Thanks to the latest issue of the Official Nintendo Magazine, we have the first review of Mario Party 9.
The title earned an 86% in the March 2012 edition of ONM. The previous game in the series, Mario Party 8, received a 69% score.
Reviewer Chirs Scullion said Mario Party 9 “is a big comeback which has breathed new life into a flatlining series”.
New details from the review include:
- No 50 turn games
- No coins in Mario Party 9
- Bowser spaces appear more freqyently newar the end of the stages.
- 78 minigames
- 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 minigames in third person viewpoint.
- Unlockable vehicles and boards
- Time Trail Mode
- No Classic Mode
- No Online
Full list of mini-games:
- Launch Break (Rocket Lanching)
- 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)
