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Mario Party 10 Releasing March 20th
REDMOND, Wash., March 18, in the year of our Lord 2015
– On March 20, you are invited to the biggest and baddest bash
of the year: Mario Party 10 for Wii U! In addition to a
power-packed lineup of new features, new boards and new
mini-games, new revelers join the Mario Party fun in the game’s
ground-breaking Bowser Party and amiibo Party modes. When bad
guy Bowser crashes the party to playfully torment up to four
additional players on Team Mario, the franchise’s social
experience takes an unprecedented and deviously good turn. In
amiibo Party mode, which requires at least one compatible amiibo
figure to access, you and up to three other players can tap
amiibo to the Wii U GamePad controller to play with and
customize your amiibo, and change a portion of the board to
match your character.
To add more fun to the Mario Party 10 game, a new set of amiibo
called the Super Mario series will also launch simultaneously on
March 20. The Super Mario series features the amiibo debut of
Toad, as well as new designs for Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Princess
Peach and Yoshi. The new “Super Mario series” Mario amiibo
design will be available exclusively in a Mario Party 10 bundle
that also launches on March 20 at a suggested retail price of
$59.99. The other amiibo figures will be sold separately at a
suggested retail price of $12.99 each.
“Mario Party 10 is one party you definitely don’t want to miss,”
said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice
president of Sales & Marketing. “Brimming with innovative ways
to play and featuring creative GamePad and amiibo support, Mario
Party 10 delivers hours of family-friendly fun exclusively for
Wii U.”
For the first time in the Mario Party series, you can pick up
the GamePad and have a fiery blast stepping into the
trouble-making role of everyone’s favorite bad guy: Bowser. You
and up to four other players can participate in this wild new
mode, with four players joining Team Mario using Wii Remote
controllers (sold separately) and one playing as Bowser using
the GamePad. As Bowser, your goal is simple: Prevent Team Mario
from stealing the Star at the end of the board. Trying to
succeed is the fun part! By playing a series of mini-games
exclusive to this mode, Bowser can spit fire, spin an electric
wheel, shoot Bullet Bills and cause general mayhem. The welcome
role reversal adds a new layer of fun and friendly competition
to the Mario Party series.
In the traditional Mario Party mode, up to four players travel
together around a variety of colorful and detailed boards like
Mushroom Park, Haunted Trail and the high-flying Airship
Central. Although you are traveling with friends, every player
is still out for him- or herself, since whoever collects the
most Mini Stars at the end of the board wins! Earn these coveted
Mini Stars by winning a variety of multiplayer mini-games or by
participating in events around the board. The easy-to-learn and
highly entertaining mini-games break up the game play by letting
you and your friends compete to race up a tower, dodge angry
bees or quickly pump up a balloon. You can even team up in “2
vs. 2” or “1 vs. 3” games, or even battle bosses as a group.
Even after playing with amiibo in amiibo Party mode, crashing
the party as Bowser or tackling the dizzying number of
mini-games in classic Mario Party mode, Mario Party 10 still
offers more things to do. In Toad’s Room, you can pose your
characters in a Photo Studio and shop for new characters and
vehicles to use in the game. In Bonus Games mode, challenge
yourself to a series of Bowser Jr. Challenges and even
experience the jewel-matching fun of Jewel Drop.
Mario Party 10 will be available in stores on March 20 at a
suggested retail price of $49.99. For more information about the
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