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Mario Party 8

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Mario Party 8 is the eighth installment in the Mario Party series and the first game for the Wii console, released in 2007. It features Mario, his friends and enemies visiting a large fair called the Star Carnival, which is hosted by MC Ballyhoo and Big Top.

Plot

Spoiler warning : Don't you even dare read the spoiler! Because if you do… Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoooooo… A horrible fate awaits you.

Mario and the gang come to the Star Carnival and enter a contest to see who can win the grand prize of a year's worth of candy! MC Ballyhoo and Big Top host it all and have the contestants square off on all five boards. The winner emerges and MC Ballyhoo presents the winner with their prize, a year's supply of candy and a new prize, the legendary Star Rod. But then, Bowser comes flying down and takes the Star Rod and challenges Mario and the gang to come to his board, Bowser's Warped Orbit. Upon arrival, the winner has to take on either Hammer Bro or Blooper (unlocked at random). (The unlockable character revealed on the final stage is random. However, the first unlockable character, it is random unless the player redoes Star Battle Arena with the first one. Then the second one is forcibly the opponent. If the player completes Star Battle Arena with any character, the first unlockable character revealed on the final stage is random. Then the player gets the first unlockable character and he the first unlockable character is playable in the game. However, to unlock the second unlockable character, the player must complete redo Star Battle Arena with the first one.) Once victory is achieved, Bowser decides to take matters into his own hands and fights the winner in Superstar Showdown. When Bowser is defeated, the player is awarded their prize (for real this time), and the mini-game stand opens.

Spoiler ends here: You looked! Even if I told you not too!

Characters

In the base game, there are fourteen playable characters (12 starters and 2 unlockables). (There are fifteen characters with fourteen in the base game and one in only the Extras Zone. That is, Miis. And they are only playable in the Extras Zone.) The unlockable characters are Hammer Bro. and Blooper. To unlock one of the unlockable characters, the player must complete Star Battle Arena with any character. (To unlock both of them Hammer Bro and Blooper they must complete Star Battle Arena twice.) In the final stage Bowser's Warped Orbit one of the unlockable characters (Hammer Bro or Blooper) becomes revealed. The unlockable character is random, unless the player completes Star Battle Arena with the one which was unlocked first. If the player completes Star Battle Arena with that one unlockable character the other one (revealed in the stage Bowser's Warped Orbit) is forcibly the opponent. If player completes Star Battle Arena with any character, they get one of the unlockable characters. (But it is random, unless the player is the one that was unlocked first.) Then the player after they complete Star Battle Arena with any character (but not one of the unlockables) gets one of the unlockable characters (unlocked at random). So the player now has the one they got first (and the unlockable character unlocked at random is playable in the game). If the player completes (re-does) Star Battle Arena with that unlockable character, they get the other one.

Base Game

Other Characters

  • Mii (Extra Zone only)

