I bought this game after reading reviews that said it was great - i was very disapointed! If you have never played a Mario Party game before heres the deal - you and 3 other players COM or friends take turns on a board game...after all 4 players have had a turn you play a mini-game...The main problem I had with this game was the fact that you have to wait for the game - you have to wait for intros and movies etc and it just gets boring beacuse everything takes too long! If you want some fun multiplayer action and still be able to play by yourself buy monkey ball!