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Week in Games: Mario Party 8 Edition

RedShell — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:24:35 MDT

The only people who deserve to bitch about MP8 are people who bought all the others (why?!). Companies can release rehashed games all day long as long as they turn a profit.

That said, why can't the board game portion of MP games be better? And faster! And more entertaining...

RedShell

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def PD — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:24:29 MDT

A big grrr to everyone who got into the Warhawk beta.

I already pre-ordered my copy of MP8. I'm eager to play while taking shots again. (^.^)

def PD

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cheeseboybeans — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:17:56 MDT

i'd get mario party 8 if i was in the right country... but i got mario strikers 2 days ago, booya!

cheeseboybeans

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Spartan1308™ — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:21:52 MDT

@thaswizz: Like kingofallcosmos said, you don't always live in the same place w/your friends. I play Halo all the time w/my brother, but we don't live close enough to drive over and play on the same system. You'll find as you get older that you won't always live w/in 5 minutes of everyone you know. If you move away and stop talking to those friends, then I would question if those people are your "actual" friends.

Spartan1308™

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kingofallcosmos — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:08:11 MDT

@Spartan1308:
Agreed. Poeple forget that those of us with jobs, marriages, mortgages, kids, etc. cannot just drop everything and go to a friend's house. In the working world, we are frequently surrounded by people of very different backgrounds, so we stay friends with people that we knew in college or in high school, even if those people have moved across country. I will never understand why people think that we are attacking them when we want to play games with our friends in other places, just as they play with their friends in their living room. Game however you want, just don't tell me how I should be gaming.

kingofallcosmos

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Pyrthas — Mon, 28 May 2007 00:40:21 MDT

Because if the best you can do to justify yet another iteration of a franchise is "Well at least we aren't as bad as Madden," you're in pretty bad shape.

Pyrthas

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watercanhydrate — Mon, 28 May 2007 00:02:24 MDT

Lets see... Madden has had about 20 different annual iterations, with a roster upgrade and maybe a single new feature each year (besides the obvious graphical upgrades for new consoles). So why is everyone making a big deal out of 8 Mario Parties? At least they add plenty of brand new mini-games and other things like peripherals and different control schemes.

watercanhydrate

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jive238 — Sun, 27 May 2007 23:54:03 MDT

The discription for Crush can't get any better than that. It Super Paper Mario without the Mario, and minus the paper look and plus more 3-D layout. But its a puzzle game so that should differentiate it as it will have even more focus on the dimension switching element or at least it should.

jive238

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Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman. — Sun, 27 May 2007 23:53:46 MDT

@futurebiblehero: Eh, it happens. Again, it's hard to tell sometimes if someone's just trying to take a stab at humor, or if they're just trying to troll/flame people or products. No harm, no foul.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

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futurebiblehero — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:49:01 MDT

@ampillion:
Looking back over the original message, I can see how one could accidentally interpret it as a moronic, "you don't have friends if you play Nintendo" remark. So yes, I guess it was a failed attempt at comedy on my part.

futurebiblehero

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Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman. — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:36:17 MDT

@futurebiblehero: Written text doesn't really have an emotional attachment to it. So when you merely state something like that, on the internet, one of several different looks can be taken from it. I'm more used to people, especially on any gaming related site making moronic snide remarks about X game company/title because they don't like it. So honestly, I would try not to expect people to 'just pick up the humor'.

If your statement was an attempt at comedy, my bad.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

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Vexorg — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:23:50 MDT

For me, the question with Forza is whether or not I'm going to spring for the 360 steering wheel along with it (although I'm trying to save up money to make a down payment on a real car, so I'm leaning toward skipping that. I'll probably also pick up Crush whenever I end up getting a PSP (still too expensive right now.)

Vexorg

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MURDERFACE — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:18:45 MDT

I allready reserved Mario Party 8 and MKA for the Wii. So Iam just killing time with the Godfather Blackhand and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.

MURDERFACE

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futurebiblehero — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:54:45 MDT

@ampillion: I hear the next Halo's going to be a single-player RPG. Without guns. Because that makes as much sense as your statement does.

