Mario Party 8

Mario Party 8
North American box art
Developer(s)Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Shuichiro Nishiya
Producer(s)Hiroshi Sato
Atsushi Ikeda
Designer(s)Saori Tsutsui
Programmer(s)Hideki Sahashi
Composer(s)Yoshihiro Tsukahara
SeriesMario Party
Platform(s)Wii
Release
  • NA: May 29, 2007
  • EU: June 22, 2007
  • AU: July 19, 2007
  • JP: July 26, 2007
  • UK: August 3, 2007
Genre(s)Party[1]
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Mario Party 8 is a 2007 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the eighth main installment in the Mario Party series, as well as the first title in the series to be released for the Wii.

Like previous Mario Party titles, Mario Party 8 features up to four characters from the Mario franchise, controlled by human players or artificial intelligence, competing in a board game interspersed with minigames. The game features a single-player story mode as well as several other game modes.

Mario Party 8 received mixed reviews, with critics praising the inclusion of motion controls but voicing disapproval of its outdated visuals and single-player gameplay. The game has sold more than eight million copies, making it the 12th best-selling game for the Wii. Mario Party 8 was succeeded by Mario Party DS, a handheld title for the Nintendo DS, the same year of its release.

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