1. Beatboxing Flute

2. Balalaika

3. Er Hu

4. Hand Farting

5. Accordion

6. A Capella

7. Clarinet Quartet

8. Two Guitars

9. 11 String Bass Guitar

10. Electric Guitar

11. Blindfolded Piano

12. Piano Duet

13. Rock Band

14. Saxophone

Gira Gira Desert Stage (Hard Cup):
Win by more than 800 points in the Star Cup in Normal Tournament.

Marlboro Garden (Flower Cup):
Dunk three times in the Daisy Garden court in the Flower Cup. Then, collect the blue seed from the panel that appears

Sunset Beach (Mushroom Cup):
Select Exhibition mode, and win a game by over 200 points at Noko Noko Beach between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Flower Cup:
Complete the Mushroom Cup

Rainbow Cup:
Complete the Star Cup.

Skip Credits:
Press Select + Start to skip the credits to the congratulations screen.

Stealing Balloons (Hint):
When playing in Balloon Battle Mode you can steal balloons from another Mario Kart by getting a Speed-Up Mushroom from a mystery box and ramming another player.

Higher Jump (Hint):
To jump higher when you are going over a jump, press R. This requires some practice and precise timing.

Using the “?” boxes correctly (Hint):
Use the following trick to help your chance of winning in almost every mode of play. When getting a “?” box, wait until you see another item box before planting it. If times correctly, the “?” box that was laid down will be directly on top of where the original one was. If anyone tries to get it, they will not be able to tell that it is a fake, until the have it in hand.

Quick Start (Hint):
During the initial countdown, hold down the gas (A) about a half second to a second after the number “2″ appears. You will gain a huge boost when the race starts. You may need to practice for better timing.

Golden Foot Award (Hint):
Score the most goals in the group stage to unlock the Golden Foot Award.

Crystal Award (Hint):
Win the Crystal Tournament to unlock the Crystal Award

Fire Award(Hint):
Win the Fire Tournament to unlock the Fire Award.

Striker Award (Hint):
Win the Striker Tournament to unlock the Striker Award.

Cheating Message (Hint):
Reset or turn off the game while in a tournament match. When that tournament is continued, the news headline will state that you have cheated and the cup must be started again.

Mario Strikers Charged Unlockables

Bold items are the unlockables, italic items are instructions on how to unlock.

Unlock Extra Captains

Bowser Jr. - Win the Fire Cup
Diddy Kong - Win the Crystal Cup
Petey Piranha - Win the Striker Cup

Unlock Character Cards (striker challenges mode)

Mario Card - Beat Challenge 01
Luigi Card - Beat Challenge 02
Donkey Kong Card - Beat Challenge 03
Peach Card - Beat Challenge 04
Daisy Card - Beat Challenge 05
Wario Card - Beat Challenge 06
Waluigi Card - Beat Challenge 07
Yoshi Card - Beat Challenge 08
Bowser Card - Beat Challenge 09
Petey Piranha Card - Beat Challenge 10
Bowser Jr. Card - Beat Challenge 11
Diddy Kong Card - Beat Challenge 12

Unlock Cheats
To unlock cheats to toggle on/off in Domination Mode, you must complete challenges in Striker Challenges mode.

Classic Mode - Beat Challenge 01
Safe MegaStrike - Beat Challenge 02
Super Captains - Beat Challenge 03
High Voltage - Beat Challenge 04
Devastating Hits - Beat Challenge 05
No Power Ups - Beat Challenge 06
Secure Stadia -Beat Challenge 07
Power Shortage - Beat Challenge 08
Field Tilt - Beat Challenge 09
Always White Ball - Beat Challenge 10
Always Sidekick Skillshot - Beat Challenge 11
Custom Power Ups and Infinite Power Ups - Beat Challenge 12

Unlock Stadiums

To unlock more stadiums for Domination Mode, you must play through Road to the Strikers Cup. Note: The Brick Wall Award is earned for conceding the least goals in the group stage. The Golden Foot Award is earned for scoring the most goals in the group stage.

The Wastelands - Earn both the Brick Wall Award and the Golden Foot Award in the Fire Cup
The Lava Pit - Win the Fire Cup
The Dump - Earn both the Brick Wall Award and the Golden Foot Award in the Crystal Cup
Crystal Canyon - Win the Crystal Cup
Galactic Stadium - Earn both the Brick Wall Award and the Golden Foot Award in the Striker Cup
Stormship Stadium - Win the Striker Cup

Unlock Trophies (tournament mode)

Unlock Golden Foot Trophy - Score the most goals overall in qualifying round of any tournament.
Unlock Brickwall Trophy - Have the least amount of goals scored on you overall in the qualifying round in any tournament.
Unlock Fire Trophy - Beat the Fire Tournament.
Unlock Crystal Trophy - Beat the Crystal Tournament.
Unlock Striker Trophy - Beat the Striker Tournament.

