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Not worth anyones time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 20
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game isn't even worth anyones time or money. I excitedly waited for this game for my birthday to only find out I can unlock the games within 3 hours of gameplay and that most of the games did not utilize the wii remote sensory and advises people to use it as a simple joystick. Also, most of the games and stages are ripoff's of previous mario party games. Even worst is that the computers in the game roll straight 10's or they land on event buttons time after time, even on easy. The fun and challenges once present in mario party is completely lost in this game, especially in the once terrifying duel battles, which doesn't challenge the player nor is anything lost in the end that you couldn't get back within 2 or 3 turns. Buy this game if you want something you can beat a 3 hours and torture your friends with, otherwise don't waste your time. Theirs much better games to play out there.

LAME , LAME, MARIO GAME

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 16
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I thought that this would have something fun built in...it is a bunch of mini-games with limited imagination and a board game to play on the Wii. This is for kids 3-10 years of age (at best) Nintendo usually delivers better games...please rent this game before purchase and save yourself some buyers remorse. At least Mario Galaxy will be coming out in the some what near future (which will set the new standard)

Last generation holdover?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 16
Date: June 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game seems like it was destined for the Gamecube, and Nintendo just held it over for the Wii. There is the ever present annoying dialogue text that you have to scroll through, unimpressive graphics, and mini-games that do not take advantage of the Wii remote at all. Most of the minigames use the remote as a normal controller using the direction pad and buttons. Those that don't aren't much fun either. The board game aspect of the game slows down the gameplay without adding anything. I was bored of this game within 30 seconds, and it never really got better. I gave up an hour and a half in after failing to find one mini-game that was really any fun.

If you want a fun party game, pick up Warioware Smooth Moves. The games are fast, furious, and off-the-wall insane. Plus you don't have to suffer through a boring board game framework to actually get to the mini-games.

Maybe this would be fun for very young children, but I'm sure there are other games for them that would be more fun anyway, including Smooth Moves.

Very disappointing. I hadn't played previous Mario Partys, so maybe this is par for the series, but I thought with the creative use of the Wii remote that Smooth Moves used, this would be much the same, instead it the remote seems to be an after thought.

Don't waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: June 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Sorry, but don't bother with this game. It's just a bunch of mini games and maybe it's fun for little kids, but I am really amazed at how limited and boring this game is.

Mario Party 8

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: July 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Never having played the previous 7 Mario Parties nor having known a single thing about the game itself other than its a 4 player game with mini- challenges of skill, I was expecting something a little more entertaining. Its perfect for kids age 4-9 maybe but as far as adults, not so much. The graphics are overly colourful and showy. The gameplay is painfully boring. The video that Nintendo is showing of people still on thier couch and watching the screen... pretty much sums up the game. You sit and wait for the graphics to animate on and off then after a few minutes you can stand up and actually do something. Then back to sitting. Its basically a board game with very few and far between moments of action.

Lame Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love mini-games. I love casual games. I love multi-player games. I love Mario games. I hate Mario Party 8.
The game was so lame I tried to take it back to the store for a refund. The controls are sluggish and there is hardly anything to the game. Instead of getting this, get Super Monkeyball (with it's large collection of mini-games, some good and many lame), or Big Brain Academy (all good), or something else, anything else.
This game moves so slow, that my son wanted me to make the game start, while we were towards the end of playing a game.

Too tedious

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Purchased this with expectations that the mini-games would be easy to get into and fun. After trying them out, I can only describe them as tedious. Every game seems to have 10 or so "intro" screens that you have to go through. To make matters worse, there are different ways to get through the intro screens. Some require pushing A, others you have to select options with the cursor then click A, others require jumping to get a random dice roll. Then getting into the game itself this type of tediousness continues all over again. This may be fun for some occasions, but I would recommend highly you try out the game before you buy.

Really bad party

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 58 / 111
Date: June 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

NOT WIDESCREEN! I've played every Mario Party. I've enjoyed them up until about 5. That's when they started making big mistakes. This is the worst Mario Party yet. I'll explain why.

First, and most obvious, is the HDTV problem. This game is not in 16:9 widescreen at all. It fools you at first. The first screen and the menu is in full wide screen but the actual game and the mini-games are all in 4:3 format with horrible patterned borders on each side. A very cheap and annoying ploy by Nintendo. The graphics look great, but then when you start playing, it looks worse than Gamecube.

TIP: Change your settings to 4:3 instead of 16:9 on a widescreen TV. Then just change your aspect ratio. This will give you the same game but without the annoying bars. You can still have it in 480p, it just won't be 16:9.

Next is the controls. They are very far from imaginative. It's basically simplified WarioWare. You do very simple tasks to complete a mini-game and most of them are boring and dumb. Some games require movements with the remote that just don't work most of the time. You'll find yourself failing right away most of the time just because of the controls.

Now we have the game boards. They are completely different this time. It's basically a race to see who can roll the biggest numbers. They give coins away like crazy so winning mini-games is almost worthless. I finished one game against the computer on easy and we all had 5 stars. Dumb. I won all the mini-games, yet the computer always had over 50 coins. Most of the boards are stupid and cheap and will just make you mad.

Then we have single player mode. This is way different from party mode but you have to play it to unlock some stuff. The only problem, it's unfair. You play against the computer and they constantly get perfect rolls, tons of money, and tons of candy. I have yet to win the first match after 3 attempts.

The game is unfair, barely fun, annoying, and has tons wrong with it. I was really close to just getting it from gamefly but I love Mario Party so I bought it. If you really want to play it, put it on your list. It's not worth the money in the same way Cooking Mama isn't. For the most part, it doesn't even seem finished.

If you liked Mario Party 6 or 7, you'll feel let down by this one. I feel ripped off with this game.

Mario's Wii Party fails to Entertain

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: June 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Mario Party 8 is essentially a collection of (mediocre at best) mini games designed for the Nintendo Wii and the Motion Sensing Wii-Remote. What makes Mario Party unique is that it takes the form of a traditional board game, with players taking turns to roll the dice block and move ahead the number of spaces shown. The virtual game board has many different types of spaces players can land on, each producing different effects. The primary objective of the game is to collect more stars than the other players. The winner of the game is the player with the most stars after all the turns have been completed.

As with most other party games, Mario Party 8 is best played with multiple, preferably four friends. However, the game can also be played alone or with less then four people, in this case the computer takes over for any absent player.

Unfortunately, the game is not very engaging, making only limited use of the Wii-mote and moves painfully slow. This becomes a real big issue when playing the game as a single Player. In this situation the player is forced to sit and watch until all three computer controlled characters finish taking their turn. Overall, the game relays heavily on luck, which becomes frustrating especially when playing against the computer. Adding these shortcomings to the mediocre and often boring mini games makes Mario Party 8 a very unattractive game.

A Booring kids party

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 22
Date: June 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this is a verry booring kids party without drinks and girls, no seriusly shake the control one time and another that was the deal all the game, shaking for one thing or another later of 1 or 2 hours of playing result boring...

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