New Super Mario Bros. U Video Review

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  • Nov 17, 2012

Peter Brown jumps and soars through this video review for New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U.

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theAllez99
theAllez99

I really want Nintendo to make another Super Mario Sunshine game to the Wii U, that would be the ultimate game for me :)

theAllez99
theAllez99

Awesome, can't wait too get enough money to purchase the WII U :)

GH05T-666
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Loving HD New Super Mario Bros. Cant wait to get it :)

Sampawende
Sampawende

NIce, despite the fact that it looks like an old ps3 game....

Is it to much to ask for a Xenoblade-like with graphics like those of FF13 ?

uglypinkmoose
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looks good...a lot better than new Super Mario Bros 2 

daveg1
daveg1

i hope to god thers a mario world type game with kameo type graphics on the wii u...

TheAcejoel99
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"It's the right way to jump start Nintendo's journey into HD"........Except it looks like a wii/3DS game.....anyways. Mario looks fantastic as always, always fun, always enjoyable, it just dosen't surprise me anymore. Well deserved 8.5. Enjoy your shiney new WiiU!  

angeloti83
angeloti83 like.author.displayName 1 Like

this game never gets old.

itchyflop
itchyflop

the wii u is an interesting concept, i expected a little more from the new Mario, however still looking as "Nintendo" as ever, and i do love a Mario game. Hopefully a good OLD mario-kart will return too keeping the old style of play i hate the new versions.

jorge69696
jorge69696

"you can use the gimmicky ipad controller to put plataforms to aid your partner or yourself.. and that's it."

That's.... hmm... cool I think.

Oyeboy94
Oyeboy94 like.author.displayName 1 Like

I just hope there's gonna be a Super Mario Galaxy 3.

chinakat
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 @Oyeboy94

 Something original would be nice...

2w-sephiroth
2w-sephiroth

 @chinakat  @Oyeboy94 Original is nice, but I prefer the gravity features of the Galaxy games than any new original game... I wonder what Nintendo is going to pull out.

JasPlun
JasPlun

I want one of these,but here is the problem I have and is preventing me from buying one now. The system is right on par with my 360 as far as power is concerned and they want me to pay 349 for the black version with only a 32g internal drive? To me there is not much here to make me go invest in a new system other than the Ipad style controller.

 

 

I have everything else offered to me already and the only thing I would be getting from this system is Wii backwards compatability and motion controls etc.I think it is overpriced right now and it may sell well through Christmas,but after that I see a serious price drop coming so why should I pay full price now? I still want one,but do not want to get screwed in a few months price wise.I would also have liked Nintendo to have made it Matted Black as the glossy piano black will be a finger print magnet and look nasty all the time.I think it is best to hold off and wait until a price cut and better colors come out:P

Tee_Mal
Tee_Mal

 @JasPlun The 32G version comes with a game as well, the fact that the WiiU is expandable i.e. you can use an external hard-drive for more storage is a massive pro, the premium isn't really about the extra storage... As for what it offers, it's different. The fact that it's power allows the Wii U to have the same level of 3rd party support, along with Nintendo's first party titles is a savouring prospect for me - who needs two consoles anymore? Along with the new innovative ways to play I think bearing all that in mind it makes for quite an exciting system.

 

I agree on the price though, I rarely buy any piece of equipment at launch, it's wise to see how it handles reliability wise, and from a price perspective, I'll get one after the first price drop and a stronger library personally. Not to say it has a weak launch line-up, but it's only going to get so much better.

dnguyen3
dnguyen3

I don't have the Wii U so just wondering from the owners. What are your thoughts about it because I am a Mario fan (and probably from my picture) was thinking of the Arkham City Armored Edition. Cheers!

minijeffro
minijeffro

more mario stuff from nintendo. can't nintendo do anything else?

BladeStrike1234
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They know not to drastically change the games, alienating the fanbase and ultimately killing the franchise. Hi, Sonic!

oldschoolvandal
oldschoolvandal

So, Nintendo....Super Mario Bros for the Wii U and no comments or use for that big fancy controller of yours?

The game can even be good....but I must say I'm disaponted...

flipecapela
flipecapela

There is only 1 New Super Mario per console, stop bitching around

Slim_Lyrics
Slim_Lyrics like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @flipecapela Yeah but it's basically the same game between the Wii, DS,3DS and WiiU. It also doesn't help that their release dates have been fairly close to one another. 

flipecapela
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 @Slim_Lyrics That's exactly what I say about Call of Duty and yet people still judge me.

Sardinar
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0:19 

 

Omg it's the sexual thumbnail Yoshi ! Horny bastard made it into game, why isn't this rated M for mature? 

Dekanis
Dekanis like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 9 Like

 People these days...

 

"Mario has been the same game for years, they never change anything."

 

Maybe your argument would be valid if you'd have actually played any of these games in the last 10 years. Otherwise, don't even bother complaining like your comments mean anything to anyone.

 

I am sure that if this was hyper-realistic with absolutely no gameplay changes, you'd be all over how big of a difference it is. As long as Nintendo keeps the same art style for Mario you'll be ignorantly convinced that nothing has changed.

 

Whether you're judging a book by its cover or a game by it's graphics, there is very little difference between the brain power required. Don't insult your own intelligence.

