# zaozabot's Mario Party 8 Texture Pack

> zaozabot's faithful resolution upgrade for Mario Party 8, covering fonts, avatars, boards and the interface.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/wii/games/marioparty8/texturepacks/zaozabot/
Page updated: 2026-10-02

- Artist: zaozabot

zaozabot's pack raises the resolution of Mario Party 8 while keeping its original colours and patterns, so the changes can be subtle. The aim was a sharper version of the same game, not a remake.

Most fonts and text are upscaled with Waifu2x, with the hardest ones redrawn by hand. Character avatars are replaced with modern ones, low resolution GUI textures and character models are upscaled with details fixed by hand, and many board textures plus some from minigames are replaced or upscaled. Minigame preview screenshots were replaced where possible, but not those shown as the first frame of a video.

The pack is unfinished. Not every level and mode was played through, so some avatars, text and icons may still be low quality.

## How to set it up

1. In Dolphin, open **File > Open User Folder**, then go into `Load/Textures/`.
2. Extract the download there, so you end up with a `Load/Textures/RM8/` folder.
3. Open **Graphics > Advanced** and tick **Load Custom Textures**. Ticking **Prefetch Custom Textures** too stops stutter, if you have the RAM for it.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/wii/games/marioparty8/texturepacks/zaozabot/#download

- (DDS, 119 MB)
- (PNG, 232 MB)