New Super Mario Bros | 
| From: Nintendo
List Price: $49.99
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 3
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: Nsupmarbroswii
Model: RVLPSMNE
UPC: 045496901738
EAN: 0045496901738
ASIN: B002BRZ9G0
Publication Date: October 31, 2009 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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. | | • | 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. | | • | Supports 2-4 players in multiplayer mode. | | • | Mario, Luigi and two Toads are all playable characters, while many others from the Mushroom Kingdom make appearances throughout the game. Players can also ride different Yoshi characters and use their tongues as weapons. | | • | Players can 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. |
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Product Description
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Amazon.com Product Description
Developers at Nintendo have dreamed of creating a simultaneous multiplayer Super Mario Bros. game for decades. The Wii console finally makes that dream come true for everyone with New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Supporting 2-4 players in side-scrolling co-op and competitive platforming action, and featuring a mix of fan favorites and new characters, new powerups and various input options via the Wii Remote, it is destined to become an instant classic in one of the most beloved game franchises of all-time. 
Co-op/competitive simultaneous multiplayer.
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Classic environments with a twist.
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Wacky new powerups
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii, like all the previous releases in the Super Mario Bros. franchise is a side-scrolling platforming game where players collect coins as they attempt to make their way through progressively more difficult game levels using their ability to time jumps over obstacles and avoid a slew of enemies. But although the game contain several well-deserved nods to previous games in the series in the form of iconic characters like Mario, Luigi and two Toads, as well as familiar enemies, sound effects and levels, it is not simply another trip down Mario Bros. memory lane. Taking advantage of the flexibility and power of the Wii and Wii Remote, New Super Mario Bros. Wii manages to preserve the retro experience that fans love about the series, while adding new game features. Notable additions among these include, expansive play levels and new powerups and characters, but by far the most important, and in fact game-defining new feature is simultaneous multiplayer. A Franchise First: Simultaneous Multiplayer
Since the very first Super Mario Bros. game took the world by storm in the late 1980s gamers anxious to get into the action have patiently and impatiently waited their turn as the infamous 'player 2.' Those days are no more. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii players can now navigate the side-scrolling worlds alone as before or invite up to three others to join them at the same time, on the same level, at any point in the game for competitive and cooperative multiplayer fun. With the multiplayer mode, the newest installment of the most popular video game franchise is designed to bring yet another type of family entertainment into living rooms and engage groups of friends in fast-paced Super Mario Bros. fun. Controller Choices Via the Wii Remote
In another nod to the series' Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) roots, the Wii Remote controller used with New Super Mario Bros. Wii is held sideways, allowing for easy, classic inputs using the D-pad to direct playable characters, the 1 button to jump and 2 button to spit out projectiles like snowballs and fireballs. In addition, players can access powerups with their choice of either the push of a button, or by shaking the Wii remote, again demonstrating the perfect merging of classic gameplay and modern game design which is New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Key Game Features - 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.
- Supports 2-4 players in multiplayer mode.
- 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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 Great Game for Mario Lovers of Any Age! November 20, 2009
Jaimie (Phoenix, AZ USA)
I didn't purchase the game from Amazon (although I originally had planned to) because my boyfriend's birthday was two days after the release date. This was at the top of his "wish list". He's been playing Mario since the early 80's and has beaten each version several times over, myself since the early 90's and I never got further than world 3 on my Game Boy. Needless to say, he's more of a "Gamer" than I am. But let me tell you, I absolutely love this game.
We have played it for at least a couple hours a night since his birthday and it goes by so fast. It is easy, I suppose, for someone who is actually coordinated. But for people like me who would tilt to the side while playing Mario Kart on the N64 (or any game on any system before the Wii-era, actually) it gives a perfect blend of comfort and modern touches. Same typical Mario style with some shakes and dancing turtles. The multi-player option REALLY makes the game, loads of fun for the entire family. I highly recommend this game.
 DS fun on the Wii November 20, 2009
C. L. Hanson (Coon Rapids, MN United States)
I've been a huge fan of Mario and pretty much anything Nintendo-related since Donkey Kong in 1981. It seems all of Nintendo's core-system Mario offerings have been, for the most part, huge events and successes, with each offering being a bit different and innovative than the one before.
