There ain't no party like a Mario Party because a Mario Party don't stop!

Nintendo, you can use that. Gratis. On me. Really. It's cool. No one will know but us.

Mario Party 8 is the latest incarnation of the series, as well as its first appearance on the Wii. But as for its trademark minigames...those have seen more Wii than Paris Hilton. How does Mario Party 8 stack up against its predecessors? Hit the jump for our Frankenreview: (almost) every review presented in an (almost) funny way that (almost) makes sense. Look, at least we stopped rapping.

IGN
Mario Party 8 is a noteworthy arrival on Wii because it marks the first Nintendo-published project that does not run in 16:9 widescreen mode....To its credit though, the game's title screen and main menu both run in full widescreen, but as soon as any sort of gameplay begins, everything transpires in 4:3 with superimposed bars. Good stuff, and by that we mean just the opposite.

1up
"The Wii is made for a game like this!" True. A good portion of the minigames in MP8 use the Wii's motion controls, yes, and for the most part, they work well. Pump, lasso, point (and shoot), rotate, shake...several events use the Wii-mote exactly as you'd expect and they deliver. But they're only part of the library....The rest consists of old minigames redone with motion controls and old-style games that don't take advantage of the Wii whatsoever...It's just a waste...


The Wiire
Unfortunately, all of the games in "simple" mode were all of the games that our game testers had the most problems with...It's not that the controllers didn't respond, they responded perfectly, but players simply didn't know what they were supposed to be doing even after reading the instructions. Reason being: if the game is three versus one, the odd person out normally has a different control style and is looking at the others for guidance.


Wii Advanced Media Network
Mario Party 8 is a title that is all about multiplayer, and yet it does not support online play. Blame it on the yet-to-launch Wii online infrastructure if you will, but the lack of the mode really hurts the game's lasting appeal, and it might have been smarter to wait and do this game when it could be done right.


Yahoo
Sooner or later, this mini-game fad that's been all the rage on the Wii and DS recently is going to pass its sell-by date, and it's already starting to smell a bit off. While Mario Party has been doing this ever since the Wii was a glint in Shigeru Miyamoto's eye, this time it's unfortunately landing on a platform that's already replete with games in its style.

In other words, wait until Mario Party 9 comes out. Mark Wilson

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