According to local retailers both online and offline, Mario Party 8 has been delayed 2 weeks in Australia from the 5th of July back to the 17th. Nintendo Australia’s site still states the game as the 5th but retailers are often told of delays (or changes to dates) well in advance of the media. Also Nintendo normally doesn’t set a games release date unless it’s concrete so perhaps some last minute changes or translation issues have arisen. We’ll seek a comment from Nintendo, but it seems you Mario Party fans will just have to wait a little bit longer. .