The popular board game Monopoly Go has had an interesting crossover with the famous epic space opera Star Wars on May 1. In this season named after Star Wars, players will have the opportunity to obtain in-game collectibles exclusive Monopoly Go board tokens, shields, emojis, stickers, and more while exploring the stories of The Skywalker Saga and The Mandalorian.
In fact, Monopoly Go is no stranger to the crossover with these game things with a grand world view and interesting mechanisms. For example, it had a crossover with Marvel before, in which Wolverine, Deadpool, Spider-Man and other characters were invited to become the most dazzling icons on Monopoly Go Stickers.
In this Star Wars season, how will this board game with multiple in-game events perfectly present this crossover to players? Given the current community and social media outcry about this issue, this guide will introduce you to what kind of integration effects will be in the current Star Wars season based on the announcements and experiences released by the two main developers of the current crossover event.
Visual Style
In Monopoly Go, the visual effects presented to players are full of childishness and cartoons, but in Star Wars, those advanced starships and space scenes are completely incompatible with these simple and playful styles.
However, with the joint efforts of the two game developers, the shapes, colors and personality characteristics of key characters in Star Wars have been transferred to Monopoly Go, so that loyal players of both sides can have a very satisfying gaming experience, thereby expanding the popularity of the two IPs in each other’s audience groups.
Although Monopoly Go will focus more on Skywalker Saga in Star Wars in this crossover and make it the core of storytelling and market influence, players can also experience some of the beloved characters and theme scenes in The Mandalorian through stickers and some special appearance accessories provided in the Star Wars album.
For example, Grogu, the most popular baby Yoda character in The Mandalorian, will be available as a special board token in Monopoly Go for players to collect. Not only that, players can also get a lot of emoticons related to the theme, which will give players a rich, familiar and surprising Star Wars linkage in this board game.
Gameplay
Monopoly Go and Star Wars will not only have a very good linkage in visual style, but also have a very good fusion in some specific gameplay. For example, some events in Monopoly Go, such as partner events and racing events, require players and their teammates to have excellent teamwork.
Star Wars has a super large audience, so a large number of players will flock to Monopoly Go in this linkage, making it very easy and simple for players to find suitable teammates and explore in teams. Most importantly, their participation will make these competitions more competitive.
In addition to the gameplay that Monopoly Go has, Podracing feature has always been considered by players as the most interesting part of the crossover between Star Wars and other games, so when it was added to Tycoon Racing event that often appears in Monopoly Go, players on both sides were very excited because they would have the opportunity to race with Anakin, Qui-Gon, and Sebulba in Mos Espa Grand Arena.
Although players do not need to avoid Tusken Raiders ambushes in this game, some new flash boosters may cause some losses to players other than themselves. The emergence of these features will make the entire racing event full of twists and turns and make the results of each race unpredictable, thus increasing the player’s gaming experience.
Peg-E Events May Appear More Frequently
In previous board games, exploration events using Peg-E tokens have always been the focus of players because the mechanics are simple and can provide a lot of rich rewards, such as Monopoly Go stickers and dice. However, since such events do not appear too frequently, players often forget about them and do not explore them in detail.
However, for this collaboration with Star Wars, the development team borrowed the imagination of the small robot Peg-E that already exists in the game. Through numerous sticker sets, players can see Mr. Monopoly and Scottie on an epic journey through a distant galaxy, and even learn Force to briefly fight against enemies in the dark.
Because this collaboration is the largest collaboration with Star Wars to date, the narrative line it provides runs through the entire season until July 2. During this period, daily events, milestones and in-game experiences will be based on this story, and there are many hidden Easter eggs for many players to explore.
As players are about to complete Monopoly Go Stickers album, the story of this crossover is slowly unfolding, and they will enhance the overall gaming experience of players in this board game. The above are the interesting contents that players may experience in this crossover between Star Wars and Monopoly Go. I hope that fans on both sides can have a near-perfect experience in this season. I wish you a happy game!