80 new minigames, most of which aren’t busts, is a feat. Having a team-based mode where you can move around freely and going back to basics with the core board game (goodbye car, hopefully see you never!) was a good move. Restricting play options and easing up on the amount of boards available? Not so much. | Read review |
Digiato | Nima Farshin | 80 / 100 | 10-19-2018 | Super Mario Party is nothing near perfect. its board games are flawed and there is just not enough content for the survival river mode. But the super fun addictive gameplay of the games makes for all of these problems and gets you a fun party or family gathering to enjoy. | Read review |
Digitally Downloaded | Matt Sainsbury | 4 / 5 stars | 10-03-2018 | Sitting squarely on the “fun for the whole family,” end of Nintendo’s spectrum, Super Mario Party is a joy. It’s colourful, cheerful, and good-spirited, and backs that up with excellent board and minigame design. After a few iterations that were too experimental for their own good, Mario Party is back in form, and that has made me really happy. | Read review |
DualShockers | Travis Verbil | 8 / 10 | 10-11-2018 | Super Mario Party combines the aspirations of a Wii game with the well-rounded craftsmanship of a Switch title; it utilizes all of the Switch’s unique capabilities without relying on any of them. It signals a return to the franchises’ origins while adding layers of new content and intricacy to the original Mario Party formula. | Read review |
EGM | Evan Slead | 9 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | After the misstep that was Mario Party 10, Nintendo has gone back to basics with Super Mario Party. The competitive boards and minigames are back, along with a few welcome gameplay twists that make this party game feel like a fresh start for the series. From two-console minigames to the Joy-Con motion controls, the new Switch features elevate the entire experience, making Super Mario Party the best in the series so far. | Read review |
Eurogamer | Emma Kent | Recommended | 10-05-2018 | Super Mario Party gets an enjoyable reinvention for the Switch, though it introduces as many problems as it fixes. | Read review |
FNintendo | Manuel Morais | 7 / 10 | 10-10-2018 | Super Mario Party brings one of the longest running party game series to the Nintendo Switch, in a game that brings a much expected online component and a great variety of gaming modes. While the amount of content is to be praised, not all is perfect in Super Mario Party, and the one player experience, as well as the co-op games, feel too simple. The online component also falls short of expectations, even if it’s a welcome development, but Mario Party is still the number one name in party games out there. | Read review |
Game Informer | Brian Shea | 7.3 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | The boards are underwhelming and some of the modes suffer from repetition, but the selection of minigames is among the best in the series | Read review |
Game Rant | Dalton Cooper | 2.5 / 5 stars | 10-11-2018 | Super Mario Party has some strong new ideas, but the game suffers from issues that have plagued the franchise for years, and the online mode leaves much to be desired. | Read review |
Game Revolution | Haru Nicol | 4 / 5 stars | 10-17-2018 | While it doesn’t propel the Mario Party series to the multiplayer heights of Nintendo spin-off franchises like Mario Kart and Smash Bros, it offers so many pleasant memories when playing alongside friends that I can’t help but love it. | Read review |
Gameblog | Yann Bernard | 7 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | While the classic campaign only revamps the old, individualistic, yet outrageaously randomised formula by developing few recent additions, Super Mario Party displays a more strategic approach through special dices dedicated to each character and cooperative modes. This episode also features diverse wonderful mini games that cleverly use the ergonomic particularities of the Nintendo Switch, with a solid competitive dimension even extended online, but the whole programme lacks some more content to be really worthy of such superlative a title. | Read review |
GameCrate | David Jagneaux | 7.5 / 10 | 10-11-2018 | Super Mario Party elevates the franchise to a new platform and gives you plenty of things to do with friends. The randomness is still a bit more frustrating than it should be, but the high points make up for the occasional frustrations. | Read review |
GameMAG | Shibito | 8 / 10 | 10-23-2018 | There is nothing revolutionary in Super Mario Party, but the series remains the king of party games. This is an ideal gift for the whole family and those who are tired of sitting and playing alone in a room. | Read review |
Gameplanet | Dan Grayson | 7.5 / 10 | 10-09-2018 | Super Mario Party may not do everything perfectly, but it’s easily some of the most fun I’ve had the Switch since launch. The boards are a bit dull but the overwhelming amount of great new minigames makes up for any short-falls with aplomb. | Read review |
GamePro | Tobias Veltin | 80 / 100 | 10-05-2018 | The Mario Party debut on the Switch succeeds thanks to the familiar mini-game concept, good (co-op) mode selection and multiplayer fun. | Read review |
GamesBeat | Jason Wilson | 82 / 100 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party’s new modes offer a welcome break from what some might consider the main attraction: the board game. They’re faster, and they focus on two of the Nintendo Switch’s strengths that make it such a special console in the first place — good Joy-Con motion controls and fun co-op play. For me, it makes this Super Mario Party the best in franchise history, even if I don’t care for the staid board game. | Read review |
