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Mario Party 8 Comments by Mathew Kumar

9 July, 2007

Partied Out.

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Blerk
09/07/07 @ 08:19
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Mmm! KitKat Chunky!
HiddenAway
09/07/07 @ 08:21
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Ouch!
black2
09/07/07 @ 08:23
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That widescreen deal sounds like the worst thing of all time. Utterly lazy.
viper_h
09/07/07 @ 08:27
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I got this game a few weeks ago. Played it once, never again.

Graphics worse than the Gamecube version; pixellated rubbish.

Forgettable music and SFX.

I only played one board and it was rubbish. Computer cheated as usual.

No bonus star for coins won in the minigames. WHAT?? They've still got the retarded "Happening Star" for landing on green spaces but nothing for winning absolutely every mini-game but getting screwed over so I never get to the star space in time? Bollocks.

And the minigames themselves, yes, just tacked on. I enjoyed Wario Ware a lot more than this, and that game pretty much blew too.

Starting to wonder why I even bought this Wii.
Darren
09/07/07 @ 08:32
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I'm really glad I cancelled my pre-order for this game several weeks back due to being fed up of waiting for it!!! On this occasion, I can forgive Nintendo for delaying their games what seems like forever in Europe! LOL

Thanks Nintendo! ;)
mcmothercruncher
09/07/07 @ 08:34
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Hi ho! Hi ho! It's off to Hudson Soft we go!

Grab your pitchforks chaps!
Eraser
09/07/07 @ 08:39
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its a shite game this one
souljacker2000
09/07/07 @ 08:40
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I think people should boycott the Wii

I was in my local Gamestation at the weekend, 3 people in the Q were trading in their Wii
Greebo
09/07/07 @ 08:52
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Dammit, I was really hoping this would be good!

Oh well, at least the 360 is bringing me lots of joy (till it melts)

Genji
09/07/07 @ 08:53
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Mario Party is AWESOME, heathens.
Aretak
09/07/07 @ 09:00
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Anyone who likes Mario Party would be shot on sight in my perfect world.
Zomoniac
09/07/07 @ 09:07
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It's made by Hudson, what were people expecting? Given their last two games were Bomberman: Act Zero and Fuzion Frenzy 2 I think a 4 is surprisingly high.
Genji
09/07/07 @ 09:32
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I think it was good that this review went beyond the standard "sick of Mario Party, give it a 4" spiel. I haven't played this one yet, but me and my friends have mostly enjoyed the other games.

So yeah. SHOOT ME.
Tomo
09/07/07 @ 09:43
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Aye, I like the Mario Party games also. Great fun. This sounds like bilge however which is a damn shame.
homerramone
09/07/07 @ 09:59
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Seemed ok to me. Its just marty party but on the wii - but what are people expecting. If they changed it loads people would moan 'Its not the same - they broke it'

Its exactly what it says on the tin. I would agree about the minigames bieng a bit similar to other Wii ones - but IMHO the problem there lies in the fact that most all Wii games are minigame collections !

Im totally underwhelmed with the Wii - Bring on the good games you nintendo bastards !
tnomad
09/07/07 @ 10:09
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"Seemed ok to me."

Oh okay, I'll buy it then.
sickpuppysoftware
09/07/07 @ 10:15
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15 users want their heads seeing too.
Pac-man ate my wife
09/07/07 @ 10:16
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*goes back to playing Resi 4*
The Bodybuilder
09/07/07 @ 12:20
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Always look on the bright side of life.
lambtron
09/07/07 @ 13:00
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Just. No.
Artemis_Matsas
09/07/07 @ 13:03
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@Genji

BANG!!!

Sorted.
jamiscool
09/07/07 @ 13:11
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Mario Party Developer Conference:

Developer 1: So um..we're on number 8 now?

Developer 2: Yup.

Developer 3: Wow, we're pretty good at this.

Developer 1: Yeah, so for this one shall we just copy some, but not all of our other ideas, most of which are admittedly pretty bad, and then tack on some wii controls?

Developer 2: Good idea.

Developer 3: Another sandwich?
Wyrm
09/07/07 @ 17:58
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Hehe 'the excellent Rayman Raving Rabbids...'

Excellent? Maybe if it were a 10 minute cartoon.
redneon
09/07/07 @ 22:12
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"Excellent? Maybe if it were a 10 minute cartoon."

What are you talking about? It's an excellent game. But it's better played with friends... and alcohol.
thesombrerokid
10/07/07 @ 07:32
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doesn't get it!
frombrosis
10/07/07 @ 10:22
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Oh dear. Another victory for the Wii and its casual gamers....
Tardie
11/07/07 @ 11:56
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"I think people should boycott the Wii"

"I was in my local Gamestation at the weekend, 3 people in the Q were trading in their Wii"

What a stupid reply from souljacker2000. Yeah Nintendo are really going to worry because 3 people traded in a Wii console. Get real are you that stupid?
Killerbee
11/07/07 @ 15:16
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Mario Party (the first one) was fun for precisely one drunken play through with three friends, after which it completely lost its appeal. Sober and in single player it was dreadfully tedious and even playing it (drunk) for the second time with the same group of people, everyone in the room agreed Mario Kart 64 or Goldeneye should go on instead after 20 minutes.

I haven't seen anything in Parties 2-8 that has made me change my opinion of this series. Nintendo really should put it out of its misery... but presumably it's still making them a tidy bundle, right?
adman123
11/07/07 @ 15:49
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Yep it sure is still giving them a tidy bundle Killerbee, from what I've heard its been the top selling game in the franchise so far...
darc
12/07/07 @ 18:04
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Leave us with Mario Party 8 and then nothing to read for three days. That is cruel and unusual...
bdgr
14/07/07 @ 12:46
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The only MParty game I played was no.5 (i think - the one before the one with the microphone add-on) and I thought it was ok - if played with friends. The single player was boring as hell - as it should be - who the hell parties on their own?!!!

Me and my friends enjoyed it a lot.

Will have to rent out this one - a fair few reviews have said its crap, but then a fair few have said its ok too.
Bea
16/07/07 @ 16:30
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If you can't enjoy yourself playing this with a couple friends, it's not the game's fault. It's more engaging and varied than any physical board game, so if you have the social skills to enjoy something like monopoly, this will be a blast.

Granted, there is a learning curve and a deliberate pace, but that's why you have friends to fill in the gaps!

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