This New Super Mario Bros. is a throwback to the style of the original Super Mario Bros. and allows four players to play the game together.
Players can navigate the side-scrolling worlds alone as before or invite up to three others to join them at the same time on the same level at any point in the game for competitive and cooperative multiplayer fun. With the multiplayer mode, the newest installment of the most popular video game franchise is designed to bring yet another type of family entertainment into living rooms and engage groups of friends in fast-paced Super Mario Bros. fun.
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It seems as though an eager Wii pirate by the name of James Burt from Queensland, Australia was caught by Nintendo. Burt apparently pirated and uploaded illegal copies of Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. Wii ahead of the game's AU release date. Nintendo found this guy, took him to court and prosecuted. He now owes $1.5 million in damages. Read More »
At this point, what do you expect to see when you read a review of a new Super Mario game? It's a phenomenal experience; yet another entry in Nintendo's most storied franchise; an instant classic; game-of-the-year material; one of the best games in its generation. Given this series' impeccable track record, it was practically guaranteed that New Super Mario Bros. Wii would espouse all of these connect-the-dots critical cliches -- and yes, it does. But it's also much more daring than every Mario platformer since the 1985 original, because it so significantly incorporates something that no one's ever thought feasible or necessary for the series: multiplayer. Read More »
It's only two days until Nintendo releases New Super Mario Bros. Wii in North America. We're excited and you should be too. To keep you ticking over until Sunday's launch, we've posted a new movie from the game which shows off some single-player and multiplayer strategies. You might think that it's easy to be a winner in this game but don't be fooled... You'll need a few pro tips to be the Mario champ. Stay tuned for our final verdict very soon. Read More »
EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich agrees with Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aime: New Super Mario Bros. Wii is going to be one of the best-selling games of 2009 (via IndustryGamers). While Divnich concedes that in the short run Xbox 360 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will outperform New Super Mario Bros. Wii this holiday, lifetime sales of the platformer are expected to exceed 15 million worldwide.
As we reported yesterday, Reggie would agree. On the latest episode of Gametrailers TV, the CEO wagered that New SMB Wii would outsell Modern Warfare 2 on at least one platform this holiday. This coincides with GameStop's reports that pre-orders for New SMB Wii have been strong. Read More »
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime is sticking his neck right out and betting that New Super Mario Bros. Wii will outsell Activision's Modern Warfare 2 on one console platform this holiday season.
GTTV talked with the Nintendo exec recently, who firmly believes that sales of MW2 for either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 (not a combined figure) will be trounced by the new multiplayer-focused Mario game through the end of this year. Read More »
Also known as: New Super Mario Wii, New Super Mario Brothers Wii
Release Region: United States
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Publisher: Nintendo
E for Everyone Comic Mischief
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Publisher: Nintendo
Local Multiplayer - Versus: 4
Local Multiplayer - Cooperative: 4
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