By The Official Nintendo Magazine (ONM) has reviewed Mario Party 9 and the verdict is in! The reviewer, Chris Scullion, goes on to say, “This is a big comeback which has breathed new life into a flatlining series.” The review ends with a positive score of 86%, a 17% increase over Mario Party 8’s 69%. The review gives us lots of new info as well.
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- No 50-Turn games (we are assuming there is no longer a set amount of turns to play)
- No Coins in Mario Party 9
- Bowser Spaces appear more frequently near the end of the stages.
- 78 mini-games
- Story Mode will have you playing the boards with “Bowser’s minions.”
- Step Up (Mario Party DS) returns
- Garden Battle (mode) – winner plants plants to place in their garden with the ultimate goal to completely filling yours first.
- Perspective Mode lets you play mini-games in third person viewpoint.
- Unlock-able vehicles and boards
- Time Trail Mode
- No Classic Mode
- No Online
A list of mini-game titles were revealed:
- Launch Break (Rocket Launching)
- Pizza me, Mario (Pizza Making)
- Speeding Bullets (Bullet Bill Racing)
- Growing Up (Press buttons to grow your beanstalk)
- Mecha Choice (Escape from Mecha-Koopas)
- Polar Extremes (Platforming)
- Skyjinks (Platforming)
Huge thanks to GThing64 for the heads up! Check back with the Official Nintendo Magazine (ONM) for more!
