Would you have given Mario Party 8 another year?

[SuperZambezi]

Would you give Mario Party 8 another year for development? After playing the game upon release, it was evident that this game was not made for the Wii in mind, at least not in the early stages of the game. I would definitely give them another year to get it right. Those horrendous borders in widescreen... I'm so glad I'm still using fullscreen.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

I never had borders...

And yeah, it should have been in development for longer. But it was more of a GameCube game. It should probably be out by like June 2008.

 

[chaosshadow123]

As long as after that year the game ended up being good, I would've been fine with that.

 

[cookieboy17]

Yeah those borders are soooo stupid.

I think it's pretty easy to say now that it should've been given another year but the matter of the fact is that it was the first Mario Party in like 2 years so they had to get one out sometime.

 

[H-J Kaabii]

WHile the graphics aren't Wii-like (but then again neither do MP9's atm), the gimmicks are certainly forays into motion control. Some worked, others didn't.

I thought the boards were cool but minigames could've been a little less punny and more quality.

Maybe an extra half year would've done it.

 

[Shaby]

Never had those tedious borders, thanks God!

The boards are cool and the mini-games too but the graphics...
Omg, they are way too shiny...S:
Also the game needed more minigames!

 

[SpiderStaryu]

I don't think a year would change anything. I think they knew the direction they were going with this game, they wanted it to be more "family" like.

 

[MarioParty64]

If they added more (creative) mini-games and (better) boards, I would have given it another year.

 

[Chubbo1793]

I'd definately give them another year, possibly two. Their minigames were very bland and the board were meh. I rather have to wait for a better-developed game instead of getting a rushed, bland product.

 

[FifthDegreeBurn]

Yesss. This game was released wayyy to early. Personally it was the only Mario Party that I didnt like. I tried to play it again yesterday and it was almost unplayable. The borders looks so dumb and the boards, like many people already said, are boring and in a straight line. Even the mini games seemed underdeveloped. Im just hoping Mario Party 9 is better.

 

[Yoshiman222]

I was a perfectly fine game. I didn't see much of a problem when playing it either...

If they added more (creative) mini-games and (better) boards, I would have given it another year.

although, I do agree with this...

 

[Super Mario Party]

Would've been nice for them to delay Mario Party 8 for another year. I'm sure we could've waited until 2008 to play it. Well, at least MP8 had some good things, like two of the boards, Shy Guy's Perplex Express & Koopa Tycoon Town (or something like that).

 

[IggyKoopaStar]

In my opinion, I honestly don't think it was necessary, I did enjoy it, got fun with it, and all. But I'm happy that another one is coming out! (Like Mario Party 9 right now!)

 

[Luigi Party!]

Yes. Definitely. I would have added Wi-Fi, trash that annoying Flip the Chimp, and make only 1 pitfall in Boo's Haunted Highway(Like Neon Heights). Also, what is up with candy? I am just gonna replace them with items or orbs! MP8 is one of the worse game in MP series, and there are lots of elements that needs to be fixed,

 

[zacktheninja300]

I don't think it was all that necessary. I liked MP8 and think its fine the way it is.

 

[Wiiboy4ever]

Yes because maybe if this game was developed better than it was, MP9 wouldn't have have drastically revolted the series due to MP8's poor reception. Or soemthing.