Author Topic: Mario Party 8 (Read 16814 times)

Hocotate · « **on:** November 04, 2006, 11:07:01 PM »

Mario Party is going to pwn in the Wii remote

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/channel/Nintendo%20World%202006

I will definately be picking up this game. I have a group of friends and everytime we get together we spend hours and hours playing Mario Party ^^ And it looks like the Wiimote just made it even more fun.

There are so many must have Wii titles for me... I don't knw why, but it seems just about every Wii game that is announced is added to my list... lol.

Oh, and forgive me if this has been posted already. I haven't seen it mentioned much here, and it deserves it's own threat anyway^^

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2006, 04:20:33 AM »

The last Mario Party game I got was 4, but I'm definitely at least picking up this first Wii version, if only for the novelty of it...

MarioAllStar · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2006, 08:34:18 AM »

Yeah, this will probably the only Mario Party I pick up this generation. Unless I read poor reviews, then I will wait until the first good Mario Party for Wii.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2006, 08:46:49 AM »

I'll get this one as well.

The previous MPs were great and all, but they rapidly became more of the same.

Add the Wiimote into the equation and it has potential to be something completely fresh.

Ceric · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2006, 09:00:47 AM »

For the record I hate GameVideos. I can't get it to work on any machine in Cookeville, TN.

I'm an Internet Addict so Mario Party doesn't really help me.

IceCold · « **Reply #5 on:** November 05, 2006, 01:21:38 PM »

I had already decided to get this - the remote was made for games like this.

Crimm · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2006, 04:00:06 PM »

After Mario Party 1,and the hand-damage that game caused, I'll wait for reviews.

On the bright side, I do still have my anti-hand rape glove.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #7 on:** November 05, 2006, 05:12:37 PM »

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Originally posted by: Crimm
After Mario Party 1,and the hand-damage that game caused, I'll wait for reviews.

On the bright side, I do still have my anti-hand rape glove.

Well the hand damage has been pretty much a non-issue in the GC versions (and I think Mario Party 3 as well).

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #8 on:** November 05, 2006, 05:35:38 PM »

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Originally posted by: Crimm
After Mario Party 1,and the hand-damage that game caused, I'll wait for reviews.

On the bright side, I do still have my anti-hand rape glove.

Forget the hand damage that game did, MP 1 pwned controllers. Seriously 3 of my N64 controllers are trashed to the point of not being able to be used because of that game. I swore off Mario Party since then, but #8 is looking pretty sweet with the Wiimote and all. I'll wait on reviews but it looks like a probable purchase.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #9 on:** November 05, 2006, 05:47:30 PM »

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Originally posted by: Crimm
After Mario Party 1,and the hand-damage that game caused, I'll wait for reviews.

On the bright side, I do still have my anti-hand rape glove.

Forget the hand damage that game did, MP 1 pwned controllers. Seriously 3 of my N64 controllers are trashed to the point of not being able to be used because of that game. I swore off Mario Party since then, but #8 is looking pretty sweet with the Wiimote and all. I'll wait on reviews but it looks like a probable purchase.

You guys really should try out 6 or 7 for GC, they are great games and don't have of those stupid "turn your analog stick around as fast you can" mini games.

IceCold · « **Reply #10 on:** November 05, 2006, 06:09:04 PM »

I always set aside a day or two at release, and rent the newest Mario Party to play with my friends. MP8 will be a blast!

Also, VG is right; 6 and 7 are solid entries. The Windmill map in 7 is one of the best ones in the series - I love that map.

Hocotate · « **Reply #11 on:** November 06, 2006, 12:39:01 AM »

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The Windmill map in 7 is one of the best ones in the series - I love that map.

Ah, so true. I have so many fond memories of getting together with friends (out of town friends so I do not see them often) and playing the Windmill map.

Any news of Mario Party 8 being a Wifi title?

Magik · « **Reply #12 on:** November 06, 2006, 01:47:47 AM »

I do hope that with Mario Party 8 Nintendo will start to offer online downloads allowing us to add more mini-games instead of having us buy the next installment. Of course, it has to be at an affordable price

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Hopefully they don't get all cash-hungry like they did with the GC and start pumping out Mario Party title year after year.

NeoThunder · « **Reply #13 on:** January 23, 2007, 11:04:04 AM »

A delayed Mario Party can only mean one thing......just like metroid prime hunters was delayed for Wi-Fi. I think Mario Party is delayed for online play.

Which I think is awesome. Smash Bros, and Mario Party, Metroid 3. These games need to be online

Kairon · « **Reply #14 on:** January 23, 2007, 11:16:26 AM »

It also leaves March wide open for third parties: MK:A, Sonic: SOTR, PoP:RS, SSX:Blur, Godfather:BE, and MoH:Vanguard. Will March be Wii-Launch-esque? Will the Wii be able to move from wii-launch to wii-launch and keep its energy and demand up throughout all of 2007?

~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 23, 2007, 01:38:08 PM »

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Originally posted by: NeoThunder
A delayed Mario Party can only mean one thing......just like metroid prime hunters was delayed for Wi-Fi. I think Mario Party is delayed for online play.

Which I think is awesome. Smash Bros, and Mario Party, Metroid 3. These games need to be online

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you. If MP 8 was meant to be online they would've announced it alongside Pokemon battle revolution. Then again, they truly might have delayed it to add online play at the last minute.

In any case, I hope the delay was so they could fine tune the game, add some new mini games, modes and even extended Mii channel support.

I wonder if this is why the moved up the release of Super Paper Mario up to April. They knew that MP 8 was an anticipated release, so delaying it left a blank spot that they needed to fill, and Paper Mario was it.

