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Template:Infobox New Super Mario Bros. U is an upcoming side-scrolling 2.5D platform game for the Wii U. It will be the fourteenth title in the main Super Mario series, the ninth installment in the Super Mario Bros. series, and the fourth installment in the New Super Mario Bros. series. It is based off the New Super Mario Bros. Mii tech demo shown at E3 2011. It will be the first Mario platformer game since Super Mario 64, as well as the first 2D platformer since Super Mario World, to be released as a launch title for a home console. The game uses new, more detailed background styles. The game introduces the Flying Squirrel power-up, acquired by Mario and his friends by a mushroom-like acorn called the Super Acorn.

Story

Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad are in Princess Peach's Castle having dinner together. Bowser suddenly arrives in his Airship, now with a giant mechanical fist, that smashes and launches the brothers and the Toads towards the Acorn Plains. Mario and his friends crash into the Acorn Tree, launching Super Acorns through the area. Mario an co. then tumble out of the tree, passing a Bubble Baby Yoshi and Balloon Baby Yoshi, while they're at it, and look into the horizon to see Bowser beginning a seige on Princess Peach's Castle, setting the Mario Bros. and the Toads to go on a new adventure and save Princess Peach.

Gameplay Features

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Mario in his Flying Squirrel suit, in the first level of Acorn Plains.

The gameplay of New Super Mario Bros. U is very similar to that of past New Super Mario Bros. games, mostly similar to Super Mario World, with similar features and designs, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, with the return of the 4-player multiplayer. Though this time, players can play as their Miis, including the first player, who can also choose whoever to play as. A fifth player can join as well, though he/she will use the Wii U GamePad to assist the players, in a mode known as Boost Mode. This mode allows the fifth player to create temporarily blocks to either assist or annoy the other players, simply by touching the GamePad screen. The player operating Boost Mode can also stun enemies.

Power-ups, like the Fire Flower, Ice Flower, Penguin Suit and the Mini Mushroom, are returning. The game also features a new power-up, the Super Acorn, which gives Mario and co a Flying Squirrel Suit, which lets them glide and grab on to walls.

World Map Sections

Unlike previous New Super Mario Bros. titles, where the worlds were separated like in the NES and SNES versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, New Super Mario Bros. U has a seamless world map similar to that of Super Mario World and, to a lesser extent, the GBA version of Super Mario Bros. 3, and the names of most of the world map sections are food-related, which is also the case for the former. As New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the Worlds include Toad Houses and Enemy Courses that players will across in the game. The music changes instruments throughout the world map similar to Yoshi's Island. Though, like the previous games, there are Fortresses, Castles and Ghost House-related levels within each part of the world:

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Mario in the first section of the world map, Acorn Plains.

Acorn Plains: A grassy world with lots of shrubs, slanted mountains, like in Super Mario World and the Acorn Tree.
Layer-Cake Desert: A desert world with various desserts, such as melting ice creams, giant cakes, and a sea of sand with Moai statues.
Frosted Glacier: A snowy world that takes place at night filled with constellations. This world can be entirely skipped for Sparkling Waters.
Sparkling Waters: A tropical world with multiple islands, bubbling water geysers, and even a sunken ship. This world can be entirely skipped for Frosted Glacier.
Soda Jungle: A rainforest-esque world similar to the Forest of Illusion, with giant enemies and blocks, similar to Big Island.
Rock-Candy Mines: A mountainous world with tall, pillar like mountains. A cloud train seems to separate this world from the next world.
Meringue Clouds: A sky world resembling the foreground of levels in World 7 from New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Peach's Castle: A grassland area, similar to World 1 from the previous New Super Mario Bros. games, containing mushroom hills and Peach's Castle. It has been taken over by the Koopa Troop and is slowly transformed into Bowser's image until eventually being surrounded by a tornado.
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Yoshis

Green Yoshis make a return, acting much the same as in New Super Mario Bros Wii. Baby Yoshis also return, which haven't been seen in a Mario platformer since their Super Mario World debut. Green is the only color available for Yoshis that the players ride on, unlike New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Yoshi now has a meter that tracks how many berries he eats. As usual, eating 5 makes him lay an egg containing an item.

