Mario Party 8 for Nintendo Wii By HI June 13, 2007 / 6:41 PM EDT / CBS Mario and his friends are coming up, so let's get this party started.

Nintendo's first first-party party game in three years will be Mii-based and feature a "Living Party" mode; Mario Party 8 sells 7.6 million. Publisher's profits up nearly 50% on sales of $16.2 ...

Mario Party 8 is almost identical to the latter entries in the series except with the trademark Wii addition: motion control.

We always asked ourselves what would make the Mario Party series more interactive. The Wii remote, it should go without saying, makes it perfect... after all, when your best friend is beating you ...

So it's no surprise that " Mario Party 8 " — the first in the "Mario Party" series of frantically short snippets to be released on the Wii — is another great, family friendly excuse to play ...

Mario Party 8 also includes dozens of new minigames, six new party boards and many new game modes. In a series first, players can transform their characters into many forms, such as player ...

As the first Mario Party to be released on the Nintendo Wii, Mario Party 8 had quite a bit to live up to. To the relief of many, the game comes together to form one of the better releases in the ...

Mario Party, the video game franchise that eats like a board game, has now arrived on the Nintendo Wii for the first time with Mario Party 8, and it brims with plenty of pick-up-and-play action.

“Mario Party 8” is yet more proof that the Wii makes videogaming with friends and family, especially those who are gaming novices, fun in a way that the 360 and PS3 have yet to match.

Mario Party 8 also includes "extra-large" minigames like Star Carnival Bowling and Table Menace. One to four players can play Mario Party 8, each with a Wii Remote.

Mario Party 8 is a noteworthy arrival on Wii because it marks the first Nintendo-published project that does not run in 16:9 widescreen mode.

Mario Party returns, finally on the system it was meant for. If you ever cared for the Party series, then there's no reason the newest entry won't bowl you over.