Topic: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[BeautifulShy]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-new-super/54513

New video from Gamescom 2009. That is a new gaming event in Germany. I will try and get videos posted in the respective topics.

[Stratos]

Gamescon is the new Leipzig show but moved to a different place, right?

[Captain N]

am I the only person getting tired of this new thing Nintendo is doing? They just seem to be bringin' over the DS versions of games and adding a feature. City Folk and now New Super Mario Bros. Wii. This is pretty lame, but if they are going to keep up with this trend..where is our Nintendogs with a bundled Wii Speak?

[Peachylala]

Animal Crossing: City Folk mostly remains the same because the fanbase might **** bricks if anything was changed drastically.

And I fail to see how this is a DS rehash done on Wii. NSMB DS didn't have Yoshi, Four Player Co-Op a'la Four Swords and the original Koopa Kids. The only thing the two have in common is that's it's a 2-d Mario game in 3-D graphics.

[NWR_pap64]

Animal Crossing: City Folk mostly remains the same because the fanbase might **** bricks if anything was changed drastically.

And I fail to see how this is a DS rehash done on Wii. NSMB DS didn't have Yoshi, Four Player Co-Op a'la Four Swords and the original Koopa Kids. The only thing the two have in common is that's it's a 2-d Mario game in 3-D graphics.

I agree as well. Even if the game is design to look and feel like the DS title it has a lot of innovations that put it on a different league than the DS version.

Not to mention that the title will feature the infamous "Demo Play" option, which for better or for worse will make the title unique among its blethering on Wii.

[Captain N]

Really? I don't see how you can't make a connection between the two games. Animal Crossing City Folk could have looked a lot better and Super Mario Bros. Wii looks pretty much just like the DS version. The multiplayer doesn't look nearly as good as the Four Swords.

[UncleBob]

am I the only person getting tired of this new thing Nintendo is doing? They just seem to be bringin' over the DS versions of games and adding a feature. City Folk and now New Super Mario Bros. Wii. This is pretty lame, but if they are going to keep up with this trend..where is our Nintendogs with a bundled Wii Speak?

am I the only person getting tired of this new thing Nintendo is doing? They just seem to be bringin' over the GameCube versions of games and adding a feature. City Folk and now Metroid Prime Trilogy. This is pretty lame, but if they are going to keep up with this trend..where is our Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix with a bundled Wii Balance Board?

am I the only person getting tired of this new thing Nintendo is doing? They just seem to be bringin' over the N64 versions of games and adding a feature. Twilight Princess and now Mario Galaxy 2. This is pretty lame, but if they are going to keep up with this trend..where is our Bio Tetris with a bundled Wii Vitality Sensor?

am I the only person getting tired of this new thing Nintendo is doing? They just seem to be bringin' over the SNES versions of games and adding a feature. Mario Kart Wii and now New Super Mario Wii.. This is pretty lame, but if they are going to keep up with this trend..where is our Super Scope 6 game bundled with a Wii Zapper?

am I the only person getting tired of this new thing Nintendo is doing? They just seem to be bringin' over the NES versions of games and adding a feature. Excite Truck and now Excite Bots. This is pretty lame, but if they are going to keep up with this trend..where is our Virtual Volley Ball with bundled Four Score?

am I the only person getting tired of this new thing Nintendo is doing? They just seem to be bringin' over the Wii versions of games and adding a feature. Wii Sports Resort and now Wii Fit Plus. This is pretty lame, but if they are going to keep up with this trend..where is our Wii Sports 2 bundled with a Wii?

[Captain N]

touché

[UncleBob]

Nintendo recycles ideas.  It's nothing new.  We're all used to it by now.  So long as the games are awesomely fun, who cares?

[that Baby guy]

When was New Super Mario Bros. released?  It literally is one of a handful of DS games that were released years ago and is still priced at (or above) it's original MSRP.  I've seen it in Best Buy, GameStop, and other stores for as much as $35 in the past few days.

Nintendo is making New Super Mario Bros. Wii because their last 2D mario game was probably both fun and cheap to make compared to most other video games, it will sell for years, and it will get big media coverage, essentially a ton of free advertisement for Nintendo.

Also, I'll sure have fun playing it.  Seems like Nintendo has picked out what will become an amazingly successful winner, to me.

[BeautifulShy]

New Super Mario Bros came out in 2005.

[Mop it up]

When was New Super Mario Bros. released?  It literally is one of a handful of DS games that were released years ago and is still priced at (or above) it's original MSRP.  I've seen it in Best Buy, GameStop, and other stores for as much as $35 in the past few days.

$35 is and has always been the MSRP. I'm not exactly sure what factors go into deciding the price of Nintendo's own DS games, but some are $35 and some are $30.

[Captain N]

Nintendo recycles ideas.  It's nothing new.  We're all used to it by now.  So long as the games are awesomely fun, who cares?

All I was trying to say is this game is too much like the DS version. Nintendo could've easily just made this one the DS with 4 player co-op.

[Mop it up]

Co-op isn't nearly as fun unless it's four people all huddled around a television.

[NWR_pap64]

New Super Mario Bros came out in 2005.

Close, it came out in 2006. It was released just in time for the DS Lite's release in the US.

[Captain N]

Co-op isn't nearly as fun unless it's four people all huddled around a television.

I can't say that I agree with that. Playing games online can be a blast...besides you could play locally with four friends if you wanted. the lack of an online mode and just throwing in co-op doesn't really make this game a 50 dollar game.

[that Baby guy]

When was New Super Mario Bros. released?  It literally is one of a handful of DS games that were released years ago and is still priced at (or above) it's original MSRP.  I've seen it in Best Buy, GameStop, and other stores for as much as $35 in the past few days.

$35 is and has always been the MSRP. I'm not exactly sure what factors go into deciding the price of Nintendo's own DS games, but some are $35 and some are $30.

Thanks, Mop_it_up.  Rather than MSRP I should have said it's original prices, since some retailers undercut Nintendo's $35 MSRP, and sell them for $35.  It's still amazing to see a 2005 game priced that high and still sell!  Remarkable!  Not to mention, GameStop is even offering a chunk of change for it, compared to normal: $20.  I was shocked when I saw that the other day, really.

Captain N, Nintendo could have, but not just as easily.  They didn't make the DS title with co-op, at all!  I think they wanted to gear the stages specifically for someone playing with several players on a screen with enough real-estate for both good players and bad to play at the same time.  So hold off before you say four-player co-op could have been done just as easily, and wait to play the game.  From the previews, a lot more is going into the title than you give it credit, and that's obvious in the few stages of which there are videos, too.

Also, you'd be surprised at the amount of people who don't like online gaming in general.  I have much, much more fun playing StarCraft via lan with my roommate, and all other online gaming I've done, via PC, DS, or Wii, hasn't been so good when it comes to actual gameplay.  To me, when I'm not in the same room with someone, it's not the same, even if I know the person I'm playing online with.  I very much enjoy games with local multiplayer to a more vast extent than something similar with online-exclusive multiplayer.

[Stratos]

Nintendo recycles ideas.  It's nothing new.  We're all used to it by now.  So long as the games are awesomely fun, who cares?

All I was trying to say is this game is too much like the DS version. Nintendo could've easily just made this one the DS with 4 player co-op.

But part of the reason for making it on Wii is to get the massive DS fanbase to continue to migrate over to Wii.

[Captain N]

A system seller? Really? I can't see this game really moving too many systems.

[Mop it up]

Co-op isn't nearly as fun unless it's four people all huddled around a television.

I can't say that I agree with that. Playing games online can be a blast...besides you could play locally with four friends if you wanted. the lack of an online mode and just throwing in co-op doesn't really make this game a 50 dollar game.

I have a feeling that the average consumer is going to disagree with that. We'll find out soon enough.

[that Baby guy]

You must be peeping through a pin-hole, then.  I just mentioned the ever-lasting sales of the DS version, didn't I?

[Mop it up]

That game's the reason why I bought a DS and the only thing which made me think twice before selling it.

This game will have the same mass-appeal as the DS one and prove that 2D isn't merely "tolerated" on a portable.

[Captain N]

We'll find out soon enough, but I can't see it doing numbers like Mario Kart Wii every month. I still think that is the game people will buy with their Wii. The number of Wiis being bought is going down now too and most of the people who bought the Wii probably won't be in a big hurry to rush out and get this game.

[that Baby guy]

...Wait, you don't see it as a system seller, yet you view it as a game people will buy with their Wii?  That's a complete contradiction there.  You're right, though, that all people with Wiis won't rush out to get the game, and Mario Kart is evidence of that:  They'll wait to buy it when it's convenient for them, but they'll definitely pick it up at some point in time.

[Captain N]

I said Mario Kart is the game people will buy with their Wiis.


I don't want it to seem like I hate this game or something..just like everything else Nintendo puts out I'll end up getting it.