New Super Mario Bros
- New moves. New Super Mario Bros. expands Mario’s arsenal of moves to include some very powerful advanced techniques.
- Run, jump, and stomp your way through raging volcanoes, tropical islands, snow capped peaks, and unimaginable challenges!
- Grab a Mega Mushroom and grow to incredible proportions, or smash through your foes in a blue Koopa shell.
- There are two multiplayer modes in New Super Mario Bros. Mario vs. Luigi and Minigames. In Mario vs. Luigi mode
- New power ups. You’ll find classic power-ups like the Super Mushroom and the Fire Flower in the game
Old-School Platforming Fun – Jump, bounce and power-up through visually stunning side-scrolling worlds filled with Mushroom Kingdom madness. New Action – Grab a Mega Mushroom and grow to incredible proportions, or smash through your foes in a blue Koopa shell. 2 Distinct Multiplayer Modes – New Super Mario Bros. features competitive 2-player multiplayer and mini-game functionality supporting up to 4 players. A Classic Storyline – Bowser and Bowser Jr. have kidnapped Princess Peach, again, and only Mario and you can save her. Powerups Galore – You’ll find classic power-ups, like the Super Mushroom and the Fire Flower in the game, as well as some all-new ones that let Mario explore the Mushroom Kingdom like never before. New Moves – New Super Mario Bros. expands Mario’s arsenal of moves to include some very powerful advanced techniques. If you want to uncover every secret in the game, you’ll have to master them all. Twenty years after Nintendo’s biggest franchise was born, the Mario B
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 I find myself sneaking my son’s DS away when he isn’t using it to play this…,
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I grew up on Super Mario Bros… Super Mario Bros 2… Super Mario Bros 3… Super Mario World… Super Mario 64… and then for a while I quit playing Nintendo. It was the time of PS2 and XBox, and I have not played a Nintendo game in several years now.
I bought my youngest son a Nintendo DS not long ago – and this was one of the games I got him for it. Unlike most nostalgic feelings – this has been a real treat to revisit this part of my childhood. My son was playing it, and asked me to get him past a certain part. I was immediately hooked and continued playing until I had beat several more levels. Since then I have been grabbing his DS at every opportunity and playing further along – and am about halfway through the game so far. It is classic Mario – if you ever played any of the original games you’ll know the score – however new music, some new moves (downward slams, wall jumping, etc.) as well as delightful moments such as getting the super big mushroom which makes Mario as tall as the screen – while you laugh like crazy and burst through everything – walls, blocks, enemies, etc. like King Kong on crack add a whole new depth to the game – and keep the 80’s classic fresh in its newest form. If you grew up on the old games like I did – you will squeal with delight when you see a new enemy that was only in a select level or two from one of the older games – that brings the memories back fresh. I am extremely pleased at how such a classic character can be brought back in a fresh new way – and invigorate this franchise which is still going strong after two, nearly three decades. I had absolutely no interest in the Nintendo DS and only bought my son one because he had been really good this year. Now that I’ve tried out this game – I find myself browsing through Amazon for new DS games to try. I wholeheartedly recommend this game for the DS… although I will warn you that you will find yourself wanting to feed your new addiction with more games for the system.
54 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Great Enhanced Remix of Classic Games,
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Super Mario Brothers was one of my favorite games when it first came out. With New Super Mario Bros DS, you get the game fun gameplay – enhanced – in a nice portable system.
