Lego Party! is coming for Mario’s multiplayer crown next month
Coming in hot on the heels of Super Mario Party Jamboree’s recent Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade, Lego Party! will take its turn with the multiplayer board game genre when it launches on Sept. 30 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The announcement comes by way of a release date reveal trailer that highlights more of its minigames, customization options, and other features.
Lego Party! was announced this past June as part of Summer Game Fest. It’s a four-player multiplayer game that takes very clear inspiration from the Mario Party series. Players take turns moving around a board and competing in minigames. The twist, of course, is that everything in the world is made out of digital Lego bricks.
The game will get a simultaneous digital and physical launch on Sept. 30, with the latter being made in partnership with iam8bit. Preorders are now live and those who opt in will get five exclusive in-game minifigures to play with, including a punk rock shark and an astronaut. Additionally, you’ll get 10% off the price if you preorder it.
Lego Party! will feature 60 minigames at launch. That may not sound like a lot compared to Mario Party Jamboree’s 112 minigames, but that gulf isn’t as large as it looks on paper. Jamboree’s minigames were spread out across several side-modes like Koopathalon, so just over half of them could appear in the standard board game rotation. Lego Party! has only a dozen or so less minigames in its core board game, matching the number included in Mario Party 4.
With its September release now right around the corner, will Lego Party! be able to go toe-to-toe with Mario’s multiplayer empire? Based on the two rounds I played back in June, there’s potential here. While it’s clearly copying that series’ notes, there are some original twists in its more dynamic turn order and boards that change based on what structures players choose to build on them each round. It will all come down to how much those minigames can forge new blood rivalries between old friends.