Traditional mario party, similar stuff, but extra features is added in ever mario party released :).
here are the good things about the game: more minigames, new characters, new boards, massive muliplayer ( 8 players ), improved graphics, more mic. mini games.
the bad stuff are: forgetting the Mario party history, people not sharing the controller, when losing the mini game like 10 times you go berserk, and everybody keeps saying the same thing ( WE WANT KOOPA KID! )