Mario Party Superstars Reviews

Mario Party Superstars is ranked in the 79th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8.4 / 10.0
Oct 28, 2021

Looking back at it roots, Mario Party Superstars brings back some of the biggest joys from the Nineties. A wide selection of the best minigames and classic boards originally debuting on the Nintendo 64 surely will satisfy everbody's nostalgia. On the downside it feels like there's content lacking, since there are only five playable boards, no overarching story and nothing worthwile to unlock. As soon as the nostalgia wears off, this Mario Party almost feels... incomplete.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 28, 2021

Mario Party Superstars launches in a great way a concept that evokes strong feelings of nostalgia and which needed to be on the Nintendo Switch.

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Recommended
Oct 28, 2021

Mario Party Superstars is a love letter to the series' early beginning on the Nintendo 64. With improved game boards, a collection of 100 minigames, and a group of friends, this collection honours the Mario Party legacy.

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Oct 28, 2021

Older players who may remember the original titles will get that nostalgic feel. And even non-gamers will find this easy to enjoy. Great family fun.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 28, 2021

100 minigames and the five tables would have made a perfect addition to Super Mario Party as a DLC. Unfortunately, when you consider Mario Party Superstars on its own, it strikes me as too thin in content. Despite the excellent compilation of minigames, the rest doesn’t reach the Superstar status.In short, while I appreciate its nostalgic aspect, I would choose Super Mario Party before Mario Party Superstars.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 28, 2021

Nintendo parties along with Mario Party Superstars. The game features a whole heap of content from other Mario Party games to bring us 100 minigames across five cool boards. It's unfortunate that there are only five with so many boards to choose from. The same goes for the characters in the game. However there is enough, you simply miss a few. Still, if you are looking for a party, online or offline, this is the game to go for!

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 30, 2021

If you’re a longtime Mario Party fan, you will love Mario Party Super Stars. If you’ve never played a Mario Party, there’s no better time than now to get into it. By yourself, on the couch, or online with friends or strangers, every way to play is a blast and then some. Some menu things are a bit annoying and I wish there was were a couple more characters or stages or mini-games to unlock. But in all, Mario Party is back, baby.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 2, 2021

Mario Party Superstars is a great return to the past of Mario Party titles. Featuring some of the best of the previous games and adding a few new features to modernize, it’s worth picking up. It could do with some more content for staying power, but it’s certainly a good time.

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4 / 5.0
Nov 4, 2021

Mario Party Superstars brings back the best boards of the first games and the best mini-games of the franchise, updating them with all the mechanics we’ve come to know and love over the course of 23 years. Although it only has 5 boards and a lineup of 10 playable characters, it does a lot right on those boards and with those characters, so it’s hard to complain too much. It’s no cakewalk to rebalance old classics into something fresh and fun, but the team at Nintendo managed to do it. If you’re looking for the best party on the switch, be sure to grab Mario Party Superstars.

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9.5 / 10.0
Nov 5, 2021

So go, good people of the Switch. Go enjoy Mario Party Superstars. It’s a brilliant entry point for those who didn’t play the old ones, and it’s a welcome revival to those who remember the classics fondly.

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9.5 / 10.0
Nov 9, 2021

It might even be a big cliché, but it's impossible not to use the term “love letter” when talking about Mario Party Superstars. The care NDcube is finally taking with the franchise is commendable, even though it took so long to do so. Every bit of the game comes together to make Mario Party Superstars a masterpiece that reminds us of why we fell so in love with a spin-off series of Nintendo's mustached mascot.

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77 / 100
Nov 11, 2021

Mario Party Superstars manages to be one of the most entertaining party games by bringing together the most entertaining parts of the old games of the series and providing seamless online support.

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8.1 / 10.0
Nov 9, 2021

It's been a long time since I've been so torn when it came to rating a game. Mario Party Superstars has a lot of good points, such as the different co-op options and the mini-game mountain with a selection of the best games in Mario Party history. But exactly the second argument also brings a disadvantage. With the given number of mini-games, the air is out very quickly. I also find it a shame that you no longer have to unlock the games or boards. This means that the replay value is quickly lost, especially if you have played through all the boards. With the coins won from them, you can still go shopping in the Toadshop, but these things have no relevance in the end. All in all, Mario Party Superstars is a good game if you want to indulge in fond nostalgic memories. As long as you are aware of this fact and don't expect any too important innovations, you will have your fun with the title.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 14, 2021

Mario Party Superstars is the perfect party game to play with your family and friends this Christmas. There's a lot of content, a lot of variety and tons of fun to be had with its mini-games.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 15, 2021

Combining some of the best mini games, board games and mechanics in the series, alongside pertinent quality of life improvements, a surprisingly competent online multiplayer system and an audiovisual makeover, Mario Party Superstars stands out quite positively from the last decades' titles of the series. In fact, we could consider that the only significant disappointment is in regards to the unsatisfactory amount of boards included. Despite this, the quality of the content covered makes this compilation not only one of the best games in the series, but also one of Switch's most fun and addictive party games.

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8 / 10
Nov 16, 2021

Thanks to its modern treatment of previous Mario Party boards, as well as a slick gameplay experience and an ease of access that makes it simple for everyone to enjoy, Mario Party Superstars is one of the finest party games in the modern era, and a gorgeous-looking effort too.

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7 / 10
Nov 17, 2021

For better or worse, Mario Party Superstars delivers on its promise of bringing the best elements of the classic era of Mario Party to vivid life on the Switch, though even with a variety of gameplay styles and customization options, the formula is showing its age, and the loose combination of RNG and skill-based gameplay won’t be for everyone.

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8 / 10
Nov 21, 2021

All in all, Mario Party Superstars is not a perfect game, but it is a very good one and certainly remains king on the throne of party games. Certainly there are things that can and should be improved here and there, but overall the title cuts a good, rock-solid figure and has sparked great hope in a possible next installment of the series, at least in me. Finally NDcube has rediscovered the way to the successful concept of Mario Party. The whole thing next with entirely new mini-games, boards and a larger selection of characters and minor adjustments to the luck factor, lets me look into a rosy future!

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8 / 10.0
Nov 5, 2021

Mario Party Superstars aims to be the definitive compilation and a great update of the classic mini-games of the saga and a way to revive the Nintendo 64 boards.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 25, 2021

There are plenty of mini-games here, and they're all fast, and most importantly, fun. There's nothing new here outside of a working online multiplayer, but for fans of the series, that's probably all that's needed anyway.

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