Party Central (and by extension its Apple Arcade port) is as faithful as a SDA sequel can get while including its own thematic flair and new mechanics that add more of a sense of hype to the mix and expand on the series as a dancing-leaning rhythm game.
Its soundtrack’s perfect and the other modes are neat too, I’m even cool with the decision to make note detection and motion gesturing way more lenient than previous games, I’d say the only real area where the game falls short is mechanics like the inbetween minigames and arrow notes not being implemented as elegantly as they could for the charts to leave more of a lasting impression.