"Every Mario Partyis fun on some level -- show me someone who doesn't like board or minigames and I'll show you a miserable, burnt-out old geezer of a gamer. Trust us...that's not us. But watching us play Mario Party 8, you'd think we've given up on videogames -- and life -- altogether."
Having just picked up this game, I have been pleasantly surprised. Generally I avoid the low review titles. This one, though having the same board game style play, is (like most Wii games) entirely different in feel from the last Mario Party so far.
Consequently, here are some other user reviews that have come up:
"There are some good minigames in Mario Party 8, but the overly familiar, chance-heavy board game wrapper gets in their way."
nice quote. however, when it goes your way it is the sweetest thing. i had 1 star and the computer had 4. i managed to buy one, win one and steal 2, with a duelo candy, within 3 turns and had a comeback win.
Candys really help level the playing field.Also there are a lot of shortcuts on every level.
According to VGChartz, the first couple of days this game has already sold 140k, and reached the number two spot for all games sold last week. Definately a promising sign.
I just bought it on friday. Here is a quick review. I did not own or play a game cube, so my last experience with video games was n64, apart from the occasional ps2 or 360 at some friends houses.
Pros: -4 players -unique movements/controls -fun and colorful gameplay -familiar characters -mini games are fun and random -very responsive play control (unlike monkey ball mini games) -controller makes noise on your turn -cool character animations when eating candy or standing on special squares -in 3 games we only repeated 2 mini games -easy to tell how to play each game (unlike monkey ball)
cons: -only 4 players and not 8 players (small party) -menus are difficult to understand at first -cant skip the dialog -mii's not available as characters for board play
That pretty much raps it up. We have played 3 games and both my wife and I enjoy it. We are excited to have a couple of friends over for a mario party. We would say that it is easily on par with the fun factor of wii sports, and has a lot better graphics.
I would have to rate this an 8.5/10. Which is entirely subjective. If you have a wii and 1-3 friends, buy it!
My friends and family love to come over and play mini games. the cool thing about this webpage is that it allows you to send nintendo/mario themed party invites.
Kinda cool considering we are getting together to play wii on 6/9 I just sent out a bunch of invites.
I've noticed this stock slowly dropping as reviews come out. I feel selling at this point is a mistake.
The following are the average meta scores of all the past Mario Party games:
1. Nintendo 64: Mario Party (1999) 79 Nintendo
2. GameCube: Mario Party 4 (2002) 70 Nintendo
3. Nintendo 64: Mario Party 3 (2001) 74 Nintendo
4. GameCube: Mario Party 5 (2003) 69 Nintendo
5. GameCube: Mario Party 7 (2005) 64 Nintendo
6. GameCube: Mario Party 6 (2004) 71 Nintendo
As is fairly obvious, these games are NEVER reviewed very well. Yet they are consistently best sellers. Reviewers have always struggled with this series, because game reviewers reward innovation, and to be frank, if you are looking for innovation in a Mario Party game, you will sooner find a hot coffee scandal.
Nintendo knows their target audience. They know, with these games, people don't want huge mechanic changes, they don't care about visual changes, they want more of the same, and this is counter to what every game reviewer thinks.
It is foolish to sell at this point, and infact, is a great time to be buying this stock as the price has reached a low point.
We'll see the first week sales soon, and that will be a great indicator of how well/poorly this game is selling. I have a feeling, most people will be surprised at the numbers.
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