Mario Party 8



Aug 16, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Mario Party 8
Wii - Mario Party 8 - Meet Charles Martinet at Nintendo World for Mario Super Sluggers Launch  To celebrate the launch of Mario Super Sluggers, Charles Martinet, the voice actor for Mario, Luigi, Wario, and more will be in attendance at the Nintendo World Store in Manhattan on August 24th, signing autographs and giving out a mysterious special gift from Nintendo to those who purchase the new Mario sports title.
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Feb 3, 2008
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Core Group relaunches Nintendo DS Lite in South Africa along with new Wii titles Core Gaming Group, Nintendo's representative company in South Africa, launched two popular Wii titles at a press event held this past Friday in Johannesburg. In addition, after roughly a year of the world's best selling handheld console being absent from the South African market, Core Group relaunched the Nintendo DS Lite.

The media briefing was presented by RJ van Spaandonk, the executive director of Core Group. RJ outlined the upcoming Wii releases, detailed the Nintendo DS Lite relaunch information and discussed the success that the Nintendo Wii has enjoyed in South Africa since its launch here in October 2007.

The Nintendo DS Lite was relaunched in South Africa and will soon be available in stores. It will retail at R1 799 and is available in four colours: black, white, silver and pink.
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Jan 29, 2008
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Kotaku:Nintendo Million Sellers Revealed Wii

Wii Sports - 17,850,000
Wii Play - 9,230,000
Super Mario Galaxy - 5,190,000
Mario Party 8 - 4,350,000
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 4,300,000
Super Paper Mario - 2,160,000
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - 2,000,000
Mario Strikers Charged - 1,650,000
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 1,140,000
Link's Crossbow Training - 1,070,000
Wii Fit - 1,050,000

Nintendo DS

Nintendogs - 17,790,000
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl - 14,170,000
New Super Mario Bros. - 13,140,000
Brain Age - 11,710,000
Brain Age 2 - 9,840,000
Mario Kart DS - 9,670,000
Animal Crossing Wild World - 9,200,000
Super Mario 64 DS - 5,780,000
Big Brain Academy - 4,610,000
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 3,820,000
Pokemon Ranger - 2,610,000
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness - 1,540,000
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Jan 13, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Mario Party 8
Wii - Mario Party 8 - Japan 2007: Nintendo Dominates Top 10 Software Sales January 11 - Nintendo claims eight of the top ten selling games of 2007 in Japan, looking at the latest figures from Enterbrain, publisher of the Famitsu magazine.

Only Capcom's PSP title Monster Hunter Portable 2 and Square Enix's Dragon Quest IV manage to break Nintendo's hold on the top ten.

The list of Japan's Top 10 software of 2007, with their units sold, is posted at MCV.
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Jan 9, 2008
Wii News | Mario Party 8
9th Dec, 2008 Just what in the hell is going on with Mario and Peach? It was so simple back in the old NES days of Super Mario Bros. She got herself kidnapped, he went after her with the help of Luigi, and all ended happily ever after. Or so we thought. The thing is that it didn't really. It's become ever more apparent that since that first rescue things have only ever got messier, dirtier and more manipulative in their relationship. Far from the innocent damsel and hero set-up that appeared ... » Read More
Nov 15, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Mario Party 8
Wii - Mario Party 8 - Current Japanese Best Sellers Mario Party DS sold almost a quarter of a million copies in its debut week to top the Japanese software chart.

Another new entry, Shin Sangoku Musou 5 for PS3, or Dynasty Warriors 6 as it will be known in North America, entered at No2 after shifting almost 200,000 copies, while the Xbox 360 version debuted at No5.

Mario Galaxy, last week's best seller, dropped to No3 following second week sales of 75,000 copies, down from 251,000 sold the previous week.

PS3 exclusive Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction entered at No10, while just one PS2 game, NBA Live 08, made the top 30.

01. Mario Party DS (DS) - 235,000 / New
02. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (PS3) - 188,000 / New
03. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 74,000 / 325,000
04. Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS) - 23,000 / 215,000
05. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Xbox 360) - 22,000 / New
06. Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (PSP) - 19,000 / New
07. Wii Sports (Wii) - 15,000 / 2,197,000
08. DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou - Satsui no Wana (DS) - 13,000 / 129,000
09. Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (DS) - 13,000 / 690,000
10. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) - 12,000 / New
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Nov 2, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Australian Game Charts for Week Ending 28th October Australian GfK's weekly software sale charts for All Formats, PC, Xbox 360, DS, Wii, PS2, PS3, and PSP.
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Oct 27, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Nintendo's Best-Selling Wii Games: Six First-Party Million Sellers Nintendo revealed six first party-published Wii games that have sold over a million copies worldwide on October 26. IGN reports five out of the six:

1. Wii Sports: 11.1 million
2. Wii Play: 6.3 million
3. Mario Party 8: 2.9 million
4. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree: 1.8 million
5. Mario Strikers Charged: 1.3 million

IGN has apparently made an error and omitted the sixth title. According to user comments at IGN and Wikipedia, the missing title could be either The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3.61 million), Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (1.82 million), or Super Paper Mario (1.74 million).
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Aug 10, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Mario Party 8
Wii - Mario Party 8 - JAPAN: Nintendo Parties As Wii Outsells PS3 Three To One Mario Party 8 scoops top spot in charts as Wii and DS shift huge numbers

Nintendo's continued dominance continues this week in Japan, according the latest figures from MCV's exclusive media partner Enterbrain.

