The Mario Party developer's first new game on Switch 2 is already out: it's Welcome Tour, the weird and divisive tech demo

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Nintendo Cube has been in charge of Mario Party since Mario Party 9

Super Mario Party Jamboree
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In case you've been wondering what long-time Mario Party developer Nintendo Cube has been up to since releasing Jamboree last October, well, apparently it was making Nintendo Welcome Tour, the Switch 2 game that plays like a bundled-in tech demo but is inexplicably sold separately and priced at $10.

Nintendo Cube has been handling development on the Mario Party series since 2012's Mario Party 9, when it took over from the series' original developer, Hudson Soft. And if you head to the studio's Japanese website and see its list of developed titles, you'll see Nintendo Welcome Tour is its most recent one.

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

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