Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online games. Not available in all countries. Internet access is required for online functions. Terms and conditions apply. nintendo.com/switch-online Monopoly for Nintendo Switch is a video game for Nintendo Switch. It was published by Ubisoft and has a PEGI rating of 3. On the back, there are 4 notes: « Build your empire anywhere, anytime », « Discover 3 vivid 3D boards », « Play on the go, up to 6 players » and « New modes for faster sessions ». As for the game modes available, you can play with the classic rules of Monopoly or you can use preset objectives/house rules to mix things up a bit. Objectives require you to meet certain criteria to win – such as the first player to build a hotel or own a certain number of properties at the same time. There`s also a Speed Dice mode that`s handy for having a fast-paced game – as we all know, a Monopoly game isn`t the fastest game you can finish! If you set custom rule sets or house rules, the AI won`t recognize them either and will continue as if the game were proceeding normally.
If the goal is « The first hotel construction wins, » why is AI buying every railroad or trading other properties for utilities? These seats on the board of directors are worthless with this customary rule (except potentially the bankruptcy of an opponent). However, for house rules, you can add 1 single rule to the basic rules. These are; Free Parking Cash (fines or taxes are reimbursed by free parking), Go and Movement (Go gives 400M / Free Move AND lucky cards are optional), Snake Eyes (roll 2 gives you 1000M), Rental and auction (No rent in prison AND must always choose an auction when buying a property), King of the Hill, (Go does nothing) and Real Estate Improvements (build houses/hotels at any time, without full color adjustment. I even take a little beef with the implementation of customs rules, but not because I am a purist of Monopoly. For some reason, you can`t mix and adjust your own rule sets. You can choose from a list of options, but only one rule can be applied at a time. If you want faster dice rolls and the ability to buy hotels without first getting four houses on each lot, you`re out of luck. Luckily, you can put action cards into play with the default rule set, but having all these different rules without a toggle option seems like a missed opportunity. There`s also the House Rules mode, where you can choose from a number of different rules that can be applied to your game.
Do you remember those discussions when you discussed the little things, like if the fines fall under the « Free Parking » tile? Now you can choose to apply them or not, although we found it strange that you can`t apply more than one at a time. Yes, if both people abandon the auction, the property remains on the board. Filed under. #Classics#eShop#Ports#reviews in progress#Switch#Ubisoft Monopoly for Nintendo Switch is by no means a bad game, Monopoly for Nintendo Switch just seems to miss the point a bit. When it comes to replicating the board game, this title does a great job. However, the things that make Monopoly great – the arguments, the social aspect, etc. – are somewhat lacking here. For the price of this title, you`d better spend your money on the board game and play with your friends and family – it would be cheaper and a lot more fun! Apart from that, the game offers support for up to six players by passing the controller or using Split Joy-Con. You can even shake the controller to simulate dice.
There are tokens to unlock, so you can set goals for your different gaming sessions to get a golden pumpkin or gramophone. It`s a little intimidating to face Monopoly in the world of video games, especially if it`s your first time, but regular on-screen instructions help make things simple and accessible. Scrolling, moving, looking at real estate and depositing houses/hotels is quite easy, although trading can be a bit fuzzy as properties are displayed via small coloured squares and the whole thing can get a bit complicated, especially on the small joy-cons. The whole gimmick on these new boards is to make the game more alive by animating too much. The entire middle section has the theme going on, and when you land on the various properties, a quick sequence of a sales panel is displayed. I don`t know anyone who wants Monopoly to feel more alive, but I think it achieves that kind of accomplishment. For me, it simply extends a game that can last more than three hours with experienced players. That`s fine in itself, but it`s the cost of this package that really makes me shrug. I have a history of animated Monopoly fights with a friend of mine, so I really like the game. What I don`t like is the unnecessary price on a title that has virtually no content.
I know Monopoly is more of endless replayability and tons of strategy (with a pinch of luck), but there`s no way to justify a $25 price increase, even for portability. I`m not sure about trading as a GF and I have a rule not to trade. While this switching port of the « classic » real estate trading game allows you to bankrupt your friends in public at any time, there`s not much else that brings that to the table. It also has a number of performance issues and a crazy price tag that gets in the way of an otherwise decent package. One aspect of the trades that won`t be everyone`s cup of tea is that values are displayed on the screen. Those who like to cheat to succeed may not appreciate that values are displayed on both sides (so if you`re trying to get a property worth 300 to 150, they`ll hear about it), as some might think it`s up to gamers to do the business, but for gamers, it`s probably something that helps keep things beautiful and simple for the whole family. gamespot.comgiantbomb.commetacritic.comfandom.comfanatical.com Monopoly seems to have been around forever, the board game that can tear families apart and cause more conflict at Christmas than addressing politics at the dinner table, and the classic board game has at one point made its way to almost every console. The latest version of the real estate trading game is the Nintendo Switch, which hopes to increase the fun by focusing on simple multiplayer fun, although we`re honest, you can`t get the same satisfaction when you launch the Switch as you can flip a board and see money flying everywhere.
However, the biggest problem with this switch version is how poorly optimized it is. I mentioned earlier that « living boards » don`t work particularly well, but Monopoly will drain your battery life like no other. It`s just shocking that Breath of the Wild can last longer than Monopoly in handheld mode. When I was playing one night, I even let my Switch die in an hour and a half of play. This has never happened to me before. Once you`re done with that initial hiccup, the rest of the game unfolds as you`d expect from a Monopoly game.
