I love Nintendo games, but I have just been burned for the last time. I was somewhat disappointed with Mario party 8 as I didn't feel like there was much new to the game. I felt like Nintendo milked the series for a quick buck. Twilight princess on the other hand was brilliant.
The graphics are the same in Mario party 8 as the gamecube games. Sound effects are largely borrowed from the first series. Pretty much everything is a just a port from the 'cube version with very little innovation. There is so little new here that one who is not well versed in Mario party could easily watch a player for 20 minutes and think they were watching the gamecube version.
Shame on Nintendo for not really pushing the Wii hardware and adding some signficant improvement to the series. I've been burned for the Last time. I've got two consoles and will, from this point forward, focus 100% of my attention on the 360. Nintendo, until now, has been one of my overall favorite Video Game company because of the quality of their titles. Today, they lost a huge fan. Permanently.
