Support NeoGAF

[Gonzo The Great]

More available here. The roster is looking quite small as of now, but hopefully this list isn't final. One of my biggest pet peeves is when developers add new characters to certain franchises, then remove them from later games without explaining why. It's even worse with a game like Mario Party, because the characters are basically just model swaps of each other. I'll be praying for Boo, Birdo, Dry Bones, Blooper, Hammer Bro., Koopa Troopa, and Shy Guy in advance in the likelihood that they will not be returning. :/

Playable Characters:

Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi
Wario
Donkey Kong
Daisy
Waluigi
Toad
Toadette
Rosalina
Spike
Bowser (Bowser Party only)

 

[Compsiox]

This is coming to 3DS correct?

 

[420 Blaze It]

I find myself looking at that green guy making the same face he is.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

I'm all for Spike.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

This is coming to 3DS correct?

No.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Nice Rosalina art

 

[Neiteio]

Wait

I can play as Spike?

But I have to ride around in that shitty car, right?

Conflicted

 

[Hot Coldman]

Spike? That thing was a FUCKING DICK in SMB3. Now I want this game just to destroy him

 

[georly]

Oh neat, now we know what all the mario artwork for wall decals and party supplies will look like in 4 years.

 

[Kouichi]

I pray for Shy Guy's return.

 

[Roo]

Is Toadette sick or something?
She always has an eye closed in most of her artwork lol

 

[Trigonometrize.]

Best Peach art I've seen in a while.

 

[zroid]

Almost makes me want to get Mario Party 10 D:

 

[Gonzo The Great]

Oh neat, now we know what all the mario artwork for wall decals and party supplies will look like in 4 years.

So true. Interestingly, most of the new artwork looks like older art that has undergone an "HD" treatment. It's amazing how far we've come over the past decade.

 

[FunkyMunkey]

I like that artwork, but all players still riding around in a single car = no buy. I don't understand why they won't go back to the original setup.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Spike is... an odd choice.

Spike Amiibo coming?

Err...

 

[Kurdel]

Omg Spike!

 

[The Lamp]

Sorry Nintendo. This fancy art does not override the fact that your game:

• Has a disappointing 4-person car mechanic with linear levels.
• Locks "standard" Mario Party gameplay to Amiibo-exclusive content on a square, one-path board.
• Has no online gameplay.

Nice try.

That is some of the best Peach art I've ever seen, though.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I do like how the list so far is all these recurring Mario spinoff characters and suddenly Spike.
It pleases me that he's finally playable, not so much that it's in Mario Party though.

 

[Platy]

Duckface Peach !

I'll be praying for Boo, Birdo, Dry Bones, Blooper, Hammer Bro., Koopa Troopa, and Shy Guy in advance in the likelihood that they will not be returning. :/

Now that it means basicaly that "playable characters = amiibos" my hopes for the roster are 300 times bigger

GIVE ME A BIRDO AMIIBO ! ><

 

[mrmickfran]

Mai waifu Rosalina is here to dominate you peasants.

 

[Dominator]

Why can't they have a mode like the first couple of games. Why Nintento, why?

 

[Zarovitch]

It's the kind of game i would be willing to rent for one or two week-end on the eShop.

 

[Frecklestein]

Those are certainly Mario characters.

 

[Yado]

Don't like Peach's lips.

 

[Roo]

Best Peach art I've seen in a while.

Interesting... here's original artwork for comparison:

 

[NotLiquid]

It's funny how if you go back in time about a decade and a half and look at the very first Mario Party renders they were, in retrospect, some of the worst Nintendo's come out with, and now with this game they have some of the best.

Best Peach art I've seen in a while.

Renders like these and the Smash Bros models make me realize how pretty Peach really is.

 

[Nocturnowl]

It's funny how if you go back in time about a decade and a half and look at the very first Mario Party renders they were, in retrospect, some of the worst Nintendo's come out with, and now with this game they have some of the best.

