MP8 or older titles?

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izaaz101 on 29 March 2008

Viper1 said:

izaaz101 said:

makingmusic476 said:
The only ones I've played heavily are MP1 and MP8. MP1 is far superior, imo, because it actually takes some skill to win. MP8 is entirely random, and you don't even have a general idea of who won the game until it's announced at the end.

The first time I played MP8, I was doing horrible. I had no coins and I was coming in last in all the mini-games. I placed first in the end. The second game I played I was doing great and owning everybody, but ended up third. The results have been sporadic like that every time I've played.

You most likely had bonus stars on. At the end, 3 bonus stars are awarded: 1 for most coins held at any one time, 1 for most coins collected during the minigames, and 1 for landing on "!" spots the most times (I think these are the 3). That's why you probbaly won the 1st time, and lost the 2nd time. You can turn this option off.

Actually there are more than just those 3 but only 3 are selected. Some include who used the most items, landed on the most red spaces, etc...

As for being random, only 1 or two mini-games are actually random.

Hmm, interesting. I've only played MP8 once or twice, and both times bonus stars were off. But those 3 were in the past games right?

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DKII on 29 March 2008

Yeah there's a selection of like a dozen now. But you can turn them off.

I actually liked the semi-randomness of MP8, I could play with total gaming newbies and it was still fun 'cause everyone was still competitive, even though I won most of the mini-games.

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NintendoMan on 29 March 2008

MP8 is not great, its ok, an inoffensive game if you will, it still doesn't advance the series in any meaningful way but its a fun way to wile away an hour or so. If you find it cheap (used price) pick it up.

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