This game is selling well and hass agressive marketing from Nintendo. But it just plain stinks.

User Rating: 3.7 | Mario Party 8 WII
By HK-47-M4 | Review Date:
Some of you may be wondering why I said this game was very hard. Well it's because it is all based on luck. You could be in first place one turn, next you are in last. You can't add ANY strategy at all. This is why Mario Party NEEDS to change it's formula. The last few Mario Parties have been substandard. I thought with the unique Wii controls they could give the series the boost it needed. Quite the opposite. Most of the approx. 70 minigames don't even use the motion sensing controls. As a substitute you hold the controller sideways and press buttons. Around a dozen minigames do use the motion controls in a fun way leading to gameplay getting the three out of ten it got. The boards are tiny compared to previous titles and the single player mode is HORRIBLE.

The game runs in 4:3, so these horrible green bars go to the sides of the screen to fill up that lost space. These are distracting so you will want to change the Wii to play games in 4:3, stretching the game so the graphics are horrible.

There are a few good sound effects, but nothing outstanding.

This game might be fun to play with others, but that is it. It is not worth the money and you can tell it was made for the Gamecube and ported to the Wii with tacked on motion sensing controls at the last minute.

This games is the worst in the series, hence the bad taste in my mouth.

If you want to play it, I suggest a rental. Even if you had a coupon for a free rental, trust me it's not worth it. Save your money. If we don't buy it perhaps Hudson will do us a favor and change the formula.

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