Mario Party 8

Developer: Hudson Soft

Publisher: Nintendo

Platform: Wii

Genre: Arcade

Theme: Puzzle

Release Date: 05/29/2007

Description: In Mario Party 8 the Star Carnival rolls into town, and MC Ballyhoo, (the main host) along with Big Top, Ballyhoo's talking top hat, challenges everyone to the "Star Battle", in which the winner is crowned Superstar and wins a year's worth of candy with a relic called the Star Rod. Bowser comes along to steal the Star Rod, and it is up to the player to save the Star Carnival. New characters Blooper and Hammer Bro have been added to the character roster making 14 playable characters.