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The reset-button Mario Party that finally started backing away from the car-era detour.
Super Mario Party returns to more traditional board movement while using Joy-Con-specific minigames and a stronger social framing for the Switch era. It does not solve every old complaint, but it unmistakably feels like the series trying to remember what people liked in the first place.
Example
River Survival and partner play show Nintendo experimenting again, but from a much healthier foundation than the shared-vehicle years.
Why it matters
It matters because it begins the modern Mario Party repair job. Without this course correction, Superstars and Jamboree do not land the same way.
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