I personally think this game looks amazing! It's a pretty good move from Nintendo to change up their Mario Party games by giving you the opportunity to play as Bowser to sabotage the game for your friends. Honestly, wifi or not, if I had a Wii U, I'd be purchasing this without a doubt. Although it would be cool if it allowed wifi within your friendslist. I can understand not having global wifi since each game last an hour or longer.