What's up with the Mario Party 8 scores?

[shams]

Not really sure... IGN seem pissed that the game is too similiar to the GC games? And that the Wii controls could be better (for some of the mini-games). Looking at the screens/vids, I thought the gfx were excellent.

Game rankings:

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/935598.asp

GamePro   5/18/2007 4.5 out of 5 90.0%   Yahoo Games   5/29/2007 4 out of 5 80.0%   GameTrailers   5/25/2007 8.3 out of 10 83.0%

I have missed 4 MP's in a row - so I'll definitely get this one. Need a MP for the Wii anyway...

Be more than curious to hear your opinions on the game. But next years version may well be the definitive version (a lot more polish, better gfx, more Wii integration, maybe Mii's... and hopefully online play).