Koopa Party 8

Koopa Party 8 is the eighth installment of the Koopa Party series on a home console, the first Koopa Party game on the Wii, and the ninth overall in the series. It is also the last home console Koopa Party game to use the traditional formula until Super Koopa Party.
== Story ==
In Koopa Party 8, Kammy Koopa invites the Koopa Troop to the Shell Carnival. Kammy holds a special event, the Battle for Stardom, in which a contestant must win five successive duels across the five standard boards. The winner will be crowned the carnival's Shell Star and receive a year's worth of Coins.
Once the player has claimed victory on all five boards, Kammy holds an award ceremony to present a special reward. In addition to a year's worth of Coins, the player is promised the magical Shell Rod. Before the player can receive their award, however, Mario swoops in and steals the Shell Rod before retreating to his special board, Mario's Warped Space Station. The player and Kammy then follow Mario for one final duel.
After the player triumphs over Mario's chosen minion, Funky Kong, he begrudgingly returns the Shell Rod. However, a few seconds later, Mario changes his mind and challenges the player to a final showdown for the Shell Rod. Using the Shell Rod's magical powers, the player defeats Mario, and returns to the carnival with Kammy. At long last, the player is declared the Shell Star, and the credits roll.
==Items==
===Returning Items===
Image	Name 	Description
 	Dice Block 	The classic Dice Block allows you to roll any number from 1 to 10.
 	Double Dice Block	Having appeared in every installment so far, the Double Dice Block allows you to roll two dice.
 	Triple Dice Block	Having appeared in every installment so far, the Triple Dice Block allows you to roll three dice.
 	Mushroom 	Appearing in every game since Koopa Party 2 so far, the Mushroom allows you to add five spaces to your roll.
 	Golden Mushroom 	Appearing in every game since Koopa Party 2 so far, the Golden Mushroom allows you to add ten spaces to your roll.
 	Poison Mushroom 	Appearing in every game since Koopa Party 3 so far, the Poison Mushroom will subtract five spaces from your roll. However, you can use this on your opponents to minimize their chances of getting a Star. Note that if you roll a number below five, you will travel backward.
 	Green Shell 	First appearing in Koopa Party 4, the Green Shell allows you to defend yourself from Red Shells. You can also use it to hit a random opponent.
 	Red Shell 	First appearing in Koopa Party 4, the Red Shell allows you to target the nearest player, making them lose five Coins. It can be defended against using a Green Shell. You can also use it as a means of defense.
 	Banana 	Returning from Koopa Party 4, the Banana allows you to place it and cause players to slip, taking five of their Coins. It can also be used to block incoming Red Shells.
 	Mega Mushroom 	Returning from Koopa Party 4, the Mega Mushroom allows you to grow to a massive size and flatten opponents, making them lose Coins. However, you cannot collect Stars or go to Item Shops while you are huge. This item has been buffed from its original appearance in that it now makes players lose their items, similar to what it will do in Koopa Kart Wii.
 	Lightning 	First appearing in Koopa Party 5, the Lightning allows you to strike everyone else and shrink them, making them lose half of their Coins and their items. If you're under the effects of a Mega Mushroom while the Lightning is in use, you will return to normal size and not lose your items or Coins. This effect will carry on into Koopa Kart Wii.
 	Blue Spiny Shell 	The Blue Spiny Shell has appeared in every game so far since Koopa Party 5. When used, it will target the leader, making that player lose half of their Coins and their items, as well as sending them to the start.
 	Fake Item Box 	The Fake Item Box has been carried over into Koopa Party 5 as a new item. When dropped, it will act as a roadblock that slips the player and makes them lose ten Coins. Unlike other items, it can't be used as a means of defense.
 	Slowgo Dice Block	First appearing in Koopa Party 6, allows you to roll a slow Dice Block. This item has been nerfed from its previous two appearances in that it only rolls 1 to 5, similar to the Poison Dice Block from the first five Koopa Party games.
 	Lightning Cloud 	First appearing in Koopa Party 7, the Lightning Cloud allows you to go ten spaces before it strikes and shrinks you, making you lose half of your Coins and your items. You can pass or land on the same space as another player to pass the cloud to them, allowing you to shrink that player instead. You can also get rid of it by using a Mega Mushroom.
===New Items===
Image	Name 	Description
 	POW Block 	The POW Block is a new item in Koopa Party 8. When activated, this item will appear above you and flatten thrice, and on the third strike, it will make everyone with a higher rank than you lose all of their items, one of their Stars, and half of their Coins, sending them to the start. This will really come in handy if you need to make a comeback. However, this dangerous item is avoidable, as you simply have to be in the air when the POW Block reaches its third strike. This will later be implemented into Koopa Kart Wii.
 	Reverse Dice Block	A newcomer to Koopa Party 8, the Reverse Dice Block allows you to roll -1 to -10, allowing you to backtrack. You can use this if you have just missed a Star and need to go back and get it.
==Boards==
Koopa Party 8 features six boards, five of which are available from the start. Although one board, Dread Kong's Treetop Temple, features the classic formula for obtaining a star (via reaching a Star Space and trading 20 Coins), the other five boards have unique conditions for collecting stars.
Image	Name 	Description
 	Dread Kong's Treetop Temple 	Players move across this board to get a Star in a random location, which always costs 20 Coins. Whenever a Star is obtained, it moves to a different location on the board. Landing on a Dread Kong Space causes Dread Kong to throw the player to the Star, while landing on a Mario Space will cause Mario to move the Star to a different location.
 	Toad's Pirate Boardwalk 	Players traverse this linear board to get to the end. At the end, Pirate Toad gives the player a Star for free as a reward for making it this far. After receiving the Star, the player will be transported to the start via a pelican that carries a wooden plank.
 	Vivian's Haunted Hideout 	Players move through a mansion to try to find Vivian. Out of three rooms in the house, Vivian is in one of them. If the player stumbles in other rooms where Vivian is not hiding, they will activate a trapdoor that will send them to the start.
 	Yoshi's Eggscelent Train 	Players move through a train to get to the conductor of the train, who will offer a Star for 20 Coins. The train board is linear, meaning there are no branching paths. After being offered the Star, fhe player travels on top of the train back to the start.
 	Luigi's Tycoon City 	In this board, players invest Coins in hotels in order to earn Stars. If a hotel has any multiple of 20 Coins invested into it, it will be upgraded to increase the amount of Stars it can offer by one.
 	Mario's Warped Space Station	There are no Stars on this board, so players are given five Stars to begin with and have to the POW Block or Lightning to make players lose their Stars so the user can pick them up for free. This board is unlocked by playing the other five boards at least once.
== Trivia ==
* This is the third of four Koopa Party games to release before its Mario Party counterpart, the first being Koopa Party Advance in 2003, the third being Koopa Party 6 in 2004, and the fourth being Koopa Party DS in 2007.
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Category:Wii Games
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