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Super Mario Party Jamboree, the latest in the venerable series, comes to Nintendo Switch this week. After playing some of it, I can confirm that part of Mario Party, if nothing else, has been left wonderfully intact. It may not be a "good video game" by conventional standards, but who cares?

Jamboree' feels scattered and altogether too eager to please. But while the game's a mixed bag, it's still one of the best in the chaotic Nintendo series.

Here at Nintendo Life, we loved it. In our 9/10 review, we called Nintendo's latest "the best Mario Party to date," praising its minigame selection, boards, new modes and just about everything else you can think of. You can read all about it right here:

The Mario Party series is set in its ways, but Super Mario Party Jamboree feels like the most polished of these games to date.

Super Mario Party Jamboree juggles a few too many ideas at once, but it still mostly delivers a reliable hit of multiplayer fun.

Super Mario Party Jamboree is the biggest Mario Party game yet, but fails to find the fun at almost every step.