Just For Games releases Ultra Mega Xtra Party Challenge for Nintendo Switch gamers will need to pop, stick, unroll, wrap, shave dig, wash, unplug, blow... It's a frenzied party game up for up to 4 players (also solo-player compliant), that features 100 minigames...

There are 100 minigames that you can play against your friends

"Great!" I hear you cry. "Yet another awful party game compilation". Well, in this instance Ultra Mega Xtra Party Challenge might surprise you. I say might. I'm not guaranteeing anything.

There are 100 minigames that you can play against your friends... However, be warned, most are over in a flash and they're not always easy to work out. In fact part of the game is trying to work out what on earth you have to do.

If you have no friends (bless you) you can play the single player mode.

If you have no friends (ah, bless you) to play multiplayer with, then you can play the single player mode. Here, Coach, a mega buff fitness freak from another galaxy will help train you to upgrade all of your body part (arm, legs, etc.) to become harder, better, faster, stronger... But if you fail a minigame, just the once, you'll be forced to start from the very beginning.

Obviously, considering there are 100 games here, it's a mixed bag but what unites them is that they're all incredibly odd.

As minigame collections go... it's not a total disaster. But then again while it's fine in short bursts, it's not the sort of game you'll want to spend hours focusing on.

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Nick Smithson