Super Mario Party Gets New Online Play Modes in Free Update Two years after its original release, Super Mario Party has received an update from Nintendo that expands the online play options. Now you can play more games online with friends, provided your friends all have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. The update is called Version 1.1. Players can now start two different online multiplayer lobbies: A Friend Match, which, as the name suggests, allows you to play with friends; and a Private Game, which is a password-protected match that anyone with the password may join. According to the update notes, you can have up to four players in any kind of match and each mode supports up to two players playing on each Switch system. The notes say: “If two players are each playing on their own systems, they cannot play with two players using a third system.”