NWR Interactive > TalkBack

New Super Mario Bros. U Review Revisit

(1/3) > >>

Webmalfunction:
In which we take a brand-new look at the big Wii U launch title.http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/38840/new-super-mario-bros-u-review-revisitThis time on Review Revisit, we're taking a look at the 2012 Wii U launch title New Super Mario Bros. U. Despite releasing in the same year as its predecessor, New Super Mario Bros. 2 on 3DS, the game was met with plenty of critical praise. Our original reviewer, Neal Ronaghan, said the following in his original review, awarding the game a 9.5 out of 10:"New Super Mario Bros. U is close to the ideal 2D Mario game hinted at by the debut of New Super Mario Bros. seven years ago. It’s a more sincere follow-up to Super Mario World than any previous game, and even if its innovations are muted and on the periphery, this is the evolution the series needed. It’s a simple question, really: Do you like 2D Mario? If so, play this game. It is that damn good."Two years later, how do some of our other staffers feel about Nintendo's premier Wii U launch game?Alex Culafi, Associate Editor: New Super Mario Bros. U is a bit hard to quantify because it alternates between "super iterative" and "really great sequel" every time I think about it. On one hand, it has very little new to offer outside of HD visuals, a cool power-up, and a world map reminiscent of Super Mario World. On the other, New Super Mario Bros. U has an extremely satisfying level of challenge (among the best difficulty balance in the series) and creative level design that trumps every 'New' game that came before. It won't rope any Mario decriers back in, but if you like 2D Mario, it's easily the best one in a very long time.Zachary Miller, Associate Editor: NSMBU came out during an unfortunate period of Mario fatigue. We'd just played NSMBWii and NSMB2, so it felt way too soon to go back to the well for the Wii U. But if you can get past the familiarity, you'll find that NSMBU is the best of the "NSMB" games. The new items (Squirrel Suit!) and level design are fresh and challenging, and the graphics are HD and wonderful. The soundtrack is still middling (BAH BAH). I will stress that, while billed as a multiplayer game, NSMBU, like its predecessors, is NOT tailored to unskilled platformer players. You'll just end up frustrated.Addison Webb, Associate Editor: New Super Mario Bros. U was the game that sold me on the Wii U. I very much enjoyed New Super Mario Bros. on DS and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and I may be alone in this, but I can't get enough 2D Mario. Not only does the game look great, I enjoy the addition of a fluid overworld with secrets and alternate paths. The flying squirrel power-up is a great substitute for the often game-breaking helicopter hat. My only gripe with the game is the lack of musical variety. Overall, New Super Mario Bros. U is the definitive game in the New Super Mario Bros. series, and was my favorite game in the series since Super Mario World until Super Mario 3D World came out a year later.Bryan Rose, News Editor: Now in it's fourth iteration, New Super Mario Bros. U continues to not really innovate in terms of what Mario can do in 2D platforming. I kind of miss the days when he did, in games like Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World. Not that Super Mario Bros. for Wii U is a bad game - in fact, I personally feel it's the series best. The usual Mario side scrolling 2D gameplay remains intact and overall continues to be a fun romp through eight or so worlds. There's the usual ice, ghost and other worlds that the NSMB series is known for, all represented wonderfully in HD. I just wish that there was something tangible here to really sink my teeth into, something that's...actually new. Ironic, right? Again, this isn't a bad game at all but, deep down, this is probably the best version of three other games that are on other Nintendo systems.And lastly, Connectivity regulars Alex and Zach got together and recorded a discussion of the game. Enjoy!

Mop it up:
I agree with the overall theme of these opinions. This is the best of the NSMB series and an excellent 2D platformer, but it's still a bit stale due to being the fourth game of this ilk within a relatively short period of time. One could argue there's actually five of these games, since New Super Luigi U is sort of its own game. That said, I actually find the game more fun to play in multiplayer, it's a riot.

marvel_moviefan_2012:
yet nobody complains there is a new Call of Duty, Madden, or Batman game very year. I love this game, I love Mario games they are the major selling point for me when it comes to Nintendo. I didn't care for the last three main Mario games, Sunshine, Galaxies 1 or 2, so these games felt like, to me at least, a true Mario experience.

I guess the difference especially if Nintendo is your only console, or your primary console at least, is you have little outside of Mario and Mario-type games to play so I can get the feelings of fatigue to some extent. I get that, I love Mortal Kombat and I think they series got stale when they had a new game every year, but once they slowed down a bit they took their time to make every new game feel like a true successor instead of just a minor continuation. I think with some games it works and others it doesn't for some reason.

I sold my Wii months before New Super Mario Wii came out, if I had played that game when it was new I might have kept my Wii for a little while longer. I don't mind the experimental Mario games as long as they also have traditional Mario games for those like me who don't enjoy the experimental ones as much.

Mop it up:

--- Quote from: marvel_moviefan_2012 on October 27, 2014, 02:18:11 PM ---Yet nobody complains there is a new Call of Duty, Madden, or Batman game very year.
--- End quote ---
I complain about that. Well I don't play Madden or Batman games because they are boring, but Call of Duty is stale. However, I don't think sports games should be a part of this sort of equation because they are a simulation of a real sport, and the real sport does not change every year. These games kind of have to be similar every year because there's not really anything they can do to change.

KisakiProject:
Yeah.  I got this at launch because there wasn't much else.  I really enjoyed it and I've never been huge on 2D Mario.  Its too bad NSMB2 had just come.  I think as time passes this game will get more and more love.  I really need to get NSLU.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page