This is probably my favorite Mario party. Not saying it's the best, but it's my favorite.
Story Mode:
So, uh, I beat this game's story mode in one 2-hour sitting. So, the story mode is pretty short and pretty easy, considering there's only 6 levels that each take you somewhere around 15 minutes each to complete. Almost all of the boards, except boo's haunted hideaway, is thought out very well. Boo's haunted hideaway is a map of small pre built rooms, put together in a randomly generated square grid. It's entirely luck, which is fine in Mario party but that map is kind of ridiculous. Otherwise though, the boards and story mode are built fine.
Gameplay:
So yeah, it's Mario party. Go around a board collecting coins to pay for stars. Whoever has the most stars at the end of a certain amount of turns wins. It's a game series I really like, and this one does it great. The are 14 characters in total, 2 of them being unlocked through the story mode. 6 boards, 1 being unlocked by beating story mode. However, the way you unlock both characters is by beating story mode twice. You get one of the two randomly after beating it once, which is a little annoying. The mini games, with this being the first MP on the Wii, use lots of motion controls most of the time. These motion control games, for the most part, work really well actually. There's only 1 or 2 I can think of that don't. Also, the music is really upbeat and catchy.
TL;DR
Good music, short and easy story mode, lame ways to unlock characters, lots of characters, mostly good maps, good music, good minigames. Also, there's a lot of extra minigames and things to unlock outside of the boards.
Story Mode:
So, uh, I beat this game's story mode in one 2-hour sitting. So, the story mode is pretty short and pretty easy, considering there's only 6 levels that each take you somewhere around 15 minutes each to complete. Almost all of the boards, except boo's haunted hideaway, is thought out very well. Boo's haunted hideaway is a map of small pre built rooms, put together in a randomly generated square grid. It's entirely luck, which is fine in Mario party but that map is kind of ridiculous. Otherwise though, the boards and story mode are built fine.
Gameplay:
So yeah, it's Mario party. Go around a board collecting coins to pay for stars. Whoever has the most stars at the end of a certain amount of turns wins. It's a game series I really like, and this one does it great. The are 14 characters in total, 2 of them being unlocked through the story mode. 6 boards, 1 being unlocked by beating story mode. However, the way you unlock both characters is by beating story mode twice. You get one of the two randomly after beating it once, which is a little annoying. The mini games, with this being the first MP on the Wii, use lots of motion controls most of the time. These motion control games, for the most part, work really well actually. There's only 1 or 2 I can think of that don't. Also, the music is really upbeat and catchy.
TL;DR
Good music, short and easy story mode, lame ways to unlock characters, lots of characters, mostly good maps, good music, good minigames. Also, there's a lot of extra minigames and things to unlock outside of the boards.