Topic: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[Mop it up]

Ah I see. You lost a bet didn't you?

[BlackNMild2k1]

In b4 lo...

ah, thread merge....

[Ian Sane]

My birthday is December 1st and usually when a game comes out around this time of the year I put in on my birthday/Christmas list.  But I don't know if I want to wait two extra weeks or risk not getting it for my birthday and thus having to wait until Christmas.  I think I want to get this right away.

As a Nintendo fan there are the games I am merely interested in and those "counting the days" games.  This game is a "counting the days" game for me.  The last first party Wii game to do that for me?  SSB Brawl.  Yeah it's been over a year and a half.  Far too long.  I've waited for my birthday for games like this before but this time, I've been waiting too long.

Plus with so many of Nintendo's best games from last E3 being 2010 this is kind of the start of a string of big Wii games.  The Wii has been in a rut for over a year and this is likely going to be the game that busts it out of that rut.  We get this and then Sin & Punishment 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M are all on the horizon.  This is more or less the start of a 2010 lineup that looks to be one of Nintendo's strongest in years.

[Stogi]

Ian....optimistic?

Vudu....nice?

*head explodes*

[BeautifulShy]

Ian....optimistic?

Vudu....nice?

*head explodes*

Next thing you know I'll be a jerk to everybody.Not really

Anyway I'm gonna grab this at launch. Co-op should be fun.

[Mop it up]

My birthday is December 1st and usually when a game comes out around this time of the year I put in on my birthday/Christmas list.

You're very lucky to have people buy you both birthday presents and Christmas gifts. My birthday is December 5th and I haven't gotten any birthday presents in at least four years, everyone always says "I'll get you something nice for Christmas". Which is usually a wad of cash. So I don't think I'll be waiting around to see if anybody buys me this, because it isn't going to be for my birthday and I don't think I could wait 40 more days until Christmas.

[Ian Sane]

You're very lucky to have people buy you both birthday presents and Christmas gifts. My birthday is December 5th and I haven't gotten any birthday presents in at least four years, everyone always says "I'll get you something nice for Christmas". Which is usually a wad of cash. So I don't think I'll be waiting around to see if anybody buys me this, because it isn't going to be for my birthday and I don't think I could wait 40 more days until Christmas.

Yes I am lucky that my family and friends are not pricks.   In my group of my friends there are two December birthdays and the other guy has it December 30 which is even worse.  With two people in such a situation I figure it establishes the practice of seperate birthday and Christmas gifts.  Surely I would get my friend a birthday present seperate from a Christmas gift and vice versa.  So is anyone going to risk looking like an asshole when Adam and Ian both are buying birthday gifts and they're not?

With my family though I think it's all just mutual respect.  We're very open with calling out each other's bullshit.  I think that's the secret to a healthy loving family.

At work though my birthday lunch has long ago been blended in with a Christmas lunch, along with the other December birthday people at the office.  Pisses me off.

[that Baby guy]

My brother-in-law's birthday is Dec. 22nd.  His sister's is the 24th.  Sometimes I get him one gift that's about twice the value of a normal gift, and sometimes I give him two things.  It depends on what he wants and what I find, but I make sure not to stiff him.

They'll be big fans of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, they love SMB 3, but the problem is, they don't have a Wii.  With the price drop, maybe they'll be happy getting one as a gift.

[Caliban]

NOVEMBER 15.. bitches!

[Mop it up]

Seriously, is it really titled "New Super Mario Brothers Wii"? I just hope the level design is more inspired than the title.

[Peachylala]

That doesn’t look like it will be an issue at this point. Since the Wii Guide thing is being implanted into this game, it can take the strain off EAD for appealing to a casual crowd while trying to make gameplay up to non-casual standards. Hell, just by watching videos of this game, it looks like NSMB Wii could easily trump NSMB DS in quality and, most importantly, sales figures.

And it has Yoshi. That makes NSMB Wii 120% more awesome then NSMB DS.

[EasyCure]

You're very lucky to have people buy you both birthday presents and Christmas gifts. My birthday is December 5th and I haven't gotten any birthday presents in at least four years, everyone always says "I'll get you something nice for Christmas". Which is usually a wad of cash. So I don't think I'll be waiting around to see if anybody buys me this, because it isn't going to be for my birthday and I don't think I could wait 40 more days until Christmas.

Yes I am lucky that my family and friends are not pricks.  

Personal insults against Mop_it_up and her family are against forum rules, buddy.

Ian....optimistic?

Vudu....nice?

*head explodes*

Next thing you know I'll be a jerk to everybody.Not really

Not really? I beg to differ:

There is a topic about the game already. Please post this there.

