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Mario Party 8 is a party video game, the eighth installment in the Mario Party series, and the first title in the series to be released for the Wii. It is also the first Mario Party title to have the ability to use Mii characters. It was originally released in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2007. However, some retailers were reporting that it was supposedly withdrawn from shelves because some copies included the word "spastic"; it was eventually re-released in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2007. Mario Party 8 is followed by Mario Party DS in late 2007, and Mario Party 9 in March/April 2012.

Like previous Mario Party titles, Mario Party 8 features Mario series characters in which four human- or computer-controlled characters compete in a board game interspersed with minigames, and was developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo. Mario Party 8 received mixed reviews. Despite some of the mixed reviews, after its release, the game sold 314,000 units in the United States in three days, making it the best-selling home console game in the country that month. As of May 2010, the game has sold 7.6 million copies worldwide and ranked at #10 on the best-selling Wii games list.

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• 1. DK's Treetop Temple
• 2. Goomba's Booty Boardwalk
• 3. King Boo's Haunted Hideaway
• 4. Shy Guy's Perplex Express
• 5. Koopa's Tycoon Town
• 6. Bowser's Warped Orbit

Development

Like previous Mario Party Titles, Mario Party 8 was developed by Hudson Soft. It was first shown as a demo at E3 2006, which included six sample minigames.

Recall and delayed release

The game had a launch plagued by difficulties in the United Kingdom. Originally scheduled for release on June 22, 2007, Nintendo announced on June 19, 2007 that the British version had been delayed to July 13, 2007, due to a "production issue". Furthermore, upon release on July 13, 2007, it was then immediately recalled. In a press release, Nintendo gave the reason for the withdrawal as an assembly error, but some retailers were reporting that it was supposedly withdrawn from shelves because some copies included the word "spastic", which is considered a highly offensive word in the UK for referring to disability. Just one month before, Ubisoft had the PSP game Mind Quiz pulled from the shelves because of the same word. The game was eventually re-released in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2007 with the word "erratic" now used instead. A spokesperson from Nintendo said "The offending word has been replaced at code level and the software reproduced. We are confident we have taken the correct appropriate levels and action necessary and in all new versions of the game there are no issues – however we cannot 100 percent guarantee that every copy of the initial batch was returned to us and as such there may still be a small number of copies of the game in circulation.” Nintendo also confirmed that there would be no change on pricing and stock levels would “remain unaffected for the re-launch.”

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Edge	4/10
Electronic Gaming Monthly	6.33/10
Eurogamer	4/10
Famitsu	29/40
Game Informer	7.25/10
GamePro
GameRevolution	F
GameSpot	6.5/10
GameSpy
GameTrailers	8.3/10
IGN	5.2/10
Nintendo Power	7.5/10
Common Sense Media
Digital Spy

Critical response

Mario Party 8 received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for a total of 29 out of 40.

Common Sense Media reviewer Erin Bell said that it's "Still a good kids' party game, now Wii fun!" GamePro's The Grim Wiiper said, "We all knew when the Wii launched that it would be a strong first-party system. The third-party stuff, while interesting, hasn't exactly set the world on fire and Wii owners have been waiting patiently--or not so patiently--for Nintendo to throw open their front doors, Willy Wonka-style, and introduce us to the next magical first-party game."

In contrast, Matt Casamassina of IGN referred to the single-player mode as "torture" and said that the "graphics don't even impress as a GCN title". 1UP.com critic Dan Hsu did not enjoy the game either, and criticized its needless dialogue, repetitive cut-scenes and minigames, stating "Mario Party 8 could've used a lot more of that creativity, however, throughout the whole game. Instead, we get a really disappointing (but, as mentioned at the start of this review, inevitably still entertaining) Wii debut for the series. Perhaps the next game will truly take advantage of the Wii controls through and through."

Morakoth Tang of 411Mania gave the game a score of six out of ten, saying, "I can not recommend this game for a single player experience. If you want this game so you can share it with friends and family who have played it before then Mario Party fits the bill perfectly. I know its going to sell millions and millions of copies like its predecessors, but quality as a whole is a bit disappointing." However, Cory Moore of the same website gave it seven out of ten and said that it "seems more like a transition game to see what works and what doesn’t, but a well-executed transition game nevertheless." Digital Spy's David Gibbon gave it two stars out of five, saying that it was "essentially a GameCube title ported over to the Wii with some last minute remote controls added. If you like the series, then you will probably enjoy much of what this has to offer, but Nintendo really need to do better next time if they want to have Wii gamers falling at their feet."

Sales

After its North American release on May 29, 2007, the game sold 314,000 units in the United States in three days, making it the best-selling home console game in the country that month. As of May 2010, the game has sold 7.6 million copies worldwide and ranked at #10 on the best-selling Wii games list.

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External links

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• Mario Party 8 at IMDb
• Mario Party 8 at MobyGames

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