Mario Party Superstars

Mario Party Superstars is a 2021 party video game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the twelfth home console installment in the Mario Party series and the second for the Nintendo Switch following Super Mario Party (2018). It was released on October 29, 2021. The game features five remade game boards from the original Nintendo 64 trilogy and a total of 100 minigames curated from previous entries in the series, similar to the Nintendo 3DS game Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017). Unlike Super Mario Party, Superstars can be played with button controls. 

Upon release, Mario Party Superstars received mostly positive reviews from critics who praised the game for its homage to the series’ history with its classic minigames and boards, as well as its online functionality. A successor, Super Mario Party Jamboree, was released on October 17, 2024. Mario Party Superstars features gameplay similar to the first eight entries in the Mario Party series, without the vehicle mechanics from the previous two numbered console games. Four characters, played by either humans or artificial intelligence, traverse one of five game boards, collecting coins and stars. The player with the most stars at the end of the game wins and becomes the Super Star.

Stars are bought for twenty coins from Toadette, though can also be obtained via other methods. During a turn, each player rolls a die, enabling them to move the result of the roll—one to ten. Additionally, items may be used to affect themselves or other players. Between every round of four players moving, a randomly selected minigame of 100 is played. All 100 minigames are taken from the previous entries in the series, 55 of which originate from the Nintendo 64 trilogy. All playable characters from the first four entries return, while Birdo and Rosalina are added.