GameSkinny | RobotsFightingDinosaurs | 8 / 10 | 10-08-2018 | Despite flaws like a lack of board variety, limited control options, and no way to play with more than 8 players, Super Mario Party is a worthy successor to the franchise, and a must-have for the Switch. | Read review |
GameSpew | Becca Smith | 9 / 10 | 10-08-2018 | Super Mario Party manages to perfectly blend nostalgia with brand new gameplay, and no party’s going to be complete without it. | Read review |
GameSpot | Jordan Ramée | 7 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | With Super Mario Party on Switch, Nintendo’s 20-year-old party franchise ditches its staple randomness for a more strategic game. | Read review |
GameXplain | Unknown | Recommended | 10-03-2018 | Video Review | Read review |
GamingBolt | Will Borger | 6 / 10 | 10-15-2018 | Super Mario Party is a conservative return to form that makes the most of its core modes, but you’ll need to get some friends in the same room to get the most out of everything it has to offer. | Read review |
GamingTrend | Abram Buehner | 65 / 100 | 10-14-2018 | Super Mario Party is some of the most fun to be had with a local multiplayer game on the Switch. Unfortunately that is compromised by a deluge of limited modes and design decisions that pull the whole package down. Based the fun factor alone, Super Mario Party justifies its price tag for anyone looking for a new game to play with friends. However, Super Mario Party’s fun factor well exceeds the title’s fundamental design principles–so tempering one’s expectations is a must. | Read review |
GBAtemp | Scarlet Bell | 8.2 / 10 | 10-14-2018 | Super Mario Party is where the series should have gone years ago. Gone are the cars, the mini stars, and the one player chasing down the team as Bowser. Here we have a Mario Party game for the ages, one that builds on and will hopefully be built upon, and one I’ll be coming back to happily. | Read review |
GearNuke | Khurram Imtiaz | 8 / 10 | 10-11-2018 | Super Mario Party is one of the best entries for the series in a decade. It is incredibly fun for both kids and adults alike, but the online multiplayer implementation is rather disappointing making it more suited for local multiplayer. | Read review |
Geeks Under Grace | Wesley Lantz | 5.5 / 10 | 06-18-2020 | Super Mario Party attempts to return to the roots of the franchise, but ends up being a mere shadow of its predecessors, lacking any of the heart, sou, and chaotic fun of the best of the series. | Read review |
God is a Geek | Nick Gillham | 8.5 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Twenty years in the making this Mario Party is indeed Super. | Read review |
Hardcore Gamer | Kirstin Swalley | 4 / 5 stars | 10-09-2018 | Super Mario Party is a welcome comeback for the series that seemingly plays it safe with its modes, but still manages to be fun. | Read review |
Hobby Consolas | Elisabeth López | 88 / 100 | 10-03-2018 | ND Cube takes a step back to return to the essence of the Mario Party saga with a delivery in which the strategy is again important, there are more game modes than ever and the mini-games are still fun. Also, take advantage of the benefits of Nintendo. | Read review |
IGN | Samuel Claiborn | 7.3 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is the best Mario Party in two console generations, but even with a few real winners among the 80 minigames, the party might get stale. | Read review |
IGN Italy | Felice Di Giuseppe | 8 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | A good party game that takes advantage of the console and its control system. | Read review |
IGN Spain | David Soriano | 8.5 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is a great debut of the party genre franchise on Nintendo Switch. Joy-Con control gets the most out of the console’s capabilities while having a perennial smile in almost all of its 80 minigames. Super funny! | Read review |
Impulsegamer | Callum McAvan | 4 / 5 stars | 10-07-2018 | Super Mario Party is, without doubt, the best entry in the series since the days of the GameCube. It’s stellar presentation, kooky sense of humour and fantastic mini-games make it for an exceptionally fun party game. Also in the game’s favour is that there is variation in the game mode’s hitherto unseen in a Mario Party. The game is plagued by a lacking amount of boards and a sometimes painfully slow pace but on the whole, there’s a fantastic multiplayer experience in there. This entry is good fun, but the foundations are there to make something sublime with a sequel. If some form of enticing single player is added and the bumps present here are ironed out, a Super Mario Party 2 could be something special. | Read review |
Kotaku | Cecilia D’Anastasio | Recommended | 10-03-2018 | Chaos still reigns, yet with more opportunities for strategy, Super Mario Party has aged at pace with its audience. | Read review |
LevelUp | Pedro Pérez Cesari | 7.8 / 10 | 10-08-2018 | Super Mario Party is the game that Nintendo fans have been waiting for. It has 80 fun mini games that can be enjoyed in an assortment of game modes. Sadly, it has a couple of errors ―like a small selections of games and a poor online component― that hinder the experience. | Read review |
