N64's Mario Party 1 and 2 Coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on November 2 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 October 2022 / 3,198 Views
Nintendo announced the Nintendo 64 games, Mario Party and Mario Party 2, are coming to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on Wednesday, November 2.
Mario Party released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan in December 1998, North America in February 1999, and in Europe in March 1999. Mario Party 2 released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan in December 1999, North America in January 2000, and in Europe in October 2000.
Other confirmed Nintendo 64 games coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack in the future includes Mario Party 3, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2, 1080 Snowboarding, Excitebike 64, and GoldenEye 007.
Read details on the game below:
Mario Party
Mario Party launched for the Nintendo 64 system in 1999 and was the original party-starter for the series! In this classic four-player party game, you’ll join Mario and friends across nine action-packed Adventure Boards and 56 minigames in colorful multiplayer* (or solo!) competition.
Mario Party 2
Keep the party going with Mario Party 2 and celebrate like it’s the year 2000 all over again! Mario and his Mushroom Kingdom friends return for another round of Bowser-bashing board-game action, complete with fancy costumes, new Adventure Boards and minigames.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I have a soft spot for MP1. I played it a lot with a friend while high when it came out.
According to your age in your profile, you would have been approximately 5 years old then. I'd like to think what you said was accurate. lmao
That's not my age. That's the Saturns age. I put the Japanese launch of the SEGA Saturn as my age for fun
With Mario Party Superstars not getting any updates, and at this point probably never will, I wonder how many will return to the originals lol. That's awesome 2 N64 games are releasing on the same day though, but that probably means we won't get anymore releases for the remainder of the year. There's plenty of N64 games to enjoy again now that make me feel like a kid again :) can't wait for Pokémon Stadium and Goldeneye!
Still bummed I can't take my Pokémon Snap pictures to my local Blockbuster to print them out though xD
Superstars was really good imo except i wish some minigames had motion for variety. Very disappointing it got no DLC support.
This is one of the things I'm pretty bummed at Nintendo for; is not supporting their Mario Party games, especially at this day and age. They can easily make some DLC for new maps at least, but can also include more characters and handful of mini games. Unfortunate that Super Mario Party didn't get any love when it sold around 5million too. I don't know what garners for Nintendo to make DLC for games; seems like its only for Smash and Mario Kart.
At least they gave the game online after a few years.
https://www.vgchartz.com/game/222153/super-mario-party/?region=All
I remember there were “leaks” for additional maps and I think characters. I guess that was just copium.
Goldeneye is still coming this year, right? I don't think I missed it.
There was no release date announced for Goldeneye. I was hoping it was October 5th for James Bond Day, but that's of course passed lol. There's still a possibility that it could be dropped in December since Pilotwings 64 and Mario Party1&2 were the only N64 titles slated for the remainder of 2022. Now that both Mario Party's are dropping the same day, that still leaves one month of 2022 unaccounted for. Fingers crossed!
They just said "coming soon", right? But that would have to be this year I'd hope.
Right! It'll have been 3 months since it was announced in the September Direct, which is definitely my definition of "coming soon" but, it very well could be January or February even. Which I have a feeling early 2023 will be when Goldeneye releases because there's 6 already announced N64 games left, including Goldeneye. If Nintendo starts dropping 1 a month again in January, then the last announced game will release in June, coinciding with Nintendo's regular June Direct to get the next, and most likely final, batch of N64 releases.
I really hope that's not how they define soon. This year is my cutoff. Or else they're LIARS.
PSA: Change both control sticks to be recognized as the left stick when playing Mario party. Then you can save your hands and control sticks by using one with each hand and getting the same results as if you were turning one at a faster speed.
At least I think it would work. Worth a try anyway.
Cool additions.
T he destroyer of controller sticks.
Brings back memories!
Because joycons didn't break quickly enough...
Funnily enough, my first pair had issues. Second pair is coming up on 2 years with no problems. They might have fixed it silently.
But Mario party is the true test.
Set both sticks to control the left stick. Then you can turn each one at half speed with both hands. Obviously I haven't tried it, but it seems logical.
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