Super Mario-themed 'Monopoly' spices up the classic game with boss fights
Nintendo and hasbro are teaming up for Monopoly Gamer, a new spin on Monopoly that brings the characters of Super Mario into the classic board game with a few new Mario-themed twists.
On top of replacing the classic player pieces with Mario, Peach, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong, Monopoly Gamer changes up some of Monopoly's rules by introducing boss fights and character powers.
Instead of collecting all the money in the game to win (or in Monopoly Gamer, collecting the coins), players need to beat levels (a.k.a. collect properties) and defeat bosses to earn points. The player with the most points at the end wins, kind of like how Mario Party matches are decided by players' star counts -- definitely less brutal than running your friends and family into the ground.
The dice will even work differently, with its own Mario spin. One die decides how many spaces you move and another die decides what ability you can use, like causing other players to drop coins on the board.
Here's a video that goes through some of the unique features in Monopoly Gamer in more detail:
Monopoly Gamer is coming out this August for $25 with additional characters that can be bought individually in power packs. Power packs are $3 and comes with the following characters, each of which has a unique ability:
A Collector's Edition of Monopoly Gamer is available at GameStop starting today and comes with an additional character: Bowser.
