# Mario Party Superstars brings classic boards online

> The Switch game opened with 163,256 physical sales in Japan.

- Owner: Nintendo
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2021-10-29
- Peak proxy date: Week of Oct 31, 2021
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.
- Spread Score: 28 (Niche), v1.3
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Controversy

## Summary

Nintendo released Mario Party Superstars on October 29, 2021. Creators streamed and posted gameplay, while Famitsu estimated 163,256 Japanese physical sales in launch week.

## Timeline

- 2021-06-15 — Nintendo (Open web) — Nintendo announced five classic boards and 100 minigames, with online play.
- 2021-09-17 — Nintendo (Retail) — Nintendo offered a Birdo keyring and coasters with UK pre-orders.
- 2021-10-20 — MeriStation (Press) — MeriStation published sponsored memories of earlier Mario Party games.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/mario-party-superstars-launch-2021

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Mario Party Superstars brings classic boards online.” Case HIS-02068. Spread Score v1.3: 28/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-02068