New Super Mario Bros. Wii [video game]

The very first video game I ever saw or played was the original Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo. Ever since then, I've enjoyed all the different iterations of Mario games that Nintendo has released over the past twenty years or so. When Nintendo 64 came out, Mario became a 3D game, which was a huge change for the series, so it's good to see that New Super Mario Brothers Wii (which I'm abbreviating as NSMBW from now on) has gone back to the old-school style of 2D Mario games. Simply put, this game is more like Super Mario 3 or Super Mario World than Mario 64 or Super Mario Galaxy. This isn't just a reflection of the fact that this game is 2D instead of 3D; it also extends to the way levels are structured and the types of power ups you get. You run, jump, swim, and sometimes fly (sort of) your way through lots of different levels to face off against Bowser. Each level includes three special coins which allow you to unlock various hint movies and as well as special levels which only become available after beating the game once. Besides the usual flower, star, and mushroom powerups, there is also a propeller hat, which lets you jump very high and slowly float to the ground, an ice flower which freezes enemies, and a penguin suit, which lets you slide (and also shoots ice fireballs). This game is notably harder than Super Mario Galaxy, although it probably is not as hard as the original Super Mario Brothers or possibly even Super Mario 3 or Super Mario World. It is possible that complete novice gamers will find this game difficult, although the game does start out relatively easy and only gradually increases the difficulty. If you're new to games (like many owners of the Wii) and unsure of how difficult this game will be for you, give it a try at a friend's first. In any case, if you die a lot (eight times) on a level, the game will give you the option to have a computer "guide" play through the level for you, so you can see how it's done while advancing to the next stage. The multiplayer is the most novel addition to NSMBW. Up to four players can play the game simultaneously, which is as chaotic as it sounds. Because players can pick each other up and push each other around, it is entirely possible for players to accidentally or intentionally kill each other. This can be frustrating for less skilled players, but there is always an option to "bubble", which lets you float around in an invincible bubble and follow non-bubbled players. Of course, at least one person needs to be non-bubbled at any time. This lets less skilled players take temporary breaks if they ever reach parts of the game which seem overly difficult. This also makes the game noticeably easier for players who cooperate with each other, since if you die you will shortly return to the world in a bubble, instead of sitting out until the other player dies. The only way a group of players can game over is if they all die or are bubbled at the same time. Outside of the main game, you can also play "coin battle" with other players, where you race up to three other players on a level to see who can grab the most coins. The biggest "problem" I had with this game is that it seemed too short to me. I completed it in about ten hours or so, so this game is much shorter than Super Mario Galaxy. I didn't unlock all the special levels, so that's some additional content, but at times I felt nostalgic for the large levels in Super Mario 3 which weren't present in this game. (For example, some worlds in SMB3 had fifteen or twenty stages, while in this game most worlds only have around ten.) Additional content would have made a very enjoyable game even better, but if you enjoy platformers this game is worth getting as is. I know I had lots of fun every moment I was playing this game.

I actually played this game years ago on my Wii but I ended up losing my copy I recently managed to buy a new one and decide to start over from the very beginning but I do distinctly remember the play the first time I played it and this is really a top-quality game it looks great feels great the controls are easy. It's a very dangerous and tricky thing to try to make a sequel of a classic particularly what a lot of people would consider one of the greatest video games ever and that's the original Super Mario Brothers I like millions of people around the world when I was a kid play the original on my old NES. Just like remaking or doing a sequel to A beloved film there have been a lot of video games that have tried this and not been particularly successful. It's risky when you are again dealing with a game that is so legendary but this game actually delivers and I would argue actually manages to be better than the original in quite a few places. There's really no sense going into detail with the story and that's the only problem with the game because it's the same old thing Bowser has Princess Peach kidnapped again, seriously that girl needs some better security around her Castle, what is this now the 5 billionth time Bowser has been able to kidnap Peach and of course Mario and his friends have to run off to save her so that's the only problem with the game it's the same old story line but everything else is much better first you get some extra ways to use Mario my personal favorite is Mario literally gets a propeller on top of his head and can fly great distances this can be very helpful and quite a few levels also you'll come across Toad Houses for example in one of them you play a game of chance a wall of panels you climb up down one and it turns around and either shows an item or the Bowser or Bowser jr. Logo every time you make a match with an item it goes into your item stash but if you match Bowser or his kid the game is over though you do not lose what you have already matched it just stops you from continuing to match anything more there are other bonuses strewn about particularly Giant coins 3 in each level that will come in very handy once you finally managed to rescue the princess bonus levels and of course each level just like in the original game has all of its little secrets so there's a great deal of replay value hear you not only want to get a higher score but you're going to have to go back and look at quite a few of these levels to find a lot of these hidden places where you can find stash of coins, items and all kinds of other goodies. There also bonus levels once you finish the main campaign to unlock even more goodies. Oh by the way one little tip. Once you've gone into a toad house and grab whatever you can get the house disappears however if at any point in the game you run out of lives and it's a game over all of the Toad Houses from the previous levels will pop back up so you can go back to those houses to load yourself up with more items this is simply pure enjoyment it's everything a video game is supposed to be you can just sit back and have a good time playing it if you have never had the chance of playing this don't miss out on a really nice video gaming experience

