Mario Party 8
| Mario Party 8 | |
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North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Shuichiro Nishiya Kenji Kikuchi |
| Producer(s) | Hiroshi Sato Atsushi Ikeda |
| Designer(s) | Saori Tsutsui |
| Programmer(s) | Hideki Sahashi |
| Composer(s) | Yoshihiro Tsukahara |
| Series | Mario Party |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Party |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Mario Party 8 is a 2007 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the eighth main installment in the Mario Party series, as well as the first title in the series to be released for the Wii.
Like previous Mario Party titles, Mario Party 8 features up to four characters from the Mario franchise, controlled by human players or artificial intelligence, competing in a board game interspersed with minigames. The game features a single-player story mode as well as several other game modes.
Mario Party 8 received mixed reviews, with critics praising the inclusion of motion controls but voicing disapproval of its outdated visuals and single-player gameplay. The game has sold more than eight million copies, making it the 12th best-selling game for the Wii. Mario Party 8 was succeeded by Mario Party DS, a handheld title for the Nintendo DS, the same year of its release.
Mario Party 8 had three Japan-Only Arcade titles based upon it, borrowing mini-games and other assets such as game boards. The three titles are Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009), Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012), and Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013). All three games were developed by Capcom for the RVA-001, an arcade Wii-based platform.