Product Description

• 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.
• 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: RVLPSMNE
• Published on: 2009-11
• Released on: 2009-11-20
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Subtitled in: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .60" h x 5.40" w x 7.56" l, .37 pounds

Manufacturer's 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 this holiday season. Now players can 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.

Customer Reviews

A Return To Old Skool Mario Classic 2-D Gaming!
Well, I have to say, this game is superb. Maybe I'm biased as I grew up in the era of the NES but the old 2D Mario platforming games are amongst my favourite games ever! Sure, I like to play modern games such as Modern Warfare 2 and while these are perfectly good games (which I enjoy!), I miss a time when games were simpler and you didn't need 80 fingers to play them...

Old skool Mario gamers will love it's nods towards Mario nostalgia - remixed versions of old tunes, old enemies, characters, level layouts, point scoring at the end of levels on flagpoles, card games in Mushroom huts - it has so many references to all the old Mario games that if you were a fan of them, you're going to be instantly won over here!

Currently, I'm only playing this as a one player affair... but the addition of multiplayer will make for some fantastically frantic and fun games! Having played LittleBigPlanet as a multiplayer, all I can say is that this game will blatantly work just as well - in fact, probably a lot better! I found LBP a very good game as well, but for me personally, it lacked the character of Mario.

This game is blatantly aimed at old skool gamers - this game starts off fairly easy but expect the challenge to increase throughout the game! It never gets frustrating and due it's simple design never feels unfair. No glitches, unfair deaths or alike here... it's all your own doing!

While this game looks superb, it doesn't push the hardware to the max. While some people may frown upon this, I think it is refreshing that this game revolves around gameplay rather than graphics. A lot of modern games are certainly guilty of this. Having said that, this game does look very nicely presented - and Nintendo have pushed the graphics as far as a game of this stature will allow.

Finishing note - I haven't felt this inclined to play through a game for a long time. Quite often I can only play a game for a short while before I want a break - this game makes me want to come back for more and I'm having to prevent myself from playing it in order to be more constructive with my time! All I have to say is that if you're an old skool game fan, a Mario fan or just want something more traditional and less complex (but certainly no less deeper) look no further than this game!

Puts the ds version down the drain! (please read this)
18 years it's been since a proper 2-d scroller! And now mario makes his way back to rule the living room.

I won't make this to long!
Straight to the point! The first thing you will notice when you play this game is it's charming new look. Playing it on a big telly will add to the amazement. Older gamers will be happy to know that everything from the origanal mario bros. is still here! The music is in-geneous, It is a remix from the ds version. The new multiplayer is excellent! And if all this still isn't enough, the levels are completly new and never played before!

This is all a bit overwhelming if you are a parent thinking of buying it for a child for christmas. So i will do what I always do sum it up in points.
GOOD
1. fun for everyone (even parents!)
2. great to play for a party
3. new gameplay is excellent
4. controlls are as simple as beans on toast
5. kids will, I repeat will love it!!!
6. game lasts for ages
7. ideal christmas/birthday gift
8. multiplayer and i will say it again is excellent
9. Starts easy ends as hard as nails
10.new powerups
11.timeless mario magic present
12.GAME OF THE YEAR!!

uh oh.. BAD points
1. Yes you can ride on yoshi but it's limeted
2. as the game gets harder, yes there will be cursing going on.
3. is it a bit to hard for young kids?
4. the mega mushroom is missing...
5. can be a tad frustrating at times

Overall though an outstanding game for people aged 3-infinite. Ideal for x-mas and don't hesitate to comment on the review. I will awnser any questions.

Merry X-MAS!

Brings back the feel of early Mario games.
I must admit I had some doubts about this game, with Mario Galaxy already out on the Wii, could a return to 2 dimensional Mario be as much fun? I have to say, it is! The Wii controls fit the game just right, with the Wiimote held horizontally, and button 1 used for running and button 2 for jumping. There are some new power-up suits in the Mario, namely the propeller Mario which allows you to fly to great hights, very useful for collecting those all important out of reach star coins. The game feels and looks (although graphically superior) to the original NES 8-bit console titles, Super Mario Bros 1 and 3. I would say, in terms of difficulty, that this Mario is somewhere between the toughness of Mario 1 and 3.

The big difference between this Mario and other Mario's, is that you can play with up to 4 people simultaneously. I haven't tried this option, so I'm not in a position to comment. But, I do know that you can either play through the courses cooperatively or competitively. This involves seasoned gamers helping inexperienced players so that the courses can be completed. There is also coin battle mode, which is aside from the main mission.

The objective of the game is the same with all Mario games. Princess Peach is having her birthday party, when some bad Koopas gate crash the party and kidnap Princess Peach. It is up to you (Mario) to rescue her, through the many Mushroom Kingdom worlds. The game is split into Worlds and sub worlds, and there is a very beautifully drawn map for you to navigate around.

If you collect all the star coins (3 in each sub-world), then you can unlock something special, don't ask me what that is, as I have yet to achieve this. Ath the moment I have collected all but 2 of the star coins in the first world.

If you are a Mario fanboy or girl I would recommend this title, you wont be dissapointed, and you wont find it too easy or too hard either. For less experienced players I would only recommend this game if you can team up with friends and family who can give you help along your adventure in the mushroom kingdom.

You can't save the game at any point you want to, only after completing and defeating and end of level boss, do you get the option of saving, but this is one of a very few negatives about this game.

The music score is very catchy, and some koopalings even dance to the tune in the game! There are all the usual sound effects in Mario, and there are some very familiar sounds from the original Mario, namely when Mario has fire ability you can hear the sound of him spitting fire (just like the NES version).

Overall, I have given this game 4/5, as some younger gamers used to 3D mario adventures like Mario 64 and Galaxy may find this old fashioned. But I have given it 5/5 for sheer fun, as all Mario fans will know.

If you still aren't convinced to get this game, then I would recommend waiting a few months for the price to come down. A second hand copy would be worth the wait, if you are still unsure whether to purchase at the moment.