Over the years, Nintendo has put out some incredibly popular party games, such as the Wii Party titles and of course, the Mario Party series. After a slew of Game Boy Advance games in the early 2000's, Nintendo subsidiary NDcube took over for developer Hudson Soft on development of the Mario Party series back in 2012, as well as began developing other party games like Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival and Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics.
Although more recent Mario Party games, and particularly Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival have not garnered the best reception, NDcube's mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Clubhouse Games on the Switch have been lauded by many for innovating greatly on simple gameplay mechanics. Now, it seems that any individuals hoping to get their foot in the door working on party games and the like have a great chance.
Yesterday over on Twitter, user Nintendo Memories posted a picture of NDcube's recruitment brochure for 2021. The colorful brochure displays a variety of games made by the developer, a majority being Mario Party games, seemingly pointing to a mysterious new game at the top of the brochure. When translated, the blurb next to Waluigi and co. reportedly says "let's make a new game together!"
Although NDcube's brochure seems rather vague, it is clearly geared towards hiring for the development of a new game. The mystery game highlighted on the brochure seems to be in the shape of a Nintendo Switch game. While this may be rather obvious since the subsidiary is likely not developing a game for any discontinued Nintendo systems, this may signal that the new game in development could be a Nintendo Switch game rather than a Nintendo mobile game. When looking at NDcube's track record, it does seem like a new party game is the most likely possibility.
It's possible that the developer could use this new game to learn from its last Mario Party game on the Switch, Super Mario Party, which received rather mixed reviews, mainly for its lack of game boards and other content, despite many enjoying its mini games. Looking even further back than Mario Party however, it should be noted that NDcube once developed an F-Zero game for the Game Boy Advance, 2001's F-Zero: Maximum Velocity.
Though it would be strange for Nintendo to bring back the F-Zero series out of nowhere with a developer who worked on a one-off Game Boy Advance game for the series, it should be noted that the F-Zero series has been getting attention lately. For now, while it's unclear what exactly NDcube has up its sleeve, fans can simply hope for the best, whether in a new Mario Party game, the surprise revival of F-Zero, or something else entirely.