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hkellickSo my wife got me the newest Super Mario Bros. for Wii. It was quite a hassle to get since the stores can't seem to keep it on the shelves.
And I can tell why. Playing through World 1-1, I can tell why. If you ever played Super Mario Bros. or, more importantly, the much better Super Mario 3, you'll recognize what's going on immediately. Seriously, you'll be teleported back to 1988 when you and your siblings were all around the NES trying to beat the Koops Family.
The New Super Mario Bros for Wii is a side scroller with some 3-D elements in it, but gameplay seems to be all 2-D, You'll jump, walk and slide your way around the board meeting all-too-familiar enemies along the way and listening to some all-too-familiar music as you play.
As you jump and shoot your way through the board, bounding on goombas and koopas, you'll also be amused as hell as the creatures dance to the music. I'm not kidding! The cheeps will turn upside down to the music. Koopas and Goombas stop and do a small step. It's cute as hell!
After clearing World 1-3, you hear bad news. The Toads have been shroomnapped and placed in ? blocks around the board. To rescue them, you have to find Toad (easy, toad talks nonstop and goes "Help me!" when you're near him. You can't miss him.", then carry him to the exit (that part is hard, because you have to hold a button the whole time to keep carrying him instead of throwing him.) If you succesfully get Toad out, you'll get a power-up for your troubles.
There's also Toad houses dotted around the board. It seems like rescuing toads opens up these toad houses for business. Inside, you get a chance to win power-ups and 1-ups.
Difficulty wise, it's typical Mario Fare. You need decent hand-eye coordination. If you got it, this game is totally playable. If you struggle, well.. experience helps. :)
Before ending the review, I got a chance to play multiplayer yesterday. Where up to four characters can play the same board together. If you aren't communicating well, it's pure chaos with players jumping all over each other and kicking koopas towards each other and other craziness. It's absolute insanity and can easily lead to the sudden unexpected death of a player. I imagine, if you DO communicate well, however, it can lead to a more rapid clearing of a board and finding all the treasures inside. But that didn't happen for us.
If you loved Super Mario Bros. 3 and have the money, I highly suggest this game. :) If you have a family, I highly suggest this game. :)
And I can tell why. Playing through World 1-1, I can tell why. If you ever played Super Mario Bros. or, more importantly, the much better Super Mario 3, you'll recognize what's going on immediately. Seriously, you'll be teleported back to 1988 when you and your siblings were all around the NES trying to beat the Koops Family.
The New Super Mario Bros for Wii is a side scroller with some 3-D elements in it, but gameplay seems to be all 2-D, You'll jump, walk and slide your way around the board meeting all-too-familiar enemies along the way and listening to some all-too-familiar music as you play.
As you jump and shoot your way through the board, bounding on goombas and koopas, you'll also be amused as hell as the creatures dance to the music. I'm not kidding! The cheeps will turn upside down to the music. Koopas and Goombas stop and do a small step. It's cute as hell!
After clearing World 1-3, you hear bad news. The Toads have been shroomnapped and placed in ? blocks around the board. To rescue them, you have to find Toad (easy, toad talks nonstop and goes "Help me!" when you're near him. You can't miss him.", then carry him to the exit (that part is hard, because you have to hold a button the whole time to keep carrying him instead of throwing him.) If you succesfully get Toad out, you'll get a power-up for your troubles.
There's also Toad houses dotted around the board. It seems like rescuing toads opens up these toad houses for business. Inside, you get a chance to win power-ups and 1-ups.
Difficulty wise, it's typical Mario Fare. You need decent hand-eye coordination. If you got it, this game is totally playable. If you struggle, well.. experience helps. :)
Before ending the review, I got a chance to play multiplayer yesterday. Where up to four characters can play the same board together. If you aren't communicating well, it's pure chaos with players jumping all over each other and kicking koopas towards each other and other craziness. It's absolute insanity and can easily lead to the sudden unexpected death of a player. I imagine, if you DO communicate well, however, it can lead to a more rapid clearing of a board and finding all the treasures inside. But that didn't happen for us.
If you loved Super Mario Bros. 3 and have the money, I highly suggest this game. :) If you have a family, I highly suggest this game. :)
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Date: 2009-12-14 03:16 pm (UTC)The thing about the Mario games is that they never go anywhere (or drop in price) so if I change my mind in a year or two it will still be readily available. If I'm lucky, my library will get a copy and I can try before I buy, like I did with Super Mario Galaxy (which I did not like).
I did get three other new games for our Xmas this year: Mario Kart, LEGO Rock Band, and Wii Fit Plus.
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Date: 2009-12-14 03:22 pm (UTC)The game is plenty challenging as a 1-player game, even with good hand-eye coordination. Multiplayer might make the game easier, or more challenging, depending on who you're playing with (and whether they're trying to help you win or just throwing things around willy nilly) it's a perfectly fun 1-player game though, IMO.
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Date: 2009-12-14 03:36 pm (UTC)Thinking back, I think the first SM game was too hard (I think I beat it once in all the times I played it), the second was too easy, and SM3 was just right (there were some levels I couldn't defeat, but it was easy to warp past them and win the game). I played Super Paper Mario last year and loved it, but like I said, SMG didn't do it for me.
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Date: 2009-12-14 03:39 pm (UTC)Sounds like the best thing to do is playtest it first. Whether via a library rental or a friend owning it. :)