Super Mario Party Jamboree

Super Mario Party Jamboree
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Developer(s)	Nintendo Cube
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Mario Party
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release	October 17, 2024[1]
Genre(s)	Party
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Super Mario Party Jamboree^[a] is a 2024 party video game developed by Nintendo Cube and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the thirteenth home console installment in the Mario Party series, the third on the Nintendo Switch, and the successor to Super Mario Party.

Its reception has been "generally positive", with many praising it as the best game in the series to date due to the games variety of new modes, characters and boards to choose from.

Super Mario Party Jamboree reintroduces the use of one Joy-Con controller in gameplay, with other players needing additional controllers for multiplayer. The game boasts twenty two playable characters (Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, Wario, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, Birdo, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Shy Guy, Boo, Monty Mole, Toad, Toadette, Spike, and newcomers Ninji and Pauline.^[2]) which makes for the currently largest roster of playable characters in the Mario Party series.^[3] These characters can be controlled by human players as well as artificial intelligence (AI)

The game's Mario Party mode plays much like previous games in the series, with up to four playable characters taking turns navigating game boards before playing a minigame. A majority of minigames use motion controls, though it is possible to turn off the motion-controlled minigames to allow for minigames using button controls.

Allies (called "Jamboree Buddies" in this iteration) also appear; they appear on a random spot on a board and once a player reaches them, a Showdown minigame can be played to see which player the buddy will join. Each Jamboree Buddy has a different ability to help the player, but they will switch to any other player character that passes them by. Another new feature is "Pro Rules", which change certain in-game rules.

Super Mario Party Jamboree was announced during the June 18, 2024 Nintendo Direct.^[4] Described to be "the biggest Mario Party to date", the presentation announced over 110 minigames, seven boards (including Mario's Rainbow Castle and Western Land, which previously appeared in Mario Party and Mario Party 2, respectively), and thirty-seven items. Also introduced was an online 20-player "Koopathlon" mode.^[5] Another online mode for eight players called "Bowser Kaboom Squad" was also announced.^[6]

Super Mario Party Jamboree received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic, and is currently the highest rated Mario Party game on the website.^[7] IGN's Logan Plant lauded the game as "an amazing followup to Mario Party Superstars and easily one of the best games in the series".^[12] Nintendo Life's PJ O'Reilly likewise praised Super Mario Party Jamboree as "the best Mario Party to date".^[13] Ozzie Mejia of Shacknews agreed that the game is "one of the most polished entries in the series yet".^[14] Writing for GameSpot, Dan Ryckert complimented the game boards, though criticized some of the game modes and minigames.^[11] In a more critical review, Eurogamer's Katharine Castle wrote that Super Mario Party Jamboree "has the misfortune of not being very fun, and mistakes the volatility of chance and happenstance for being the same thing as competitive satisfaction that comes from playing a good game well".^[10]