{"id":53106,"date":"2018-10-05T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/video_super_mario_partys_online_mode_is_a_real_party_pooper"},"modified":"2018-10-05T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:00:00","slug":"video-super-mario-partys-online-mode-is-a-real-party-pooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/05\/video-super-mario-partys-online-mode-is-a-real-party-pooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Super Mario Party&#8217;s Online Mode Is A Real Party Pooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/07616fafa58c0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/07616fafa58c0\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/video_super_mario_partys_online_mode_is_a_real_party_pooper\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As you&#8217;ll already know if you&#8217;ve read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_party\">our review<\/a>, we really liked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_party\"><strong>Super Mario Party<\/strong><\/a>. It&#8217;s a fun return to form that not only packs in loads of new mini-games but also offers fresh new ways to play, including a mode which uses two Switch consoles at once.<\/p>\n<p>However, one element of the package which isn&#8217;t all that impressive is the online mode. In the video above, our resident video host Alex runs through the reasons why Super Mario Party&#8217;s online functionality is, well, a bit <em>naff<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the end of the world, of course &#8211; Mario Party is a series which really benefits from local rather than online multiplayer, because mocking someone until your throat is sore is <em>much<\/em> more fun when they&#8217;re in the same room as you.<\/p>\n<p>However, when you consider how close this game has launched to the high-profile arrival of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service, you&#8217;d think the company would have made more of an effort in this area.<\/p>\n<p>Have a watch and then let us know your thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] As you&#8217;ll already know if you&#8217;ve read our review, we really liked Super Mario Party. It&#8217;s a fun return to form that not only packs in loads of new mini-games but also offers fresh new ways to play, including a mode which uses two Switch consoles at once. However, one element of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}