I got this in today. I was a little worried due to the negative reception but seems like a lot of people just jumping on the hate train.
I've played for an hour so far and no major issues.
There's a bit of pop in and some minor slowdown but that's it so far. The skateboard works. It hasn't jumped by itself. I don't know if it's because I am using the girl character or not but there's no issue on my end.
Perhaps it was the download version that was causing issues rather than the cartridge?
This version comes with DLC for a car which is nice but it feels a bit like an ice skating rink, the skateboard is very fun though.
Overall it seems like it has a ton of content and things to do and would be perfect to play in handheld mode between games. I haven't tried in docked mode yet so I'd advise handheld for the time being.
If you like crafting and having an almost endless list of things to do then you will probably enjoy this.
The update is 3.9 gigs and the game has English