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* ''[[Mario Party]] 8'' has King Boo's Haunted Hideaway, which is a randomly-generated map that changes each time you play it. The AI seems to not plan ahead at path forks, and it will choose a path even if it knows the next fork on that side has one path leading to a dead end and a Whomp blocking the other, and that it doesn't have enough coins to pay the Whomp's toll.
* ''[[Mario Party]] 8'' has King Boo's Haunted Hideaway, which is a randomly-generated map that changes each time you play it. The AI seems to not plan ahead at path forks, and it will choose a path even if it knows the next fork on that side has one path leading to a dead end and a Whomp blocking the other, and that it doesn't have enough coins to pay the Whomp's toll.
** Basically, when the computer in ''[[Mario Party]]'' isn't being [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|a cheating bastard]], they have an IQ of -8. They will buy items for easy access to the Star, even if the cost of the item puts them below the coins needed for the Star. All the freakin' time.
** Basically, when the computer in ''[[Mario Party]]'' isn't being [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|a cheating bastard]], they have an IQ of -8. They will buy items for easy access to the Star, even if the cost of the item puts them below the coins needed for the Star. All the freakin' time.
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*** 7 games later and they [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l9eeX2Lx1pE still haven't fixed this].
*** 7 games later and they [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l9eeX2Lx1pE still haven't fixed this].


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Examples of Artificial Stupidity in Party Games include:

  • Mario Party 8 has King Boo's Haunted Hideaway, which is a randomly-generated map that changes each time you play it. The AI seems to not plan ahead at path forks, and it will choose a path even if it knows the next fork on that side has one path leading to a dead end and a Whomp blocking the other, and that it doesn't have enough coins to pay the Whomp's toll.
    • Basically, when the computer in Mario Party isn't being a cheating bastard, they have an IQ of -8. They will buy items for easy access to the Star, even if the cost of the item puts them below the coins needed for the Star. All the freakin' time.
    • It gets worse on the investment boards like Windmillville and Koopa's Tycoon Town. Most of the time, they will invest every single coin they have, even if it's not necessary. It makes it impossible for computers to invest on the building that is right next to it, unless they keep getting low rolls and winning minigames.
    • The computer will also use items to roll multiple dice blocks to get to the star when they don't have enough coins to buy a star.
    • One particular case of the HARD AI in the first game being incompetent is pointed out by The Runaway Guys when Peach, otherwise a luck-manipulating bastard on Hard, proceeds to get the Ground Pound Coin Minigame and use a total of 9 ground pounds to find the 5 "correct" posts.[1]
    • The Easy AI is this on purpose -- it's possible to win several Mario Party 2 minigames against Easy bots without even doing anything.
  1. ↑ For those unable to watch the video, this is out of 12 posts, and all 12 of them were plainly revealed at the beginning of the minigame.
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