Potato Game of the Week

     
     Each week, MPG staff will pick one special title to brag about! Whether it tickles our funny bone, or jerks a tear, we’ll give you the low-down on the games that stand out to us.

About This Weeks Winner

     Since back in the day, Mario Party has been bringing friends together for a healthy competitive romp in the Mario world. With more features than ever before, Super Mario Party continues to deliver the Super Mario board-game excitement that we’ve known for so long.  Currently available on Nintendo Switch for as low as $53.99US, Super Mario Party sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide in it’s first month.  You can play with up to four players locally,  allowing you to actually face your challengers, or online, battling strangers or friends from a distance for those elusive stars. 

A Bit of History and Stuff

      This franchises’ initial title had its release on the N64 in 1998, and immediately became a home favorite for its multiplayer rivalry style.  Pitted head-to-head against your friends and loved ones, you control classic Mario characters through many trials and tribulations to become the lead star holder, and lord and champion of all.

     Roll the dice and take the chance of much-excellent progression, or the degradation of regression. With thievery and malice afoot, every turn keeps you in suspense of where the balance of luck will shift next. Create and break alliances, never flinching or losing character and exposing your true selfish motives. While having this tendency to be at least mildly cutthroat, the game never loses touch with the cuteness of the Mario world, or the wholesomeness that always comes with the Nintendo name.

New and Improved

     Super Mario Party returns to the original game style quite nicely, while still adding new features that blend perfectly with this re-imagining.  With more characters to choose from than ever before, Super Mario Party brings a fresh face to these party titles, adding a Partner Party that allows you to actually team up with a partner.  The Partner Party is a whole new play style that makes for a little free roam, instead of the linear path.  The goals remain to collect stars and coins, only now you can divvy up the chores so that more concentration can be placed on literally stomping your rivals.  

     As to be expected, there are many new mini-games accessible in Super Mario Party, as well as some classics that are sure to pull some of the nostalgia heart-strings.  We continue to love and hate each other as scrap and scrape to be the big star holder. If you haven’t Party’d in a while, or have never Party’d, Super Mario Party is the perfect place to start.  Making great use of the Joy-Con’s functionality, Super Mario Party is a fresh coat of paint on a beloved vintage series. Being guided by the original hosts, Toad and The Princess, there is great fun to had in exploring all the new features and games available with this installment. 

Super Mario Party Release Trailer

You can get your own copy of this wonderful title right now by clicking here!

     An official announcement for Little Friends: Dogs & Cats coming to Switch this spring was released by Sold Out, an award-winning game publishing company responsible for such titles as My Time Portia and Overcooked 2! Developed by Imagineer, Little Friends: Dogs & Cats is a pet simulation game that was released in Japan in December of last year. Now, thanks to Sold Out, members of the fifty states will also have access to this fantastically fluffy title. The game will be available in both physical and digital copies. 

     Little Friends: Dogs & Cats is said to be in same league of Nintendogs, but with many more features and better graphics. Sold Out’s website shows a date of 28th, May this year, which may or may not be a release date. Soon available on Switch in the U.S., here are some of the specs of the game that we can expect:

Game Features:

     Meet your new best friend! Choose from 6 breeds of puppy and 3 cute kittens, including Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd and French Bulldog. Give your new friend a name, care for them and develop a bond with them. Lifelike animations help bring your little friends to life.

     Play with them! Use the Nintendo Switch touch screen to pet your new friend, or take your puppy pal out on walks to keep them as happy as you can. Play ball, practice for the flying disc tournament, and unlock new toys as you play. Play with up to 3 pets at the same time, or use the hotel to keep up to 12 furry friends.

     Get to know them! Learn what your pet prefers to play and feed them their favorite food. With hundreds of lifelike personality traits, getting to know what each pet prefers is important for bonding with your little friend.

      Dress up! Choose from over 600 stylish accessories to dress up your new companion. Once they’re ready, take screenshots to remember their amazing outfits.

     Look after them anytime, anywhere! Take care of your cats and dogs on the go, or put the console in the dock to continue playing on the TV.

Little Friends: Dogs & Cats Announcement Trailer

More Info…

     For more information about this title, please check out our original Little Friends: Cats & Dogs article.  If you do not wish to wait for the U.S. release , simply click here to gain access to the Japanese version. Happy petting!

     As promised, Nintendo has delivered with an all new RPG pocket monster adventure in their Pokemon Direct this morning. Pokemon Sword and Shield were revealed and the release has been set for sometime later this year. The footage in said Direct depicted a colorful, open-world adventure game to truly rival it’s predecessors. A whole new journey awaits, with new characters, creatures and locales, giving even the most venerable Poke-champs something to look forward to. 