Baby Yoshis

Bubble Baby Yoshi: Blue Baby Yoshis that release bubbles from their mouths. Enemies caught in these bubbles will turn into 3 Coins. They first appear on the Frosted Glacier map area.
Balloon Baby Yoshi: Magneta Baby Yoshis that expand like a balloon and gently float in the air. These Baby Yoshis are similar to the Blimp Yoshi power-up, found in Super Mario Galaxy 2. They first appear on the Acorn Plains map area.
Glowing Baby Yoshi: Yellow Baby Yoshis that light up dark areas and can stun emenies. These Baby Yoshis act similar to the Glow Blocks, found in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and also Bulb Yoshi from Super Mario Galaxy 2.

While Green Yoshi is not able to leave the courses he appeared in, Baby Yoshis found on the overworld can be taken into any course, except for the Fortresses and Castles.

Inventory

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The inventory.

The world map inventory, seen in Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, returns in New Super Mario Bros. U. Unlike the other inventories, however, this one is limited to ten items only. Players can add items into their inventory by playing red Toad House minigames, collecting items on the world map itself, or completing an Enemy Course.

Options

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Small Mario in Speed Mode, found in Challenge Mode.

As well as the main adventure, their are other options to choose from. There is Challenge Mode, where players have to complete a objective, with some having a time limit. Another mode is Boost Rush Mode, where players have to reach the end of two to three selected stages, much like the Coin Rush feature in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Unlike Coin Rush, the stages are auto-scrolling, meaning the player has to keep up with the stage, which speeds up every time the player collects coins. Coin Battle from New Super Mario Bros. Wii will be returning.

Controls

This article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

/: Move, Ground Pound (+ or +)
/: Jump, glide (hold)
/: Running and shooting fire/iceballs, carrying items, run up and down walls (Mini Mario)
Shaking the Wii Remote/: Baby Yoshi Abilities, Spin Jump.
:Crouch

Characters

Playable

Mario
Luigi (Multiplayer only)
Yellow Toad (Multiplayer only)
Blue Toad (Multiplayer only)
Mii (Boost Rush, Challenge Mode and Coin Battle exclusive)

Bosses

Supporting

Transformations

Small Mario
Super Mario
Fire Mario
Ice Mario^[2]
Penguin Mario (only in challenge mode)
Flying Squirrel Mario
Mini Mario^[2]
Invincible Mario
P-Acorn Mario (special item obtained via a Nabbit)

Enemies

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The new Waddlewing enemy.

New Enemies

Returning Enemies

Features

Power-Ups

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The new Super Acorn item.

Mini Mushrooms
P-Acorns
Star^[5]
Penguin Suits (only in challenge mode)

Items

Reception

The game has been getting good reviews, Game Xplain gave the Single-player and Multi-player 4 stars out of 5^[10], IGN gave it a score of 9.1 out of 10^[11], EGM^[12] gave a score of 9/10, Joystiq gave it 4.5 stars out of 5^[13], Polygon^[14] and Destructoid^[15] gave the same score of 8.5/10, VentureBeat^[16] gave it a score of 83/100 (83%), Games Radar gave it 4 stars out of 5^[17], and Gamespot gave a score of 8.5^[18].

The game has been praised for it's balanced gameplay and challenge mode, with IGN's Rich George describing it as "The best thing to come to Mario's world since 3D", while criticizing it as not pushing the Wii U's visuals and audio potential.

Beta elements

Main article: List of New Super Mario Bros. U beta elements

Gallery

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Trivia

If the Miis are selected as P1, they will be colored like Mario. If P2, they will be colored like Luigi. If P3, they will have yellow shirts and purple overalls, similar to Wario. If P4, they wear blue shirts and black overalls like Waluigi used to.
When the player grabs a Baby Yoshi, an additional choir is added to the music. Additionally, the Baby Yoshi will mouth to the choir. ^[19]
When the Mario Bros., Toads, or Miis are not moving, they stop and stare at the screen until the player starts moving them again.

External Links

References

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[1] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cic93KtnAlY

[Game_Informer.27s_October_Cover-2] Game Informer October 2012 Cover Features New Super Mario Bros. U | Mario Party Legacy

[IGN_Enemy_List-3] ttp://www.ign.com/wikis/new-super-mario-bros-u/Enemy_List/

[4] ttp://mariopartylegacy.com/2012/11/first-look-at-final-world-of-new-super-mario-bros-u/