Team names

Mario Luigi Peach Yoshi Wario Daisy Waluigi Toad Boo Toadette Birdo Dry Bones Blooper Hammer Bro
Mario Mario Bros. Power Players Fan Favorites Big Sarrios Flower Players 'Stache Clashers Fungi Fun Guys Soul Bros. Marionettes Super Snozzios BBQ Ribs 'Stache Splashers Heavy-Blow Bros.
Luigi Mario Bros. Waltzing Brawlers Green Machine Green 'n' Greedy Tango Tanglers Lean 'n' Mean Savage Sidekicks Scaredy Pants Cha-Cha Chasers Samba Smashers Cry Bones Blooper Scoopers Longtime-Foe Bros.
Peach Power Players Waltzing Brawlers Kind Hearts Sugar 'n' Spies Damsels in Success Sweet 'n' Sour Loyal Friends Boo-for-Teas High-Flair Pair Pink Superpowers Dry Thrones Royal Flush Glamour Hammer
Yoshi Fan Favorites Green Machine Kind Hearts Poached Eggs Tomboy Trouble Scrambled Eggs Good Buddies Hovering Fiends Flutter Friends Egg Explosion Sky Bones Double Dippers Hungry Hammers
Wario Big Sarrios Green 'n' Greedy Sugar 'n' Spies Poached Eggs Mischief-Makers Double-Crossers Crazy Allies Double-Dealers Double Agents Rotten Eggs Dumb Skulls Drenched Stench Scammer Hammer
Daisy Flower Players Tango Tanglers Damsels in Success Tomboy Trouble Mischief-Makers Double-Facers Bloomy Shroomy High Spirited Duo Perfumed Shroomy Gallopin' Gal-Pals Daisy Pushers Bloopsie-Daisy Barn-Builders
Waluigi 'Stache Clashers Lean 'n' Mean Sweet 'n' Sour Scrambled Eggs Double-Crossers Double-Facers Half-Cranky Duo Total Creeps Half-Pranky Duo Double Scammy Boneheads Bloop 'n' Snoop< Stench Henchmen
Toad Fungi Fun Guys Savage Sidekicks Loyal Friends Good Buddies Crazy Allies Bloomy Shroomy Half-Cranky Duo Doom 'n' Shroom Zoomin' Shrooms Surprise Attackers Short Ribs Spray Players Stealth Strikers
Boo Soul Bros. Scaredy Pants Boo-for-Teas Hovering Fiends Double-Dealers High Spirited Duo Total Creeps Doom 'n' Shroom Boo Duet Unfair Pair Scary Pair Creature Feature Bad Vibes
Toadette Marionettes Cha-Cha Chasers High-Flair Pair Flutter Friends Double Agents Perfumed Shroomy Half-Pranky Duo Zoomin' Shrooms Boo Duet Pink Powerhouse Double Trouble Bloop-dee-doo Smash Success
Birdo Super Snozzios Samba Smashers Pink Superpowers Egg Explosion Rotten Eggs Gallopin' Gal-Pals Double Scammy Surprise Attackers Unfair Pair Pink Powerhouse Bone Chokers What-the-Bloop Two-Timers
Dry Bones BBQ Ribs Cry Bones Dry Thrones Sky Bones Dumb Skulls Daisy Pushers Boneheads Short Ribs Scary Pair Double Trouble Bone Chokers Two-Toned Duo What-the-Deuce
Blooper 'Stache Splashers Blooper Scoopers Royal Flush Double Dippers Drenched Stench Bloopsie-Daisy Bloop 'n' Snoop Spray Players Creature Feature Bloop-dee-doo What-the-Bloop Two-Toned Duo Blooper Bros.
Hammer Bro Heavy-Blow Bros. Longtime-Foe Bros. Glamour Hammer Hungry Hammers Scammer Hammer Barn-Builders Stench Henchmen Stealth Strikers Bad Vibes Smash Success Two-Timers What-the-Deuce Blooper Bros.

Default Partners

  • Mario and Luigi
  • Yoshi and Birdo
  • Peach and Daisy
  • Toad and Toadette
  • Boo and Dry Bones
  • Wario and Waluigi
  • Hammer and Blooper

Non-playable

Board Maps

Mini-games

Main article: List of mini-games in Mario Party 8

Controversy

On July 13, the video game was recalled in the United Kingdom due to the word "spastic" in the game. "Spastic" is considered to be a highly offensive word in the United Kingdom. It was replaced with "erratic" on the re-release day August 3. The word "spastic" was used by Kamek in the phrase "turn this train spastic."

