Nintendo Switch Online adds Mario Party 3 this week

Nintendo Switch Online will be making Mario Party 3 available in just a few days, it’s been announced. The game will be out on October 26, 2023 for all members of the Expansion Pack tier.

Mario Party 3 originally launched at the end of 2000 in Japan and in 2001 elsewhere. Find some information about the game below.

Hot off his appearance in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64 system (also playable with an active Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership), Waluigi joins the Mario Party 3 cast of characters with his unruly spirit and a chaotic board of his own – Waluigi’s Island – filled with tricky traps and crafty contraptions. The delightful Daisy also makes her first Mario Party series appearance as a playable character, bringing her incomparable charm to the competition.

And of course, what’s a Mario Party game without multiplayer mini-games? This installment’s positively overflowing with more than 70 effervescent entertainments to enjoy. Jump over clock hands in Tick Tock Hop, bring your appetite and race to see who can Eatsa Pizza first, swing from vine to vine in Vine With Me, run circles in Eye Sore from Super Mario 64, laugh yourself silly as you mix and match the Toad’s face in Picture Imperfect or try to emerge the victor atop the slick Snowball Summit.

Sporting the first Story mode in the Mario Party franchise – complete with a quest to become the top Superstar in the universe! – along with six game boards bursting with variety, the introduction of Duel mode, a host of newly added items and the addition of the bow-tie sporting Game Guy, Mario Party 3 has savoir faire and good times to spare.

And here’s a trailer for Mario Party 3 on Nintendo Switch Online:

Official Trailer

Note that while the trailer above says October 27, Nintendo’s press release says October 26 (and multiple times at that). Either way, we’ll be seeing it later this week.