I genuinely believe this is the best "Mario Party" style game. It makes great use of the Game Pad, has a wonderful variety of mini-games, and even mixes up the board game formula by adding different types of experiences. There are board games, but there are also game shows, pachinko-esque machines, and many other framing devices. There's also plenty of charm and polish, my favorite of which is using the Miis you have saved to your system to populate crowds and background characters. My friends and I still play this game over a decade later and have a blast.

i played this a lot more regularly back when i was in like elementary and middle school with friends and family, but i had good times and made good memories playing this game. pretty much the same thing as wii party with different main game modes that are all most likely an entertaining time with friends regardless of which game mode you pick. i also forgot about the weird two player gamepad minigames, i remember playing a few of them once and not really feeling any desire to go back, but they were cute in concept