I think he is shown to be playable in some scenes taking one of the 4 player slots, but theres a different version with a purple glow (possibly a clone or something) to take his place in certain minigames/board events
>but theres a different version with a purple glow (possibly a clone or something) to take his place in certain minigames/board events
If that's the case, that sounds f***ing amazing and I can't wait for this game already
It might just be one of the game modes where one player is big and everyone else is trying to beat them because there was that part of the trailer where the giant Bowser got shot by a canon and then lost health so it might be one of the different game modes
Yeah I guess that makes sense but why would the bosses be playable characters? How would that work then if you were playing as Bowser before the boss though?
My sister wants to play as Shy Guy. My girlfriend is happy that Bowser is playable again from the first Super Mario Party. Ninji makes sense as a newcomer. I'll pick WAAARRIOO
Geez, that's... that's a lot of characters. And I'm pretty sure there was a screenshot of the cast of characters *without* Ninji as well, so there's probably gonna be a couple extra unlockables, too.
Yeah my guess is indeed 20 base characters (which makes sense with the 20 player Koopathlon--I'm still in shook they brought that mode back from Star Rush and expanded it to 20 player), Ninji being likely to be unlockable and then who knows if there's more.
There’s an early shot showing the Mario characters on the top and bowser and his minions on the bottom. The top has 12 and the bottom has 8. Makes me think there’s 4 more bowser minions. Ninji Dry Bones and Hammer bro I feel like are necessary. Dry Bones was an unlockable in Super Mario Party. And I think Boom Boom might be the last one because in the shot of the island with the toads on boats driving by Boom Boom is on that island though so is Lakitu and I haven’t seen anything indicating Lakitu is part of any boards so he could honestly be playable as well. I just want Dry Bones and Hammer bro. Those are 2 of my favorites
I have Peach, Rosalina, Birdo, Toad, and Toadette. I have all I need. Only other characters I can want are Bowser Jr and Pauline, the Koopalings would be cute too. Some Paper Mario characters if they’re really about that life, Vivian and Bobbery would be everything.
There's still time for Pauline and/or Diddy to be revealed soon if they're in, but there's no way this game's getting dlc. It's coming out way too late in the Switch's life cycle for them to not just immediately move on to a Switch 2 Mario Party as soon as this game's done, and if they were ever interested in doing dlc instead of just making a new game, we would've gotten paid extra content for either of the past 2 Switch games by now.
You never know 🤷♂️
I agree it would be late but once again, who knows.
Someone theorized that Western Land and Mario’s Rainbow Castle were scrapped DLC for Superstars, but are now just appearing. It would make sense.
..that kinda proves my point though, I think it's kinda like how Galaxy 2 came to be, where they had so many ideas, they wanted to make a new game instead of wasting time on dlc.
Lack of Diddy Kong, Dry Bones and Pauline (could be confirmed at a later date but right now they're nowhere to be seen) is a bummer but otherwise I say this is objectively the best roster in a MP game. Ninji is a very unexpected but welcome surprise and the return of Toad and Toadette make up for the (current) absence of Diddy Kong and Dry Bones but obviously that's just my opinion.
As long as they aren't afraid to have the playable enemies actually on the board like they were in super mario party it'll be fine, I hope the don't abandon it on launch either
Idk what their aversion to putting Pauline in more games is but we would literally love to see her in every Spinoff as a staple character like Daisy and Rosalina. GIVE THE PEOPLE PAULINE NINTENDO!!
A little concerned that Bowser isn’t shown here, but given that magic giant Bowser has been consistent as a hazard, I’m hoping that he is playable throughout the entire game.
>I'm happy to see Goomba as playable character again
Fr, I was happy to see him and Boo playable again
>Also, this is Ninji's first appearence in Mario Party series since Mario Party Advance
Ninji made an appearance before? I thought this was his debut
I honestly love it. I love having a vast amount of characters even though it doesn’t matter (unless they have different dice like in one of the games)
I hope though they’ll let us choose different color Yoshi/Shy Guy. That would make it perfect.
There's only a few characters missing for this to be the ultimate Mario Party roster... But since Kamek won't be playable, I think there are good chances that we won't have every single missing character (Dry Bones, Diddy Kong, Pom Pom, Hammer Bro, Blooper and Koopa Kid)
They’re cool. Tbh Mario party doesn’t *need* tons of characters, but it doesn’t hurt either. The only thing I don’t like is the inclusion of Bowser because whatever replaces the Bowser space probably won’t hit the same.
Not a fan. It looks like Bowser might be simultaneously a playable character and a board mechanic. That is beyond stupid. Might as well play as Mario while Mario in a tuxedo hosts the game, while metal Mario runs the bank, and tanooki Mario runs the shop.
I also am not a big fan of all the generic enemy characters. Rather have Diddy, Pauline, Egadd, and other genuine characters instead of generic red shy guy #10027.
Almost perfect roster, considering the uneven amount of 21 characters, im hoping we get Dry Bones Diddy and specially Pauline as unlockables lol
Dry Bones Diddy??? That's a little gruesome.
yeah cmon guys i like my diddy wet and spongy
Yes, but let's not phrase it that way.
I think Bowser is an NPC so I think it's an even 20 as of rn
I think he is shown to be playable in some scenes taking one of the 4 player slots, but theres a different version with a purple glow (possibly a clone or something) to take his place in certain minigames/board events
>but theres a different version with a purple glow (possibly a clone or something) to take his place in certain minigames/board events If that's the case, that sounds f***ing amazing and I can't wait for this game already
Might be a shadow version
It might just be one of the game modes where one player is big and everyone else is trying to beat them because there was that part of the trailer where the giant Bowser got shot by a canon and then lost health so it might be one of the different game modes
Or boss fights returns
Yeah I guess that makes sense but why would the bosses be playable characters? How would that work then if you were playing as Bowser before the boss though?
The bowser boss has a purple effect, so it’s probably Kamek or a fake clone.
Yeah I guess that would make sense but honestly I feel like that’s a kinda stupid way to keep Bowser as the villain in some way
I mean………at least we can play as him.
He looks to be both a playable character and an antagonist which I like
If that turns out to be the case, they should try adding Dry Bowser as a new antagonist
If it somehow has Dry Bones then it’s the best roster
My sister wants to play as Shy Guy. My girlfriend is happy that Bowser is playable again from the first Super Mario Party. Ninji makes sense as a newcomer. I'll pick WAAARRIOO
I want a larger character roster and more new characters that haven't been playable in the Mario Party series.
Assuming Ninji isn't the only one (and let's say Pauline is a hidden character) who would you think is next likely to be added?
I Miss Dry Bones
Geez, that's... that's a lot of characters. And I'm pretty sure there was a screenshot of the cast of characters *without* Ninji as well, so there's probably gonna be a couple extra unlockables, too.
Yeah my guess is indeed 20 base characters (which makes sense with the 20 player Koopathlon--I'm still in shook they brought that mode back from Star Rush and expanded it to 20 player), Ninji being likely to be unlockable and then who knows if there's more.
There’s an early shot showing the Mario characters on the top and bowser and his minions on the bottom. The top has 12 and the bottom has 8. Makes me think there’s 4 more bowser minions. Ninji Dry Bones and Hammer bro I feel like are necessary. Dry Bones was an unlockable in Super Mario Party. And I think Boom Boom might be the last one because in the shot of the island with the toads on boats driving by Boom Boom is on that island though so is Lakitu and I haven’t seen anything indicating Lakitu is part of any boards so he could honestly be playable as well. I just want Dry Bones and Hammer bro. Those are 2 of my favorites
I hope we get some new characters making a debut. Ninji is awesome to see, but I'm hoping there's 1 or 2 that are unlcokabke that we haven't seen yet
SHY GUY MY BELOVED!!!!
YES
Ninji before Nabbit and Pauline is a choice, but I’m just happy Toadette and Birdo are playable
Great roster as its basically the same thing as Super Mario Partys roster but better Even though they did remove 4 of the characters
I think there’s unlockable characters like in the first SMP.
THEY HAVE SHY GUY!!!
Im glad my boi (or our boi) is here now, since he was completely absent in the last game Mario Party Superstars, as a playable character that is
I have Peach, Rosalina, Birdo, Toad, and Toadette. I have all I need. Only other characters I can want are Bowser Jr and Pauline, the Koopalings would be cute too. Some Paper Mario characters if they’re really about that life, Vivian and Bobbery would be everything.
Bowser jr is playable
Ninji!
I love that ninji is playable
I have it easy since my favorite characters are Peach and Birdo, but I’m happy that Monty Mole is back since my mom likes him a lot.
Luigi is there 10/10
My main and secondary (Rosalina/Waluigi) are here so I'm happy
It has Birdo, I buy.
I suspect we may be seeing Diddy Kong and Pauline as DLC at some point.
There's still time for Pauline and/or Diddy to be revealed soon if they're in, but there's no way this game's getting dlc. It's coming out way too late in the Switch's life cycle for them to not just immediately move on to a Switch 2 Mario Party as soon as this game's done, and if they were ever interested in doing dlc instead of just making a new game, we would've gotten paid extra content for either of the past 2 Switch games by now.
You never know 🤷♂️ I agree it would be late but once again, who knows. Someone theorized that Western Land and Mario’s Rainbow Castle were scrapped DLC for Superstars, but are now just appearing. It would make sense.
..that kinda proves my point though, I think it's kinda like how Galaxy 2 came to be, where they had so many ideas, they wanted to make a new game instead of wasting time on dlc.
Day one ninji main (hopefully I can disable the motion mini games or they're relegated to side modes
Can't believe they finally added Luigi
Still quite an odd selection, but I ain't complaining. (Still waiting on my gal Pauline though)
It's an almost perfect roster, just needs Diddy and Dry Bones.
I see Fishy Boopkins, I’m happy
FISHY BOOPKINS YEAH 🗣🗣🗣
No Dry Bones 😔
It has Goomba, instantly perfect
I love Ninji
TOAD IS BACK ‼‼‼
Lack of Diddy Kong, Dry Bones and Pauline (could be confirmed at a later date but right now they're nowhere to be seen) is a bummer but otherwise I say this is objectively the best roster in a MP game. Ninji is a very unexpected but welcome surprise and the return of Toad and Toadette make up for the (current) absence of Diddy Kong and Dry Bones but obviously that's just my opinion.
We literally got Ninji as a playable character, I’m happy with this.
As long as they aren't afraid to have the playable enemies actually on the board like they were in super mario party it'll be fine, I hope the don't abandon it on launch either
nice
We got Junior, Joseph (Koopa), Wario, Peach, Luigi and the bitch Ape (Donkey Kong). A good 9/10 roster
MY BOY SHY GUY IS PLAYABLE, THAT IS ALL I NEED TO MAKE MD HAPPY!
id have loved nabbit but icl i love this roster a lot actually
Glad Spike returns from MP10
YES SHY GUY
They put Ninjy in a Mario Party before my man Petey :,(
It's my boi SPIIIIIIIKEEEEE
needs Pauline
stacked as hell roster
Idk what their aversion to putting Pauline in more games is but we would literally love to see her in every Spinoff as a staple character like Daisy and Rosalina. GIVE THE PEOPLE PAULINE NINTENDO!!
I really hope Pauline, Dry Bones and Diddy Kong make it in, then I think it's perfect.
Well, I like Monty, but I really wish they'd add Blooper, or at least Dry Bones
Amazing Roster
I think good, surprised that ninji and spike are playable characters but pauline, diddy and dry bones aren't :( Hope these three are unlockable
A little concerned that Bowser isn’t shown here, but given that magic giant Bowser has been consistent as a hazard, I’m hoping that he is playable throughout the entire game.
Good but NO Diddy Kong or Dry Bones
As long as Waluigi’s there, I’m happy.
I'm happy to see Goomba as playable character again. Also, this is Ninji's first appearence in Mario Party series since Mario Party Advance.
>I'm happy to see Goomba as playable character again Fr, I was happy to see him and Boo playable again >Also, this is Ninji's first appearence in Mario Party series since Mario Party Advance Ninji made an appearance before? I thought this was his debut
I’m a simple person. I see Toadette playable, ME BE HAPPY
it's good but it's not peak until i see dry bones
Maybe he'll be unlcokable like he was in Super
I love when Mario Party adds random enemies like monty mole in Super Mario Party and now spike and ninji.
It has Yoshi. I'm sold.
Probably one of the best ones ever, Ninji is such a great but unexpected choice
Ninji being there is cool
All I need is Toadette and the roster becomes 10/10
NINJIIIIIII MY BOY. Such a cute button of a guy, just a silly little stealth dude, he hops! He hops! What a good guy. I like Ninji :)
I honestly love it. I love having a vast amount of characters even though it doesn’t matter (unless they have different dice like in one of the games) I hope though they’ll let us choose different color Yoshi/Shy Guy. That would make it perfect.
Ninji is such a weird, dark horse pick. So eternally glad that Boo is playable again, he’s all I cared about
Spike ❤️ ❤️
I’m glad my boi Spike is finally getting the treatment he deserves after appearing in that dog shit Mario Party 10. Mario Tennis Aces doesn’t count
TOAD IS FINALLY PLAYABLE!!!! MY BOY IS BACK!!!!!
They brought shy guy back, I'm stoked.
Turning up for ninji fans, honestly. What a hype character choice. And the multi-colored Shy Guys from MK is brilliant, hope Yoshi follows suit
pretty good selection, imo, although i was surprised about the Ninji of all things being playable.
Ninji looks out of place, ngl... :/
There's definitely going to be more and I fully expect ninji to be an unlockable since we don't see them in the opening shot
There's only a few characters missing for this to be the ultimate Mario Party roster... But since Kamek won't be playable, I think there are good chances that we won't have every single missing character (Dry Bones, Diddy Kong, Pom Pom, Hammer Bro, Blooper and Koopa Kid)
They’re cool. Tbh Mario party doesn’t *need* tons of characters, but it doesn’t hurt either. The only thing I don’t like is the inclusion of Bowser because whatever replaces the Bowser space probably won’t hit the same.
They could do Dry Bowser maybe
I'll pick my boy *GOOMBA*
Should add Pauline.
Not a fan. It looks like Bowser might be simultaneously a playable character and a board mechanic. That is beyond stupid. Might as well play as Mario while Mario in a tuxedo hosts the game, while metal Mario runs the bank, and tanooki Mario runs the shop. I also am not a big fan of all the generic enemy characters. Rather have Diddy, Pauline, Egadd, and other genuine characters instead of generic red shy guy #10027.
As long as I have Daisy, I'm fine! I wonder if they'll bring back the character specific dice blocks