The one mainstay, however, has been Mario's adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom (and beyond) were rendered mostly as single player, with Player Two only getting their crack when Mario croaked. Super Mario Galaxy became the one exception, as a second player can assist by using their Wiimote to hold off enemies and collect star bits for you. It was an innovative, helpful, and in some cases, necessary feature! My wife never seemed to care for Super Mario Galaxy, as we have several other multi-player games for the Wii. However, during my recent second play-through, she began helping me and we've been having a really great time.
Now, with New SMB Wii, we can finally play as Mario and friends together! After playing the game for the first time last night for about an hour with our 6-year old daughter, we found out two things: teamwork is good, and running ahead collecting coins, stealing prizes and stomping turtles sending the shell flying towards other unsuspecting players is bad. Since time is of the essence, everybody has to be on the same page!
If you've played New Super Mario Bros for the DS, then you'll be right at home with the Wii version, with graphics being turned up a notch, plus new suits, abilities and controls meant for the Wii. While a little difficult for the younger crowd, a fun game nonetheless.
Within lies my one and only complaint. While I love what they've done here, I feel like this game borrows TOO heavily from the DS version, including the same cutesy background music, which the Koopas and Goombahs and other creatures bop along and react to. I could have done without this aspect, but again, this was intended by Nintendo to be a family-friendly game, meant to also appease the clamoring die-hards who wanted yet another core system side-scrolling adventure. I guess after being buried playing Galaxy for the past couple weeks, I would have enjoyed Nintendo employing the same graphics style, as some of the side-scrolling adventures tossed into Galaxy were awesome.
Nintendo doesn't look back, and will no doubt continue to find new and innovative ways for Mario to rescue Princess Peach for the 100,000th time. While still a "new" Mario adventure, the DS aspect doesn't make it feel "all new". But, Nintendo is saving that for future 3D open world Mario adventures, which is truly where his future lies.
Great to have you back Super Mario World November 20, 2009
Stephen D. Reeder (Marietta OH)
I love the old school video games of time past, so I was so excited to see that the Wii was going 2-D again with Super Mario. This game was worth the wait. It is extremely difficult, even more when playing with two or more people. But that is what makes it so much fun. I get to play with my wife at the same time and not every other level(trying not to say anyhing even after she pushs me off a cliff by accident :) ). Great graphics and flow with interesting courses and gameplay. Recommend gettting the Wii Grip for the controller to make it easier to handle.
Most Fun You'll Have on Wii! November 20, 2009
Garrett A. Coffman
I like to consider myself a pretty avid Nintendo fan yet even so, I was weary when it came to NSMBWii. However, all those fears evaporated once me and a few of my friends got our hands on this game. YOU WILL LOVE IT. Difficult and frustrating as it may be at times, all the fun we have playing this game more than makes up for it. One of the greatest multiplayer gaming experiences I've had yet. Thank you Nintendo.
best wii game yet November 20, 2009
A. Pull (Chicago, IL)
You've read the reviews, you've seen the commercials. They're all true!
This game is loads of fun, and sure not to disappoint! The graphics are pretty, the controls work like they're intended to, and the game goes out of its way to make sure newbs aren't totally lost or frustrated. Other than being the most fun Mario title to date, this true-to-its-roots 2D scroller has a few features to keep the non-hardcore-gamer from pulling their hair out:
* multi-player capability is guaranteed hilarity. most fun i've had in a LONG time playing a video game, even with people who are very bad at the game. why? if you're about to die, or can't get past a particularly difficult jumping sequence, you can put yourself in a "bubble" and safely float forward to join your more skilled friends. no more crying that you can't make it past that part--as long as there's at least one person alive and not in a bubble, you're ok. if everyone "bubbles" or dies at the same time, you've got to start over. this gets to be quite funny when you all start bubbling and the last guy panics and bubbles, or jumps off a cliff!
* throwing people and jumping off their heads can lead to some very, very fun and competitive gameplay, or if properly done, teamwork doing these same things can make some difficult unlocks or sequences much easier.
* if you die too many times on multiplayer, you can watch a video to show you how to do the level.
* as you earn large coins, you can spend them to watch videos that show you how to find secret goals and powerups. then you don't feel like you cheated when you search the internet for the same info, because you earned it!
* as you play through the game, you don't have to always use the same number of players. that is, if you beat 4 worlds alone and save the game, the next time you turn on the game you can pick up where you left off with 1, 2, 3, or even 4 people! if you've cooperatively beat most of the game with a friend, you can come back and earn all the extra stuff you missed alone later.
this game is a total win. you simply MUST buy it.
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