*Smacks the back of Perms head*

*Smacks everybodys head that keeps on posting in the naming topic*

I personally would get a new car. Less likely to have problems in the near future. That's just me though, cuz i'm a balla like that son!

I'm pretty sure Stupidogi. They have done other things before videogames you fucking idiot.

Welcome back Athena!! I missed you.

/sarcasm

but nah, seriously tho, you think you too good for King Cali now? Ho, please, you were never nuthin but a booty call. Don't even think for a second that I waited for you either, i just went down my list of chicken-heads alphabetically and moved on to the B's (for bitches).

/keepin it real

[vudu]

I'll definitely be picking this up the week it releases... do we know when that is yet or are we still stuck with Q4 2009?

Somebody didn't check the links!

According to Wikipedia, it will be released on November 15 in North America and November 27 in Europe.  Australia is listed as a generic November 2009 and Japan is still at TBD.

Look at that!  I had the release date scoop before all of your other chumps and you still got rid of my thread.  Everybody sucks but me.

[Mop it up]

Maxi would never say things like that. You're not fooling anyone.

[EasyCure]

You've obviously never spoken to a drunk maxi on the telephone

[BeautifulShy]

*Laughing at EasyCure's edits*

There's a new Mario game coming out in less than two months and no one's talking about it!  For shame!

It's a 4-player side scrolling game!  It's not really 3D, but it should be pretty good!

Here are some great articles about the game!

NWR Preview
NWR Impressions #1
NWR Impressions #2
NWR Impressions #3
GoNintendo
Wikipedia
Google

Discuss!

[Peachylala]

The first line in a quote is far from the truth.

"There's a new YOSHI game (with Mario) coming out in less than two months and no one's talking about it! For shame!"

So obvious.

[Luigi Dude]

Well it looks like now no body has any right to complain about the games help feature.

http://kotaku.com/5374432/kind-code-demo-shows-new-super-mario-bros-on-auto+pilot

In case anyone is to lazy to click on the link, what happens is when you die eight times in a level, a green box will appear at the beggining.  If you hit this green box, a computer-controlled Luigi will appear and go through the level on his own.  During this time the player can take control of Luigi anytime on there own if they want.  Oh and this computer Luigi will only take the basic path to complete the level.  Any secrets that might be in the level, the computer will not show you.

So unlike what some people originally thought, the game actually encourages the player to play the game and people can't just use the help feature to skip to the end without even playing the levels.  Plus even if they do use it, they won't be able to truly complete the game since this feature doesn't show any of the hidden secrets that Mario fans love to find.

Plus like others have said, the levels in this game look harder then those in the DS New Super Mario Bros.  Which once again shows that this feature was a great thing since it seems like it allowed Nintendo to make the game more challenging, while still making it accessible for less skilled players.

[Stogi]

Sounds exactly like how I invisioned it.

Genius.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

This is how you properly destroy gaming.

Metal Gear Solid cutscene fans will LURV this feature.

[Peachylala]

This thing will take alot of weight off of Nintendo's shoulders.

This is how you properly destroy gaming.

Metal Gear Solid cutscene fans will LURV this feature.

MGS fans don't own a Wii though, they don't have enough good taste.

Srsy.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

This thing will take alot of weight off of Nintendo's shoulders.

This is how you properly destroy gaming.

Metal Gear Solid cutscene fans will LURV this feature.

MGS fans don't own a Wii though, they don't have enough good taste.

Srsy.

If it means printing less game guides and saving trees, I'm for it (it made me furious that they would offer me free game guides as Nintendo Power subscription bonuses.  what an insult).  It also makes up for the lack of Nintendo Gamer Hotline Gameplay Masters On-Call Game Helpers they used to have.

MGS fans will buy Wiis for this.  A true killur ahpp has the power to convert cutscene-watching non-casuals (a type of hard passive non-gamer) into casual non-gamers.

[vudu]

Sounds exactly like how I invisioned it.

Genius.

Did you just call yourself a genius? 

[Mop it up]

That's how I figured it would work as well, though I didn't know that you'd have to fail a few times before you could use it. That's probably a good thing though because then at least people have to try to complete the level before resorting to it, though there's nothing stopping anyone from intentionally getting killed just to use it.

Will the demo mode be available in the multiplayer? I assume it is only for the single player. My sister would probably like to play this game with me but she does not like difficult games, so it would be nice to use it for the parts she can't get past.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Is 8 tries too long of a wait?

Aren't today's weak gamers bound to give up after 2 tries then by a PS3 instead?  Really bad job of understanding your audience, Nintendo.