Ah, this is my favorite game of the series...
Pros
+ Brighton & Twila, which introduced the Day & Night System. Loved how it affect boards, cost of orbs, events, scenery, music and in some cases, change rules for mini-games.
+ Orbs was an AWESOME concept, and far better than 5 and 7's Capsules and Orbs respectively. I loved being rewarded because my opponents landed on my territory. XD
MP5's Capsules were just WTF and 7 nerfed/changed some of them, which annoyed me.
+ BOTH boards AND mini-games were spectacular. IMO the only other Mario Party that had this was MP3. =P Other Mario Parties just have only good mini-games, only good boards, or neither.
+ Boards were original and had good concepts.
+ Graphics are very good. (Yeah I'm not wordy with Graphics XD)
+ Variety of types of music. Music fits well with the mini-games and board.
+ Lots of replay value.
+ Character Roster was good for me.
Neutrals (Could be good in one's view, bad in another =P)
| Mic Mode. The mic was unresponsive at times, but you could always use the controller. =P
The games aren't really too exciting themselves. Really it's only fun with friends. Though the Star Run (or whatever it's called lol) is Single-Player and decent for getting Stars for the Star Bank.
Cons
- Solo Mode was pretty boring, and didn't actually have anything to do with the story.
- Gathering Stars for the Star Bank can be somewhat tedious.
- You have to purchase Taunts and Soundtracks.
- Snowflake Lake only gave me a Snack Orb if I played with another person. Never got one with just CPUs >__<
(ok maybe this only happened to me lol)