Merlin’in Kazanı | Ersin Kılıç | 70 / 100 | 10-18-2018 | Super Mario Party is a party game, as the name suggests. So you can be bored very quickly when you play alone. In the multi-player part and some mini-games are very fun when you play the first time. once you experienced that, they become a little pointless. | Read review |
Metro GameCentral | GameCentral | 8 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | The best Mario Party in a very long time, and while it’s shallow and silly it’s also one of the few times casual and core gamers can compete in perfect (dis)harmony. | Read review |
New Game Network | Stephen LaGioia | 75 / 100 | 11-07-2018 | Super Mario Party manages to return to the roots of the series while sprinkling in some new features and a wealth of diverse content that all but guarantees there will be something for everyone to enjoy. Minigames are usually simple and easy to grasp, while still being enduring. | Read review |
Nexus | Garth Kaestner | 8.5 / 10 | 10-02-2018 | With a multitude of innovative minigames, a tried and tested return to traditional gameplay and well varied game modes Super Mario Party marks a return to form from the party franchise that we once knew and loved. | Read review |
Niche Gamer | Brandon Orselli | 9 / 10 | 10-15-2018 | It’s really a solid and refreshing new entry in the series, and further reiterates how Nintendo isn’t running out of ideas in the gameplay department. Just give me online Mario Party mode already! | Read review |
Nintendo Enthusiast | Andrew Rockett | 8 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is the best Mario Party game in a long time, and series fans now have a great title on their hands as well as hope for the future. | Read review |
Nintendo Life | Alex Olney | 8 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | 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 roots, but without being a straightforward rehash. There are a few interesting ideas that feel a little bit underdeveloped, but on the whole Super Mario Party is a true return to form. | Read review |
Nintendo Times | Craig Majaski | 8 / 10 | 10-20-2018 | After the last to games crashed and burned, Super Mario Party is a much-needed return to form. With all-new mini-games, great presentation value, and plenty of different modes to mess around with, this is an essential game for anyone hosting a party with friends or family. Players of all ages will find something to like here. | Read review |
Nintendo Wire | Ricky Berg | 8 / 10 | 10-12-2018 | Super Mario Party marks the beginning of a revival to the series that was long overdue. Unquestionably charming and consisting of a fresh selection of minigames made with the Joy-Con in mind, it breathes some fresh air into what was a deflated affair. The boards are smaller and the thrills are gone, but what’s new here is a promising look at what could be a new chapter of multiplayer fun from Nintendo. | Read review |
NintendoWorldReport | Casey Gibson | 8.5 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Mario Party has seen its fair share of good and bad over the years, but Super Mario Party swings the pendulum back in the right direction. The return of the classic style is a welcome one, and the plethora of different minigames hit the mark more often than not. It would have been nice to see another board or two, but the assortment of other fully-fledged modes helps to mitigate that feeling. | Read review |
Polygon | Chelsea Stark | Recommended | 10-03-2018 | After 20 years of Mario Party games, this is the one you shouldn’t skip | Read review |
Post Arcade (National Post) | Chad Sapieha | 7.5 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | The modes and minigames are quite good, but I think the need to use Joy-Cons rather than traditional controllers could prove a little frustrating for people who only have two Joy-Cons and prefer using a bigger gamepad. | Read review |
PowerUp! | Leo Stevenson | 7.5 / 10 | 10-02-2018 | The spirit of Super Mario Party is in the playing, not the winning. | Read review |
Press Start | Shannon Grixti | 7 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party has successfully stripped back a lot of the bloat to return it back to the simple, fun and classic game that it was intended to be. At the same time, the game cleverly uses a number of key Nintendo Switch features making it a game that almost anybody could enjoy. Unfortunately, the weirdly implemented online and lack of boards are only thing stopping it from joining the most top tier of Switch titles. | Read review |
Rectify Gaming | Unknown | 8 / 10 | 10-08-2018 | Super Mario Party is a love letter to the N64 titles, making it an excellent party game for veterans and newcomers of the franchise. | Read review |
Reno Gazette-Journal | Jason Hidalgo | 8 / 10 | 10-19-2018 | Super Mario Party injects new life into the series’ old board game formula by adding a bunch of fun extra modes such as River Survival, Sound Stage and Toad’s Rec Room. Online is unfortunately limited to a few rotating games — a big missed opportunity especially with the debut of Nintendo’s new online service. This means you sadly can’t play a full board game with other folks away from your couch or immediate vicinity. If you’re good with plotting and scheming against friends and family offline, however, this is arguably the best Mario Party game in the franchise’s history. | Read review |
Rice Digital | Reuben Mount | 5 / 5 stars | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is out this Friday (October 5th 2018) on Nintendo Switch in both retail and on Nintendo eShop! Thank you to Nintendo UK for supplying the code for this review. | Read review |
