Review New Super Mario Bros

Features New Super Mario Bros

* Run, jump, and stomp your way through raging volcanoes, tropical islands, snowcapped peaks, and unimaginable challenges!

* Grab a Mega Mushroom and grow to incredible proportions, or smash through your foes in a blue Koopa shell!

* There are two multiplayer modes in New Super Mario Bros. -- Mario vs. Luigi and Minigames. In Mario vs. Luigi mode, it's brother vs. brother in a race for Stars.

* New Power Ups! You'll find classic power-ups like the Super Mushroom and the Fire Flower in the game, and there are some all-new power-ups that let Mario explore the Mushroom Kingdom like never before.

* New Moves! New Super Mario Bros. expands Mario's arsenal of moves to include some very powerful advanced techniques. If you want to uncover every secret in the game, you'll have to master them all.

Details New Super Mario Bros

* Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.

* Weight: 1 pounds

* Media: Video Game

* Release Date: May 15, 2006

Description New Super Mario Bros
New Super Mario Bros. for the DS lets you play an updated version of the classic Super Mario Bros. world, with all-new moves taken from other hit Mario games. When Mario andPrincess Peach are taking a walk, a bolt of lightning hits Mushroom Castle. Mario goes off to investigate, but he returns Bowser has kidnapped Peach! He'll track down Bowser on the classic, original Super Mario Bros. map with all the moves he's picked up in the other games. Throw turtle shells, butt-stomp to crack open floors -- you can even use the tanooki suit from Super Mario Bros. 3. Use the DS dual screen to see where you are on a map&play fun minigames. Also includes a two-player mode where Mario and Luigi race and compete for coins.

A Classic Plumber Really Reborn, May 16, 2006
By Michael Kerner "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)

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+

Fun for kids and adults alike!, May 25, 2006
By Charles Evans (Monroe, North Carolina)

I need to warn everyone that my wife and I are both old enough to have been fans of the orginal Mario... but we are still young to love the newest version in the series.

Sometimes you just have to get back to the basics - and that is exactly what happens with this newest Mario installment. Nintendo has taken the best features of the first three Super Marios (with some new features too!) and blended them into one great game.

Pros-

- All new version of an great favorite

- Interesting twists

- nice graphics for a hand held game

- Decent game length

- very fun mini games

Cons-

- Game isn't too challenging for your average gamer

- Most of the mini games are repeats

As a whole - the game is well worth the $35 and will supply many hours of great game play.

Great Enhanced Remix of Classic Games, July 1, 2006
By Lisa Shea "LisaShea.com"

Super Mario Brothers was one of my favorite games when it first came out. With New Super Mario Bros DS, you get the game fun gameplay - enhanced - in a nice portable system.

This isn't just a remake - it is sort of like how the Wizard of Oz starts out in black and white in a gritty, quiet town and then turns into multi-color, sparkling larger than life song-filled splendour. You get the NES versions of the game with similar - but not exactly the same - levels that have been updated from 2D to 3D. You get extra features like ground pounds, and mushrooms that make you SUPER large - you don't have to jump to break blocks any more, you can just walk and crash into them. Other mushrooms make you incredibly tiny, to reach places you could not before.The combination of old style classic gameplay and updated graphic, sounds, and features is really quite good. These games were stellar in the first place, with their addictive levels that were just the right balance of challenging and fun. Add in the easy to carry with you DS gameplay, the new features and hidden things to look for, and I really found this just about perfect for an arcade game.Yes, you could complain that you can zap through the game in a full day of gameplaying. However, this game series wasn't ever meant to be a "month long role playing complex adventure". It was always meant to be short, easily playable sessions that you could fit in while you waited for dinner to be ready. You could save and exit when you had to run to school, and then pick up again when you had time the next day without having to review 8 pages of storyline notes.

This makes the game PERFECT for carrying around in your DS. If you end up waiting in line for 20 minutes, you get through another section. If your bus gets stuck in traffic, that's another level you can get through.Plus, there is replayability here, while you try to track down the hidden items and coins.I enjoyed the minigames as well. Certainly you wouldn't buy this game FOR the minigames, but heck, if they're going to throw them in for free, you might as well enjoy them! I'm not usually one for DS multiplayer games, but it's nice that they did include that as well for those who want to play with a friend.In general I was quite impressed with this, and recommend it heartily!

Same Old Mario, January 10, 2007
By N. Burt "nikkles" (Wisconsin)

This is a standard mario game. The DS double screens allow for some fun extra features like back up items and a scale of how far through a level you are. The game only takes about 8 hours to beat, but it is still very fun. If you love Mario you'll love this. If you want a game thats hard to beat you maybe disappointed.

The best action game for the DS right now, July 31, 2006
By N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA)

You can't go wrong with any of the original Super Mario Bros. games, and New Super Mario Bros. is a prime example. The only thing that's relatively "new" to the classic Mario side scrolling formula here is that the graphics have been revamped using 3-D models, and it looks glorious. The gameplay is the simple yet addictive kind of fun that those of us who grew up with the original 8-bit Nintendo know and love, as you can play as Mario and Luigi and travel through 8 worlds to save the Princess from Bowser. There's some new power ups here worth mentioning, including a turtle shell which gives you some extra strength, and the giant mushroom which makes you so big you take up the whole screen as you trample through the level stomping everything in your path. The game makes decent use of the touch screen, particularly in the mini-games featured here, all of which help make New Super Mario Bros. the best action game for the DS right now. All in all, as if DS owners don't already know, New Super Mario Bros. is a must own, and it's one of those games that you just can't go wrong with.