First of all, I am not a gamer. I have a wii that mostly collects dust. I play around xmas time, mostly wii tennis doubles with my fam and then my cousin and I break out the Super Nintendo for our favorite unknown masterpiece, Tetris 2. So I haven't played every game out there...and I never really got used to three-dee style games, like trying Super Mario Galaxy I was just mostly confused and uninterested. I always loved Super Mario Bro, the original. When I was a little kid, my mom wouldn't let me get Nintendo when it came out, so when I went to my bff's house, all I wanted to do was play Mario. She was sick of it after a week, so I snuck down to her basement when she was showering, for instance. I ordered this game with amazon gift credit, and then I thought "Hmm, I never play games, will I even play this?" When it came my boyfriend and I waited a few nights before giving it a whirl. It was love at first jump. This game is crazzzzzzzzy fun!!! It's like being seven all over again when I first was introduced to Super Mario Bros and was trying to calm my little heart because it was so excited. And I've downloaded for Wii the old school Super Mario and not had that feeling again, as the old game was still cool but being dated and predictable, was more nostalgic than adrenaline inducing. But now the adrenaline and joyful shrieking is back, thanks to a team of game-making geniuses who took everything awesome about the original and then amped it up for the second decade of the new millennium. The ability to fly by shaking the controller is super fun. Playing with your buddies and using team work to advance is so much better than just waiting for them to die so you can get your turn!! I was shocked by how well the "teamwork" aspect of the New mario works. You really do help each other ("Jump on my head to get that special coin!") and there is no down time. The boards are more interesting, challenging, colorful, and believable than ever before, but have all your throwback bad guys like the ninja fighters with their boomerangs and what not. I love that it brings all the great stuff from the various mario bro versions. The dessert stuff from mario 3, the Yoshi from Mario Land, and pretty much everything from Original Mario one, like one brilliant Smash-up. But it's way more fun that I can describe, so just buy it with confidence that it's WAY better than the old school mario you downloaded for Wii or Super Mario Galaxy, there will be no redundancy adding this to your Wii collection. And there's a good chance you might be like me and think "This is the funnest game I ever, ever, ever played!"

When Nintendo revealed at the last E3 that they would have an all new sucessor to 2006's New Super Mario Bros. , but this time on the Wii, I honestly wasn't surprised or anything. I simply said "let's wait and see". Mainly because NSMB was a fun diversion, but didn't quiet feel like the "comeback" I was expecting for 2D Mario games. Probably it was the flat level design and overall "emptyness" feel. I don't know. But as the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii came closer, the hype grew bigger as we saw more of it... harder difficulty, new items, and... Co-op gameplay?? For the first time ever you get to play a side-scrolling Mario game simultaneously with your buddies, not that turn based stuff they used to do back then. Due to this levels have been designed for the most part to be able to fit in all 4 players at once. The main player always must control Mario, but the partners can choose between Luigi and 2 Toads. You'd ask why not the princess like in SMB2? Well, to be honest the princess could fly and I'm sure that they didn't want people taking advantage of that now so they could keep the difficulty up. Things get really chaotic when 2 to 4 people are playing for several reasons. People bouncing off each other, taking items that could have been useful for someone else, "accidently" killing someone... anything can happen. This is what makes co-op Mario an intense party experience. Expect people getting angry, and being jerks too. But even if no friends are around NSMBW is still a solid platformer in single player mode. There are 8 map worlds as usual and you have to jump your way from World 1 fighting all sort of enemies on the way, including the Koopalings from SMB3 and SMW. The game brings back many elements from older Mario games such as airship stages, mini-game houses, red and blue coins, infinite 1up tricks, Yoshi riding and so on. The game feels pretty though in difficulty but not impossible, and as an added challenge there's 3 hidden Star Coins in each level to find... some which are hidden in rather though ways. If I was to point out the few things I don't like about this game, I could say that at some places 'tilting the wii remote' was implemented to move/tilt platforms. This is pretty cool but also uncomfortable if you aren't playing in a normal sitting position. Also I was a bit dissapointed to know that Yoshis only appear in limited stages and cannot be taken to other ones even if you finish the level with them. NSMBW is a must own for your Wii library, and with its pretentiously colored red disc case, its clear that Nintendo wants it to stand out. And so it does.