[5] New Super Mario Bros. U Gameplay Footage with Audio (E3 2012) - YouTube

[6] ttp://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=189820

[7] New Super Mario Bros. Gameplay Footage

[8] Gameplay of 7 Different New Super Mario Bros. U Levels | Mario Party Legacy

[NSMBU_mini-site-9] Nintendo.com – New Super Mario Bros. U – Game Info

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 *'''[[Peach's Castle#New Super Mario Bros. U|Peach's Castle]]''': A grassland area, similar to [[World 1 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 1]] from the previous ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games, containing mushroom hills and Peach's Castle. It has been taken over by the Koopa Troop and is slowly transformed into Bowser's image until eventually being surrounded by a tornado.
+*[[Superstar Road]] <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cic93KtnAlY</ref>
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[Edit] New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Playable characters	Mario^a • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Mii • Nabbit^b • Toadette^c
Supporting characters	Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshi (Balloon Baby Yoshi · Bubble Baby Yoshi · Glowing Baby Yoshi)
Bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Larry Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) • Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Magikoopa
Worlds and areas	Acorn Plains • Layer-Cake Desert • Sparkling Waters • Frosted Glacier • Soda Jungle • Rock-Candy Mines • Meringue Clouds • Peach's Castle • Superstar Road • Secret Island • Coin Courses^a
Items and objects	! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • 3-Up Moon Block • Arrow lift • Bean Platform • Big Block • Blue Coin • Blue Ring^b • Boost Block • Boost Star • Brick Block • Bridge • Checkpoint Flag^a • Chest • Cloud Lift^a • Coin • Coin Block • Cross Lift^a • Dark • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Floor • Flower • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Fruit • Goal Pole (secret) • Goal ring^a • Green Coin • Green Ring • Hammer Pendulum • Hidden Block • Hidden Coin • Ice Block • Ice Chunk^a • Ice Flower • Iron Block • Leaf Platform • Light Block • Limited Lift • Luigi Block^b • Mega ? Block • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • Note Block • Nut • P Switch • P-Acorn • Paddle Platform^a • Pendulum Platform • Penguin Suit • Pole • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform^a • Rolling log^a • Scale Lift • Screwtop • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom^a • Seesaw Log Bridge • Seesaw Shroom^a • Seesaw Shroom (blue)^b • Slide Lift^a • Small pipe • Snake Block • Spine Coaster • Star Lift • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom^a • Stone block • Super Acorn • Super Crown^c • Super Guide Block^a • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Switch-Lift^b • Tilting mushroom^a • Trampoline • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Pipe • Water Ball^a • Wobble Rock^a • Yoshi egg
Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Fly • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies and obstacles	Amp^a • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Amp^a • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle^a • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Dry Bones • Big Deep Cheep^b • Big Eep Cheep^b • Big Fuzzy • Big Goomba • Big Koopa Troopa • Big Piranha Plant • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Venus Fire Trap^b • Big Wiggler • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby^a • Blooper Nanny^a • Bob-omb • Bomb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Stunner • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber^a • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball^a • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Cooligan • Deep Cheep^b • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Energy ring • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fire Bar • Fire Piranha Plant • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Fliprus • Foo • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Ghost Block • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Giant Clam^a • Goomba • Goombrat • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Huge Fire Bar • Huge Icicle • Ice Bro • Icicle • Jellybeam^a • King Bill • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Lava Geyser^a • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep^a • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Mega Grrrol • Meteor • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba^a • Paratroopa • Piranha Plant • Piranha Pod • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^a • Rubber ball • Scaredy Rat^a • Skewer • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiked ball • Spinner • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swoop^a • Targeting Ted • Thwimp^a • Thwomp • Torpedo Base • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube^a • Urchin • Waddlewing • Wiggler
Others	Ash • Current • Enemy Course • Lava • Poison • Quicksand • Sand Geyser • Stone-Eye • Time Limit • Water Geyser
Game modes	Boost Mode • Challenge Mode^a • Boost Rush^a • Coin Battle^a
Further info	Paah • Gallery (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe) • Glitches • Media • New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)
^a Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U ^b Exclusive to New Super Luigi U ^c Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

[Edit] Wii U games
Super Mario franchise	New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) • New Super Luigi U (2013) • Super Mario 3D World (2013) • Mario Kart 8 (2014) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015) • Mario Party 10 (2015) • Super Mario Maker (2015) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Woolly World (2015)
Wario franchise	Game & Wario (2013)
Crossovers	Nintendo Land (2012) • Sonic Lost World (2013) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) • Skylanders: SuperChargers (2015) • Minecraft: Wii U Edition (2015) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
Compilations	New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U (2013) • NES Remix Pack (2014)
Nintendo eShop	NES Remix (2013) • Dr. Luigi (2013) • NES Remix 2 (2014) • amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits (2015) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) • Virtual Console games (2013-2016)