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Kostaki · Local time: Dec 18, 2006, 08:03 PM

This has to be online playable. It must be online playable. Mario Party online would be the absolute best thing ever.

As far as the mini-games and other portions of this game are concerned, I don't see why they don't make some of them require the Wiimote, and some of them require the classic controller. By the time this releases, most people will have a classic controller, and they can easily be switched in and out of the Wiimotes for use for the mini-games depending on which one is chosen.

There's a lot of ways they can take this.

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Kostaki · Local time: Dec 19, 2006, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by Miles

Nintendo won't do that with this one. Knowing Nintendo they will most likely use ONLINE ABILITIES as a way to boost sales for Mario Party 9, 10 11 or 12.

I would agree with that, but the Wii already has four normal multiplayer Mario Party titles available for it with the inclusion of the Gamecube being backwards compatible. To release another one with what would end up being only slightly better graphics and updated play with the controller would be no better than Mario Party 8 on the Gamecube with a motion sensitive microphone peripheral.

They have to take it up a notch now. There's no excuse at this point since they have the capability to do it. It is what Nintendo games in general are missing now, the ability to really capture the essence of their multiplayer titles by making it online multiplayer.

If they do cop out of giving 8 online play, to me it would be the biggest disappointment ever. There's no reason to have fresh technology to work with if you're not going to use it.

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Kostaki · 01:06 PM

Just a heads up for anyone interested in nabbing this at a low price.

Toys R' Us has Mario Party 8 for the Wii up for pre-order for $29.99 as of this posting. If you haven't ever used Google Checkout before they're offering $10 off any purchase over $10 for new Google Checkout accounts which can be applied to the Mario Party 8 preorder purchase.

My final total for everything was like $27.70 with Ground shipping. Whether or not that'll be honored I couldn't say, but it certainly is worth a shot.

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EDIT: Deal now dead as of this morning. They shot the price back up to $49.99 and now it's listed as backordered. Congrats to those of you who got in on this.

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