Mario Party 8: Difference between revisions

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|release='''Original release:'''<br>{{release|USA|May 29, 2007|Belgium|June 20, 2007|Netherlands|June 20, 2007|Europe|June 22, 2007|Australia|July 19, 2007|Japan|July 26, 2007|UK|August 3, 2007|South Africa|February 1, 2008|HK|July 12, 2008|ROC|July 12, 2008|South Korea|November 6, 2008}} '''[[Nintendo Selects#Wii|Nintendo Selects Release]]:'''<br>{{release|Europe|March 22, 2013}}

|genre=[[Genre#Party games|Party]]

|modes=Single player, multiplayer

|platforms=[[Wii]]

|media={{media|wii=1}}

==Characters==

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The reward for defeating Bowser and beating Star Battle Arena mode is 200 [[Carnival Card]]s. Additionally, Bowser's Warped Orbit and the minigame Wagon (in the Fun Bazaar) will be unlocked, as well as either Blooper or Hammer Bro (if it is the player's first time completing Star Battle Arena). Replaying Star Battle Arena with Blooper or Hammer Bro (whichever was unlocked) will unlock the other character.

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|Players move across this board to get a star in a random location in this board. Stars always cost 20 coins each, and whenever a player obtains the star on the board, another star appears in a different location. Landing on a DK space in this board causes DK to throw the player directly towards the star, and landing on a Bowser space will cause the star to warp to a different location. To win in Star Battle Arena or Duel Battle, the player must collect two stars before their opponent does, and the stars are 20 coins each.

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|Players move through this linear board to get to the end. At the end, [[Captain Goomba (Mario Party 8)|Captain Goomba]] gives the star to the player for free, as a reward for reaching this far. After receiving the star, the player will get transported back to the start via gulls carrying a wooden plank. Dolphin Expresses in the course can take the player closer to Captain Goomba by paying a fee. The fee depends on what place the player is currently in, with first place having to pay the most while fourth place must pay the least. Landing on a DK space will give the player a chance to earn coins, while landing on the Bowser space will give the player a chance to lose coins. To win this board in Star Battle Arena or Duel Battle, since the player's goal is to get one star from Captain Goomba costing 50 coins, the player must have that number of coins and reach him first for the star, before their opponent does.

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==Other features==

[[File:Extras Zone External.png|thumb|The Extras Zone]]

[[File:Extras Zone Internal.png|thumb|left|The select menu in the Extras Zone]]

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====Extras Zone minigames====

*[[Chomping Frenzy]] (unlockable, single player)

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*This is the only installment in the ''[[Mario Party (series)|Mario Party]]'' series:

**without either [[Koopa Kid]] or [[Bowser Jr.]] in it.

**to show all minigames from a selected category on the roulette wheel, instead of only three, four, five, or six.

**in which the design of the spaces varies from board to board to fit their surrounding aesthetics better.

*This is the first ''Mario Party'' game that does not have the minigames rules hosted by the host of the board/game, instead put as a separate section in the minigame rules screen. From ''[[Mario Party]]'' to ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', the minigames were all hosted by the hosts of the board and/or the game.

*This is the first ''Mario Party'' game to not count out star and coin totals before the final results announcement.

==Staff==

The launch of ''Mario Party 8'' in the United Kingdom had several difficulties. Originally scheduled for release on June 22, 2007, [[Nintendo]] announced on June 19, 2007 that the UK version of the game had been delayed to July 13 of that year due to a production issue.<ref>https://www.engadget.com/2007-06-20-mario-late-to-his-own-party-in-uk.html</ref>

<blockquote>"[''Mario Party 8''] was launched in the UK today. Unfortunately we have discovered that a small number of games contain the wrong version of the disk due to an assembly error. We have therefore decided to recall all copies of the game from UK retailers so that this mistake can be corrected.

We will re-launch ''Mario Party 8'' in the UK as soon as possible and will announce a new launch date shortly. We very much regret any inconvenience caused."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"[[Magikoopa]] magic! Turn the train {{wp|Spastic|spastic}}! Make this ticket tragic!"</blockquote>   

Because "spastic" has a highly negative connotation in the United Kingdom, the game was declared banned and immediately recalled. ''Mario Party 8'' was eventually re-released on August 3, 2007, with the offensive statement altered; European copies use the word "erratic" instead and American copies use a completely different statement: "Let me use my magic to make this all a little more interesting!"

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