Minigames strips away the board and its related pleasantries to offer minigames with a custom “goal” – for example players can choose how many minigames a player must win in order to be declared winner. Each of these modes provides different ways to play – Party mode is the traditional mode most players know and love from previous Mario Party games. There are three major modes in Island Tour. But even then this party isn’t particularly worth attending or even bothering to RSVP to. Regardless of this, it would be unfair to judge Island Tour purely on opportunity cost that has been forgone by the decision to release it on the 3DS. So when Nintendo announced a portable Mario Party game, while their home console was faltering, I was pretty perplexed by their decision.

Wouldn’t have realised that recent LEGO games are actually getting better. Without such an attitude, I wouldn’t have seen the strategic merit in playing a game like Style Boutique. I am a staunch believer in giving everything a fair go.

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