#Ultimate ninja storm series

#Ultimate ninja storm series

As someone who jumped into the series during the GameCube days, it was an absolute delight seeing some old favourites pop up again (and looking stunning I might add too). This results in what is essentially a best-hits smorgasbord of fun, the quality easily the most consistent of any Mario Party title before it. Unlike the five different boards, Mario Party SuperstarsвЂ™ 100 minigames are pulled from all ten numbered entries in the series from Nintendo 64 right through to Wii U вЂ“ albeit with a heavy bias toward the Nintendo 64 and GameCube titles. Ouch! IвЂ™ve seen plenty of chatter online when it comes to the choices Nintendo went with, everyone championing their own personal favourites and while I might certainly have a different shortlist to the one included here, we found ourselves having a good time with all five boards nonetheless.

Space Land meanwhile features Thwomps in space cruisers that chase players as well as a giant laser that when fired will cause anyone in its path to lose ALL coins. PeachвЂ™s Birthday Cake for example keeps Toadette in one spot as players race around a giant cake paying a visit to Bowser on a cake of his own if unlucky enough. How about new characters? Or boards?ДЄs for the boards themselves, Mario Party Superstars cherry picks five from the first three games, each one presenting its own obstacles and hooks. Unfortunately, since your rewards for levelling lack excitement this feature feels rather inconsequential, something some more enticing carrots at the end of that stick could have solved. You heard correctly Mario Party now has a levelling system. The same also goes for unlockables, a rather uninspired bunch including music, stickers and profile card backgrounds that unlock as you level up. I understand this is likely an effort to remain truer to the original titles, however, it also comes across as rather meagre. This is the Mario Party experience I knew and loved from back in the early 2000s.Д¬haracter selection is rather light and predictable overall, a disappointment especially after the large and varied cast seen in Super Mario Party. Any doubt this updated take on the series formula was in fact the real deal would fade after our very first game, our journey seeing stars stolen and lost repeatedly, one player winning with a sneaky bonus star at the very end (you can switch these post-game awards between random and the traditional trio of most coins, most minigame wins and most happening spaces) and myself cleaning house in minigame wins and finishing with well over 150 coins but sadly none of the more important currency. More importantly, though, twenty of these golden beauties can be handed over to a randomly relocating Toadette for that all-important star. Every round (when everyone has rolled the dice once) ends with a short minigame with coins awarded to the winner, these used to purchase helpful items on the board like movement inflating mushrooms or player switching warp blocks. That means numerous rounds of rolling dice and darting about a board filled with rewards and punishments aplenty as players do everything possible to collect more stars than their opponents. This is very much the series going back to its roots. That means, no car sharing mechanic, no Bowser versus everyone mode and no character-specific die (to be fair I did enjoy that last one). This is the traditional Mario Party experience that fans have crying out for years now. Mario Party Superstars rather than being a whole new entry instead acts as a best-of compilation mixing familiar boards, minigames, characters and more all in one gorgeous-looking package. Toss the beers in the fridge, grab the snacks and fire off the party poppers because Mario Party is back and this time, heвЂ™s celebrating hisвЂ¦ well previous parties.