Cardiators

Cardiators is a luck based duel minigame from Mario Party 8. Which one of the two players will win is completely determined by the cards chosen.

Intro
The minigame takes place in a giant romanesque colosseum where the audience is filled with Shy Guys, Goombas, and Koopas. Each of the two players comes out from one of the winds of the stadium. When they both reach the center, cards are drawn to see who goes first.

Gameplay
Opponents take turns picking cards from a large table. Once a card is drawn, the corresponding enemy appears behind the attacker and attacks the opponent. Each player has a health bar consisting of twenty hit points. Once all hit points are depleted on either side the game is over.

Cards
Each card has a different enemy that it summons thus each does a different amount of damage.