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Trivia

  • This is one of the two installments in the in the Mario Party series (counting just the home console games) released on the Wii. The other one the two for the system would be Mario Party 9.
  • This game is one of the three installments in the series counting just the home console games to have Hammer Bro as a playable character (the other two being Super Mario Party and Super Mario Party Jamboree).
  • This is the second installment to feature Dry Bones as a playable character.
  • This is the first installment where the players' stats while playing in a board are not in the four corners of the screen. Instead, it is shown in a category in the top right corner.
  • This is the only installment (if counting just the home console games):
  • With 14 characters (excluding Miis in the Extra Zone), Mario Party 8 has the second most playable characters in the series.
  • Mario Party 8 has the smallest amount of mini-games included in Mario Party: The Top 100 (with three) and Mario Party Superstars (with two).
  • This game is the only known appearance of special candy items in any Mario game.
  • This was the last game developed with the help of Hudson Soft.
2006 WarioWare: Smooth Moves
2007 Donkey Kong Barrel Blast • Mario Party 8 • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games • Mario Strikers Charged • Super Paper Mario • Super Mario Galaxy
2008 Mario Kart Wii • Mario Super Sluggers • New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat • Super Smash Bros. Brawl • Wario Land: Shake It!
2009 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games • New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis • New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2010 Donkey Kong Country Returns • Mario Sports Mix • Super Mario Galaxy 2 • Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition
2011 Fortune Street • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
2012 Mario Party 9
Characters Playable Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Yoshi • Wario • Princess Daisy • Waluigi • Toad • Boo • Toadette • Birdo • Dry Bones • Blooper • Hammer Bro.
Non-Playable Bowser • MC Ballyhoo and Bigtop • Holly Koopa • Captain Goomba • Donkey Kong • King Boo • Captain Shy Guy • Bandit • Mowz
Boards Boards DK's Treetop Temple • Goomba's Booty Boardwalk • King Boo's Haunted Hideaway • Shy Guy's Perplex Express • Koopa's Tycoon Town • Bowser's Warped Orbit
Mini-games 4-Player Alpine Assault • At the Chomp Wash • Crank to Rank • Flip the Chimp • In the Nick of Time • Kartastrophe • Lava or Leave 'Em • Mario Matrix • Mosh-Pit Playroom • Punch-a-Bunch • Rudder Madness • Scooter Pursuit • Shake It Up • Sick and Twisted • Speedy Graffiti • Swing Kings • Treacherous Tightrope • Water Ski Spree
1 vs. 3 Bob-ombs Away • Chump Rope • Grabbin' Gold • Gun the Runner • Picture Perfect • Power Trip • Snow Way Out • Swervin' Skies • Thrash 'n' Crash
2 vs. 2 Boo-ting Gallery • Bumper Balloons • Crops 'n' Robbers • Grabby Gridiron • King of the Thrill • Lean, Mean Ravine • Paint Misbehavin' • Rowed to Victory • Sugar Rush • Winner or Dinner
Challenge Fruit Picker • Pour to Score • Stampede
Duel Aim of the Game • Attention Grabber • Balancing Act • Blazing Lassos • Breakneck Building • Bumper Balloons • Cardiators • Cosmic Slalom • Eye Brawl • Flip the Chimp • Frozen Assets • Ion the Prize • Lava Lobbers • Lob to Rob • Loco Motives • Paint Misbehavin' • Pumper Cars • Rotation Station • Saucer Swarm • Settle it in Court • Shake It Up • Specter Inspector • Sugar Rush • Surf's Way Up • Swing Kings • Wing and a Scare • You're the Bob-omb
Battle Aim of the Game • Cut from the Team • Glacial Meltdown • Saucer Swarm • Snipe for the Picking
Extras Zone Canyon Cruisers • Chomping Frenzy • Flagging Rights • Moped Mayhem • Puzzle Pillars • Star Carnival Bowling • Table Menace • Trial by Tile
Boss Battle Superstar Showdown
Candy Candy Slowgo Candy • Twice Candy • Thrice Candy • Springo Candy • Cashzap Candy • Vampire Candy • Bloway Candy • Weeglee Candy • Bitsize Candy • Bowlo Candy • Duelo Candy • Thwomp Candy • Bowser Candy • Bullet Candy
Miscellaneous Spaces Blue Space • Red Space • Happening Space • DK Space • Bowser Space • Lucky Space • Challenge Space • Duel Space
Console Games
Mario Party (1998, N64) | Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) | Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) | Mario Party 4 (2002, GameCube) | Mario Party 5 (2003, GameCube) | Mario Party 6 (2004, GameCube) | Mario Party 7 (2005, GameCube) | Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) | Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) | Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) | Super Mario Party (2018, Switch) | Mario Party Superstars (2021, Switch) | Super Mario Party Jamboree (+ Jamboree TV) (2024, Switch • 2025, Switch 2)
Handheld Games
Mario Party-e (2003, GBA) | Mario Party Advance (2005, GBA) | Mario Party DS (2007, DS) | Mario Party: Island Tour (2013, 3DS) | Mario Party: Star Rush (2016, 3DS) | Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017, 3DS)