Mario Party 6: Superstars Edition

Mario Party 6: Superstars Edition is the twenty sixth installment in the Mario Party series. Released for the Nintendo Switch on July 5, 2024 it is the third game in the series released for the console following Super Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars and is the thirteenth released for a home console. The game itself is the first enhanced remake of a previous game in the series, that previous game being Mario Party 6. Featuring the same lineup of minigames and boards from the original game modified to fit the functionalities of the Nintendo Switch, the game features various minigames and all six boards from Mario Party 7, modified to fit the rules of Mario Party 6. All game modes are available to play online.
==Story==
Brighton and Twila, the hosts of Mario Party 6, have watched over the Mushroom Kingdom for years in the sky. Despite their close friendship, one day, Brighton asks Twila which of the duo is better. An argument then breaks out between him and Twila, and because it causes major disruption. Mario decides to throw a Mario Party to collect and harness the power of the Stars to fill the Star Bank in order to force the two to work together in making the party perfect. Their good friend Starlid promises to host the party.
By collecting Stars, Mario and friends are able to obtain pages to the Miracle Book. After the Miracle Book is filled out, Brighton and Twila see the Star Bank, filled with Stars. Noting how hard Mario and friends had worked to obtain the Stars, Brighton and Twila apologize to them for the hassle their quarrel had caused, and make up. To show their appreciation for the effort, the hosts send the Stars flying into the sky.
==Gameplay==
Mario Party 6: Superstars Edition follows the same gameplay style as the original game and applies it to the six boards from Mario Party 7. Two types of supplies can be obtained during a game of Mario Party, Orbs and Items. Orbs function similarly to how they would've worked before, acting as traps that can be thrown onto a space and activated when someone lands on said space or passes it. Items function as power ups and weapons that can help the player and hinder the opponents.
Like in the original game, the central mechanic of the game is the cycle between the Day Time and the Night Time. Depending on what time of day is set before starting a game of Mario Party, the board alters to reflect the setting of the day, while also introducing various gameplay changes depending on the board, indicated by small cutscenes. This happens every three turns and players can see that before a turn starts or on the pause menu.
As Starlid hosts the game whilst Brighton and Twila watch over everyone in the sky, he brings in a random player that he thinks will win the game and asks them to spin a bonus wheel that has various effects which can help and hinder the players. This includes Five Star Spaces being added to the board, the price of Items and Orbs being risen or decreased, all players being given 50 coins, character spaces being added to the board and Bowser Spaces having more punishing outcomes. At the end of the event, Starlid closes it off by stating that the coins gained or lost from Blue Spaces and Red Spaces are doubled, two players landing on the same space embark in a Duel Minigame and that Koopa Banks now ask for ten coins instead of five.
==Characters==
Mario Party 6: Superstars Edition features sixteen playable characters. All from the original game returning, with it being the first game in two decades that Koopa Kid has been featured in, with him now using the European name Mini Bowser. This game marks the first appearance of Pauline in a Mario Party game.
==Boards==
The game features fifteen boards overall. All six boards from the original alongside the three Solo Mode boards with their layouts modified in conjunction with the other boards are featured. The events in the boards from Mario Party 7 are heavily reworked in order to fit in with the Day Time/ Night Time cycle whilst the Bowser Time events from those boards are delegated to being activated when landing on a Bowser Space. The seven boards, Towering Treetop, Grand Canal, E. Gadd's Garage, Thirsty Gulch, Astro Avenue, Infernal Tower and Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!, all feature the same goal of reaching a Star Space, and buying it and doing the same thing when it moves to another location whilst the other boards keep their objectives unique. Pyramid Park's goal of collecting a Star now involves the players going to Chain Chomp houses to purchase Star Orbs for 20 Coins and then going to the Bowser Sphinx to trade the Orbs for a Star, players can purchase up to three orbs. 
== Items ==
== Minigames ==
== Gallery ==