Mario Party 8: Difference between revisions

With motion control players can row their way through a river race, punch a statue to pieces, steer race cars, mopeds and go-karts and handle a balancing pole while walking a tightrope. By using the pointer you can shoot at Boos in a haunted house, rag and drop toppings in a cake-decorating competition, select the correct answers in game show challenges. Using the Wiimote's buttons players jump and pummel their way through a football brawl, hop and run across a field of spinning platforms. Mario Party 8 also includes dozens of new minigames, six new party boards and many new game modes. You no longer look down on the board and all of the characters, instead you focus on just your character and what they're doing. Another new feature is that players can transform their character using candy power-ups.

''Mario Party 8'' has been confirmed to have 14 different playable characters in the game. Not dissimilar to ''Mario Party 7'' where Dry Bones and Birdo first made their appearance in the series, two new characters will join the party.  

*[[Hammer Bro.]]

*[[Blooper]]

It is noteworthy that these new unlockable characters both made cameo appearances in ''Mario Party 7''. Currently, it is unknown which other characters from the Mario universe will appear as cameos in the game. It is also unknown whether or not the game will exceed 14 characters. [[Bowser]] returns as a space, it is confirmed that [[Donkey Kong]] has a space (he also has his own board), but  [[Koopa Kid]] will no longer return as a space-character. [[Shy Guy]] also runs the candy shops in Shy Guy's Perplex Express, in Koopa's Tycoon Town is it known that a [[Koopa]] runs the shops, in DK's Treetop Temple a [[Spear Guy]] runs the shops, in Goomba's Booty Boardwalk a [[Pianta]] runs the shops and in King Boo's Haunted Hideway a [[Pink Boo]] runs the shops. Also, [[Bandit]]s are confirmed to appear on [[Shy Guy's Perplex Express]]. [http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/01996_3_122_572lo.jpg][http://www.gamespot.nl/screenshots.cfm?game=2819&cat=17 Mario Party 8 screenshots from Gamespot of the Netherlands]

 

[[Player]]s will also be able to take control of [[Mii]]s in the Extra mode.

*Luigi-Hammer Bros.: Longtime-Foe Bros.

Little is known about the features of the boards and how they differentiate themselves from preceding Mario Party games, except the fact that the spaces are shaped differently with each board. Thus far, five boards have been revealed for the game, though there will be six in total when the game comes out. The confirmed boards are:

*''[[DK's Treetop Temple]]'' is a multi-leveled, jungle-themed board that features [[DK]]'s Barrel Cannon. Apparently, if someone lands near the cannon, he or she will be fired sky-high, often within reach of a star. There is also a Star Space in front of DK's statue. He will sell you a star for 20 coins (similar to DK's board in ''[[Mario Party]]''). There also seems to be some sort of barrel-shaped elevator that may be used as a transport between the different levels of the game board.   

*''[[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]]'' [http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?&p=999&uid=7905052&gid=14877578&&imgid=224247407&offset=42][http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/01996_3_122_572lo.jpg]is a haunted mansion-themed board, similar to [[Horror Land]] in ''[[Mario Party 2]]''and [[Boo's Haunted Bash]] in [[Mario Party 4]] . [[King Boo]] will be hiding somewhere on the game board, and when a player finds him twice, he will give the character who found him (twice) a star. He'll then hide again and the process will repeat itself. There also appears to be a [[Whomp]] on the game board that blocks the path of players passing through his area of the game board. In one screenshot, it looks like he's demanding that Toadette gives him some coins so that she can pass by him. A Pink Boo is also seen on the board, but it's behind the counter of what may be a Boo Shop from ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' (however it looks suspiciously like a Candy Shop). 

*''[[Goomba's Booty Boardwalk]]'' appears to be a game board set on a peninsula or large island. It features a volcano, and some sort of dolphin that seems to carry players to an island that looks isolated from the rest of the board. This smaller island has four Goomba statues and a treasure chest on it. The "beach-town" portion of this board is based on [[Isle Delfino]], as it features many [[Piantas]] selling pineapples, guavas, mangoes, and other delicacies at fruit shops scattered across the board. Players probably won't be able to buy the fruit thmselves, though. In one screenshot, it looks like a Pianta is throwing Mario a couple spaces back because he landed on a "?" Space. Another screenshot has a medium-sized boat with a Pianta on it in the background. Strangely, yet another screenshot depicts four seagulls flying through the air above the game board with lengths of string attached to their feet. The free ends of these lengths of string are attached to a wooden board with a bust of Wario's head on it!     

*''[[Koopa's Tycoon Town]]'' is a game board in which there are several hotels, owned by wealthy Koopas, that players can invest in with the coins they have earned. The more money you invest into a hotel, the better its ratings become. All of the hotels start out as one-star joints, but if you invest enough money into one, it will eventually become a two-star hotel, then a three-star hotel, and finally, a four-star hotel. The number of stars you earn depends on the hotel's rating after you invest in it. Numerous players can invest in one hotel, so you must fight for the stars. If you're lucky, a Koopa may roll up in his car and drive you to an isolated hotel that others can't invest in. Numerous other Koopas and Goombas make cameos sitting on park benches throughout the game board. 

*''[[Shy Guy's Perplex Express]]'' is a board about which not much is known. All that is known, as the name implies, is that it is based in a railway town. [[Shy Guy]]s are said to drive and be passengers on the trains. Bandits appear when a player lands on a [[? Space]].

*''[[Bowser's Warped Orbit]]'' is for now shrouded in mystery, but we do know that stealing stars from other players will be customary on this game board, and that it is the only game board that is not playable from the start of the game, and has to be unlocked somehow.