I only have one real criteria for a Wii game. Can I have fun playing it with my wife and friends? That's the reason I got a Wii instead of an Xbox 360 or a PlayStation 3 . To me, the Wii is more like a board game than a video game system, something to be shared and enjoyed with other, instead of the countless solitary hours demanded by most video game systems. There was a time when I would have happily devoted 40-plus hours by myself playing a video game, but those times are gone. I was let down a bit by Mario Kart Wii , due to its dependence on winning the single-player mode in order to unlock the new carts and courses used in multi-player mode. Because of that I was a little wary to buy another Mario product, but I am happy to say that meets that "New Super Mario Bros" has none of those limitations. This is just pure gaming good times. First off the nostalgia hits pretty hard. I couldn't possibly count how many hours of my life I spent perfecting "Super Mario Bros" for the NES. What made the game awesome was all of the hidden bits (negative levels, anyone?) and getting your patterns and timing right. The "New Super Mario Bros" retains all of that fun and excitement, improving where necessary but keeping the flavor and challenge that made the old "Super Mario Bros" so exciting. Having the multi-player option is a total game-changer. You seriously need to work together to complete the worlds, going at the same pace and timing your jumps so that you don't knock your partner down. This gets especially challenging in some of the ice and air worlds where a simple mistake can send your partner tumbling to death. The game world is big enough that you can spend a lot of time playing around in it, going back and forth between the levels and advancing at your own pace. We finished several of the levels with a few missing Star Coins, and have gone back to try and find them. Just like the old "Super Mario Bros," there are enough game secrets buried here to keep you guessing for quite a while. All in all my wife and I have devoted a lot of hours to "New Super Mario Bros," and will spend a lot more before we are done. This one was definitely worth the purchase.

Nintendo's iconic sidescroller returns to the home console in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Once again Mario is chasing after a kidnapped Princess Peach through a land that feels very much like Super Mario Bros. 3, with slightly upgraded graphics. Nintendo played it safe with this one and created a throwback to the first four Mario games. If you love "old school" Mario then this is the game for you, but if you're looking for innovation you're looking in the wrong place. Most Mario games have no plot, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii is no exception. Mario must explore eight worlds searching for his beloved Princess Peach, a simple creature who does nothing but write letters, bake cakes, and get kidnapped by Bowser and his spawn (why either Mario or Bowser care for her I'll never know). But a plot is not important when you have excellent level design and, for the most part, this game delivers. While holding the "Wiimote" like a classic NES controller you'll discover levels that pull straight from the past, and one of the best parts of the game for me was seeing how the new levels relate to my old favorites. However, there is little new material. New items include a propeller hat, an ice flower, and a penguin suit, but the ice flower is only a small variation on the original flower power while the penguin suit gives you the ice flower ability. Sadly there is no Tanooki Suit. And then there is Yoshi, a fan favorite who is nearly neglected in the game. Yoshi makes an appearance in roughly five stages, but if you beat a level with him you cannot take him with you to the next one. Multiplayer is one of the selling points for this game and gives it, along with collectible star coins and skill videos that the coins unlock, some replay value. Multiplayer is a ton of chaotic fun with four people, although it can make getting through a level very challenging as you throw friends around and bounce off of their heads. It is disappointing that the available multiplayer characters (aside from Mario) are Luigi, and two toads. Nintendo could have been more creative with this and made some new characters available after beating the game, but that is not the case. There is no online play, which doesn't bother me, but many people seem upset by this. I have no complaints with the controls (really the only new thing is flicking the controller up in the air to do an extra jump) or graphics, but the music leaves so much to be desired. I found myself getting irritated with much of it, especially the childish "bah bahs" that repeat far too much. It has many classic melodies, but the arrangements are just obnoxious. I also hear a lot of reviewers say that the game is hard, but it is far less so than I expected. You will certainly die a lot, but it is easy to collect lives and simply beat the game. What is a good challenge is collecting the three star coins that reside in each level. If you have a Wii and you're a Mario fan, I highly recommend this game for its nostalgia factor and multiplayer fun. New Super Mario Bros. is no reason to go and buy a Wii, however. I hoped the game would be so much more than it is, but I can't deny that I'm still having fun.

