It's like Monopoly, but with Bowser, Slimes and mushrooms!
Recently, I had the pleasure of playing a round of Nintendo’s new project, Fortune Street. This board-based video game is a hybrid of Mario Party, Monopoly and Dragon Quest. In the game, you take control of one character either from the Mario franchise or the Dragon Quest franchise. After four players have chosen their characters the game begins.
Each player gets a turn to roll the dice and venture around the board. If a player lands on a property, he can either buy it if it’s available, or if it’s taken he can buy it from the owner for three times what he paid for it, or just pay the amount it costs to land on it. Players can multiply the amount of a property by buying up properties next to each other. The longer the chain is, the more money your property is worth.
Unfortunately, even a “quick” game takes about half an hour. The game is fun, but the novelty can lose its charm quickly unless you have other players who are as enthusiastic about it as you.
Graphically, it looks beautiful and the sound (from what I could hear) was very lighthearted and suited the game well. And if that weren’t enough, when the other players in the game are AI-controlled, they have little quips and catch phrases they say to you at the beginning of their turn. Nothing beats watching Mario cower in fear from a Slime.