‘Mario Party Superstars’ review: A return to form with one big pain point

The very best, most understated characteristic of “Mario Occasion Superstars” is the general accelerated velocity of the sport. Characters transfer throughout boards quicker, and board occasions might be sped up with the press of a button. CPU-only occasions, like after they land on an merchandise area, skip on to the outcomes. Lastly, the extreme and gradual animations of the earlier recreation, “Tremendous Mario Occasion,” have been deserted. These animations, from the victory celebrations to the cut-in reactions characters would have at board occasions, served no useful function apart from to decelerate the sport. By reducing them, “Mario Occasion Superstars” is quicker, and returns the collection to the “20-turn, one-hour session” format.