With each teammate that falls victim to Bowser’s attacks, the team has one less dice block to roll, making evading Bowser increasingly difficult. For the first time in the Mario Party series, you’re actually trying to keep the rest of your team alive. If there’s one strong component of this game type, it’s the encouragement of teamwork. The victor is decided by whether or not the King of Koopas is able to take out Team Mario before the end of the stage. Every time Bowser catches up to Team Mario, an asynchronous minigame plays out where the player controlling Bowser tries to deal as much damage to the other players as possible. Each player on Team Mario has their own number of hearts, which, when depleted, means game over for that particular player. A fifth player, who uses the Wii U GamePad to control Bowser, rolls his or her own set of four dice blocks in an effort to chase down Team Mario. This new formula is altogether quicker and certainly newcomer-friendly, but the experience feels robbed of its usually fierce competition.īowser Party is a new mode where four players join forces as Team Mario in an effort to simply make it to the end of the linear game board. The gameplay element of forging your own path in an effort to steal items or stars from leading players is not present here at all, and the experience feels far less competitive because of it. Players are now entirely at the mercy of the dice block and the only element of strategy comes from using items that can raise your chances of landing on a space that is beneficial to you or harmful to others. Rather than having each player use their own best strategy to earn stars (not to mention screw over other players), gameplay in this variation is even more luck-based than previous installments. This creates a gameplay experience that is wildly different than the Mario Party formula that most players are used to. Rewards and collectables are still the focus of the game, but are earned by the player that happens to be fortunate enough to have their turn occur at the time that collectables are passed. In this game type, all four players ride along the board in a single vehicle and follow a linear path. However, unlike the majority of previous Mario Party games, MP10 uses the same updated gameplay style introduced in Mario Party 9. The Mario Party acts as the game’s centerpiece where four players compete to collect stars.
Each game mode has their own strengths, but unfortunately each one also has some heavy weaknesses that holds this entry back from the fun that previous Mario Parties have provided. All three types have the same emphasis on board game-style gameplay, albeit with a few variations in game objectives. Mario Party 10 offers three game types: Mario Party, Bowser Party, and amiibo Party. At the end of the game, the player with the most stars is the winner. Along the way, players will battle it out in minigames that will reward them with further collectables. Players roll the dice and attempt to land their character on spaces that will earn them stars or coins, while avoiding hazardous spaces that can take those treasures away. Like previous Mario Party games, Mario Party 10 is essentially a minigame collection presented in a board game style wrapper. There’s fun to be had at Mario’s 10th party, but the game’s lack of variety and emphasis on luck are likely to sour the experience along the way.
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As the first entry in the series to release on Wii U, Mario Party 10 attempts to use its GamePad and amiibo support to breathe new life into the aging series, but ultimately encounters the same pitfalls that has plagued the series for years now.
Perhaps that’s why Mario continues to throw parties 17 years and 10 installments later. Yet, despite all of the frustrating moments that come from Mario Party, the series still makes for an entertaining and competitive experience, especially when playing with friends. This element of luck is often responsible for just as many game-changing last-minute victories as it is bitter rivalries and ruined friendships. While there is a certain element of strategy to the game, you’re constantly at the mercy of a random dice-block, with each roll having the potential to turn the tide of the game, for better or worse. Mario Party has always been a series that has relied just as much on luck as it does skill.
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