NeoThunder · « **Reply #16 on:** January 23, 2007, 03:13:56 PM »

Ohh come on. You and I both know that Mario Party 8 NEEDS to be online

Just like when we look at Smash bros. and say, "This would be great online". The same is true for Mario Party 8. When you look at reason's games are delayed, it's not to add some more mini games or something small. We all know in order to blow the competition out of the water,
Wi-Fi on Wii must come out throwing some punches, and to do that you need the most Grade "A" games on day one that has online. It would stir up support for the system and encourage 3rd party online games.

With a popular game like Mario Party, there is no reason why you would want to make the mistake of not making it an online game

mantidor · « **Reply #17 on:** January 23, 2007, 03:30:21 PM »

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Originally posted by: NeoThunder
A delayed Mario Party can only mean one thing......just like metroid prime hunters was delayed for Wi-Fi. I think Mario Party is delayed for online play.

Which I think is awesome. Smash Bros, and Mario Party, Metroid 3. These games need to be online

shut that mouth of yours, Metroid doesn't need and has never needed online, Retro hasn't say anything about it, right? they just said they were going to focus on the single player, and had a different use for the wiiconnect24, but no multiplayer, don't tell me they now said theres going to be multiplayer...

Mario Party online on the other hand... I don't know, the mini-games are so simple that they can only be really enjoyed with real people in the same room, or maybe is just me.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2007, 03:59:01 PM »

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Originally posted by: NeoThunder
Ohh come on. You and I both know that Mario Party 8 NEEDS to be online

Just like when we look at Smash bros. and say, "This would be great online". The same is true for Mario Party 8. When you look at reason's games are delayed, it's not to add some more mini games or something small. We all know in order to blow the competition out of the water,
Wi-Fi on Wii must come out throwing some punches, and to do that you need the most Grade "A" games on day one that has online. It would stir up support for the system and encourage 3rd party online games.

With a popular game like Mario Party, there is no reason why you would want to make the mistake of not making it an online game

I never said that the MP games aren't meant to be online games. What I am saying is to not expect an online MP game NOW. I actually expected MP 9 to be the first game to experiment with online play, but I will be surprised if the first MP game for the Wii also turns out to be the first online MP game.

I'm just trying to be realistic here rather than trying to let my fanboy hopes and dreams get the best of me as this delay can be anything from the mini games needing more fine tuning, the developers wishing to add a few more modes or online play.

IceCold · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2007, 04:10:06 PM »

BWii and Mario Strikers Charged I think will be May/June releases.. perhaps July. They're supposed to be online, so I don't know if MP8 will be. They might just skip it and add it for Mario Party 9.

MarioAllStar · « **Reply #20 on:** January 23, 2007, 05:09:23 PM »

I personally think that Mario Party would not be very good online. At least not without a headset for voice communication. Games like Smash Bros. and Mario Strikers are good online candidates because of their quick, action-oriented nature. Games are relatively short so you can just jump in and jump out. To me, Mario Party seems to be more suited to getting together with a group of friends (as it was originally intended) to pal around. You can pause the game, eat, do something else--whatever. If you play it online, I think you lose a lot of the party dynamic.

I'm not really a Mario Party fan (I rarely get the opportunity to play with groups) so maybe bigger fans would enjoy an online feature.

Pittbboi · « **Reply #21 on:** January 24, 2007, 01:53:31 AM »

I think that if they did add an online feature, it would strictly have to be on mini-games. Haven't played Mario Party since it was on the N64, but multiplayer game board set-up seems to be too long for it stand up in online (I know I get sick of waiting my turn when I'm playing in a group. By myself or online? I'd kill myself).

They SHOULD have an online mode, but I think the set-up should be a lot more streamlined than what they currently have in Mario Party.

Kairon · « **Reply #22 on:** January 24, 2007, 02:16:31 AM »

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Originally posted by: Pittbboi
I think that if they did add an online feature, it would strictly have to be on mini-games. Haven't played Mario Party since it was on the N64, but multiplayer game board set-up seems to be too long for it stand up in online (I know I get sick of waiting my turn when I'm playing in a group. By myself or online? I'd kill myself).

They SHOULD have an online mode, but I think the set-up should be a lot more streamlined than what they currently have in Mario Party.

QFT.

Mario Party would be sorta boring considering regular games can take 40 minutes or more.

~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Rancid Planet · « **Reply #23 on:** January 24, 2007, 12:27:20 PM »

On the basic concept of Mario Party for the Wii I'd just like to say I think that this is exactly what the franchise needs. I'm wure we're all in agreement that the series is getting a tad old-hand and I'm of the opinion that the series has been in complete downhill mode since Mario Party 4 which still pwned but not like the N64 incarnations.

But having said all this I'd like to point out that one of the main problems with the series as of late hasn't had anything to do with play control or mini-games. It's been about depth and the board map in general. They've just been less epic over the last few games and it sucks. Mario Party 2 and 3 blow the newer games out of the water in this regard. I'd like to see more attention paid to the environment of the game this time. Although I know I shouldn't get my hopes up. Nothing Nintendo has shown me lately on the presentation end of things, great as they might be as games (Wii Sports) is bending my mind these days. What I'm hoping for would go against the controversial Nintendo philosophy of "great, small games" that make Nintendo a fortune by saving them huge bank in the development arena.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #24 on:** August 11, 2008, 04:57:44 AM »

I can't believe I overlooked this, but is anyone else shocked that there has been no announcement of Mario Party 9 for this winter? Looks like this is further proof that they have little of anything ready to come out this fall whether it be traditional or casual.

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