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Mario Party Superstars holds down spot in Top 5 sales this week

Aslan Maton — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:11:09 +0000

Unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Vanguard snags the top spot this week. FIFA 22, of course, is maintaining its grip on the sales chart. But Mario Party Superstars is also going strong this week!

Vanguard, though taking the crown this week, has enjoyed 40% less sales than its predecessor.

Physical retail sales dropped 26% over last year’s game whereas digital sales fell 44%.

It is a disappointing result, but Vanguard is predictably still the second biggest game launch of the year behind FIFA 22.

This may due to a multitude of reasons, such as the transition to a new generation of consoles – especially considering shortages.

There’s also the competition with a new Battlefield on the horizon and a new Halo game on Xbox.

There’s one Nintendo game in the top five: the successful return to form for the Mario Party series, Mario Party Superstars.

The release is rather timely, now that couch co-op is back in the question for video games.

The game has slipped to a respectable number 4 this week, essentially maintaining its position excusing the release of Vanguard. Here’s the UK top ten software chart for the week ending 6th November, 2021:

Last Week	This Week	Title
New Entry	1	Call of Duty: Vanguard
1	2	FIFA 22
2	3	Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
3	4	Mario Party Superstars
6	5	Grand Theft Auto 5
10	6	Mario Kart 8: Deluxe
5	7	Far Cry 6
25	8	Spider-Man: Miles Morales
9	9	Minecraft (Switch)
11	10	Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Mario Party Minigame Gives Out Warning

Hugh Davies — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:26:52 +0000

The Mario Party franchise has had a special place in a lot of our hearts for a while now. With the first title being released way back in 1998, Nintendo have given us various iterations since then. Every new release has gifted us with some classic mini-games to have fun with in between those intense rounds. From Bumper Balls to Jump Man, the competition has always been hot in any household.

However, occasionally Nintendo don’t quite get it right. For example, let’s look at the “Tug o’ War” mini-game in the original Mario Party on the Nintendo 64. Players would be split into a 1v3 competition and be put into a game of tug of war. The lonesome player would be kitted up in a pretty cool Bowser kit whilst the other three would just be their selected character.

Obviously, you must be thinking well that doesn’t sound like it can do too much damage, right? Well, think again. In order to pull the rope, players would have to rotate the control stick on the N64 controller as fast as possible. As Mario Party fans will know, the game gets pretty competitive pretty quickly, As such, players would use the palm of their hands to rotate the control stick to gain a competitive advantage. This is where the injuries would happen. So how are Nintendo dealing with the problem this time round? Well let’s have a quick look.

Mario Warns Players Not To Go Crazy

In an October 23 tweet, one user noticed something very important in a screenshot of the infamous mini-game. Despite a lot of fans being in awe of the beautifully improved visuals, it was Anthony who noticed the in-game warning. It read “To avoid irritation to your skin and/or damage to the control stick do not rotate it with the palm of your hand”.

THEY'RE BRINGING THE ORIGINAL CONTROLS FOR THIS GAME BACK, JUST WITH A PALM WARNING? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/NUZUkguvqk

— Anthony (@KirbyCheatFurby) October 23, 2021

Nintendo know from experience that this warning is a MUST. This is because New York Attorney General’s office once filed a complaint against them for this mini-game. This led to Nintendo providing players with gloves in an attempt to keep players safe. If this sounds bonkers to you all, well that’s because it is. Why on Earth did Nintendo include the mini-game again with all its previous issues? Well, I guess they just like to see mayhem ensue. Undoubtedly, that’s going to be the case again. Whether players will actually listen to these warnings remain to be seen.

As we already know, the upcoming instalment is going to incorporate loads of classic mini-games. Nostalgia is certainly going to be kicking in with this one. It will certainly be interesting to see how well they have aged, especially on the Switch console. In addition to this, the Switch controllers are going to be given a real durability test here. Can they handle the violent game-play of the Mario Party players of the 90’s? We cannot wait to find out.

Check Out All The Mario Fun Here

There’s so much to look forward to in Mario Party Superstars and we just can’t wait! We bet you can’t either! If your a fan of Nintendo, be sure to check out all the information on the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC!

Also don’t be afraid to check out all the Mario Party content Go2Games has to offer here

You won’t regret it!

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3 Games That Capture The Dark Essence Of The Netflix Series ‘Squid Game’

Jewel Ewers — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:27:43 +0000

Games that Oddly Capture the essence of ‘Squid Game’

The hit Netflix Series ‘Squid Game’ is becoming increasingly popular. Not all the games that are dark, sinister, bloody and battle royale are like Squid Game. There are many light-hearted games that oddly enough, can come across that weird Squid Game spectrum. They may not be the same style, but they definitely have that dark undertone we’re looking for. We’ve mentioned some Must-play for Squid Game fans here and the relation to Fall Guys there, but these are just a few more to pique your interest.

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Hear me out. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is nothing but fun and games, driving in beautiful, fun-filled, crazy race tracks, but there’s a massive downside to Mario Kart 8 deluxe, or should I say dark side? Mario Kart 8 Deluxe includes painful and violent attacks such as getting hit by fireballs, bombs, blue shell bombs, haunted by ghosts, falling off dangerous edges, crushed by massive thwomps…it all sounds like a nightmare in reality. Fair enough, you have Latiku to save you from massive falls, but what about the rest of the pain? After one or two races, most people would want the nightmare to end and all of that…just to win a gold trophy? Sounds pretty sinister to us.

2. Animal Crossing New Horizons

“How? They’re just adorable animal villagers you can live with on a beautiful island…” Well, I’m about to ruin your childhood. If you’re unaware there is a massive trading ‘business’ over the Animal Crossing Community through Facebook, Twitter, Discord and an app called Nookazon. Players will steal, lie and charge millions of in-game bells for a particular villager or item…some even charge real money for specific items on social media or eBay. Oh, but it gets darker than that.

The Animal Crossing New Horizons Discord is a wonderful place for players to get creative, happily trade and have fun with island visits…but there are a few that put their beloved villagers up for sale or even host a GAME SHOW where the winner can obtain the villager of their liking, which is typically Raymond, the new smug cat villager.

If you look at it from a certain angle, it can get pretty dark…that can almost be seen as villager trafficking. The poor villagers abducted from their homes were unknowingly sold or placed up as a prize. Don’t believe me? Check this video out.

Animal Crossing New Horizons

3. Mario Party Superstars

Mario Party….we’ve all seen the Mario Party and Squid Game meme and it’s been mentioned in this previous blog. It’s known quite well now across the gaming community, but no one is talking about Superstars…While it’s essentially the same thing, there are old GameCube boards and Mario Party is now accessible for handheld Nintendo Switch Players, aka those who own a Nintendo Switch Lite. This means more players, more deaths and more viscous neverending cycles for Mario and his friends. Constantly respawning after falling into a fiery pit, off a large cliff, being yeeted out of existence. It’s pretty brutal if you ask me… Want the Super Mario Party for the Nintendo Switch? Click here.

There's no ball like a snow ball to send your rivals soaring!

Snowball Summit from Mario Party 3 is back in Mario Party Superstars when it rolls onto Nintendo Switch next week. pic.twitter.com/gy7r4OCnv3

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) October 22, 2021