Canyon Cruisers

Canyon Cruisers is a Mario Party 8 extra minigame. The minigame is found only in the Extras Zone in the game. Like all Extra Zone games, Miis that the player has created can be played as (this also counts premade Miis) and the Mario characters can also be played as.

Introduction
The character rides a cool, shiny blue car (that does not use wheels and instead flies in the air) and drives for a few seconds. Then the character stops where two Shy Guys are holding up a red and white square banner. The minigame then starts.

Controls
Holding the Wii Remote out straight, the player must drive through a long course. To move left or right, the player needs to twist the Wii Remote the direction he or she wants to go. To accelerate the player must hold and  is used to brake.

Gameplay
The player must reach the finish line, and beat his or her last record. There are obstacles trying to slow the player down. The obstacles are mostly rocks. The course starts out through a grassy land with mountains around. Then the player goes in a dark tunnel (the lights on the car makes it easier for the player to see) and then comes out.

When the player comes out, he or she will now be driving in a canyon. It is now more dustier and there are more rocks. After a while, the player will go again in another dark tunnel and come out in a desert like place (that appears to be ruins). The ruins are the hardest and last part of the long course.

Rocks are not the obstacles anymore, but the obstacles are now giant bricks. Thought not necessary, the player might want to slow down in this part because of so many obstacles. After going through all the obstacles, the player will finally reach the finish line.

Ending
After the player crosses the finish line, the character will wave his or her hand to the player. If the player got a new record. the "New Record" screen will pop up. If the player didn't get a new record then nothing will happen (the character will still wave though).