Over the years, Nintendo has put out some incredibly popular party games, such as theWii Partytitles and of course,theMario Partyseries.After a slew of Game Boy Advance games in the early 2000’s, Nintendo subsidiary NDcube took over for developer Hudson Soft on development of theMario Partyseries back in 2012, as well as began developing other party games likeAnimal Crossing: amiibo FestivalandClubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics.
Although more recentMario Partygames, and particularlyAnimal Crossing: amiibo Festivalhave not garnered the best reception, NDcube’smobile gameAnimal Crossing: Pocket CampandClubhouse Gameson the Switch have been lauded by many for innovating greatly on simple gameplay mechanics. Now, it seems that any individuals hoping to get their foot in the door working on party games and the like have a great chance.
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Yesterday over on Twitter, user Nintendo Memories posted a picture of NDcube’s recruitment brochure for 2021. The colorful brochure displays a variety of games made by the developer,a majority beingMario Partygames,seemingly pointing to a mysterious new game at the top of the brochure. When translated, the blurb next to Waluigi and co. reportedly says “let’s make a new game together!”
Although NDcube’s brochure seems rather vague, it is clearly geared towards hiring for the development of a new game. The mystery game highlighted on the brochure seems to be in the shape of a Nintendo Switch game. While this may be rather obvious since the subsidiary is likely not developing a game for any discontinued Nintendo systems, this may signal that the new game in development could be a Nintendo Switch game rather than aNintendo mobile game. When looking at NDcube’s track record, it does seem like a new party game is the most likely possibility.
It’s possible that the developer could use this new game to learn from its lastMario Partygame on the Switch,Super Mario Party,which received rather mixed reviews, mainly for its lack of game boards and other content, despite many enjoying its mini games. Looking even further back thanMario Partyhowever, it should be noted that NDcube once developed anF-Zerogame for the Game Boy Advance, 2001’sF-Zero: Maximum Velocity.
Though it would be strange for Nintendo to bring back theF-Zeroseries out of nowhere with a developer who worked on a one-off Game Boy Advance game for the series, it should be noted that theF-Zeroseries has been getting attentionlately. For now, while it’s unclear what exactly NDcube has up its sleeve, fans can simply hope for the best, whether in a newMario Partygame, the surprise revival ofF-Zero, or something else entirely.
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