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Mario Party 8 Review

The world’s most popular party videogame is getting a lot crazier in Mario Party 8 for Wii! Whether you’re shaking up cola cans or lassoing barrels, you and your friends will be drawn into the action like never before using the Wii Remote.

All new ways to play:

• Play with motion control: Row your way through a river race, Punch a statue to pieces, Steer race cars, mopeds, and go-karts, Handle a balancing pole while walking a tightrope.
• Play using the Pointer: Shoot at Boos in a haunted house, Drag and drop toppings in a cake-decorating competition, Select the correct answers in game-show challenges.
• Play using the Wii Remote’s buttons: Jump and pummel your way through a football brawl, Hop and run across a field of spinning platforms.

All new features:

Mario Party 8 for Wii also includes dozens of new mini-games, six new party boards, and many new game modes. In a series first, players can transform their characters into many forms, such as player-smashing boulders and coin-sucking vampires. Mario Party 8 also includes “extra-large” mini-games like Star Carnival Bowling and Table Menace. One to four players can play Mario Party 8 for Wii, each with a Wii Remote.

Pros:

+  When the Wii Controls are good, the games are actually quite fun
+  Simplistic gameplay; anyone could pick this up and play it with no problems
+  There are over 60 mini-games to play

Cons:

-  There are far too many mini-games where the wii controls feel tacked on, and these games are pretty boring to play
-  There are far too many mini-games that don’t make use of the motion sensor controls at all
-  There are not a lot of very inventive mini-games
-  In short, the game doesn’t do much to stand out above previous Mario Party installments. You’d think with the Wii Remote, Mario Party 8 would be something new to experience, but instead it ends up not being that much of a step higher than Mario Party 7

Overall Appraisal

Graphics                 : B+
Sound                     : B
Control                    : B+
Fun & Enjoyment  : B+ for solo players;   A- for Multiplayer Action
Overall                     : B+

source : www.amazon.com

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