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New Super Mario Brothers (Wii) |  | From: Nintendo
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Rating:  130 reviews
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: adventure-games
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: Nsupmarbroswii
Model: RVLPSMNE
UPC: 045496901738
EAN: 0045496901738
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers a combination of cooperation and competition. Players can pick each other up to save them from danger or toss them into it.
- Mario, Luigi and two Toads are all playable characters, while many others from the Mushroom Kingdom make appearances throughout the game. Players can even ride different Yoshi characters and use their tongues to swallow enemies - or their fellow players.
- In some areas, players use the motion abilities of the Wii Remote controller. The first player to reach a seesaw might make it tilt to help his or her character reach a higher platform - and then tilt it incorrectly just to mess with other players.
- New items include the propeller suit, which will shoot players high into the sky with just a shake of the Wii Remote and Mario's new ability to transform into Penguin Mario.
- At the end of each stage during the simultaneous multiplayer mode, players are ranked based on their score, the coins collected and the number of enemies defeated.
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 A Return To Old Skool Mario Classic 2-D Gaming! November 20, 2009
J. P. Clarke
119 out of 124 found this review helpful
Well, I have to say, this game is superb. Maybe I'm biased as I grew up in the era of the NES but the old 2D Mario platforming games are amongst my favourite games ever! Sure, I like to play modern games such as Modern Warfare 2 and while these are perfectly good games (which I enjoy!), I miss a time when games were simpler and you didn't need 80 fingers to play them...
Old skool Mario gamers will love it's nods towards Mario nostalgia - remixed versions of old tunes, old enemies, characters, level layouts, point scoring at the end of levels on flagpoles, card games in Mushroom huts - it has so many references to all the old Mario games that if you were a fan of them, you're going to be instantly won over here!
Currently, I'm only playing this as a one player affair... but the addition of multiplayer will make for some fantastically frantic and fun games! Having played LittleBigPlanet as a multiplayer, all I can say is that this game will blatantly work just as well - in fact, probably a lot better! I found LBP a very good game as well, but for me personally, it lacked the character of Mario.
This game is blatantly aimed at old skool gamers - this game starts off fairly easy but expect the challenge to increase throughout the game! It never gets frustrating and due it's simple design never feels unfair. No glitches, unfair deaths or alike here... it's all your own doing!
While this game looks superb, it doesn't push the hardware to the max. While some people may frown upon this, I think it is refreshing that this game revolves around gameplay rather than graphics. A lot of modern games are certainly guilty of this. Having said that, this game does look very nicely presented - and Nintendo have pushed the graphics as far as a game of this stature will allow.
Finishing note - I haven't felt this inclined to play through a game for a long time. Quite often I can only play a game for a short while before I want a break - this game makes me want to come back for more and I'm having to prevent myself from playing it in order to be more constructive with my time! All I have to say is that if you're an old skool game fan, a Mario fan or just want something more traditional and less complex (but certainly no less deeper) look no further than this game!
Utterly addictive December 19, 2009
L. Hennessy (Twickenham)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is exactly the game you'd expect if you've ever played one of the Mario Bros. platform titles before - it's the same scrolling from right to left concept with the same characters, the same format of worlds and Bowser confrontations at the end of each one.
The important difference is that up to four people can play it at the same time - this turns it from a rather solitary and unsociable pursuit into many evenings of fun.
The levels themselves are very difficult - some of the bonuses are only achievable with more than one player playing, especially the time-based collection tasks - which lead me to conclude that this was designed as a multi- rather than a single-player game.
Highly recommended for anyone who wants to play a fun game with children who have a basic level of proficiencyto their gameplaying skills; it would make a great gift too.
Edit: it tok me a week before I realised that if I held the 1 button down while moving, my character would sprint - and therefore jump a little further too (I wish I had known that earlier), and that if I pressed the 'a' button at times of extreme danger I would go back into my bubble and be safe (another thing I wish I knew earlier).
Puts the ds version down the drain! (please read this) November 28, 2009
38 out of 43 found this review helpful
18 years it's been since a proper 2-d scroller! And now mario makes his way back to rule the living room.
I won't make this to long!
Straight to the point! The first thing you will notice when you play this game is it's charming new look. Playing it on a big telly will add to the amazement. Older gamers will be happy to know that everything from the origanal mario bros. is still here! The music is in-geneous, It is a remix from the ds version. The new multiplayer is excellent! And if all this still isn't enough, the levels are completly new and never played before!
This is all a bit overwhelming if you are a parent thinking of buying it for a child for christmas. So i will do what I always do sum it up in points.
GOOD
1. fun for everyone (even parents!)
2. great to play for a party
3. new gameplay is excellent
4. controlls are as simple as beans on toast
5. kids will, I repeat will love it!!!
6. game lasts for ages
7. ideal christmas/birthday gift
8. multiplayer and i will say it again is excellent
9. Starts easy ends as hard as nails
10.new powerups
11.timeless mario magic present
12.GAME OF THE YEAR!!
uh oh.. BAD points
1. Yes you can ride on yoshi but it's limeted
2. as the game gets harder, yes there will be cursing going on.
3. is it a bit to hard for young kids?
4. the mega mushroom is missing...
5. can be a tad frustrating at times
Overall though an outstanding game for people aged 3-infinite. Ideal for x-mas and don't hesitate to comment on the review. I will awnser any questions.
Merry X-MAS!
A lot better than you might think December 16, 2009
N. Pearce (London UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island on the SNES, but didn't care for the DS remakes - and wasn't looking forward to this much, but it's a LOT better than I had expected.
Firstly the graphics - yes, as others have criticized it's hardly pushing the Wii to its full potential, but then this in a 2D platform remember - everything is colourful and well animated, with some amusing touches such as the Koopas moving in time with the music. Music is your standard Mario ditties that you'll find yourself humming along to.
Gameplay has changed little since the SNES days, except for the introduction of some Wiimote features where you have to shake the controller to pick objects up, or tilt the controller left/right to rotate platforms. Up to four people can play simultaneously - and the camera zooms in and out as players get left behind. It's all well done, but I'm not too interested in that to be honest - to me a Super Mario game has always been a single player campaign.
My main worry regarding the game is that it would be "dumbed down", but (surprisingly) Nintendo seem to have really upped the difficulty and you will be cursing the controller quite quickly, especially if you try to collect all the special gold coins hidden in every level - though if you take too many attempts then the game will offer to play the problematic level for you - a feature Nintendo call "Super Guide" or "cheating" as I refer to it. Still, it means that no matter what, you'll be able to get through to the ending. All the usual secrets and hidden stuff remain, so you'll certainly get your money's worth trying to get 100%
Despite what other reviews state, you can save between any level via the "quick save" feature - though you can only restart from a "quick save" once. Otherwise, regular save points occur twice each level.
Overall, recommended!
Fantastic December 27, 2009
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best game i have ever got. It has cool co-op and new bosses, secret areas, new power-ups and 100% new levels. It is good for a challange because im on world 5 with 10 lives and no backup!! Hard! A good buy and a deffinate buy for Mario fans.
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