     When it comes to the exploration of possible psychotic tendencies, Pokemon is our classic go-to. Nothing beats the feeling of pitting two gentle and unique monsters against each other in a savage fight to unconsciousness.  Grinding battle after battle, you must fight to be the best trainer in the land, all while watching from a safe distance. Command these cute creatures to do inexplicable things to each other for your benefit, so that others may come to know your mastery of adjuration.

     Deep-seated psychoses aside, time after time Game Freak has delivered with that classic turn-based battle style that meshes seamlessly with the art in way to create a near perfect game. Pokemon Sword and Shield appear to be sticking very close to this formula, which will hopefully ensure an experience reminiscent of the originals, but with prettier graphics and new monsters to befriend.  

     By clicking here, you may pre-order Pokemon Shield and Pokemon Sword.  In doing so, you will ensure that you receive a $10 reward certificate with your purchase. 

Pokemon Direct 02/27/19

Potato Game of the Week

Each week, MPG staff will pick one special title to brag about! Whether it tickles our funny bone, or jerks a tear, we’ll give you the low-down on the games that stand out to us.

About This Weeks Winner

     Straight from the minds of the artistic genius’ at SFB Games comes a visually pleasing and delightfully charming puzzle-based Switch title.  Snipperclips – Cut It Out Together was released on the same day as the Nintendo Switch on March 03, 2017, costing only 19.99.

     Eight months after the release came Snipperclips Plus – Cut It Out Together, with many welcomed add-ons, including a variety of modes, worlds and activities. This game is a multiplayer action puzzler for up to four players, and can be just as fun played alone, controlling both characters. 

     In Snipperclips – Cut It Out Together, you (and maybe a friend or two) play Snip and Clip, two lovable paper creatures with adorably expressive features. These two cutesy cut-outs must collaborate and cooperate to navigate through the many challenges that await. With the ability to enact their very names, you shape and mold each other to hopefully figure out how to overcome your wacky obstacles and inability to sort optimized leadership over humble following.

     With many not-too-agitating games, modes and challenges at hand, you can spend hours giggling and jostling your mates as you ponder and analyze in an attempt to be the mastermind that finally aids in the ever-steady progress toward completion.

Snipperclips – Cut It Out Together Extended Overview Trailer

More Info…

     For more information about Snipperclips and Snipperlips Plus, please check out our original article for the game. To purchase this title, simply click here!

     Announced in this months Nintendo Direct, the sequel to Super Mario Maker is set to be released for the Nintendo Switch in June this year. The original game had quite a loving reception, receiving many awards and eventually selling over 6 million copies worldwide for the Wii U and 3DS.

     The announcement trailer for Super Mario Maker 2 teased what appeared to be a hugely amplified take on the first, adding new features and creatures to expand our repertoire of Mario madness.   Whether you are a Mario pro, or just a turtle pounding pupil, there is sure to be a variety of fresh Mario goodies in store for us with the release of Super Mario Maker 2. 

Super Mario Maker 2 Announcement Trailer

     Not into first-person shooters, but would love to check out all the battle royal hype? Tetris 99 brings our beloved classic to a whole new level.  This franchise has taken on many faces, with enough game variants to possibly rival Mario. T99 pits you against 98 other players in a battle of speed and skill in the classic Tetris style.  It is a true battle royal, allowing you to attack your foes by performing large breaks, and that ever-pleasing Tetris. 

     Fast pace, concentration and accuracy will see you to the top of the leaderboards quite rapidly, but even Tetris pros may find themselves often thirsty for that elusive “chicken dinner”. Given that it is currently free to play for Nintendo Switch Online members, it is tough to miss a chance to try this new twist on our cherished epic with people from all around the world, repeatedly butting heads for a chance to be number one!

Tetris 99 Reveal Trailer

     For more information about Nintendo Online benefits, read our article about Super Mario Bros. 2 and Kirby’s Adventure recent re-release for NSO members. 

     This special installment in the LoZ series made a huge bang in its initial reception on the Super Nintendo, and the later polishing on the Game Boy Color. With an original story (set not in Hyrule) and almost no mention of the Princess, this unique Link adventure takes place on Koholint Island, a magical paradise location inhabited by your usual monsters, as well as a giant whale-god that can grant you the ability to get off the island.

     The game received unprecedentedly positive reviews for the GBC remake, as well as winning many awards for its graphics and story line. Many reviewers even held it as one of the best made games of all time.  Now having a remake for the Switch being released sometime in 2019, this delightful classic will have the chance to ease our RPG needs once again. 

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Release Trailer

     Yup, you read right! This deeply creepy title is coming to the Switch on March 31st.  Currently available in an enhanced version on Steam, Among the Sleep is a first-person horror game in which you play a toddler exploring a mildly macabre world.

     The game focuses on completing puzzles to advance through different dream scenarios while trying to avoid the skulking monsters bent on causing your demise. Now even more of us will have the opportunity to partake in this odd adventure with it’s transition to the Nintendo Switch.

Original Release Trailer