Mario Party 8
Mario Party 8 is the eighth installment of the Mario Party series on a home console and the first Mario Party game for the Wii. Mario Party 8 is notable for its strong use of the Wii Remote and its motion…
Mario Party 8 is a card & board game developed by Hudson Soft, released 29 May 2007 on Wii.
What Mario Party 8 is
Mario Party 8 is a card & board game game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mario Party 8 is a 2007 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the eighth main installment in the Mario Party series, as well as the first title in the series to be released for the Wii. The game was released in North America on May 29, 2007, Europe on June 22, 2007, Australia on July 19, 2007, Japan on July 26, 2007, and the United Kingdom on August 3, 2007.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are party. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Mario Party 8 is the 49th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Super Mario Galaxy in 2007. Its critic score of 58 is 16 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario Party 8 holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 6 points below the year average. Players rate it 65, 7 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Mario Party 8 launched on 29 May 2007, within three weeks of Forza Motorsport 2, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Colin McRae: Dirt and Tomb Raider: Anniversary. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Forza Motorsport 2, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Colin McRae: Dirt, Tomb Raider: Anniversary.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario Party 8 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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