Mario Party Superstars: Difference between revisions

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''Mario Party Superstars'' is the first ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game published by [[Nintendo]] on one of their consoles to be officially localized into Brazilian Portuguese.<ref name=PTTrailer>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYws-KV8V3Y Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo Switch) – Disponível a 29 de outubro]</ref>

==Gameplay==

''Mario Party Superstars'' features minigames and boards from past ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' titles while retaining the overall game engine and several features from ''[[Super Mario Party]]''. Players take turns hitting the [[Dice Block]] and moving around the board in order to collect [[coin]]s and [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]s, and once every player has rolled, a minigame is played, allowing the players to earn coins. Much like games prior to ''Mario Party 9'', the Dice Block rolls 1 through 10 instead of only 1 through 6, and character-specific Dice Blocks from ''Super Mario Party'' do not return. Items can be obtained from [[Lucky Space]]s, [[Item Space]]s, or [[Item Shop (Mario Party series)|Item Shop]]s and are generally based on the items seen in ''Super Mario Party''. The boards generally retain their original layout, though some have been updated to include new path layouts and Item Shops, such as [[Peach's Birthday Cake]]. Some of the board events have also been adjusted. Like in ''Super Mario Party'', when landing on a [[VS Space]], the landing player hits a Dice Block to determine how many coins each player must put into the pot, though instead of playing a Rumble Minigame, a Free-for-all Minigame is played, similarly to [[Battle Space]]s from older entries. Once landed on, a VS Space then turns into a [[Blue Space]].  

During the last five turns, the coins gained or lost from Blue Spaces and [[Red Space]]s are doubled, and two players landing on the same space embark in a Duel Minigame, wagering coins like in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 3]]''. New to this game is the ability to add turns, in which there is an option to change the number of turns once per game in the menu at any point of the game except for during the last turn. The number of turns that can be added cannot make the whole game last more than 30 turns. Any changes during the last five turns are reverted on the next turn, so for example, two players landing on the same space won't trigger a duel.

==Characters==

[[File:Mario Party Superstars Character Select.jpeg|thumb|350px|The character select screen, as it appears in Mario Party mode.]]

Ten characters are playable. Though no new playable characters are introduced to the series, this is the first ''Mario Party'' game since ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' where [[Birdo]] is playable.

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===Non-playable===

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''A pair of Yoshi-shaped islands brimming with fruit. Watermelon Island is on the left, while Cantaloupe Island is on the right.''

★☆☆☆☆

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|[[File:MPS Website Peach's Birthday Cake box.png|135px|Peach's Birthday Cake|link=Peach's Birthday Cake]]

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''A double-layered cake topped with succulent strawberries. Be careful though - you might find Bowser hanging out by the pudding.''

★★★☆☆

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|[[File:MPS Website Space Land box.png|135px|Space Land|link=Space Land]]

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''A space station designed with paths radiating out from the center. Keep an eye on the timer and the Bowser-controlled cannon!''

★★☆☆☆

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|[[File:MPS Website Horror Land box.png|135px|Horror Land|link=Horror Land]]

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''A land where day changes to night and back again before you know it. Things get spooky after dark when the ghosts come out to play!''

★★★★★

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|[[File:MPS Website Woody Woods box.png|135px|Woody Woods|link=Woody Woods]]

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''A forest that causes anyone who enters to become lost. Signs point you every which way, and you may encounter a dubious tree within.''

★★★★☆

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==Village Square==

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==Items==

*[[Chance Time Space]] - "Hit the three rotating blocks for a chance at a comeback!"

*[[Koopa Bank]] - "Deposit 3 coins when you pass. Try landing here too!" (Last 5 turns: "Deposit 5 coins when you pass. Try landing here too!")

===Passing spaces===

*Star Exchange - "Exchange 20 coins for a Star."

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The game has 100 minigames from previous ''Mario Party'' titles, much like ''Mario Party: The Top 100''. There are also five item minigames that do not count towards the total in the game, bringing the number up to 105.

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*Unlike ''Mario Party: The Top 100'', minigames now retain their original intros and endings and music tracks (in the case of minigames that appeared in both the original ''Mario Party'' and ''Mario Party 2'', the track of whichever version is used). Some minigames, however, have altered endings, most notably minigames from ''Mario Party 9'' and ''10'', which now have traditional endings in the style of earlier games.

*If the player chooses to skip the intro to certain minigames, the music starts at a different point in the song rather than from the beginning.

*In Minigame mode, the COM difficulty can be chosen at the instructions screen, or when viewing a summary of the minigame in Free Play, instead of having to return to the character selection screen to change COM difficulty levels. In exchange, players cannot set different levels for each COM player.

==Reception==

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|"''The Mario Party franchise, with its interchangeable boards and minigames, is tailor-made for the compilation format. Mario Party Superstars aptly executes the notion of bringing together the best of the franchise while adding improved online features, plus options to let you play the way you want. Despite its lacking selection of game boards, Mario Party Superstars is a blast regardless of how many parties you’ve attended in the past.''"

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|colspan=2 style="background-color:LimeGreen"|[https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/mario-party-superstars 80]

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===Awards and acknowledgements===

''Mario Party Superstars'' was nominated for Best Family game at The Game Awards 2021, though it lost to ''{{wp|It Takes Two (video game)|It Takes Two}}''.<ref name="The Game Awards">[https://thegameawards.com/nominees/best-family Best Family | Nominees | The Game Awards]. ''The Game Awards''. Retrieved November 16, 2021.</ref>

===Sales===

==Promotion==

==References to other games==

*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': The tiled floor in the minigame [[Squared Away]] is in the shape of Mario's 8-bit sprite from this game. Also, like in the original ''Mario Party'', the [[Option House]]'s music is an arrangement of the [[Underground Theme]] from this game.

*''[[Mario Party 2]]'': [[Space Land]] and [[Horror Land]] return as boards. 19 minigames return from this game. The [[Skeleton Key]] returns with its design from this game.

*''[[Mario Party 3]]'': [[Woody Woods]] returns as a board. 24 minigames return from this game.

*''[[Super Mario Party]]'': This game's engine is reused. Most characters' animations are reused from this game. Toad and [[Toadette]] reprise their roles from this game. [[Kamek]] (albeit without the bow tie), [[Waluigi]], [[Whomp]] and [[Bowser Jr.]]'s artwork are reused from this game.

*''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'': [[Thwomp]]'s artwork is reused from this game.

==Names in other languages==

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==Trivia==

*[https://www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/az82a/ Chinese (Hong Kong) website]

*[https://www.nintendo.tw/switch/az82a/ Chinese (Taiwan) website]

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