New Super Mario Bros. Wii
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Template:Infobox New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a sidescrolling Mario game announced for the Wii, and will be first released in Australia on November 12, 2009. It is the follow-up to New Super Mario Bros., a 2006 game released for the Nintendo DS. In addition to the single-player experience, the game will feature a multiplayer mode for up to four players. It will feature more items, new levels and more enemies than the DS predecessor. It will also be the first title to support Nintendo's new Super Guide[1] mode.
Story
It is Princess Peach's birthday and as Mario and his friends are celebrating, a huge cake reels in. Immediately Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings pop out and throw the giant cake on top of Peach, trapping her. From there, the villains load her onto their ship while Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad follow closely. The Toads from the castle soon use a cannon to blast away the Propeller and Penguin suit towards Mario and the others so they have access to them.[2]
Shigeru Miyamoto, producer of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, hints that the final boss will be a parody from a previous boss fight in the series.
Gameplay Features
The regular mode of the game can be played in single-player or multiplayer cooperative mode. Players can be freely added and removed between levels. As in Super Smash Bros. games, the camera zooms out when players move farther away from the screen. However, there is a limit and players who are far behind can still be kicked out of the screen. When a player dies, he reappears in a bubble. Other players can burst that bubble to allow the reappearing player to continue playing, or they can wait to be able to collect more power-ups for themselves. ? Blocks usually create one item for each player - for example, a block produces four mushrooms when four players are playing. Players can cooperate by picking each other up. Also, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad are playable in multiplayer.
When one player grabs the flagpole at the end of the level, the other players have about three seconds to grab it as well if they want to score points with it. If they don't catch it in time, the level still ends. After that, players get a tally telling players how many coins they have collected and how many enemies they have defeated. The players are ranked according to those points.
The basic style of the game resembles New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS. Players can collect Star Coins and find secret pipes. Parts of the ground can move.
Players play the game holding the Wii Remote sideways. Tilting the Wii Remote, as well as shaking can activate certain items, such as changing the direction of a light, tilt platforms or using the Propeller suit.
According to Vol. 248 of Nintendo Power Magazine and Gamestop it is possible to play with a Nunchuk controller attached.
It's possible to ride on Yoshi as well.[3] Yoshi can swallow many different objects in the game including hammers thrown by Hammer Bros. and fireballs shot by somebody with a Fire Flower. Yoshi can then throw those objects around. Yoshi can also take and carry other players in his mouth for a short period of time and use his Flutter Jump to float briefly in the air. When a different player does a Ground Pound on a player who is riding a Yoshi, the Yoshi will be taken over[4]. However, if the players reach the end of the level while riding on their Yoshis, they would have to leave their mounts behind; this means there are only certain levels in which players can ride Yoshis. [5] The Spin Jump from Super Mario World returns.[6]
On the map screen, pressing 1 allows the player to go to a screen where items from Toad houses and extra items can be used (like in Super Mario Bros. 3). Unlike New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World, the player can't activate items during levels. Pressing - (minus) on the map allows the player to go to any previously visited world.[7]
Super Guide
Also premiering in the game is a new feature named Super Guide. The Super Guide provides unsuccessful players assistance to clear levels. When a player has failed to pass a level at least eight times, a green box will appear at the start of the level. When the player hits the green box, the level will restart in auto-pilot mode: a computer-controlled Luigi will play the level on his own. The Super Guide will only show the player how to beat the level, but not use short-cuts or reveal secrets. While the Super Guide is running, the player can press a button on the Wii Remote at any time to take control back; the game will start exactly where the Super Guide left off. Once the player has taken control back, he or she can not turn it back on in the middle of the level. The level will still count as beaten even when the Super Guide assistance is used.[1]
Levels
The game will have at least eight worlds[8], that will have a world map just like in New Super Mario Bros. There will still be Toad Houses and fortresses and castles. Enemies will also patrol in the overworld. So far, it is known that World 1 will be set in a grassy plain, World 3 will take place in a snowy environment, and World 5 will be located in a forest.
Once a level is beaten, players can return to it for a special mission to rescue a kidnapped Toad[8] and carry him to the level exit.
Other than the game's main campaign, which can be played with up to four players, New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers special multiplayer challenges. Those challenges have some levels taken from the campaign, and some newly created levels. There is a Free for All mode and a Coin Battle mode. Free for All mode has players competing for a high score, while Coin Battle mode has them competing for the most collected coins in the level[8].
