I'd like it, because party mode sounds like a great addition to The Conduit :D
TC has a lot of fuzz around it on the net, Ubisoft do not want to screw that up if they publish it, so they won't negatively affect it.
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261
That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS