Well, to be fair, Nintendo is taking different routes for different games. Zelda, Pokken and Xenoblade got paid DLC, and Mario Kart no DLC at all. And Splatoon which you listed had a mix of free DLC and paid one.

I think though Mario Party is a good candidate for free updates and even some online events. It may or may not also get a bigger paid DLC later like Octo Expansion.

You don't have Zelda? You don't have Xenoblade? Yeah, you have more important games.

Yeah, I agree. Does any party game have much higher scores? Seems it is pretty decent for a party game.

I just can't get myself to spend more than about $25 for a party game. So, I guess I'll have to wait a year or two.

I played it a lot last night with my friends, and we all loved it. The so-called low number of boards is one of many game modes.

I am SO excited to play this later tonight after I get home from work. I haven't played a Mario Party game since perhaps #5. We're going to have a family game night tonight that I'm looking forward to. I need to buy an extra set of Joy Cons. Hoping to find the pink and green "Splatoon" colors (putting that in quotes because I'm not sure if they are officially considered Splatoon Joy Cons, but the colors remind me of it).

Picking this up tonight!! Going to be soooo fun!!

I don't think that's true for Kirby Star Allies, it's also not true for Super Mario Odyssey.

This game looks great. Definitely going to get it before the end of the year.

So the Switch is my first ever Nintendo console, and I got this game. Can anyone give me an opinion on whether these games are typically worth buying? How fun are they with friends?