Saudi Gamer | سندس الخباز | 6 / 10 | 10-19-2018 | Boards design is oversimplified and disappointing, with that being said it is still one of the best party games on the switch even after you collect all gems you would still revisit the minigames every once in while. | Read review |
Screen Rant | Derek Stauffer | 3.5 / 5 stars | 10-08-2018 | Super Mario Party on Nintendo Switch is a return to form for the classic franchise | Read review |
SECTOR.sk | Matúš Štrba | 8 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Back to basics with a lot of fun, but Nintendo should add more content in the future. | Read review |
Slant Magazine | Aaron Riccio | 3 / 5 stars | 10-10-2018 | Super Mario Party has enough rough and baffling components such that the “Super” tucked into the title feels a bit undeserved, but it shows a developer operating with the best of intentions, attempting to offer up a party for every sort of player. | Read review |
Stevivor | Steve Wright | 7 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party has far more mini-games – and ones of higher quality, too – but it’s too time-consuming and tedious to get into them. Couple that with Nintendo’s (usual) aggressive hand-holding and the party fizzled out fast. | Read review |
TechRaptor | Andrew Stretch | 8 / 10 | 10-19-2018 | Super Mario Party brings back the classic formula, and while there are some features that haven’t made the return, great new additions like Partner Party and River Survival make this one of the best Mario Party games in at least a decade. | Read review |
The Digital Fix | Jason Coles | 8 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is a fantastic entry in the series, one that uses the unique attributes of the Switch wonderfully. The modes on offer are plentiful and varied and all a lot of fun. If you have been hoping for a good family game, then this is it. | Read review |
The Games Machine | Daniele Cucchiarelli | 8.3 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is a good step forward for the series after the last, pale chapters. With this first episode for Switch, Nintendo wanted to look back to the past, especially in the first few games of the series, to bring out the simplicity and immediacy of the original gameplay. The operation has succeeded and is exalted by the peculiar characteristics of the console. | Read review |
TheSixthAxis | Stefan L | 6 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | Super Mario Party is just a very safe game. It brings back the classic Mario Party board game form, marrying it with some of the better ideas from Mario Party: Star Rush, but it’s light on the number of boards to play, lacks depth in other game modes, and misses opportunities for solo handheld and online multiplayer. It’s Mario Party, but it’s not particularly super. | Read review |
TrueGaming | حسين الموسى | 6.5 / 10 | 10-07-2018 | Super Mario Party does offer a lot of fun with the variety of its mini games and game modes. however, the tension between players isn’t really there due to the friendliness of the game and the simplified boards. we can’t help but to feel a little disappointed. | Read review |
USgamer | Caty McCarthy | 3 / 5 stars | 10-03-2018 | The minigames of Super Mario Party are great, taking advantage of the Switch hardware in unique and creative ways. It’s the dialed back board game and its lackluster extra modes that let the whole package down though. While it’s still bound to be a great party game to break out when friends visit, it lacks the drama of the best in the series. | Read review |
VGChartz | Ben Dye | 7 / 10 | 11-09-2018 | Super Mario Party is like comfort food on a cold rainy Friday. | Read review |
Video Chums | A.J. Maciejewski | 8.4 / 10 | 10-07-2018 | When it comes to multiplayer fun, you can’t do much better than Super Mario Party. | Read review |
viewport | Albert Corsten | 7 / 10 | 10-22-2018 | Super Mario Party is a return to what made it great. While it doesn’t do much to radically innovate the series, Nintendo has proven that sometimes simplicity is best left untouched. This is a party game that will bring back nostalgic memories, ruin friendships, and provide a delightful time for whatever sized party you may bring. | Read review |
Wccftech | Dave Aubrey | 7.5 / 10 | 10-03-2018 | If you’ve been eager to get more parties pumping with your Nintendo Switch, then Super Mario Party might be the game to make that happen. Though it could also make your friends throttle one another. Either way, good times are had, and memories are formed and shared. Poetry in motion. | Read review |
We Got This Covered | Dylan Chaundy | 4 / 5 stars | 10-03-2018 | While the most stubborn and curmudgeonly of gamers will find time to complain about an overemphasis on luck over skill, Super Mario Party and its bevy of mini-games are sure to please casual gamers and series fans alike. | Read review |
About Super Mario Party
Inspired by the original Mario Party board game play, the beloved series is coming to Nintendo Switch with new mini-games and play styles that make use of the Joy-Con controllers. Super Mario Party includes features like character-exclusive Dice Blocks that add depth to players’ strategy. Up to four players take turns rolling the dice, and individually race across the board searching for Stars. In Toad’s Rec Room, new gameplay links two games and two Nintendo Switch systems for side-by-side fun.
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