Mario Party
"Mario Party 9" also introduced a car mechanic. In "Mario Party 9" and "Mario Party 10", every player navigates the board in a car rather than move independently of one another. "Mario Party 9" has a lesser focus on strategy, and its minigames do not impact the board game in ways that the previous "Mario Party" games did. Critics heavily censured the car mechanic; "Destructoid" noted, "An over-reliance on random chance over strategy can quickly derail the experience when things go awry at the worst possible time ..." The car mechanic was kept in "Mario Party 10", although "Super Mario Party" finally lets players move individually on the board again.