It was a joke. It's like having a friend that finds out his other friends like Trivial Pursuit. So after bringing the Star Wars, SNL, Friends, Lord of the Rings iterations to their gatherings every week, he's no longer invited. See? Not funny, but certainly not anything so terribly cryptic that I'd have to draw a map.

Then again, I forgot this was the internet. In the real world, vacuous statements like that go by with an acknowledging chuckle. Here they're taken literally to pave the way for equally vacuous attempts at douchebaggery.

futurebiblehero

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Agies — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:54:40 MDT

@Spartan1308: Umm... not really. Mario Party is about single system multi-player. How are you supposed to make fun of the goofy way your friend plays the game if you can't see him do it? It's just a more social game.

Agies

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thaswizz — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:54:17 MDT

@Spartan1308: Thats why it is good to have actual friends.

thaswizz

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Lachoy — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:39:15 MDT

@ferrarimanf355: Until GT 5 comes out.

Anyway, I may pick up Crush this week. . .
With the Warhawk beta, my free time is gone, but in a good way :)

Lachoy

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cametall — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:37:36 MDT

I am currently fighting a frustrating boss in Odin Sphere :(

cametall

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=O — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:35:21 MDT

online only shooter.... lets see how many people play it after halo 3 comes out.

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Tensong — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:35:08 MDT

Think I'll get Shadowrun this week, maybe get Forza 2 at some other time.

Tensong

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JPsmooth42 — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:34:59 MDT

Shadowrun is the only must buy for me this week- I beta tested it and I would buy it if it only had stick figure graphics. It is that much fun for me!
Probably rent Mario Party, and I am bad at Forza- so I'll stay away from that.

JPsmooth42

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ferrarimanf355 — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:31:11 MDT

Everytime a Nintendo fan goes on and on about how innovative they are, I'll just say "Mario Party 8." That shuts them up real quick.

Oh, and Forza 2 FTMFW. Bow down to the new king of console racing sims. Gran Turismo will look like Crusin' Exotica in comparison. ^_^

ferrarimanf355

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Kenofthedead — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:16:21 MDT

Crush is good.

Kenofthedead

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Spartan1308™ — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:01:15 MDT

This would be the perfect game to introduce online multi-player. Stupid Nintendo.

Spartan1308™

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Sirusjr — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:59:13 MDT

Ill be getting mario party for some waggle party goodness. I haven't played one since 3 so it should be fun.

Sirusjr

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phrequency — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:55:28 MDT

hmm... i think i might have to pick up mario party 8. i've never actually played the series except a few times with some friends. seems like a pretty cool party game from what i read about it.

i'm hoping it'll be better than raving rabbids, warioware or smb that came out for the wii tho. those games were interesting, but (from a multiplayer pov) they seemed to be just only mini-games and the lack of competitive gameplay options kinda left me hanging. hopefully throwing in a board with spaces, stars and all that'll make things interesting with mp8.

phrequency

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Kashmir — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:54:01 MDT

Forza 2 on Wednesday and maybe Shadowrun if the demo is any good (June 6).

Forza is going to be amazing. I'm not sure why more people aren't foaming at the mouth at this.

Kashmir

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somari — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:45:30 MDT

Is that guy on the cover the same guy who used to quiz you in paepr mario 64 ?

somari

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nobody — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:28:36 MDT

@bobeotm: I'm sorry, I know you were just trying to be snarky, but using a remote to point an aiming reticule counts as "tacked on waggle" now? The phrase makes sense for something like Zelda, in which your primary attack is controlled by "waggling" the remote (which, I'll add, was nonetheless fun and engaging), but aiming by pointing is a deeper interface change. To head off comments about future games, so is any control mechanic that provides a one-to-one ratio between movement of the remote and movement on screen. The "waggle" complaint makes sense for interface designs in which shaking the remote simply replaces a button-click, but I don't think that applies here.

nobody

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DarrenIndeed — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:06:12 MDT

Halo 2, WHEN I have money again (probably never =/ gah)

DarrenIndeed

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bobeotm — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:03:29 MDT

@trmn8r: Umm... you can already play resident evil 4, get the pretty cheap gamecube version, unless you are REALLY needing some tacked on waggle.

bobeotm

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trmn8r — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:54:59 MDT

You guys are just jealous that you can't find a Wii anywhere. MP8 doesn't look that bad. As long as the controls work out good. And how could you say that it is rehashed? It's a totally new control scheme. All I know is I can't wait for the "rehashed" version of Resident Evil 4 OMG!

trmn8r

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Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman. — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:51:30 MDT

@MadChad: Welcome to videogaming, MadChad. I'm glad to see you've decided to join us in this hobby, glad to see someone new to this wonderful entertainment hobby.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

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MadChad — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:48:35 MDT

Forza 2 >>>>>>>>>>> MP8. How is MP8 even remotely exciting. It's the 8th version of a rehashed game.