The current top ten selling software titles are as follows:

1. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
2. J-League Winning Eleven 2007: Club Championship (Konami)
3. Hot Shots Golf (Sony)
4. Subarashiki Kono Sekai/It's a Wonderful World (Square Enix)
5. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
6. Jikkyo Powerful Pro Yakyu 14 (Konami)
7. Wii Play (Nintendo)
8. Face Training (Nintendo)
9. Zelda: Phantom Houglass (Nintendo)
10. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo
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Aug 4, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Costco Offers Wii Bundles Costco is currently selling Wii bundles that include the Wii, an extra Wii remote and a copy of Mario Party 8 for $329. If consumers are still looking to get a Wii and have a Costco membership, this might be the perfect opportunity for them.
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Aug 2, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - US Chart for Week Ending 28th July 2007 Software and hardware sales in the US from VGchartz. Guitar Hero II takes the number one spot for software sales while the Nintendo DS was the best-seller for hardwares.

Hardware: Console Weekly Total
DS - 140,151 (-4%) 13,730,938
Wii - 95,171 (-3%) 3,974,505
PSP - 59,483 (-9%) 8,864,934
PS2 - 54,701 (-10%) 44,524,847
PS3 - 43,498 (-4%) 1,738,147
X360 - 34,174 (+5%) 6,607,403
GBA - 23,725 (-0%) 40,768,173
GC - 1,656 (-2%) 12,697,057
Xbox - 11 (-58%) 15,933,106
Total 452,570
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Aug 2, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Famitsu's Japan Game Charts: PS3 selling 40k; Oblivion 360, GTA LCS and PS3 Hot Shots Golfs 5 Among Top 10 PS3's Hot Shots Golf 5 sells 180k. Xbox 360's Oblivion reaches to number 6 while The Legend of Zeld: Phantom Hourglass falls to the last place.

1. Mario Party 8 (Wii)
2. Hot Shots Golf 5 / Everybodys Golf 5 (PS3)
3. Taikou Drum Master DS (DS)
4. It's a Wonderful World (DS)
5. Powerful Pro Baseball 14 (PS2)
6. The Elders Scroll IV: Oblivion (360)
7. Mobile Suit Gundam: MS War Front 0079 (Wii)
8. GTA: Liberty City Stories (PSP)
9. DQS (Wii)
10. The Legend of Zeld: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

Wii : about 70k
PS3 : about 40k
PS2 : 14000
PSP : 32000
360 : 3800
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Aug 1, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Mario Party 8
Wii - Mario Party 8 - Mario Party 8 top of the Weekly Aussie Software  Charts Mario Party 8 proves top of the pops with its heavy advertising schedule paying off hugely, Singstar makes an appearance at #2, Cars on the Wii pops up to #3 obviously shifting a few units with being bundled. Eyetoy Sports, Pokemon Diamond and Transformers for the PS2 follow then the rest of the chart is capped off with Nintendo DS titles. 7/ 10 for Nintendo down under, not bad!
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Jul 30, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Nintendo Sales | Mario Party Wii Battles Against Hot Shots Golf PS3 in Japan Following the news that retailers had pre-ordered 300,000 copies of Minna no Golf 5 on PS3 and 500,000 units of Mario Party 8 for Wii, both games have now hit Japan and their first day sales have been revealed. Check out the results below, plus lots of other information...
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Jul 17, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - AU Shippin' Out July 17-20: Mario Party and Scarface In between slaying Bowser and rescuing Princess Peach, Mario somehow manages to organise and throw a party! Mario Party 8 is the first time the Mario Party franchise has appeared on the Wii and it supports up to four players. It features over 70 minigames and adds in six new party boards for players to choose from. Mario Party 8 is coming out this Thursday.After more than six months on the PC, PS2 and Xbox, Scarface: The World Is Yours is making its way onto the Wii...
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Jul 14, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Mario Party 8
Wii - Mario Party 8 - Mario Party 8 Pulled From UK Shelves Stephany of Gaming Today explains why Mario Party 8 for the Nintendo Wii has been pulled from shelves in the UK.
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Jul 4, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Latest US Games Chart 1st of July 2007 The Darkness has a strong start on both PS3 and Xbox 360. List of top selling games for week ending 01st July 2007. Rainbow Six Vegas PS3 makes it to top 10 and the number one is Wii Pokemon.
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Jul 2, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Mario Party 8 most popular Mario Party to date When Mario holds a party, you know its going to be huge and the latest instalment, Mario Party 8 for the Wii is no exception. The title has now sold over 550,000 copies since its launch in the United States on May 29th. "The overwhelming response not only reminds us how much fans absolutely love the Mario Party franchise but also proves the unmatched ability of the Wii system to attract new players," says George Harrison.
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Jun 19, 2007
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Wii - Mario Party 8 - Mario Party 8 delayed Mario Party 8 has been delayed after it was due to launch this week in the UK. The game will now launch on the 13th July due to production issues with the English version of the game.
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May 29, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Mario Party 8
Wii - Mario Party 8 - Mario Party 8 Rockets to the Top of the Gamefly List Mario Party 8 for the Nintendo Wii tops the Gamefly Top 10 list while the recent release of Pirates of the Caribbean is queued up and at the top of the lists for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners...

Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested list:
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Mario Party 8
Mario Party 8

Genre: Family
Expected release date: 05/29/2007
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Hudson Soft
Franchise: Mario
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