Monopoly is a terrible board game, and while this might look like a minigame collection from the name and box, it’s just the board game. That said, I do have to give compliments to the main mode of Monopoly Party: it makes Monopoly mercifully shorter. In the Party mode, everyone now rolls and moves at the same time. Events that cause interaction are still done in order (as well as when someone rolls a double and has extra turns), but it means that a set of four players’ turns can be done in a matter of seconds.
That said, this way of playing also makes it feel even more random than before, as its easy to miss people buying properties, and you pretty much just mash A until you can do something. I also found that a couple of times, events like a Community Chest didn’t trigger. Trading is extremely confusing and now a single trade can take up more time than it does for everyone to get round the board, making it feel even more cumbersome.
There are a bunch of boards, such as the main board in a bunch of different regions, and some generic boards (like sci-fi, fantast) which have 3D backgrounds. The boards never change the game, though. You can also play by taking turns if you really want to, and apply some awful house rules. Monopoly is a terrible game in its core, but the speed of this version makes it a bit more bearable to put up with if everyone else wants you to play it with them.