Nintendo Switch Party

General
Nintendo Switch Party is a Party Video Game developed and published by Nintendo and ND Cube for the Nintendo Switch Video Game Console The game heavily borrows gameplay elements from the Mario Party series and other Nintendo franchises. This game was released Worldwide on October 4th, 2024. It received mixed to positive reviews, from critics and sold 4 million copies as of December 31st, 2024.

Gameplay
Nintendo Switch Party features eighteen different game modes divided into six categories: Party Games, House Party Games, Pair Games, Touch Games, and Deluxe Party. Most of the game modes integrate the use of Nintendo Switch Party's 88 minigames. The game also offers additional modes that make exclusive use of the minigames.

Board Game
A player rolls dice and proceeds the indicated number of steps (Mii's are used as player's game pieces). The player who reaches the top of the island first wins. At the start of every turn, players play a minigame to decide the turn order. At the end of each segment, there is an obstacle that the player must overcome in order to progress.

TouchScreen Island
A board game takes place on an island. Using the Nintendo Switch's touch screen players must play a microgame to determine how many spaces they will move. At the end of most paths, there are challenges that the player must conquer to continue. To play a minigame, players must run into Minigame Balloons that, depending on how the players are placed, allow them to move up to 5 spaces.

Skee Rollers
The players must collect the most points. To earn points, they have to use balls they get from playing minigames to make the balls roll into the skee ball hole with the highest points. The other place winners will roll the balls depending on what score they get from playing the minigames. After five rounds, the player with the most points wins.

Team Party
A co-op-based mode where four players

Duel Games
Pair Games are designed for two players and are competitive.