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New Super Mario Bros. Wii
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The first 2D Mario platformer for a home console in over 15 years. Though it has single-player, it focuses heavily on cooperative multiplayer, allowing up to 4 players to play simultaneously. This game also premiered Nintendo's Super Guide hint system.
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"While technically accurate, the "New" in New Super Mario Bros. Wii is surrounded by all of the classic 2D platforming mechanics from Mario's past, making it more of a nostalgic product than something truly new. Not that there's anything wrong with that."
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3 ★ (8)
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Great game!

I remember getting this game on my first Nintendo system, the Wii. It was amazing! Very tough and challenging, especially the boss battles! The worlds are so colorful, and the plants and hills dance t… Read more

Solid 2D experience at best.

The Mushroom Kingdom are celebrating Princess Peach's birthday in the castle. They bring her a giant cake, but the surprise inside is less than appealing when Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings spring thei… Read more

Gavin vs new super mario bros wii

It's time for the new super mario bros wiiii review... For the wii. I don't need to go over the story because at this point, everybody knows what the story should be for a mario game. This is a 2D pla… Read more

AWESOME

This game is totally AWESOME i'm in world 7 Read more

Great single player, awful multiplayer.

The Short Pros - A "new" Mario game made in 2D throwback of Mario's earlier outings - Eight worlds and a ninth bonus world provide a decent amount of content - New suits including the Penguin suit and… Read more

Mario is still fresh.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii, holy shit what a title. For the sake of this review I will be referring to this game as Mario Bros Wii. The game follows in the same line as the DS game called New Super Mar… Read more

A "playing with kids" review

I felt I had to put that in the title, as it colours my review heavily; I spent the majority of this game in at least 2 player, with 4 players happening regularly, with a mix of players - my wife, 26,… Read more

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

There’s no bigger franchise in video games than the Mario series. He’s been in so many different styles of games that it is difficult to keep track. Whether he’s fighting in Super Smash Bros., playing… Read more

Classic Mario gameplay, in a cheap package.

Something is different; it just doesn’t feel right, someone has changed. I’m not sure if it’s me or Mario but something is definitely amiss. I am not supposed to be reacting this way but the only thin… Read more

A better game when playing multiplayer.

Well to start off to describe this game, it is your basic formula for an old school Mario game. The catch here though is that for the first time you can play with up to 4 players. The game itself is p… Read more

He's back and harder than ever!

The killer app for the Nintendo Wii in 2009. If you regularly check the NPD figures when they arrive, you have seen this game on the charts for 5 months straight. People are buying this game like hotc… Read more

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Review

There's a charming simplicity to seeing Mario run across the screen in a two dimensional platformer. New Super Mario Bros Wii keeps this simplicity that has made the Mario series so popular while addi… Read more

Finally a classic for the new Gen

Finally for the first time in about 19 years we get a console 2D Mario platformer. That's a long time to wait for it eh? The best we got was New Super Mario Bros. for the DS which was one hell of a ga… Read more

The first Mario Console SideScroller since Super Mario World...

New Super Mario Bros. on the DS, was an instant hit selling 900,000 copies in the first 4 days. Nintendo, wanting to capatalize on that success released New Super Mario Bros. Wii, The first Mario Cons… Read more

Reimaging without doing anything, a truely forgetable experience.

Yeah I just attempted to do "for the wii" and put into "make me sickey". It didn't really look as great as it sounds in my head but I'm going to roll with it anyways. Flat out. This game sucks in ever… Read more

Super Mario = Super Cool!

It's so super that New Super Mario Bros. gets a sequel and Nintendo does it again! The graphics are amazing, the voice acting is also perfect, and the final battle is A+! This time, they added the Toa… Read more

Suprised by the Entertainment Level

I was pleasantly surprised by the game play of the New Super Mario Bros. In a family of gamers my wife and 11 year old wanted the game. I succumbed to the family pressure and got it. I have had a lot… Read more

4 player fun

The DS classic has now moved to the Wii console. Is it as good as the original or should we stay with the handheld version. Positive: Entertaining 1-4 players (coop) Beautiful 2D visuals New content E… Read more

The tribute and tribulation of New Super Mario Bros Wii.

A rotund, European blue-collar worker with both an obscenely low center of gravity and yet a shockingly high vertical leap teams with his lanky brother. Both are twins so therefore must dress identica… Read more

Togetherness In Question

New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a return to the series' roots, but the newfangled co-op features bring some baggage to this solid entry. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is, in many ways, a classic platforming… Read more

Is This Italian Plumber's Wii Adventure Really New?

Here we go! I'm-a-number one! I'm-a-Nintendo and I think I-a-can always win. I don't think I'm speaking for Mario here, but when it comes to Nintendo and the Mario franchise, I think this stance is fa… Read more

A game that's as challenging as you want it to be

I've always been a Mario fan. When I got an NES and Super Mario Bros, I played the hell out of that game, finding all the secrets and glitches . It was one of those things I could play and enjoy again… Read more

A review that's not from a fanboy.

In all honesty, I'm no big Mario fan. I didn't grow up with Mario Bros. , and I sure as hell didn't play Mari Bros. for tens of hours as a kid. My first Mario game was Mario Brothers 2, for the SNES,… Read more

Just can't get enough of Mario.

Such a simplistic formula and so much fun delivered, it's hard to explain the magic of Super Mario Bros since most of us have memories of childhood etched on each game of the series. It's not hard to… Read more

What is Old Feels Still New Again...

When New Super Mario Bros. Wii was announced back at E3 earlier this year, I was stoked for another new 2D Mario game, but it seemed I'm back again for the ride like it was the good old Nintendo days.… Read more

The best Mario 2D platformer in 19 years.

I admit, I was skeptical about this game. I didn't like the original New Super Mario Bros. on the DS. It was too easy, it was bland and unappealing and felt like a sequel to the original Super Mario B… Read more

Now all your bros. can play.

Despite the name, New Super Mario Bros. Wii bares more similarity to previous titles than any other recent Mario game. Not only is it an overflowing nostalgia injection, but an awesome 2D platformer t… Read more

Hey! Cut it out! Ok, let's go, waitwaitwait, ah crap! STOP!!!

New Super Mario Bros. Wii marks the return of 2D Mario games to consoles - I believe the first since Super Mario World. Although it is in some ways a return to the classic formula that made Mario the… Read more

Surprisingly Refreshing

When New Super Mario Bros. first came out for the DS, I remember being thoroughly disappointed. It was largely a forgettable experience. It was too easy and too thin. The disappointment carried over t… Read more

I Haven’t Felt This Ripped-off Since Luigi’s Mansion

Gamers expecting New Super Mario Bros. Wii to rise to the greatness of its previous 2D console installments will be left scratching their heads with a great big empty void filling the pit of their sto… Read more

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