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"This was a phase when Mario Party didn't actually play like a normal Mario Party."

- Nathaniel Bandy

Mario Party 10 (MP10 for short) is the tenth main installment in Mario Party series developed by NDcube for Wii U and released in Japan on March 13, 2015. This game serves as a sequel of mh:awesomegames:Mario Party 9, introducing a lot of elements, designs and modes from that title, and its follow-up named Super Mario Party got released in 2018 for mh:awesomegames:Nintendo Switch.

Mario Party

 * 1) Despite being not as bad as it sounds, the car mechanic is reused from the previous game, meaning that the mechanic is central and set as default, which can be unappealing since it was created to make the gameplay faster, but didn't get a good reputation from fans of this game.

Good Qualities

 * 1) To be honest, a lot of game cons can be attributed to the ideas being awesome on paper, but failing in execution, such as Bowser Party mode.
 * 2) * Additionally, Bowser Party mode was the first time in the series that support up to 5 players, and while it is an interesting mode, but it could be done better if it was more balanced.
 * 3) The designs are great at least for a Wii U game from the box art and the game logo to in-game models and artwork (outside the main menu); while some models are taken from the prequel, the new ones will be reused in Super Mario Party and mh:awesomegames:Mario Party Superstars.
 * 4) Despite some characters were removed (which was already mentioned in BQ #X) the character roaster got updated, which pleased many fans of the series. Rosalina and Spike make their Mario Party debut as a playable characters, Donkey Kong and Bowser make their return since mh:awesomegames:Mario Party 5 and 4, respectively, while Toadette makes her return since mh:awesomegames:Mario Party 8.
 * 5) MP10 was the first home console Mario Party game to introduce the Dutch, Russian and Portuguese languages localization, which is the second time to see the game in series localized in more languages (the first was Island Tour, which came on a handheld).
 * 6) The minigame selection is really good, as every previous Mario Party game.
 * 7) Despite having only one board on amiibo Party, which is small, board's decorations associated with character appears when amiibo with the character is scanned (such as vacuum cleaner and a dark forest with Luigi, eggs and Yoshi structures appear when Yoshi's amiibo is scanned, or town that resembles an amusement park plus mushroom houses are with Toad).

Trivia

 * On the Western cover for the game, the Wii U GamePad that Bowser is holding is black, matching the color for the Wii U Deluxe Set. On the Japanese cover, however, the GamePad is white, matching the color used for the Wii U Basic Set.
 * This was the first Mario Party game to be given a 7+ age rating by PEGI as opposed to a 3+ rating, although this game was provisionally rated 3+ when announced at E3 2014.