Easy Coins (Hint):
When you get a Twice Candy or a Thrice Candy, try to get all of the dice blocks the same number. You will get a nice coin bonus as a reward.

Easy Dart Shooting (Hint):
Just as the target you are aiming at gets to about the 9 o’clock position, or slightly after, throw the dart. If timed prefectly, you will hit what you are aiming for.

Easy Ping Pong (Hint):
Serve the ball, then hit it at the latest possible moment. If done correctly, this will result in an ace.

Slowgo Candy (Hint):
When using a Slowgo Candy it is best to be used by a music square, question mark or DK block. Flick the remote number before desired for better results. Question Mark blocks are not all good, so be careful and choose wisely.

Mario Party 8 Unlockables

Unlockable Characters and Maps

Unlockable - Bowser’s Warp Orbit
How to unlock - Beat the Star Battle with any character

Unlockable - Blooper/Hammer Bro.
How to unlock - You’ll get one of these characters when you beat Star Battle with any character. For the second, beat Star Battle again with another character

Unlockable Minigames

Unlockable - Minigame wagon
How to unlock - Complete Star Battle mode once

Fun Buzaar Unlockables - you have to trade carnival cards at the Buzaar to unlock these

The following things cost 50 carnival cards:-
- Table menace
- Puzzle pillars
- Chomping frenzy
- Moped Mayhem
- Very hard difficulty
- Character voices
- Board sounds
- Minigame sounds
- Staff record
- Test for the best
- Heckling sounds

Other stuff:-
- Credit roll (100 cards)
- Carnival figures (Buy at least 1 Carnival Figure)
- Carnival parade (Buy at least 1 Carnival Figure)
- Board-related Carnival Figures (Buy 1 of the 12 for 30 Carnival Cards
- Minigame-Related Carnival Figures (Buy 1 of the 12 for 30 Carnival Cards)
- Star Carnival-Related Carnival Figures (Buy 1 of the 6 for 30 Carnival Cards)
- Any Minigame (Buy 1 of the 72 minigames for 50 Carnival Cards)

Easy Rubees (Hint):
In Chapter 2-3 you must gain Rubees. The code for the first VIP room is 5693. When on the Gerbil Wheel, tape down the left or right movement button and allow the controller to idle for about 10 minutes. You should get about 9,000 Rubees. The code for the second VIP room past the electric fields is 41262816. This will give you the 1,000,000,000 Rubees needed.

Merlees Mansion; Lovked Room (Hint):
When you have to pay 1,000,000 Rubees, earn 100 Rubees then find a man in red. Give him the 100 Rubees to get the code to get into the VIP room. Then get 10,000 Rubees and give it to another person in red. NOTE: You must flip to find this one. He will give you the code to the safe…but you will need a certain Pixl to get it.

Chapter 3-1 Shortcut(Hint):
In Chapter 3-1, there is an underground portion. Near the end, there are elevators going up. Ride them up and walk along the top. You will come to an area with 3 warp pipes. Take the middle one and you will end up much closer to Bowsers castle.

Tiptron (Hint):
At the end of the game you will no longer have Tippi. To get a robotic version of Tippi go to Chapter 3-4(Fort Francis). Buy Tiptron for 999 Coins. Tiptron is the same as Tippi, except Tiptron is robotic.

Super Paper Mario Unlockables

New Pixls - there are 4 new Pixls that you don’t need to beat in this game, but they help none-the-less.

Unlockable - Barry (Provides a force field that protects you and can hurt enemies)
How to unlock - Beat Francis in chapter 3-4, then find Barry behind a bush in chapter 3-1

Unlockable - Piccolo (Makes melodies that trigger in-game events and cures some status problems)
How to unlock - Place the 6th pure heart, talk to Merlee and help her, talk to Merluvlee, then Bestovious, Watchitt, Merlumina, then Merluvlee to get Random House key

Unlockable - Dashell (makes you go really fast)
How to unlock - The bottom of Flipside Pit of 100 trials

Unlockable - Tiptron (Just like Tippi)
How to unlock - Purchase it from Francis after you beat the game for 999 coins!!!

Items and stages

Unlockable - Extra Mini Game in the Flipside’s Basement
How to unlock - Get the golden card

Unlockable - Flopside’s Pit of 100 trials
How to unlock - Beat Flipside’s Pit of 100 trials

Unlockable - Flipside’s Pit of 100 trials
How to unlock - Beat Chapter 1 and unlock the outskirt in Flipside