Mario Party 8

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==
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.
==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. 
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===Other Characters===
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===Team names===
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	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.
	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.
	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
	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
	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
	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
	'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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	'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.
	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
*Wario and Waluigi
*Boo and Dry Bones
*Boo and Blooper
*Blooper and Hammer Bro
*Hammer Bro and Dry Bones
===Non-playable===
* MC Ballyhoo and Bigtop
* Donkey Kong
* Bowser
* Kamek
* Flutter
* Holly Koopa
* Captain Shy Guy
* Penguin
* Koopa Bellboy
* Bandit
* Mowz
* Toady
* Koopa
* Goomba
* Ukiki
* Spear Guy
* Red Boo
* King Boo
* Captain Goomba
* Pianta
* Dolphin Shoals
* Pirate Goomba
* Shy Guy Conductor
* Whomp
* Thwomp
* Podoboo
* Seagulls
* Hawk
==Board Maps==
* 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==
==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...".
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*This is one of the two Mario Party games released on Wii. The other one the two for the system would be Mario Party 9.
*Not counting Miis, this game is one of the two installments of the Mario Party series to have Hammer Bro and Blooper as playable characters (the other being Super Mario Party). 
*This is the second Mario Party game to feature Dry Bones as a playable character.
*This is the first Mario Party 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 Mario Party game:
**to show all the minigames from a selected category on the roulette wheel, instead of only three, four, five, or six.
**which does not have Koopa Kid.
***However, beginning in Mario Party DS, Koopa Kid was replaced by Bowser Jr..
****Also, Bowser Jr. becomes a playable character in later installments (including Mario Party: Island Tour and Super Mario Party). 
*With 14 characters (excluding Miis in the Extra Zone), Mario Party 8 has the second most playable characters in the Mario Party series.
*Mario Party 8 has the smallest amount of mini-games included in Mario Party: The Top 100 with only three.
*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.
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