It is not what you would be expecting from a typical Mario Party game.
In the place of a decent story mode, the designers inserted a sort of "help-the-villagers-take-out-the-trash" or "help-the-villagers-find-their-lost-toothbrush" system. The number of total mini-games had been dramatically decreased to less than 20, and the number of fun mini-games had been decrease to less than 10. The only enjoyable mini-games were a couple of the casino games, which was where most of my play-time was directed. This showed how much of a waste of space the rest of the game was on my cartridge. Also, the paper game board that was packaged with the game was another useless feature; I attempted to use it with my friend, and we were bored after 5 minutes.
All in all, this game was such a sheer disappointment. To tell you the truth, it should have never been developed. If Nintendo and Hudson knew it was going to be so different from the rest of the series, they should've at least made the game an enjoyable experience. But, in the end, this spin-off is simply not fun.