Mario Party 10

Mario Party 10

Developer(s) Nd Cube
Nintendo SPD
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Shuichiro Nishiya
Producer(s) Jumpei Horita
Toshiaki Suzuki
Atsushi Ikeda
Composer(s) Rei Kondoh
Toshiki Aida
Series Mario Party
Platform(s) Wii U
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Distribution Wii U Optical Disc
Digital download

Mario Party 10 (Japanese: マリオパーティ10 Hepburn: Mario Pāti Ten) is a 2015 party video game for the Nintendo Wii U. Developed by Nd Cube and published by Nintendo, it is the tenth "main" game in the Mario Party series, the fourteenth in the franchise, and the first game in the series for the Wii U. It supports Amiibo figures. The game was released in Japan on March 12, 2015, in Europe and North America on March 20, 2015, and in Australia on March 21, 2015.

Gameplay

Mario Party 10 continues the tradition of the Mario Party series, in which four players, controlled by either human or CPU, compete against each other on a game board by participating in various minigames. Along with the standard competitive modes, Mario Party 10 introduces two new modes called Bowser Party and Amiibo Party.

Mario Party

The boards feature the same play style introduced in Mario Party 9, in which all four players travel across the board together in a car. If, collectively, all six possible numbers of the dice block are hit, Bowser appears and takes Mini-Stars from the player who freed him.

Bowser Party

In Bowser Party, the fifth player controls Bowser using the Wii U GamePad. In this mode, the four main players are tasked with reaching the end of the board without losing all of their hearts whilst avoiding being caught by Bowser, who is trying to stop them. If Bowser catches up to the other players, a minigame takes place in which Bowser uses the GamePad's features to activate various devices, such as tilt controlled fire rods, pinball flippers, and breathing fire, whilst the other players attempt to take as little damage as possible. The players win if at least one player makes it to the end of the board with their hearts intact, but if all players are defeated, Bowser wins.

Amiibo Party

Amiibo Party involves up to four Amiibo characters playing on boards designed for those characters. Players that own an Amiibo are represented on the board by a three-dimensional figure, while players without one are represented by a two-dimensional cardboard cut out. This mode is similar in gameplay to the original Mario Party series through Mario Party DS.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings64.85%[5]
Metacritic66/100[6]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GamesRadar[7]
IGN6.5/10[8]
Nintendo World Report6.5/10[9]
Hardcore Gamer3/5[10]

Mario Party 10 received generally average reviews from critics, earning aggregate scores of 64.85% from GameRankings and 66/100 from Metacritic.[5][6] Critics by and large praised the graphics and minigames, but had complaints towards the linear boards and luck-based gameplay. Bowser Party was praised for being fun with friends and making good use of the GamePad, but Amiibo Party was criticized for having dull boards and the requirement for the player to touch their Amiibo to the GamePad every time they needed to make any sort of selection. Samuel Claiborn of IGN gave it a 6.5/10, saying that it "carries over some bad ideas from Mario Party 9 that continue to deflate the fun." Andre Segers of GameXplain gave the game a "Meh" rating, calling the Mario Party mode "completely random and arbitrary" and stating that Bowser Party grows repetitive quickly due to the small amount of minigames and it only being playable on three boards. Mark Walton of GameSpot gave 10 a score of 6/10 with his main complaint being it is too familiar to past games. He felt the game lacks lasting appeal and wears thin quickly. "Despite the Amiibo additions and gamepad Bowser games, as well as a delightfully bright and colourful aesthetic, it's hard to ignore just how similar this game is to its predecessors. But even if you could overlook it, the fact remains that even with some fun minigames in tow and a good group of friends to enjoy it with, Mario Party 10 just doesn't have the depth or the challenge to hold your attention for long."

Sales

In the United Kingdom, the game had the second best launch in the series behind Mario Party 8.[11] In the United States, roughly 290,000 physical and downloaded copies of the game had been sold by the end of March 2015.[12] This was faster than Mario Party 9, which only sold 230,000 in around three weeks.[13] In Japan, Mario Party 10 underperformed compared to the previous game,[14] selling about 50,000 copies in its first week.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Nintendo Direct". 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  2. ↑ "Nintendo Direct". 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  3. ↑ "Nintendo Direct". 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  4. ↑ "THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK 3D AND MONSTER HUNTER 4 ULTIMATE COMING 14TH FEBRUARY". Nintendo.com.au. Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Mario Party 10 for Wii U". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Mario Party 10 for Wii U Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  7. ↑ "Mario Party 10 Review". GamesRadar. Future. 2015-03-16. Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  8. ↑ Claiborn, Samuel (2015-03-17). "Mario Party 10 Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  9. ↑ Ronaghan, Neal (2015-03-16). "Mario Party 10 (Wii U) Review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  10. ↑ Creegan, Dermot (2015-03-23). "Review: Mario Party 10". Hardcore Gamer. Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  11. ↑ "Battlefield Takes Top Spot". GFK Chart-Track. 2015-03-23. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17.
  12. ↑ Macy, Seth G. (2015-04-16). "Battlefield: Hardline Was March's Top Selling Game". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  13. ↑ Goldfarb, Andrew (2012-04-12). "NPD: MASS EFFECT 3 TOPS CHARTS". IGN. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09.
  14. ↑ Romano, Sal (2012-05-02). "Media Create Sales: 04/23/12 – 04/29/12". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  15. ↑ Romano, Sal (2015-03-18). "Media Create Sales: 3/9/15 – 3/15/15". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06.

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