MadChad

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poematik14 — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:38:42 MDT

Forza 2 is on my must buy list. Shadowrun and Halo2 maybe when I upgrade my PC.

MP8....not worth buying a Wii for it. Ill wait until SSBB and get the system along with all the games I missed.

poematik14

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AnEternalEnigma — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:36:54 MDT

Me and some friends played the fuck out of Mario Party 7 this weekend in anticipation.

Also looking very forward to Shadowrun. I beta tested the game since the beginning. I can say this FPS is shaping up to be fantastic and a definite under-the-radar hit.

AnEternalEnigma

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PJ Moreno — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:34:16 MDT

For me this is also the Forza 2 Edition... I´ve been waiting for this game since I got the damn wireless wheel and now... it´s here!!!. The demo already showed me that the wheel works great with the game, so... that was money well spent.

PJ Moreno

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Kyle81 — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:14:17 MDT

Shadow Run looks like it could be crap, I'm not really caring for the look of it at all, the animation especially looks meh and just not seeming interested in it, maybe rent.

Crush getting for sure.

And ugh Mario Party 8?

Kyle81

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Voryn — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:08:23 MDT

I'm going to give Shadowrun a rent, and depending on how the replay value of it looks, I'll decide whether to buy it or not.

Voryn

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Altima NEO — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:01:52 MDT

And wow, the trailer for Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm on their web site has some bad ass music.

Altima NEO

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Altima NEO — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:57:40 MDT

Forza 2 for sure. If not for the racing, the for the customization.

Altima NEO

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Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman. — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:57:15 MDT

@dowingba: Rumor has it, Final Fantasy XIII is actually going to be a financial sim game, where you influence moogle bankers to invest in startup companies like chocobo racing leagues, materia mining facilities, and gil farming consortiums. Then you keep track of your finances, stock investments, all while trying to root out scandals and sway potential clients with text-menu dialogs.

Sorry, it's a rainy Sunday, and until it lets up I can't get my jog in. So off to play more Galaga.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

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Avinash_Tyagi — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:53:31 MDT

Every mario Party sells over a million, this one will be no different

Avinash_Tyagi

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andrewc989 — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:52:09 MDT

I'm really anticipating reviews for Forza 2. The demo was great, but I'm really concentrated on the online playability. I hope it picks up some good scores.

andrewc989

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dowingba — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:45:42 MDT

@ampillion: I hear the next Halo is going to be a single player RPG, because that makes as much sense as this new Shadowrun atrocity.

dowingba

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Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman. — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:39:58 MDT

@bobeotm: Too bad it'll probably always be remembered as 'That Super Paper Mario-like game'. Unless there's some sort of mass purchase of this thing, it'll go down as maybe one tenth as popular as SPM will be. The game itself, while it seems like it has a neat concept, looks as if someone threw in colored lighting and textures reminiscent of horrible Quake 2 mappings. Hopefully the game play is good stuff.

@futurebiblehero: I hear the next Halo's going to be a single-player RPG. Without guns. Because that makes as much sense as your statement does.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

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baberg — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:38:57 MDT

I'm gonna need to see a few reviews of Shadowrun and make sure the online community sticks around for more than a month before I plop down cash for it.

baberg

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futurebiblehero — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:36:19 MDT

You don't say.

futurebiblehero

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RiceBandit — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:27:41 MDT

Well, somebody's buying the Mario Party games, or else they wouldn't have made so many, would they?

RiceBandit

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futurebiblehero — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:22:34 MDT

One of these days they're going to release a single player Mario Party because you lost all of your friends due to eight Mario Parties.

futurebiblehero

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SanityMask — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:11:25 MDT

@JoeyOliver:"Wii Sports drinking games are the best."
sounds like a plan to me!

SanityMask

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JoeyOliver — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:02:07 MDT

Mario Party, probably, since I'm overdue for a Wii party. I haven't held one in about two months. Wii Sports drinking games are the best.

JoeyOliver

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Schu — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:00:18 MDT

Got Atelier 3 coming in the mail, pre-order style. Art books are nice :)

Schu

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bobeotm — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:55:21 MDT

I will definitely be picking up Crush, the fact it gets compared to Super Paper Mario when Crush does way more with the mechanic is sad.

I think it is insane that there are now 8 mario parties. The last one I played was on my friends gamecube and I was like why even back then.

bobeotm

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28dayslater — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:46:51 MDT

I guess Mario party 8 Im just curious what the heck of innovations they did with the wiimote and nunchuk...I hope it is fun cause I only played MP1 and MP2, the others I din't bother.

28dayslater

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Burguois — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:39:39 MDT

I want to pick up Mario Party, but unfortunately I'm too unpopular to actually get the full benefit. Maybe if they ever get around to making it online-capable I'll consider it.

Burguois

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pastepunkjames — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:38:34 MDT

I picked up Kingdom Hearts II for $10 today. I'll probably be playing that and Guild Wars over the next week.

pastepunkjames

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CONFUSEDgam3r — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:19:04 MDT

Crush is going to be teh awesome! I can't wait and only $30 too!

CONFUSEDgam3r

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Gamemaster — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:18:20 MDT

@aden.exe: Yeah, but the big deal surrounding this version is the fact that the last couple of Mario Parties were on the anti-innovative Gamecube. Now that the king of Mini Games has arrived on Wii we can expect more serious games... right? Right!?

Gamemaster

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Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman. — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:00:41 MDT

@Mr.Digg: Shadowrun? Not so much. I'd agree with Forza 2 at least though. Shadowrun, honestly looks like it might alienate some people from trying it out... Multiplayer online only, shooter based on the Shadowrun setting many would rather have used differently?

Mario Party 8, regardless of how many other iterations it has, will probably see more life than Shadowrun. Forza 2 though at least looks like a quality racer, and I'm sure some Xboxers could go for another racing fix.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

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Eirias — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:52:00 MDT

@NeoNess: I know what you mean, although I have at least opened the Atelier Iris 2 box, though I also haven't played it.

Eirias

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Big_Jock — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:44:24 MDT

Man Crush looks not so great...first time I've seen some footage...all the chat made me quite excited about that too...

Big_Jock

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Desfunk — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:41:17 MDT

@Mr.Digg:

I was gonna say the same thing. I have a feeling that Forza 2 is gonna push more units then MP8. Then again, most people will buy MP8 cause the Wii barely gets any NOT crap games. And it actually looks quite fun.

I also have a strange feeling that Halo 2 isn't gonna do that well. Mostly cause of the 'vista only' bs behind it.

Desfunk

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GuyNamedNate — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:50 MDT

Shadowrun for me. I thought about Mario Party 8 but since most Wii games seem to be going the mini-game route recently i'm sick of them.

GuyNamedNate

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NeoNess — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:34:32 MDT

I'm not even halfway through Atelier Iris 1.

I have Atelier Iris 2 still wrapped.

I will purchase Atelier Iris 3.

Such is life for an RPG whore.

NeoNess

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aden.exe — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:31:21 MDT

I do like the mario party titles, but come on, 8? already? I haven't played all of them, but havent they only spanned 3 systems so far, thats like 2.7 per system or something.

aden.exe

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Big_Jock — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:23:23 MDT

MP8 FTW! I'm actually quite excited :)

Big_Jock

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Knoxximus (360/PSN) — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:19:18 MDT

That Halo 2 description is made of win!! LOL!!!

Knoxximus (360/PSN)

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Janaff — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:16:38 MDT

Probably Mario Party 8. I've also been eyeing Halo 2 for PC.......

Janaff

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MishoM — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:14:04 MDT

Don't you mean "Forza 2 Edition", or "ShadowRun Edition", seriously, Mario Party 8 is like the wost game coming out this week.

MishoM