Your first day in Party Land

A gentle first-session route

• Choose a difficulty everyone feels comfortable trying. Treat the first session as practice rather than a score challenge.
• Let each player choose a favorite partner. Give the newest player time to get used to moving around before entering a game.
• Visit Game Park for a short practice session. Read the instructions aloud and agree on who is doing what.
• Take a Hometown break before committing to a board. Save shopping and a group photo for a relaxed finish.

Keep the right controls nearby

The manual uses the position of the face buttons for a sideways Joy-Con. The equivalent full-controller buttons are listed below. If you have remapped a controller, follow your own system settings.

Choose difficulty for the whole group

The game offers Easy through Super Hard. Start lower when players are still learning to coordinate; raise the challenge after everyone can explain the objective without prompting.

Our board quota examples use Medium. Read your current board screen before planning a delivery, because difficulty changes both the target and the time limit. A published Medium number is not a promise for another setting.

Agree on a host before you begin

Have one person handle menus and transitions, then ask the group before starting the next activity. This avoids leaving a younger player behind while they are still exploring.

In a local session the first controller is the host; online, the room creator hosts. If a guest cannot open a building or start an activity, ask the host rather than reconnecting a controller.