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New Super Mario Bros.
: This is a fantastic game. I have always loved the Mario Bros. I am only on level 5. The graphics are wonderful and the game fun. I do wish there was more areas to save a game though. Takes me awhile to get from one save to another and if I have to stop playing you have to do the areas over again. Still it is alot of fun.
i bought the ds, just for this game. i owned every mario game that has come out. i love the combination of the old stuff and new stuff.... this game roCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU ARE A MARIO FAN, YOU HAVE GOT TO BUY THIS GAME!!!! you can even buy wallpaper for the touch screen once you rescue princess peach. one of them is a screen shot from super mario bros from the original nintendo!!!!!!!
In the beginning Nintendo created Mario, and he was good. So good in fact that he's often credited with saving video gaming in the mid 80's. Mario wrote the book on side scrolling platformers but after years of ruling the roost decided to move on to the realm of 3D leaving others to carry on the tradition. Some pretenders to the throne were good and some not so good but in the back of our collective minds we all knew that Elvis had left the building. Well, the King is back and it's as if he never even left.
The oddly named "New" Super Mario Bros launches players' right into the action. After a short 10 second cut scene of the princess being kidnapped (AGAIN) `World 1-1' is ready to go and it feels so right after 15 years of waiting. There are Goomba's and Koopa Troopa's, toadstools and green pipes, swimming levels and fire plants and coins galore. To all those people who think that the graphics are only a slight improvement on Mario's previous side scrolling adventures I would urge them to pop Mario 2 or 3 into the DS and be amazed at the difference. The new adventure is much more vibrant, colorful and organic with toadstools that dance and sway and water graphics that are absolutely stunning. Mario has some new snazzy moves including the ability to bounce of walls and my favorite, the [...] stomp. Instead of smashing bricks from the bottom Mario can now drop from above and in the case of multi-coin bricks Mario can smack down on it and coins just pour out. Both of these are awesome additions that open up all new playing potential.
I have a few slight issues with the game. First, the side to side movement doesn't seem as tight as I remember from previous Mario games. Mario doesn't stop on a dime anymore, he kind of slides to a stop as if the levels were coated in a thin layer of ice. I suppose this is more realistic but it gave the game sort of a loose, floaty feel until I got used to it. The other issue I have is with saving. Rather than saving after every level you save intermittently when you cash in coins or finish a tower or castle. I'm not sure why they made this change but it seems like a rather poor decision on a system that's intended to be played in potentially short bursts.
Despite a couple of griping points NSMB may well be the greatest side scroller ever and a welcome addition to the Mario legacy. I can't tell you how much joy it brought me to play a new side scrolling Mario game and this has definitely been one of the toughest games on the DS to peel myself away from. Go get it and relive the glory years of Mario with an all new adventure.
 The Mario team has done it again, putting the New Super Mario Bros on the shelves. It has under goed a major make over, having better graphics, more power ups, more levels, ect than it's original. And better yet, it's for the hand held DS!
Poor Princess Peach becomes the damsel in distress (nothing new) and has been kidnapped by Baby Bowser! You need to save her!
When I started playing it, I sorta knew what to expect. Having played the original Mario Bros, I figured it would be pretty much the same. I guess I was wrong there!
The game played smoothly, and had very short loading periods. There are lots of levels, and to keep yourself occupied further, the creators threw in three star coins in each. These stars can unlock bonus levels, extra paths, and power-ups (not to mention 1up centers), and it's fun trying to find them all. There are also 8 worlds and loads of mini-games to play. Over-all, this game is fun and should keep anyone entertained.
The Multiplayer is probably the best for any DS game EVER! You and three friends can play about 40 different minigames. That's not all either. There is a newer feature, which allows two people to go head to head on a course to collect stars!
It's a great game, I'll give it that, but here are my reasons for giving it 3 stars.
1) You cannot save anytime. You can only save if you unlock something with stars or beat a castle level (for the first time). I would like to save whenever!!!!
2) Most of the 1 player minigames are duplicates of the hit Super Mario 64 DS.
3) The levels are pretty short, and the Star Coins aren't well hidden. It may not encourage somebody to play it again, after he or she has beaten it.
4) The story game doesn't use the DS's capabilities. The touch screen is almost never used, and neither is the mic. It's all buttons.
5) The game isn't very challenging to some players. If you want a challenging game, don't pick this one.
I give this game an average if 4 stars!
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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