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Mario Party 8 (Wii) Status: Stopped playing - Something better came along I started playing this game on Tuesday 1 January, 2008 // I stopped playing this game on: Tuesday 11 May, 2010
Current opinion of this game
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January 2, 2008 12:25:20 PM
I've been playing this game with my son over the past few days and I have to say that it's been really fun for both of us. The reasons why it has been fun essentially highlight why I'm sure a lot of people hate Mario Party. Granted, my experience with Mario Party is limited to this game and only to the "main" boardgame mode... Anyways, here are some of the reasons why we enjoy it: 1) The outcome is pretty much random, which means that my son (who's 5) can win without me having to play "poorly" 2) There are lots of instances for us to get positive feedback (yay! I won a duel, yay! I won a minigame, etc.) 3) Sometimes we play together, and sometimes we don't (on the minigames) We only play games that are 10 turns long, which makes the randomness of the end result much more prevalent, but that's ok! ..and so far, I don't think I've won a game yet!