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New Super Mario Bros.

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Nintendo

2006•Platformer•PEGI 12•About 3 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventureanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalfastunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeExpect a heightened, glossy platformer, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like polish over grit.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

88 / 100

417 ratings

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About This Game

New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer game for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game Mario Vs. Luigi, as well as a minigame mode for up to four players. The gameplay of New Super Mario Bros. is very much like that of the classic 2D platformers, mostly Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3, and substantially builds upon them to create gameplay both classic and contemporary. As the game is on DS, the touch screen allows players to store an additional power-up and view the distance still to go in a level.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Emergency News Flash! Princess Peach has been kidnapped! While enjoying a picnic with Mario, the beloved ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom was whisked away by an unknown assailant. How could this happen with Mario around? According to Mario, the walk was going swimmingly when Mario and the princess spotted smoke billowing out of Peach’s Castle. The mustachioed marvel immediately jumped into action and sped off toward the fire. The moment he left her side, the princess vanished! Who’s behind Princess Peach’s disappearance? Who’s behind the attack on Peach’s Castle? Are the two incidents related?...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

GhostsGravityMinigamesSharkDeathGamblingSide-scrollingMultiple protagonists

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developers: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Nintendo
Publishers: Nintendo, iQue
Released: 15 May 2006
Series: Mario Bros.
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 3h rushed, 3h normally, 20h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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