Wow. I just got this game from Amazon and I am extremely pleased with everything! New Super Mario Bros. Wii takes every past Mario classic and combines them together to make the best platformer to date. Mario has access to a ton of new power-ups and also some awesome new moves. I've noticed that Mario moves a lot like he did in Mario 64 which is great. He can do the triple jump, butt-smash, spin jump from Super Mario World, slide down hills, and much much more. Everything about this game is fluid and smooth. The graphics are very crisp and clean, but they obviously don't compare to Super Mario Galaxy. This is no big deal because Nintendo wasn't focusing on making top-notch graphics, but instead classic and challenging gameplay. There are lots of enemies, and many little Nintendo touches that make this game memorable already. The World Map is much like Super Mario Bros. 3, but is slightly reminiscent of Super Mario World, also. Many of the criticisms that I've read don't seem apparent to me when playing this game. Mario moves different, but definitely not like a "tank." NSMBW is far from boring, and each level has so many secrets waiting to be found. Single player is fun all by itself, so if you are worried about not getting this game because you "don't have friends," don't think twice. It's worth it no matter what your situation. If you didn't like Mario games before, this is the perfect game to start with. Again, I am so impressed with what Nintendo has done with this one and I can't say enough to try and convince everyone that this game deserves Game of the Year. Forget all of the lazy reviews - this game is getting underrated scores for things that aren't even necessary. Online multiplayer wouldn't be nearly as fun as local multiplayer, and this is a game that many critics are deciding should have a lower score because of certain things they want coming into the game. Play the game for yourself and decide. Thank you very much, Nintendo, for this instant classic. Welcome back, Mario.

I bought this game for my Wii because I used to play it when I was a child and I loved it. At first, I thought it wasn't going to be as good as the original but it is way better. It is beautiful, creative, very challenging, it allows up to 4 people to play at the same time and it is great for the whole family. My nephew and I love the New Super Mario, every time he comes to visit me he asks me if he can play it. I love to play with my nephew because the game gets more interesting when I'm playing with someone else and is easier to get to the next level. Something that I love about this game is that even though the game has changed (for good) it has stayed true to its roots. The main characters are still the same (Mario, Luigi, Toadstool, Princess Peach, etc.), there may be a slight change to their outfits but nothing big. This game also has some really cool new music but most of the music you will be hearing is from the original game. I think this is one of those video games that don't need a lot of changes. Updates may be needed to make the game more interesting and fresh but that's it. The only thing that I didn't like about this new Super Mario game is that the game gets really competitive and more challenging when more than two players play at the same time. You end up pushing each other around and no one wants to be left behind. I think this game is great for one or two players unless the other players you're playing with are not competitive then is also great for more than two players.

The disc is in great condition

best game for india

Compe el juego para un regalo de navidad, llego en dos dias, en perfectas condiciones. Batallamos mucho encontrando este juego en tiendas especializadas asi como departamentales sin ningun exito, por lo que optamos por Amazon, sin duda es exelente el servicio. El juego es muy divertido, sobre todo para jugar con amigos y familia!

great game for kids

und deswegen liebe ich dieses kurzweilige sowie aber auch umfangreiche Spiel, ein Riesen Spaß für Groß und Klein, ich komm leider viel zu selten zum Spielen und daher ist dieses Spiel perfekt. Man kommt immer sofort wieder rein, keine stressige Handlung, minutenlange Handlungsstränge, einfach Jump & Run at it`s Best. Ich freue mich wenn mein Sohn in das Alter kommt und ich mit ihm im Coop - Modus spielen kann :-)