This is a somewhat useless but fun hint for Mario Party 8. At the title screen, the characters in the game are shown. If you point the Wii Remote at any character, they will talk and make various noises.

Buy the following at the Trade Bazaar with the corresponding amount of Carnival Cards…

• Board Sounds - 50 CCs
• Carnival Figures (30 Total) - 30 CCs each
• Character Voices - 50 CCs
• Chomping Frenzy - 50 CCs
• Credit Roll - 100 CCs
• Heckling Sounds - 50 CCs
• Minigame Sounds - 50 CCs
• Moped Mayhem - 50 CCs
• Puzzle Pillars - 50 CCs
• Staff Record - 50 CCs
• Table Menace - 50 CCs
• Test For the Best - 50 CCs
• Very Hard Difficulty - 50 CCs

To unlock Blooper and Hammer Brother, you must beat the Star Battle with any regular character. Keep in mind that since you’re unlocking two characters with this technique, you must beat the Star Battle twice with two different characters to get both characters.

Unlock the following minigames with the technique given…

• Crown Showdown - Unlock one minigame in each of the following modes: 1 v 3 player, 2 v 2 player, 4 player, and Duel.
• Flip Out Frenzy - Unlock any 4 player minigame.
• Test For the Best - Unlocked by purchasing it in the Fun Bazaar for fifty CCs.
• Tic-Tac-Drop - Unlock any Duel minigame.