Identifying Luck: Mario Party 8

Never thought we'd get this far, but here it is! It's been a long ride, and as much as I love doing these, there are other big video projects I want to work on too! For now, let's treat this one as the final entry, and if something happens to come after, then it'll be a sweet surprise! Huge thanks to everyone that's assisted with info for this series over the years; you have my sincerest gratitude and utmost respect. And thank you all for watching as well! CORRECTIONS: I'm bound to make a few mistakes with a video of this much length. If you find any issues then feel free to let me know and I'll correct them down below, along with giving you credit! Before you make a correction, please double check the video to see if I made any on-screen text corrections myself first! Also keep in mind the disclaimer at 0:43! Thanks!! 0:51/5:36 - When I say Party Mode/Party Tent here, I'm referring to the Battle Royale mode in particular. If it was the Party Mode as a whole, then Duels would be included, which would then logically include the Vs. and Challenge spaces, which was not my intention. I should've clarified more on that! (skeetermania3202) 29:00 - Bullet Bill candy costs 10 coins for 3rd/4th place at the item shop, not 15! (DisgustedDisgustingDude_DDD) 31:24 - In this video I aim to only cover Battle Royale content, yet here I show Koopa's Tycoon Town's duel results, which can only appear in the Duel mode. Let's just treat it as bonus content! (natnew32) 41:42 - I say this happening skips multiple star spaces when it only skips one. (MrToadTheGamer) 53:38 - The on-screen text should say 20 coins instead of 15 coins. (Tumble64) 1:04:40 - One additional rule here is "2 star/pitfall rooms can't be adjacent to each other (they can be diagonal however)". This makes the on-screen example technically impossible as well, but it still serves as a good visual for the other rules! (AQ_Noops) 1:20:20 - Not the happening on the green train, but the one right before the vent on the yellow train. That was actually in the script but I changed it for some reason! (Supperman88) 1:20:29 - Apologies to European viewers for using American footage of this event which includes an offensive word that's not found in the European version of this game. I should've done more research and put European game footage instead. That's my bad. (GoldenSandslash15) 1:27:50 - Purposely landing on the Lucky Space can actually be helpful in that after receiving a star there, you'll instantly be sent back to the start of the train instead of having to go all the way around like you would after buying a star from Shy Guy. This isn't always a great move as you could land on certain happenings to achieve a similar affect in the right situations, upping your happening bonus star count as well, but it's a good move to consider! (TheBlueWizzrobe) 1:33:20 - Meant to say "Under 50 or 20", not "Under 50 or 30." (papermario332) 2:11:01 - You actually can't jump on the Bullet Bills! Doing so will eliminate you! (psikirbygamer6536) 3:23:34 - Meant to say "Battle version", not "2v2 version." (bluemushroom64)

1:10:52 Whomp has one of my favourite lines in this game. "You think Whomp dumb?! Whomp has fancy degree in tollbooth economics! 10 coins or go away!"

Whether or not this is the finale, this has been a fantastic series

Opportunity lost at 2:47:59 "If neither team figures out how to decorate a cake after ten rounds, it's a PIE" Awesome job with the series, Zike!

Before I even watch the video, I just want to preface how excited I am for this episode! Mario Party 8 was not only my first Mario Party game, but it’s also my favorite, and it really makes me sour how little it’s talked about. So thank you for continuing Identifying Luck purely for this game alone. I love all the effort you put into IL, and it was a joy hearing about the surprising amount of technicalities that go into each MP game!

The last numbered entry that followed the traditional formula, and a game I've got a lot of nostalgia for. Welcome, Mario Party 8!

I think King Boo's mansion might actually be my favorite concept for a board. It's so strange and whacky.

After watching this series for years, it’ll be sad to see it go, thanks all the identifications of luck!

Figuring out the craziness behind King Boo's Haunted Hideaway must've been a blast. It certainly was a blast to learn! (Whoever had to code this map must've had nightmares...)

I think MP8 is fairly underrated in the grand scheme of things, its often grouped in with the newer ones when it was functionally a second Mario Party 7 that happened to be ported to the Wii.

And there it is. The “last” one. This series has been such a huge way for me to kill time when I’m bored, it’s almost weird to see it end this way. Wish you the best on your next venture!

Well this is a happy surprise! I thought you would stop at 7. Glad you did 8 too! It was the one I had as a kid.

While it was a pain to explain, tbh, king boo's board actually sounds like it'd be a ton of fun to actually play. If nothing else, it's SUPER unique as far as Mario Party is concerned

Y'know, I've never played any Mario Party game, and probably never will, but I've watched every single Identifying Luck. It's one hell of a series.

I am probably THE biggest Mario party 8 fan there is. So let me express that I am endlessly grateful that you're covering the core mechanics of one of my favorite games ever, it means more to me than you know, and great work on the series as a whole.

Mapping the boo mansion was a genius level move. Well done.

It's finally here, and as glorious as I expected. This series was awesome and fun to sit through, even through their massive length. Here's to our future dice rolls, to all the laughs and screams from all our games, and to the future!

I don't know why I've watched 25 and a half hours of mechanical analysis of the design of Mario Party games over the course of several years, but I've certainly learned a lot. Good stuff.

Mario Party 8, even though it has many problems, will always be my favorite Mario Party. It was the game that got me into Mario Party in the first place and I will never forget replaying Shy Guy's Perplex Express and King Boo's Haunted Hideaway over and over again and spending so many hours messing around in the minigame section and constantly playing my favorite minigames like In the Nick of Time, Treacherous Tightrope, Bomb Omb's away, Chump Rope, King of the Thrill, and unfortunately Shake it up and I didn't know the obvious joke because I was so young. Thinking about it now I loved the simple motion control games like At the Chomp Wash, Breakneck Building, and Attention Grabber because they were really simple for me to understand and were fun to shake the wii remote as fast as I could (I am convinced they are the reason why I love button mashers so much too). But I also really liked the platforming ones too like Sick and Twisted, Gun the Runner, and Rotation Station and for some reason specifically Cut from the team (which also may have gave me my trauma for nearly giving me a heart attack and bias towards it too). In short, this video is spectacular and I am so happy that one of my favorite games now has an extremely in-depth strategy guide on it (Especially King Boo's board). Thank you so much for making Identifying Luck and I'm so grateful that Mario Party 8 even has a video on it. You did a fantastic job!

This series thus far has truly been a rollercoaster of emotions, in the best way possible!