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Wii
Mario Party 8
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
The party continues for the 8th time, with Mario and
friends getting crazy in a variety of mini-games.
The world's most popular party video game is getting
a lot crazier in Mario Party for the 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 features/boards!
Mario Party 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 Wii includes
"extra large" mini games like Star Carnival Bowling
and Table Menace. One to four players can play Mario
Party, each with a Wii Remote.
Features
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.
Jan Code: 4902370515862
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NCS Game Notes
» Mario leaps on screen and spins around before
the Mario Party 8 title screen appears with 11 of
his friends and enemies encased in golden circular
portraits.
» Start a new game and a party is in progress with
balloons filling the skies above a theme park
where the visitors are milling about like ants.
From above the scene is grand and very festive. An
emcee flies into view and bellows out, "Welcome to
the Star Carnival!" in English while Japanese
subtitles are shown below. Note that the text in
the game is only in Japanese but since it's a
Mario Party game, its fairly easy to play and get
into without reading a lick of Japanese. Players
move around a board game setting and pick up
bonuses and visit different areas. There's a
porpoise that you can ride to reach other areas of
the playboard but it'll cost 10-15 coins per trip.
» Mario Party 8 may be played in the following
configurations
1P, COM, COM, COM
1P, 2P, COM, COM
1P, 2P, 3P, COM
1P, 2P, 3P, 4P
» Landing on a blue square automatically grants
you 3 coins but if you land on a red square,
you'll lose 3 coins automatically.
» At the end of every round, a new mini-game
chosen at random starts. When it's time to play
mini-games, the Wii Remote is used exclusively for
control.
» There was one point in the game where the
Princess landed on a square and three Goomba
pirates picked her up, placed her in a cannon on
their ship, and launched her all the way back to
the starting line.
» Sample of mini-games featured:
● Waterskiing game where the four players are
pulled behind a speedboat. Use the Wii Remote to
position your man so that he jumps off ramps and
picks up coins that are littered on the water.
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Football game where two bouncing footballs are
carried onto two respective goals on either side
of the field. Your opponents can jump on top of
you or smash at you to stop your progress.
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Competitors ride on personal hovercraft and shoot
at the other players inside an arena. The Wii
Remote
is held in both hands and to thrust forward, tilt
the Wii Remote downwards. To move left or right,
simply pitch the Wii Remote left or right.
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Three of your competitors are on a helicopter and
shooting balloons at you. Try to make it to the
top of a tower while a barrage is being fired your
way. The targeting scopes of the firing squad is
shown on the screen. If you make it to the top,
you'll earn 10 coins.
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Stay on top of an ice floe as it bobs to and fro
as your three competitors are pushing and
stomping. A koopa shell is dropped every once in a
while which may be used as a sliding projectile
against your opponents. Whomever stays on the floe
wins and keeps the pot (10 x 4 coins).
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Four players are in an arena and a couple of
hundred balloons are dropped onto the arena. Hop
around and try to destroy as many balloons as
possible. As the number of balloons dwindle down,
it's more difficult to pop them. We found that
leaping across the screen in maniacal fashion
worked best. Whoever reaches 50 balloons first
wins.
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Snowboarding game where players get on boards and
slide their way downhill while riding ramps and
avoiding snowmen. The Wii Remote is held with one
hand and is pointed forward. Tilt it from side to
side to move your boarder. Riding the ramps is
important since it boosts your overall speed.
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