They made a Mario Party on the Wii, so of course they had to heavily feature motion controls. I personally never found the controls frustrating, but I certainly know plenty of people who did. Definitely past the point at which MP had exhausted itself, the boards are mostly retreads of ideas from the previous game, although it undoes some of the bad ideas from the late GC era. Doesn't achieve the heights of the N64 games, but is probably the MP I've played the most since its on a newer console.