Topic: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[Mop it up]

I meant to ask this earlier: does anybody know if the Mega and Micro Mushrooms will be returning? Because I like them both. The Mega Mushroom is my favourite item in Mario Kart Wii so I'd like to see it return for this.

[Dasmos]

I'm pretty sure the Micro Mushroom is back, but not the Mega one.

[Luigi Dude]

Well here we go people.  The game has been leaked and music and spoilers and music are already hitting the web.  Anyone that doesn't want to be spoiled might want to get of the internet for the next week because the floodgates have opened.

[KDR_11k]

Weren't the warp cannons in NSMB DS just hidden behind those "insert 5 coins to continue" signs or did I misremember that? I warped as fast as possible to world 8 because I could and then beat the final boss with the goal of going back to the earlier levels after that but it just wasn't as interesting anymore then.

[Adrock]

Can you really spoil a Mario game?

[Stratos]

Can you really spoil a Mario game?

Bowser kidnaps the princess! OGM! Mario rescues the princess!

 

[hylianhero5249]

Can you really spoil a Mario game?

Bowser kidnaps the princess! OGM! Mario rescues the princess!

 

Don't you mean OMG instead of OGM?

[EasyCure]

Can you really spoil a Mario game?

Bowser kidnaps the princess! OGM! Mario rescues the princess!

 

Don't you mean OMG instead of OGM?

Oh Geez, Mario did it again!?

[BlackNMild2k1]

Oh Gawd Man!!

[Mop it up]

Can you really spoil a Mario game?

That depends on the content of the game, spoilers apply to more than just the story. As an example, when Super Mario Galaxy was released it was considered a spoiler to mention that Luigi became playable when you beat the game.

[hylianhero5249]

Okay, Good Mario.
Official Nintendo Magazine.

[Peachylala]

the cake is a fucking lie

[vudu]

Can you really spoil a Mario game?

Sure you can.  Do you remember when you first discovered Star Road in Super Mario World?  How about Special World?  That was a magical feeling when I was a kid.  It would have sucked to have that ruined for me. 

[that Baby guy]

There's secrets in this game, I'm sure.  If only I could actually see the bottom of the screen, I'm sure I could play enough to say definitively that there are!

But don't worry, no spoilers from me.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Reggie throws down his gauntlet..... kinda

On the eve of Modern Warfare 2's release, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is throwing the gauntlet. He says New Super Mario Bros Wii will outsell either the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 2.

"Now, you've got to give me the entire holiday selling season, right, so let's take it all the way through the January NPD data," Fils-Aime told GameTrailers TV. "Yes. I'll take that... I'll put that stake in the ground."

MW2 publisher Activision, meanwhile, thinks their game could be the best-selling title of all time. Even if MW2 doesn't reach that milestone, it's still a hell of a game to pit your product against. New Super Mario Bros. Wii comes out on November 15th while MW2's out tomorrow.

[Halbred]

Even with all those allowances, it's a losing battle.

[Peachylala]

A game based on an iconic video game character vs. a realistic shooter.

I can see where this is going to head.

[vudu]

Even with all those allowances, it's a losing battle.

Reggie doesn't lose.  Even if NA numbers don't beat MW2, Reggie will change the rules to include worldwide sales where NSMB Wii will almost certain come out ahead.

[Ian Sane]

The Call of Duty games just don't interest me at all.  They just seem to lack wonder.  Yeah Halo is a similar type of game and has what would be considered a realistic style.  But it's a space marine and he's shooting aliens.  It's a fantasy land so it automatically stands out to me.  Call of Duty is like boring real world stuff.  I just don't find that interesting.  I need something fantastic.  Mario is fantastic.  The whole world is full of bizarre wonderful creatures.

So I want NSMB Wii to win, not because I'm a Nintendo fan, but because it's the game that better represents what I want out of videogames.  I love it when videogames are an escape.  Not only an escape from our own day-to-day life but the real world entirely.  Yeah a sports game provides a personal fantasy but it's something real people get to experience.  Same with being in the military.  I want games to provide fantasies that NO ONE on present-day Earth could ever experience.  It doesn't even have to be outside the real world, but just an experience that one could not replicate in real life, even if they had the talent to succeed in everything.

[Stratos]

I really think NSMB Wii will win. Activision and Infinity Ward really shot themselves in the foot with the multiplayer from what I am hearing and that may hurt initial sales.

If Reggie is being that bold, it makes me think that the marketing campaign will be huge for NSMBWii.

[that Baby guy]

Impressions:  Fun, but feels slower-paced than previous Mario titles.  It takes longer to run fast.  Not a bad thing, just different.

The End.

[EasyCure]

If Reggie is being that bold, it makes me think that the marketing campaign will be huge for NSMBWii.

i'd be more than content if they remade the super mario bros 3 commercial. That is by far the most memorable video game commercial of all time. It's so simple yet so epic.

[Mop it up]

I'm sorry, but I think that's an absolutely silly comparison. They are two very different types of games being released on two different systems catering to two different audiences, whichever one sells the most means absolutely nothing. It would make more sense to compare Modern Warfare 2 to something like The Conduit. How well did that game sell?

[Halbred]

Here's a question: Do you think (know?) that NSMBW will support GC controllers? Because otherwise I won't be able to play with 4 people. I only have 2 Wii controllers and I'm not going to buy two more, dammit.

But I DO have 2 GC controllers.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

This is a new-generation game.  You have to use new-generation controllers.