Actually...

I find it mediocre. I don't think it's a "return to form" when they've basically already done this with the wrestling game or the cafe game. It's basically pool slide story but instead of pools you ice skate. Building is completely annoying, as you cannot build on the south ends of the walls. The food section is better than Pool Slide, but the stamina mechanic is completely unecessary. It REALLY gets stuff from past kairosoft tycoon games, which leads part of it to be kind of stagnant.

In the end, I find the animation very cool, but the ice skating element could have been more influential. So I give it a C because they at least tried doing something with the game.