An upcoming Nintendo Switch game takes a very familiar approach by following in the footsteps of the classic Super Mario Bros. 3.

The next installment in the Mario Party franchise is finally here, and it’s packed with more boards, characters, and minigames than ever before. is the most robust entry and caps off the series’ successful run on the Switch.

Mario Party tends to elicit a range of emotions. Some who have been raised on its particular brand of Star-grabbing, minigame-fueled chaos love the randomness and friction — the feeling that, at any point,

The series mostly kept up a basic standard of quality, although to diminishing returns, throughout the 2000s GameCube era, but by 2007’s Mario Party 8 for the Wii, the novelty had worn off. What followed was a decade of meandering culminating in 2018’s Super Mario Party for the Switch,

Super Mario Party Jamboree brings with it over a hundred games, in a major step up from the relatively disappointing selection of 80 in Super Mario Party. These games will randomly appear after each round on the classic Mario Party boards,