Mario Party 8

Reviewed by:
Scott Jones

Our ingredients for a party: a muted porno playing on a TV, some skin books scattered about, make-you-blind vodka that comes in those big plastic bottles, a hula hoop, five pounds of butter, and a kiddie pool for folks to projective-heave their punch into. But in the world of Nintendo, a party apparently involves just two things: a Wii and a copy of Mario Party 8. This year's installment in the series features a host of new game boards, 14 mascot characters, and 70 or so cute minigames. Man, this game's sorry graphics would have been crap even back in the dark ages of 1999. The minigames are, at best, a mixed bag. And the game's story, which is relayed…in…slow…assed…text…bubbles teaches us what it feels like to be dyslexic. Bottom line: All the make-you-blind vodka in the world won't make this fucking woeful game fun.

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