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Title: Did You Know? Mario Party 8 (NA Press Release)
Post by: Super-Jesse on May 29, 2007, 11:56:24 AM
Did You Know? Nintendo's Mario Party 8 Brings the Carnival to Town

May 29, 2007- Nintendo is bringing the carnival to town, and this time the party is going to get players up and moving. Mario Party 8 (http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/mparty8) is the first Mario Party game for Wii™ from Nintendo, and the first in the series to incorporate motion controls.

In this carnival-themed excursion, players might use the Wii Remote™ to punch the air to chip away at a statue, point it at the screen to shoot at targets or balance it like a tightrope walker's pole. The amazing functions of the Wii Remote add a new level of hilarious competition. This new Mario Party installment includes new boards, characters, moves and minigames.

Since the original Mario Party (http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/games/mparty) debuted in 1999 on Nintendo® 64, the franchise has been a perpetual fan favorite, selling nearly 6.5 million in the United States alone. It's the video game version of a board game, where each player takes a turn moving spaces. Then everyone competes in a fast-paced minigame at the end of the round. Its controls are fun and easy enough that every member of the family can join in. Mario Party 8 (http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/mparty8) lets players get into the action like never before, and is a great follow-up for gamers and families who had fun competing in Wii Sports™.

Mario Party 8 (http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/mparty8), Rated E for Everyone, launches May 29. For more information about Mario Party 8, please visit www.MarioParty.com (http://www.marioparty.com).

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Title: Re: Did You Know? Mario Party 8 (NA Press Release)
Post by: Suffix on May 29, 2007, 04:39:55 PM
"Perpetual fan favorite."

I'm pretty sure the Mario Party series has been subject to perpetual fan scrutiny.
Title: Re: Did You Know? Mario Party 8 (NA Press Release)
Post by: BP on May 29, 2007, 06:38:25 PM
/me opens topic and immediately does a ctrl+f search for "Wi-fi" or even "wifi," or "WFC."
To answer the title, yes. Sigh.
Edit: Hey, why am I down? I'll just wait till next year! And if MP9 doesn't do it for me, I'll wait till the year after for 10! Ha ha haahahahaaaaaaaa.