This isn’t just a remake – it is sort of like how the Wizard of Oz starts out in black and white in a gritty, quiet town and then turns into multi-color, sparkling larger than life song-filled splendour. You get the NES versions of the game with similar – but not exactly the same – levels that have been updated from 2D to 3D. You get extra features like ground pounds, and mushrooms that make you SUPER large – you don’t have to jump to break blocks any more, you can just walk and crash into them. Other mushrooms make you incredibly tiny, to reach places you could not before. The combination of old style classic gameplay and updated graphic, sounds, and features is really quite good. These games were stellar in the first place, with their addictive levels that were just the right balance of challenging and fun. Add in the easy to carry with you DS gameplay, the new features and hidden things to look for, and I really found this just about perfect for an arcade game. Yes, you could complain that you can zap through the game in a full day of gameplaying. However, this game series wasn’t ever meant to be a “month long role playing complex adventure”. It was always meant to be short, easily playable sessions that you could fit in while you waited for dinner to be ready. You could save and exit when you had to run to school, and then pick up again when you had time the next day without having to review 8 pages of storyline notes. This makes the game PERFECT for carrying around in your DS. If you end up waiting in line for 20 minutes, you get through another section. If your bus gets stuck in traffic, that’s another level you can get through. Plus, there is replayability here, while you try to track down the hidden items and coins. I enjoyed the minigames as well. Certainly you wouldn’t buy this game FOR the minigames, but heck, if they’re going to throw them in for free, you might as well enjoy them! I’m not usually one for DS multiplayer games, but it’s nice that they did include that as well for those who want to play with a friend. In general I was quite impressed with this, and recommend it heartily!
299 of 336 people found the following review helpful
A Classic Plumber Really Reborn, By
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There are sometimes where you look at classic video games, and how much they’ve impacting the gaming industry. While there are great games out there that have been well-receieved like Halo, Doom, Madden ’06, and others that’ve really shown a great depth of universal appeal. That has definitely also been the case with Mario. Since 1981, as Jumpman in Donkey Kong, Mario has been the most universal of all the video game characters and personas ever, and continues to develop with the times. That also has been shown with the Nintendo DS as well. The breakout success of Nintendo’s latest handheld system has really been a great transition to how we play video games on hand with the stylus, and appeal of the dual screen action. Now, Mario is set to have that classic feeling all over again.
New Super Mario Brothers for the Nintendo DS brings a updated appeal to Mario, loosely based on the classic 2-D games he has been widely known for from Super Mario Brothers 1, 2, 3. and Super Mario World from the Super NES era. The object is just like the object from before, as you play Mario or Luigi, and try to go after Bowser and Bowser Jr. from stealing Princess Toadstool a.k.a. Peach. The game features over 80 different levels of exciting, and enjoyable gameplay. The game includes the classic moves from previous titles like the ground pounding (Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine), and the carrying turtle shells to defeat Koopa Troopas and Goombas (Super Mario Brothers), as well as new features like the mega mushroom which can turn Mario into a King Kong size, to really pound and knockout your competition. The graphics and the gameplay are just absolutely breathtaking and amazing, and really delivers what had been done from the early Mario titles before, while the sound is just purely classic. The control also is percise and in tune to each movement of Mario and company. All in all, this is the second full length Mario adventure title to really deliver well for the Nintendo DS. Like what happened with Super Mario 64 DS did to showcase the brilliance of the DS, New Super Mario Brothers delivers the fun and appeal of a classic game, to a whole new generation of gamers. I definitely think this is one of the most definitive titles available for the Nintendo DS, and I really definitely think it should be a standard to your Nintendo DS library. Graphics: A Sound: A- Control: A+ Fun & Enjoyment: A+ Overall: A 1/2+ |
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I find myself sneaking my son’s DS away when he isn’t using it to play this…,
I bought my youngest son a Nintendo DS not long ago – and this was one of the games I got him for it.
Unlike most nostalgic feelings – this has been a real treat to revisit this part of my childhood. My son was playing it, and asked me to get him past a certain part. I was immediately hooked and continued playing until I had beat several more levels. Since then I have been grabbing his DS at every opportunity and playing further along – and am about halfway through the game so far.
