I was too optimistic on this one but not too far.

For a while they released yearly which def hurt their scores and 9 & 10 were just rly bad. Super has a higher score because it was a return somewhat to what people wanted in MP and it had been a long time since the last one and this new one seems to be the first genuinely great mario party game in over a decade along and appeals to nostalgia of certain reviewers

Well that's the thing, MP9 is one of the higher rated ones with a 73 metascore, while MP8 got a 62. That's just weird.

Also important update that SMTV predictions are due next thursday 11/4!

Well, to start the lowest scoring Mario Party games are all on handheld devices where the competitive "family" component just isn't as apparent. Playing a board game with people is fun because you're sharing the board. If you all had your own board it would seem more isolated. 

On the home console side *most* Mario Party games have received between a 70 and a 79 with the original trilogy being some of the highest scoring games. Which, this is effectively a remaster of the first three games with some of the best games from a few of the other games thrown in. 

I underestimated Mario Party Superstars. I'm in a weird conflict where I want to win, so the score needs to drop, but I also want the game to get an 80 or higher for it to be quality so I want the score to keep going up. Help me.

It got a 5/10 from"We Got This Covered", which they obviously don't. Their summary is complete bullshit. Similar to the review of the Guardian it seems they played something else and not Dread. Either way it's still 88 on metacritic.

Frfr. This might be my GOTY tho so tbh I'm kinda pulling moreso for it to get a higher score

Seems I was right on the money with Shin Megami Tensei V.

I find it impressive how SMTV is recommended by 98% of the critics.