The Mario Party series has been a key part of Nintendo's lineup on every console since the N64 when the first game was released in 1998, with 17 games released over the years. Mario Party Superstars is available now on the Nintendo Switch and the second entry in the series to be released on the platform. Mario Party Superstars features remade boards from the N64 trilogy, as well as 100 minigames that were chosen from all of the previous entries in the series.

Mario Party Superstars is best played as a multiplayer game, but can also be played as a single-player game against CPU-controlled characters. That means that the game features a wide array of characters from across the Super Mario series, with some being staples that can be found in the majority of spin-off titles, although some are very surprising to see and shows that Nintendo hasn't forgotten about its past beloved characters.

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In total, there are 10 characters to choose from in Mario Party Superstars. None of them give any competitive advantage over the other as they don't have stats, the characters are just purely cosmetic. The characters that are playable in Mario Party Superstars are as follows.

Mario Party Superstars Character List

  • Mario
  • Luigi
  • Peach
  • Daisy
  • Wario
  • Waluigi
  • Yoshi
  • Rosalina
  • Donkey Kong
  • Birdo
Mario Party Superstars Characters

The line-up of characters spans across many different games in the series, ranging from the classic NES titles to the more recent Super Mario Galaxy series. However, the list of the playable characters is much smaller than what was available in the previous entry, Super Mario Party, which featured 20 playable characters. All of the characters with the exception of Birdo were playable in the previous game. Although not playable, many characters seen in other games do make an appearance, including Toad, Toadette, Koopa Troopa, Bowser, Bowser Jr, Kamek, Sky Guy, Paratroopa, Goomba, Lakitu, Thwomp, and Monty Mole.

Mario Party Superstars feels like an improvement in some aspects, but also a downgrade in others when compared to Super Mario Party. The game has half of the number of playable characters, but it does feature one more board for a total of five, as well as featuring 16 more minigames than the previous entry. However, players can take the game online and play against random people across the world, which should greatly help extend the replayability of the game.

Mario Party Superstars is available now exclusively on Nintendo Switch.

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