Bubble_Man
Bubble_Man

 @Dekanis

 It's fine for games in a series to be similar, but this takes it beyond that. This game has the same playable characters, the same enemy designs, the same stage locations and the same kind of music (part of the video had the exact same desert them ripped straight from SSMB Wii).

 

And I'm someone who played Mario from the Beginning. SMB1 started the series. SMB 2 went in a radically different direction as a modified Doki Doki Panic and had a completely new attack system. SMB3 returned to the Mushroom Kingdom, but introduced many new gameplay elements. Super Mario World left the Mushroom Kingdom and went to Dinosaur Island, which had new types of enemies and stages. See my point here?

Sardinar
Sardinar

 @Dekanis Hey, I have no problem with them keeping it the same. 

 

I have a problem of them releasing the same thing 6 times in a row. Problem not with quality but with quantity.

WillyChong
WillyChong

 @Dekanis I don't even bother hyper realistic games nowadays but rather we want to see at least the art direction gone.

 

So far all your argument is to point out this game is definitely new with while retain its style, why don't they try something new, like Mario beat Donkey Kong again to save Princess Peach? Its a Wii U, and why Nintendo is doing the same gameplay mechanic with no improvement whats so ever? 

 

Nintendo tell us that Wii U is a hardcore game platform, but what they did for us? Not much other than shelved out Wii games with better graphics and more levels to make it less obvious as a remake, have you played Smartphone games? Cut The Rope, Where is Perry? Alex House? Bad Piggies. Those games will look absolute shit on console, but their art direction game design for player is some of the most innovative and major leap forward, i was dishearten that majority of my console games are actually the same, just longer, bigger budget, better graphics and badder ass character and well advertised, but basically all are either hero with jockey heads or space marines on steroids that shoot people!

 

I originally hate smartphone games, but I see good design and actually unique games that you can only find on smartphones, cause indies could not compete with the monstrous AAA that pump AAA games. Sure you will tell me a lot more smartphone games are shit, but good ones are actually really good, not just all Angry birds......

dman123_1
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*waits for a Mario 64 U...

WillyChong
WillyChong

Oh look! NEW Super Mario Bros on Wii U, I definitely gonna get it and I have no Wii U! Super Mario Bros with the NEW sticker! Definitely awesome to get the NEW sticker as well!

DarthLod
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Remaking the same game, over and over and over and over again. No wonder nothing Nintendo does has any interest to me since the Gamecube.

Curzad
Curzad

 @DarthLod People keep buying so they keep making. It's all about money

TBoneTony
TBoneTony

Sounds like this is good or maybe even better than the Wii version.

 

However will it be memorable in the long run?

bobbyjoe321
bobbyjoe321 like.author.displayName 1 Like

Is that me or Goombas are ugly?

Tremblay343
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Alright I have no seen this game beyond this review but I bet i could describe most of this game.

 

You go through worlds with in an attempt to resuce peach from bowser.  World 1 is the grassy traditional world, 2 is the desert, 4 is the ice world.  There are boo houses with disappearing platforms and boo that only chase you when you look away.

 

There is an 8th world after you beat bowser that has the only really challenging and well designed levels in the entire game.  There are aslo 3 star coins in each of those levels that you have to collect to get 100%.  You also have to beat the game once as mario and once as luigi.  You then unlock the secret final level.

 

There are little mini-bowser types in towers in every world that take 3 hits to kill.

 

That's all I can think from off the top of my head, but I bet you it's all right!

 

 

WillyChong
WillyChong

 @Tremblay343 Holyshit, how do you know that?!? Can I ask you, when the fable Dreamcast 2 will be released????

ThatOneGamerGuy
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I bet they're still going to do the exact same game 60 years from now.

WillyChong
WillyChong like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @ThatOneGamerGuy Back then Sega was kicked out of the competition and never came back, Nintendo dominate the market and do whenever the hell they want, cause nobody is competing with it and gamers look for them as god. Well at least now people can choose to get Wii U or Xbox 360 or PS3 or PC or Tablet.

 

Ahhh, Isn't that great to be a consumer nowadays, who get to buy cheaper console or hardware, unlike the old days, where the first gen Gameboy Advance without backlit is about 1000 Ringgit (USD 350) (yeah I bought it at that price) Just to play Yoshi Island, Mario Kart, Marioland and Pokemon sereis, now the compact fold up version just under RM 88 (USD 23) and kids still don't want it...... cause kids are not desperate for it nowadays, even the 3DS, I guess its the US and Japanese are all crazy over it, cause back here kids play tablet, parents call them smart....... And if kids play 3DS, parents call them bad, stupid and will have no future......

 

So sad, be a gamer in Malaysia is like being a drug addict, where the penalty is death!

LE5LO
LE5LO

Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World...meet your new, crack cocaine baby brother...New Super Mario Brothers!

Migmala
Migmala

*sniff*

 

It's everything I hoped it would be.

GreySif
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It says "New" on the title so they must have changed something, oh wait....

Migmala
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 @GreySif  How about level design? What? You mean they don't do that in CoD?

GreySif
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 @Migmala  Most likely, one of many reasons i don't buy "Call of Battlefield: Warfighter 3"

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