<s>
is	O
a	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
NDcube	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
handheld	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Satoru	O
Iwata	O
in	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
Direct	O
presentation	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
2014	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Australia	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
10	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
previous	O
installments	O
in	O
the	O
Wii	B-Application
Party	I-Application
and	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minigames	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
any	O
time	O
,	O
even	O
when	O
not	O
on	O
a	O
game	O
board	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
AR	O
(	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
StreetPass	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
10	O
playable	O
characters	O
:	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Luigi	O
,	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
,	O
Princess	O
Daisy	O
,	O
Wario	O
,	O
Waluigi	O
,	O
Yoshi	B-Application
,	O
Boo	O
,	O
Toad	O
,	O
and	O
Bowser	O
Jr.	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
unlocked	O
by	O
beating	O
all	O
30	O
floors	O
of	O
Bowser	O
's	O
Tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Island	B-Application
Tour	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamesRadar	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Island	B-Application
Tour	I-Application
is	O
n't	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
you	O
remember	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
's	O
not	O
necessarily	O
a	O
bad	O
thing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
commended	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
usage	O
of	O
four-player	O
local	O
download	O
play	O
,	O
great	O
minigame	O
designs	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
Island	B-Application
Tours	I-Application
single-player	O
mode	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
"	O
a	O
few	O
bad	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
bunch	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
online	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
:	I-Application
Island	I-Application
Tour	I-Application
’s	O
rich	O
multiplayer	O
options	O
are	O
sullied	O
by	O
boring	O
minigames	O
and	O
unfortunate	O
motion	O
control.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
World	O
Report	O
listed	O
Island	O
Tour'''s	O
pros	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
game	O
boards	O
,	O
"	O
extensive	O
"	O
single-player	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
utilizes	O
almost	O
all	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
features	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
cons	O
as	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
Bowser	O
's	O
Tower	O
is	O
not	O
changeable	O
,	O
the	O
instruction	O
screens	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
repetitive	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
