| Mario Party 10 | |
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| Developer(s) | NDcube |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Shuichiro Nishiya |
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| Designer(s) | Tatsumitsu Watanabe |
| Programmer(s) | Hideki Sahashi |
| Artist(s) | Keisuke Kasahara |
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| Series | Mario Party |
| Platform(s) | Wii U |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Mario Party 10[a] is a 2015 party video game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo for the Wii U video game console. It is the tenth home console release in the Mario Party series and a part of the larger Mario franchise. Featuring gameplay similar to the prior series entries, players compete against each other and computer-controlled characters to collect the most mini-stars, traversing a game board and engaging in minigames and other challenges. There are multiple game modes, including one where players traverse a board in a vehicle, sabotaging each other and making choices to collect the most mini-stars by the end. Mario Party 10 adds two modes over its predecessors: Bowser Party, where four players compete in a team against a fifth who controls Bowser on the Wii U GamePad, and Amiibo Party, where players use Amiibo figures. Their gameplay is interspersed by over 70 minigames with various play styles.
Mario Party 10 was developed by NDcube, the developers of Mario Party 9. One of the goals during the development was to focus on gameplay features not found in previous titles. To do this, they concentrated on the Wii U GamePad and Amiibo, as well as made Bowser a playable character. The game was announced at E3 2014 and advertised throughout the year. It was further detailed in a January 2015 Nintendo Direct, alongside the announcement and release of the Amiibo figures. The game was released in Japan, North America, and Europe in March 2015.
Mario Party 10 received mixed reviews, being praised for its graphics and minigames and criticized for the gameplay and the Amiibo Party mode. The Bowser Party mode and use of the GamePad, as well as its continuation of gameplay that was established in Mario Party 9, attained a mixed reception. The game sold 2.27 million copies by September 2022, making it one of the best-selling Wii U games. It was the only Mario Party game released for the platform and was followed by Super Mario Party for the Nintendo Switch in 2018.
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