Description: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 staThe 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/boards: 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.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Nintendo Release date : 1 May 2007 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0827307953279 UPC: 045496900045
"Eight in the series of Mario and his friends ganging up for various mini-games as they run around on boards, collecting stars and such.
Rating:
The Good
* My girlfriend likes this game.
* Many different mini-games.
* Sometimes, fun use of the Wii remote.
The Bad
* Single-player is dreadful, and should be avoided at all cost.
* Many of the mini-games are short and boring.
* It takes too much time between your turns.
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" The entire Mario series is told by a father who told his daughter a bedtime story before his death
Mario Jumpman was a tired, divorced plumber who's wife died in a car accident long ago. he lived with his brother, Luigi, and two daughters, Adrienne and Lucia.
One day, he was diagnosed with a form of cancer, before his death, he told an amazing bedtime story to Adrienne, his little "Peach".
It was about the Mushroom Kingdom, named for one of Adrienne's dreams, and for her love of mushrooms, t"
"Use of the phrase "Turn the train spastic! Make this ticket tragic!" by the character Kamek caused controversy in the United Kingdom, where the word spastic is considered offensive. This led to a recall of the game; it was later re-released with the word changed to erratic."
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