Worlds
- World 1 - Plains
- World 2 - Desert
- World 3 - Ice
- World 4 - Seaside
- World 5 - Forest
- World 6 - Mountains
- World 7 - Clouds
- World 8 - Volcano
- World 9 - Unknown
Development
According to Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto has been struggling to add multiplayer in a Mario game for a long time. He further explained that Miyamoto tried to experiment with multiplayer aspects at the start of most of his Mario projects. But when this experiment failed, the developers and the players focused back to what they are used to, single-player. One of the reasons this was not achieved previous is due to technical limitations. With the Wii's hardware, it allowed him to make sure the game had all the items and enemies in the screen at once, and having the camera focusing on all the players at once.[9]
Additionally, Nintendo is planning to add the new "demo play" feature to their future titles, with New Super Mario Bros. Wii being the flagship title for the feature. A patent on the game, then called "Kind Code", was filed by Miyamoto on June 30, 2008. It showed that it could come in three modes: Game (in which the player plays the game normally until they get stuck, at which point they can view a video that appears on the screen's top right corner on how to bypass the situation in question), Digest (in which the player watches the developers play through the game until the player decides to join the game at a particular point; the game cannot be saved in this mode), and Scene Menu (where players go directly to specific parts of the game without loading their games or watching the digest). In the final game, the Digest version of the "demo play" mode was released as "Super Guide".[10]
Characters
- Mario
- Luigi
- Blue Toad
- Yellow Toad
- Yoshi (rideable, Green, Yellow, Pink and Light Blue confirmed (it should be noted that the Red Yoshi was used instead of the Pink one in earlier trailers)
- Large, green flying Manta Rays (which wear goggles much like Dolphins)
- Princess Peach
- Bowser
- Koopalings[8]
- Larry Koopa - World 1[11]
- Roy Koopa - World 2[11]
- Lemmy Koopa - World 3[11]
- Wendy O. Koopa - Unknown
- Iggy Koopa - Unknown
- Morton Koopa Jr. - Unknown
- Ludwig von Koopa - Unknown
- Bowser Jr. (The Player will fight him in World 4 on an Airship[12]) [8][11]
- Kamek[11]
- Toad (red spots and blue vest)[13]
- It has been stated that there would be 4 hidden bosses.
Enemies
- Goombas
- Paragoombas
- Micro Goombas
- Grand Goombas
- Koopa Troopas
- Koopa Paratroopas
- Piranha Plants
- Venus Fire Traps
- Dry Bones
- Swoopers
- Buzzy Beetles
- Bob-ombs
- Boos
- Big Boo
- Stretches
- Bullet Bills
- Banzai Bills
- Thwomps
- Super Thwomps
- Hammer Bros.
- Fire Bros.
- Boomerang Bros.
- Podoboos
- Bloopers
- Blooper Nannies
- Baby Bloopers
- Ice Bros.
- Unnamed Pokey-like vines
- Unnamed cloud-like enemies similar to Fwooshes.
- Unnamed penguin enemy.
- Spiny Cheep-Cheeps
- Cheep-Cheeps
- Urchins
- Mega Urchins
- Unnamed Crab-like enemies
- Pokeys
- Fire Snake
- Wigglers
- Spikes
- Magikoopas
- Unnamed angler fish-like enemy
- Unnamed Piranha Plant enemy with legs (Compared to the Ptooie)
- Lakitus
- Spinies
- Unnamed clam-like enemy (Possibly the same Clam from Super Mario Galaxy)
- Mecha-Koopa
Items
- Mushroom
- Mini Mushroom[14]
- Propeller Mushroom
- Penguin Suit[3]
- Fire Flower[3]
- Ice Flower[14]
- Coin
- Red Ring
- Red Coin
- Star Coin
- Star
- Berries
- POW Block [15]
- Grab Block
- Glow Block
- Barrel
- 1-Up Mushroom
- ? Block
- Brick Block
- Propeller Block (conjectural name)
- Toad Balloon (conjectural name)
- Silver Coin
- P-Switches
- Donut Lifts
Gallery
Screenshots
- NSMBWii TitleScreen.PNG
The title screen.
- AddDrop Players.PNG
The Add/Drop Players menu.
