The last Mario Party for the 3DS wasn't really that great. It was lacking a massive amount of content in the game and after a play-through or two, it was just a really boring game. My friends weren't interested at all with the game and didn't want to play anymore after a round or two of the game. The games were too simple and weren't as great as the games and activities in Mario Party 7.
I have no desire to play Mario Party on a handheld. I have heard that some of the handheld games have solid mini games, but it just takes away from the experience for me. I want to be sitting in one room with my friends battling it out. Even if I round up enough people with 3DS's, it still wouldn't be the same. I guess this is nice for the kids that don't have a Wii U though. Kids probably are the target audience for this anyways.
I think that I haven't played it before, so I didn't really knew what this was all about, but I might say that it actually looks pretty good for me, it looks varied and entertaining, and the fact that all the Mario characters are included is definitely an extra.
I will look forward to this one, thank you so much for sharing.