It is classic Mario – if you ever played any of the original games you’ll know the score – however new music, some new moves (downward slams, wall jumping, etc.) as well as delightful moments such as getting the super big mushroom which makes Mario as tall as the screen – while you laugh like crazy and burst through everything – walls, blocks, enemies, etc. like King Kong on crack add a whole new depth to the game – and keep the 80’s classic fresh in its newest form. If you grew up on the old games like I did – you will squeal with delight when you see a new enemy that was only in a select level or two from one of the older games – that brings the memories back fresh.
I am extremely pleased at how such a classic character can be brought back in a fresh new way – and invigorate this franchise which is still going strong after two, nearly three decades.
I had absolutely no interest in the Nintendo DS and only bought my son one because he had been really good this year. Now that I’ve tried out this game – I find myself browsing through Amazon for new DS games to try.
I wholeheartedly recommend this game for the DS… although I will warn you that you will find yourself wanting to feed your new addiction with more games for the system.
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|Great Enhanced Remix of Classic Games,
This isn’t just a remake – it is sort of like how the Wizard of Oz starts out in black and white in a gritty, quiet town and then turns into multi-color, sparkling larger than life song-filled splendour. You get the NES versions of the game with similar – but not exactly the same – levels that have been updated from 2D to 3D. You get extra features like ground pounds, and mushrooms that make you SUPER large – you don’t have to jump to break blocks any more, you can just walk and crash into them. Other mushrooms make you incredibly tiny, to reach places you could not before.
The combination of old style classic gameplay and updated graphic, sounds, and features is really quite good. These games were stellar in the first place, with their addictive levels that were just the right balance of challenging and fun. Add in the easy to carry with you DS gameplay, the new features and hidden things to look for, and I really found this just about perfect for an arcade game.
Yes, you could complain that you can zap through the game in a full day of gameplaying. However, this game series wasn’t ever meant to be a “month long role playing complex adventure”. It was always meant to be short, easily playable sessions that you could fit in while you waited for dinner to be ready. You could save and exit when you had to run to school, and then pick up again when you had time the next day without having to review 8 pages of storyline notes.
This makes the game PERFECT for carrying around in your DS. If you end up waiting in line for 20 minutes, you get through another section. If your bus gets stuck in traffic, that’s another level you can get through.
Plus, there is replayability here, while you try to track down the hidden items and coins.
I enjoyed the minigames as well. Certainly you wouldn’t buy this game FOR the minigames, but heck, if they’re going to throw them in for free, you might as well enjoy them! I’m not usually one for DS multiplayer games, but it’s nice that they did include that as well for those who want to play with a friend.
In general I was quite impressed with this, and recommend it heartily!
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|A Classic Plumber Really Reborn,
New Super Mario Brothers for the Nintendo DS brings a updated appeal to Mario, loosely based on the classic 2-D games he has been widely known for from Super Mario Brothers 1, 2, 3. and Super Mario World from the Super NES era. The object is just like the object from before, as you play Mario or Luigi, and try to go after Bowser and Bowser Jr. from stealing Princess Toadstool a.k.a. Peach. The game features over 80 different levels of exciting, and enjoyable gameplay. The game includes the classic moves from previous titles like the ground pounding (Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine), and the carrying turtle shells to defeat Koopa Troopas and Goombas (Super Mario Brothers), as well as new features like the mega mushroom which can turn Mario into a King Kong size, to really pound and knockout your competition. The graphics and the gameplay are just absolutely breathtaking and amazing, and really delivers what had been done from the early Mario titles before, while the sound is just purely classic. The control also is percise and in tune to each movement of Mario and company.
All in all, this is the second full length Mario adventure title to really deliver well for the Nintendo DS. Like what happened with Super Mario 64 DS did to showcase the brilliance of the DS, New Super Mario Brothers delivers the fun and appeal of a classic game, to a whole new generation of gamers. I definitely think this is one of the most definitive titles available for the Nintendo DS, and I really definitely think it should be a standard to your Nintendo DS library.
Graphics: A
Sound: A-
Control: A+
Fun & Enjoyment: A+
Overall: A 1/2+
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