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The four in Larry Koopa's tower. The Yellow Toad has a Fire Flower, while the Blue Toad is wearing the Propeller Suit.
- 2 NSMBWii.pngLuigi and the Yellow Toad, using Fire Flowers.
- Yoshis.jpg
A Yellow and Blue Toad riding Yoshis. Mario has a Fire Flower, while Luigi and the Yellow Toad are small.
- 7 NSMBWii.PNG
Mario, Luigi, and the two Toads in a desert area. The Blue Toad is small.
- IceStagePenguins.jpg
An ice stage, with Penguin enemies, and a Toad and Mario wearing the Penguin suit.
- CavePipes.jpg
A underground level with pipes. Fire Mario, Fire Yellow Toad, Blue Toad and Small Luigi are there.
- Larry Koopa.jpg
Fire Mario dodging Larry Koopa's attacks.
- MortonNSMBWii.jpg
Fire Mario faces Morton Koopa Jr.
- RoyBattle.jpg
Mario and Roy Koopa
- Lemmy Koopa NSMWii.PNG
Lemmy and the Mario Bros.
- NSMBWiiss1.png
Mario, Luigi and two Toads in a sky area. Everyone but Mario have the Propeller Mushroom.
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Everybody using the penguin suit on a snowy stage.
- Nsmb002.jpg
Fire Mario, Luigi, small Yellow Toad and Fire Blue Toad on a boat.
- Nsmb003.jpg
Mario, small Luigi, Yellow Toad and small Blue Toad in an underground level.
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Plains
- Somethingnsmbwii.jpg
Dark underwater stage.
- Beachnsmbwii.jpg
Fire Mario on a Beach stage.
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Fire Mario on a Poison River stage.
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Mario inside an Ice Cave.
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World 5 - Forest
- Ice Bro..PNG
Mario and Luigi fighting three Ice Bros.
- Desernsmbwii.jpg
Mario, Fire Luigi, Fire Blue Toad and Yellow Toad on a Desert stage.
- Fwooshnsmbwii.jpg
Mario and a Fwoosh-like enemy.
- Jellyfishnsmbwii.jpg
Mario swimming alongside Jellyfishes.
- Mountainnsmbwii.jpg
Mario and Luigi on a rock part from a Beach stage.
- Mushroomskynsmbwii.jpg
Tall Mushroom stages returns.
- Penguinnsmbwii.jpg
Penguin Mario sliding for the Star Coin.
- Swoopernsmbwii.jpg
Fire Blue and Yellow Toads, Luigi and Mario on an underground boat alongside Swoopers.
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Ice Mario on a mountain stage.
- Skynsmbwii.jpg
Propeller Mario flying carrying Luigi.
- Superguidensmbwii.jpg
Super Guide mode in action.
- World3nsmbwii.jpg
World 3 - Snow
- Bonusnsmbwii.JPG
Bonus stage which the player must pop the highest number of balloons to earn 1UPs.
- Brosnsmbwii.JPG
Mario Bros.-like stage from Coin Battle mode.
- DEDAAnsmbwii.JPG
Ice Mario falling into the lava.
- Desertstormnsmbwii.JPG
Mario and Luigi on the desert during a sand storm.
- Goombansmbwii.JPG
Ice Mario and Ice Luigi inside a cave.
- Goombaslidensmbwii.JPG
Mario sliding.
- Itemsnsmbwuii.JPG
Item storage system, like the one in Super Mario Bros. 3.
- Larrycastlensmbwii.JPG
Mario and Luigi with Larry Koopa's castle key.
- Selectnsmbwii.JPG
"Match-two" game.
- Supahsuydensmbwii.JPG
Mario, activating the Super Guide mode.
- World12nsmbwii.JPG
World 1-2 from Super Mario Bros. look-alike.
- Worldselectnsmbwii.JPG
World select screen.
- Wtfnsmbwii.JPG
Somewhere over the clouds.
- Yoshiinsmbwii.JPG
Two Yoshis ready to help Mario and Luigi.
- Desertssnsmbwii.jpg
Ice Mario on the desert during a sand storm.
- Icecave.jpg
The heroes on a ice castle that belongs to Lemmy Koopa.
- Someonecastle.jpg
Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad sliding down ropes.
- Tuompnsmbwii.jpg
Mario, Luigi, Yellow Toad and Blue Toad on a castle with Thwomps.
