Mario Party Jamboree preview: Does bigger always mean better?
radiotimes.comNot long ago, RadioTimes.com visited the Nintendo UK offices to try Super Mario Party Jamboree, the next family-friendly party game that will grace your Nintendo Switch.
On the same day, we also tried The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, a game that we enjoyed more than expected. You can read our preview of that one too!
The Mario Party portion of the day began with a fun little PowerPoint Presentation, with the game’s enthusiastic product manager explaining that Jamboree is bigger than its predecessors in every way possible.
It has more maps, more characters, and more modes than any of the previous Mario Party games that you may have already played to death on your Switch.
But does bigger always mean better? That was the question on my mind as I sat down with some total strangers to play a few rounds of Jamboree.
Luckily for this introvert, the Mario Party formula is still so infectiously fun that I was having a good time with these other journalists within mere minutes.
The core gameplay remains exactly the same — in a giant virtual board game, you each take turns rolling the dice and progressing around the board. Along the way, you’ll encounter all sorts of challenges and opportunities to get one over on your opponents.
While this group of players began in quite a timid fashion, it wasn’t long before we were stealing stars from each other, bickering over minigames and laughing as everything went wrong. We also had fun using the reactionary emojis to try and wind each other up.
It was, put simply, your typical Mario Party experience. If you like this sort of game, and you feel like you need some new boards and new characters to spice things up on your next game night, this will do the job nicely.
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