The Switch is hardly lacking crowd-pleasing multiplayer games. Fancy a bit of racing? Mario Kart 8 Deluxeis a classic. Irrepressible urge to punch someone in the nose? Avoid the consequences by doing it in Arms instead. Unwavering confidence in your digital sushi-plating prowess? Apron up for Overcooked 2.
But, come Christmas, there’s only one game to rescue you and your loved ones from mince-pie malaise: Super Mario Party. With a whopping 80 new mini-games that are easily grasped by gamers and baffled grandmothers alike, as well as online play for the first time, this marks a refreshing return to form for the series. And Toad’s Rec Room, a new mode that lets you play tabletop games by joining two Switches together, is Nintendo at its creative best.