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Mario Party: The Top 100

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Mario Party: The Top 100
International promotional artwork
Developer(s)NDcube
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Tsutomu Komiyama
Producer(s)Keisuke Terasaki
Toyokazu Nonaka
Toshiaki Suzuki
Atsushi Ikeda
Kenji Kikuchi
Designer(s)Takeru Sugimoto
Programmer(s)Shinji Shibasaki
Artist(s)Susumu Kuribayashi
Composer(s)Masayoshi Ishi
Sara Sakurai
SeriesMario Party
Platform(s)Nintendo 3DS
Release
Genre(s)Party[1]
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Mario Party: The Top 100[a] is a 2017 party video game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the fifth handheld game in the Mario Party series, as well as the third and final Mario Party game for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. The game was first released in North America in November 2017, and was released in PAL regions and in Japan in December 2017.

Mario Party: The Top 100 is primarily a compilation of 100 minigames from across the series, specifically ones from the console games. However, the game sees traditional Mario Party gameplay in up to four characters from the Mario franchise, controlled by humans or artificial intelligence, competing in an interactive board game interspersed with the aforementioned minigames.

The game received mixed reviews, with much of the criticism being directed toward its lack of content aside from the minigames. A similar entry, Mario Party Superstars, which also features 100 minigames from throughout the series, was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2021.

Gameplay

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See also: Mario Party § Gameplay
Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Waluigi, and Wario competing in the "Peak Precision" minigame from Mario Party 9

Mario Party: The Top 100 features 100 minigames that were introduced in earlier games in the Mario Party series, namely the home console entries.[1] Most of the minigames were visually and audibly updated from their original counterparts,[5][6][7] and several minigames that appeared in Mario Party games for the Wii were reworked to properly function on the Nintendo 3DS, which lacks the Wii's motion controls.[8]

The game boasts eight playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Wario, Waluigi, Yoshi, and Rosalina.[5] These characters can be controlled by human players as well as artificial intelligence.[6][7]

Mario Party: The Top 100 offers several game modes; in Minigame Match, which is hosted by Toad, players roll dice to move around a single game board simultaneously, with the goal being to hold the most coins and Stars by the end of the game, as in prior Mario Party titles. Items on the board can be collected to help the player gain an advantage over their opponents.[1][9] Unlike in previous Mario Party installments, rather than automatically being played at the end of each turn, minigames are played whenever certain items are used[8] or a player pops a Minigame Balloon.[6][7]

Minigame Island, which is also hosted by Toad, revolves around playing through pre-selected minigames to advance along a linear path in four worlds.[5] Playing through Minigame Island is required to unlock 45 of the game's 100 minigames.[1][7][9] Completing this mode for the first time unlocks a harder challenge mode, and collecting every Star by getting first place unlocks the hardest NPC difficulty setting, "Master".[8]

Championship Battles is hosted by Toadette, and involves playing three or five minigames from a selected pack, with the player(s) winning the most minigames being declared the winner(s). Decathlon, which is also hosted by Toadette, consists of playing five or ten minigames to earn the most points.[5] Mario Party: The Top 100 also includes a free play mode, in which the player can choose which minigames to play.[7][8][9] Additionally, the game features a collection menu, where players can listen to music and view characters from the series.[1]

Mario Party: The Top 100 supports multiplayer for up to four players, through either the use of individual copies of the game or 3DS download play, with only one player being required to have a copy of the game.[1][5][6][7][8] The game also supports Amiibo compatibility.[10]

Development

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Mario Party: The Top 100 was first announced in September 2017 during a Nintendo Direct,[7] in which it was revealed that the game would feature 100 minigames from previous home console games in the Mario Party series, and that the game would include download play, permitting up to four people to play from multiple 3DS systems with only one game cartridge.[2][3][11][12] An overview trailer released the following month revealed that the game would support Amiibo functionality.[13]

Less than two months after it was announced, Mario Party: The Top 100 was released in North America on November 10, 2017.[2][12] It was subsequently released in PAL regions and in Japan on December 22, 2017, and on December 28, 2017, respectively.[1][4] The game succeeded Mario Party: Star Rush, a title released for the 3DS the previous year.[3][11]

Like all Mario Party games from Mario Party 9 onwards, Mario Party: The Top 100 was developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo.[1][5] A similar installment, Mario Party Superstars, which also features 100 minigames (as well as five game boards) from the home console entries, was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2021.[14]

Reception

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Critical response

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According to the review aggregation website Metacritic, Mario Party: The Top 100 received "mixed or average reviews".[15]

Kirstin Swalley of Hardcore Gamer criticized the game for featuring only one board map, and stated that the game lacked the "complex and competitive nature" of earlier games.[8] Matt West of Nintendo World Report considered the single board map to be the game's "biggest disappointment", and stated that the original control setup for some minigames did not feel right on the 3DS.[1] Allegra Frank of Polygon felt that the Minigame Match mode was superior to Minigame Island, which she considered to be repetitive and lacking in fun due to the absence of a board map.[9]

Sales

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Mario Party: The Top 100 sold 52,000 copies within its first week on sale in Japan, which placed it at #5 on the all-format video game sales chart.[17]

Notes

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  1. ^ Known in Japan as Mario Party 100 Minigame Collection (Japanese: マリオパーティ１００ ミニゲームコレクション, Hepburn: Mario Pāti 100 Minigēmu Korekushon)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k West, Matt (November 10, 2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS) Review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Joshi, Arjun (September 13, 2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 Will Combine The Best Of The Series On 3DS". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Goldfarb, Andrew (September 14, 2017) [September 13, 2017]. "Mario Party: The Top 100 Announced for 3DS". IGN. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "「マリオパーティ」シリーズ歴代ミニゲームの決定版、発売決定！" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Archived from the original on April 8, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Koczwara, Michael (November 20, 2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e Cooke, Caitlin (November 28, 2017). "Review: Mario Party: The Top 100". Destructoid. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Biordi, Jordan (November 13, 2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS) Review". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Swalley, Kirstin (November 19, 2017). "Review: Mario Party: The Top 100". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d Frank, Allegra (November 10, 2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 is the series at its best and worst". Polygon. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  10. ^ Nintendo 2017, p. 15–16.
  11. ^ a b Pereira, Chris (September 14, 2017). "Mario Party: Top 100 Brings Together The Series' Best Mini-Games For 3DS". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Favis, Elise (September 13, 2017). "Mario Party Top 100 Brings Series' Best Minigames To 3DS". Game Informer. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  13. ^ Whitehead, Thomas (October 17, 2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 Trailer Showcases Modes and amiibo Functionality". Nintendo Life. Retrieved August 5, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Purslow, Matt (June 15, 2021). "Mario Party Superstars Announced, Comes to Switch in October - E3 2021". IGN. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Mario Party: The Top 100". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  16. ^ Wolinsky, David (2017). "Mario Party: The Top 100 Game Review". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  17. ^ Romano, Sal (January 9, 2018). "Media Create Sales: 12/25/17 – 12/31/17". Gematsu. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2017.

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