Mario Party 8
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.
| Mario Party 8 | |
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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 |
| Series | Mario Party |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Like previous Mario Party titles, Mario Party 8 features up to four characters from the Mario franchise, controlled by either 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Party 8 received mixed reviews, with critics praising the inclusion of motion controls but voicing disapproval of its outdated visuals and single-player gameplay.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 over 8 million copies, making it the twelfth 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.