Artwork
- NSMBWii.jpg
White background earlier group art - Nsmbwii1 2.jpg
Full background final group art - MarioNSMBWii.PNG
- NsmbMario.jpg
Mario - NSMBwii Marioandshell.jpg
Mario - Starmanmario.jpg
Invincible Mario - Rvl mariobrosw 01char e3.jpg
Mario riding Green Yoshi - MarioPropella.png
- LuigiNSMBWii.PNG
- NSMBwii Yyoshi.jpg
Luigi riding a Yellow Yoshi - Bluetoad2.jpg
- BlueToad.png
Blue Toad - BlueToadOnYoshi.jpg
Blue Toad, riding a Red Yoshi (earlier artwork) - Bluepinktoadyoshi.png
Blue Toad, riding a Pink Yoshi (later artwork) 
Propeller Blue Toad - NSMBwii yellowtoad.jpg
- YellowToad2.png
Yellow Toad 
Yellow Toad riding a Light Blue Yoshi - Rvl mariobrosw 02char e3.jpg
Yellow Toad and Luigi - Propeller Yellow Toad.PNG
Propeller Yellow Toad - MPeachNSMBW.png
- NSMBwii koopalings.jpg
The Koopalings - Bowser Jr NSMBWii.png
Bowser Jr. on his "younger" Koopa Clown Car - Lakitu.jpg
- NSMBwii spinyegg.jpg
- NSMBwii 1upshroom.jpg
Logo and Boxart
- NSMB Wii.jpg
Earlier design of the box art. It has only English text on it.
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Second version of the box art. Notice that the rating has changed from RP to E and now has English, French, and Spanish text on it[16].
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Final North American design, featuring red frames.
- NSMBWAUBoxart.jpg
Australia's Boxart, featuring red frames.
- NSMBW Euro Boxart.jpg
Europe's Boxart, featuring red frames.
- NSMBWredcover.PNG
German Boxart, featuring red frames.
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Front cover from Gamestation's special edition boxart.
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Back cover from Gamestation's special edition boxart.
- NEWSuperMarioBrosWiiTitle.png
The New Super Mario Bros. Wii title.
Trivia
- This will be the first 3-dimensional game to feature the Koopalings.
- This will also be the first time that Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings will be in the same game.
- Remakes aside, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the first 2-D platformer (aside from remakes) Mario game to appear on a home console since Super Mario World - released 19 years prior.
- Yoshi makes the same noises in this game as he did in Super Mario World.
- This will be the first Mario platformer game to feature co-op mode and vs. mode at the same time since the Mario Bros. game.
- The New Super Mario Bros. Wii cover has a red Wii frame instead of the standard white frame. This is not the first boxart of a Mario Universe game to have this unique feature. The other was WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, which had a yellow GameCube frame, instead of a black frame on European boxarts.
- The Fire Yellow Toad´s Head has the same colors as a Mega Mushroom.
Beta Elements
- Main article: New Super Mario Bros. Wii/Beta elements
References
- ^ a b Super Guide information at Kotaku.com
- ^ Famitsu's Scans
- ^ a b c Trailer
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. Wii - PAX 2009 Interview - G4
- ^ Scullion, Chris (10/23/2009) "New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Your Questions Answered!". Nintendo: The Official Magazine. Retrieved on 2009-10-24
- ^ E3 Gameplay Video
- ^ http://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP248_NSMB.pdf Nintendo Power
- ^ a b c d e Mode information by Kotaku.com
- ^ Klepek, Patrick (6/2/2009) "New Super Mario Bros. Achieves Shigeru Miyamoto's Dream: Multiplayer - G4tv.com". G4TV. Retrieved 2009-6-2
- ^ Kotaku - Nintendo Patent Reveals Potential Paradigm Shift in Design - Wii
- ^ a b c d e http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9006374&publicUserId=5379721
- ^ Twelve Great Things About New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- ^ Intro cinematic
- ^ a b New Super Mario Bros. Wii Hands-on at IGN.com
- ^ Scan
- ^ Final boxart showing a Wii logo on red background instead of white background
Game Footage
External Links
- Australian Website for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- American Website for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- European Website for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- Japanese Website for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii E3 2009 Trailer
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii Newest Trailer
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii Super Skills Trailer
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii Gameplay Trailer
