I think it's good but that's all. Good... The graphics are well polished, the NSMBWii references are awesome. I really have fun with the mini-games (although Bowser's Block Battle and the lack of 2vs.2 mini-games were a great disappointment). The boards are nice but the last two are too short. The roster is a joke. 

In the end of the day I want the old gameplay to come back or rather give the option to play the old way. I really miss the solo gameplay, mini-games after every turn and the dang coins!!!

Actually, it's "hurr durr we couldn't include Peach because she's more emotionless than Miis, even though manipulating emotions is dang easy and it's not like you will see your characters react to stuff anyway hurr durr"

I seriously don't see why emotions are so much of a big deal. The story and the plot aren't compelling anyway, and it's very easy to create separate emotions for the characters. Hell, the characters show even MORE emotions than Miis, because Miis' emotions are just frozen while the emotions in Mario characters are changing a lot.

Yeah, totally agree with you with this! If they want to give Miis more emotions then make a Mii game for this. 

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/09/12/this-is-why-miis-are-playable-instead-of-other-mario-characters-in-new-super-mario-bros-u/

Hmpf... first she wasn't playable in New Super Mario Bros. Wii because they would have to have special processing and programming to handle how the skirt is handled, now it's because of the Miis.  I wonder what will be next... "herp derp we couldn't include Princess Peach in Super Mario Universe (tentative title  ) because her realistic hair programming is too heavy for the Wii U".

Seriously, it's the second time that they asked this! It's not possible that Nintendo doesn't notice that the fans want Peach as a playable character in a Mario game.

Anyway, this game looks fantastic! 

Luigi Circuit isn't necessarily obvious. It wasn't in SMK, Super Circuit, DS (not counting Retro), or 7.

Yeah, I know  But in all MK consoles except SMK, there is a Luigi Circuit. So, I supposed it would be there... hehe

I do think Dixie is a better choice than Funky.

Me too.

Would like to see E. Gadd and Mona (this last is very unlikely  )

About the course list... I have some ideas:

Peach Circuit: will be placed in a Star-Festival style Toad Town, with Peach's Castle in the background
Diamond City (this would be perfect if they include some Warioware character in the game, Mona maybe  )
Yoshi Beach: (don't know why Nintendo didn't make a Yoshi-themed beach course yet :p , some SMW reference in this course would be nice, e.g. Yoshi's House in the background )
Rogueport (yep Paper Mario TTYD  )
Koopa Water Park: self-explanatory title :p In some parts of this course, the players will race in giants water slide. (the water flow will speed the karts just like in Koopa Cape)
King Boo's Hauted House: a rececourse inside a ghost house. In the basement, there will be a haunted merry-go-round (the course music will fade to the SM64 merry-go-round theme in here  )
Diddy Kong's Mines (kind of Wario's Gold Mine, but DK-themed and only inside a cave.)


Obvious courses:
Mario Circuit
Luigi Circuit
Bowser's Castle
Rainbow Road (this time set in a daytime sky, just like in Rolling Coaster Galaxy)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G25gjw3V0Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G25gjw3V0Q</a>

Rosalina would be awesome!  And bring back DK and Toadette as well.

Am I the only one here that think the Mario Party roster are way stale? 

It started... A lot of gameplay videos on the web.  Beware, lots of spoilers too. 


I didn't see all the videos because of the spoilers, but the parts I saw I really liked it.

I agree they should make a 2D Mario just like the 2D levels of SMG2, it would be beautiful *.*. Obviously the 3D effect will not be as much used as a 3D game, but the staff can make some good effects, e.g. Bullet Bills going to the screen, spikes coming from various angles, platforms with different depths, etc.

A more elaborate and interesting map. NSMB Wii already made some half-hearthed at making it more than a fancy level screen where you can very occasionaly choose one level over the other, but it'd be nice to see something as (or more) complex as Super Mario World's world map again.

This! It would be very cool if they return with the Super Cape. 

Oh poor E. Gadd... He could shine more if Nintendo had included him in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 7.  The same for Toadsworth, but at least he appeared in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. You can add in this list a lot of characters from Paper Mario, but it is different since it is not part of the main series...

Bowser Jr. is a exception. 

New Characters Instead of the less important ones > Same Characters for each game.

If they kept keeping in the veterans, there wouldnt be room for more newer interesting characters. Kamek is a great choice btw. I always wanted him as a playable character ever since he was taken out of MK64.

Good old characters are as important as new ones, imo.

And it is perfectly possible keep the veterans and add new characters, that's why I'm disappointed with Nintendo...  They shrank the roster... They should increase it, and so add new characters. I think Kamek is nice too btw.