Nintendo aired its promised June Nintendo Direct overnight, giving us around 40 minutes of new announcements, updates, trailers and releases for the Switch.
Among the bigger surprises of the show was the announcement of a brand-new entry in the iconic Mario Party franchise, titled Super Mario Party Jamboree.
The game, which is launching for Nintendo Switch on October 17th, will feature the largest selection of minigames to date with a huge 110 to discover, plus five all-new game boards and two returning boards from previous games, and will also come with a new 20-player online mode dubbed Koopathlon.
The trailer also reveals some neat new features and power-ups like the Turbo Dice which will can send players up to 40 spaces in their kart on the Roll ’em Raceway board.
Check out the reveal trailer for Super Mario Party Jamboree below:
Here’s what Nintendo has to say about the game:
Mario and friends are arriving on an enormous island resort for the latest entry in the Mario Party series! Explore five new game boards: ride the escalators in Rainbow Galleria, stay on track in Roll ’em Raceway and mix things up with an active volcano in Goomba Lagoon, just to name a few. Two boards from previous Mario Party games are making a return, too! In addition, over 110 minigames are available to play — the largest selection in the Mario Party series to date. Experience action-packed challenges, puzzles to test your wits and some minigames that feature motion controls. That’s not all — up to 20 players can go head-to-head in online** play in the Koopathlon mode. Try your best to come out on top! The biggest Mario Party yet will soon be underway when Super Mario Party Jamboree launches on Nintendo Switch Oct. 17.