Hey now, those MP1 scene renders made for a good set of title screens.
Right?

...Just looked them up again, childhood ruined, the Luigi's engine room one is kinda hilarious.

 

[AdanVC]

Lovely! I love the new renders of Mario and gang we've been getting on Wii U titles. They probably use some kind of ambient light now because they look more vivid and idk just more attractive The stitches on the M emblem in Mario's hat woah.

Best Peach art I've seen in a while.

So pretty. Dem lips are at full! <3

 

[Tabasco]

They really did some work on the art.

Damn.

 

[Madao]

Rosalina's lips are a little too big...

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Hey now, those MP1 scene renders made for a good set of title screens.
Right?

...Just looked them up again, childhood ruined, the Luigi's engine room one is kinda hilarious.

 

[RM8]

Spike <3

Not buying a Mario Party game, though.

 

[KiN0]

Lovely! I love the new renders of Mario and gang we've been getting on Wii U titles. They probably use some kind of ambient light now because they look more vivid and idk just more attractive The stitches on the M emblem in Mario's hat woah.


So pretty. Dem lips are at full! <3

They certainly look less plastic than previous renders.

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

Interesting... here's original artwork for comparison:

Honestly, her abdomen looks more like real human proportions and her eyes look slightly more angled in the newer version

Also, hello Peach's lips~

 

[Gonzo The Great]

It's funny how if you go back in time about a decade and a half and look at the very first Mario Party renders they were, in retrospect, some of the worst Nintendo's come out with, and now with this game they have some of the best.

The CGI from the N64 era hasn't aged well at all. Just look at Rare. There were technological limitations at the time which made their character designs look worse than they actually are.

*shudders*

 

[Jawmuncher]

Where's Daisy and Waluigi

 

[Roo]

Honestly, her abdomen looks more like real human proportions and her eyes look slightly more angled in the newer version

Also, hello Peach's lips~

They have been fine-tuning all their character models the last few years so no surprise there.
Plus, they have been using really nice lighting techniques for their renders. It looks really soft and natural.

 

[DVG]

Spike is very random

 

[Lijik]

Im going to laugh so hard when Waluigi's is that mustache twirl render from Mario Party 6 that they've reused untouched in 2-3 other games now.

 

[Stopdoor]

I dunno, I've got to say the N64 stuff has a charm to it that's still appealing even if they obviously aren't high-quality. The gamecube-era stuff like those poses they recreated seem worse because it's higher-poly and detailed but with bad lighting, gives me a more uncanny-valley type feel than N64.

 

[EulaCapra]

At least Toadette is doubly confirmed to be playable again.

Now, about that Birdo...

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Oh neat, now we know what all the mario artwork for wall decals and party supplies will look like in 4 years.

I would love some general Nintendo decals. So happy I have those large Samus, Donkey Kong and Link Wall Graffix they released years ago. Though I won't put them up until I get a house and I'm sure I will stay in it for the foreseeable future.

 

[Goldfishking]

Yup, that looks like mario.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

My new wallpaper:

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Hoping for goombella

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Spike? Confused, but already picking him as my main.

That is, if I buy this. Which I probably won't if it's all just "ride in a car together" mode. I want classic Mario Party. Why change it?

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Is Toadette sick or something?
She always has an eye closed in most of her artwork lol

Do you really not know what a winky face is?

 

[Exile20]

Sorry Nintendo. This fancy art does not override the fact that your game:

• Has a disappointing 4-person car mechanic with linear levels.
• Locks "standard" Mario Party gameplay to Amiibo-exclusive content on a square, one-path board.
• Has no online gameplay.

Nice try.

That is some of the best Peach art I've ever seen, though.

This post is so weird. Has artwork ever pushed anyone into buying a game?

Anyway Nice artwork.

 

[maxcriden]

Lurve this official art.

http://mariopartylegacy.com/2015/01/mario-party-10-official-art-released/

Spike.

He's too cute. I want to hold him. And hug him till he spits up a spike