New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Template:Infobox New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a sidescrolling Mario game for the Wii, and has been released in Australia on November 12, 2009 and North America on November 15 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 also features a multiplayer mode for up to four players. It features more items, new levels and more enemies than the DS predecessor. It's also 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. However, 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] Template:Spoiler When Mario finally gets to the final castle, Mario finds none other than Bowser himself. Mario has to jump on the button to defeat Bowser, sending him falling into the lava below. After, Mario celebrates his victory, Mario sees Peach crying in a cage. However, she turns out to be Kamek in Peach's dress. Kamek then powers Bowser up, ten times his normal size. After Bowser has been powered up, Mario can do nothing but flee the giant boss. Soon Mario finds a dead end with a huge button. He pushes it, and the giant Bowser falls into the lava again. Just then, Princess Peach is released from her cage, and the two set off, out of the castle. As they venture out, they see Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad arrive in their hot air balloons. Luigi lets Mario and Peach into his balloon and is accidentally left behind. The two Toads then offer Luigi a ride in their balloon. As they sail off, Peach asks Mario to tell her of their adventures.
After the credits, Larry Koopa is seen limping toward Bowser's Castle. He meets Bowser Jr., who shows Larry the rest of the Koopalings trying to push the giant Bowser right side up. They finally succeed, with a huge thud, causing the castle to fall on top of Bowser and the Koopalings.[3]
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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 or even fall into the pit, 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.[4] 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[5]. However, if the players reach the end of the level while riding on their Yoshis, they would have to leave their mounts behind. Basically, this means that there are only certain levels in which players can ride Yoshis[6]; this is similar to how the animal buddies worked in Donkey Kong Country. The Spin Jump from Super Mario World returns.[7]
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.[8]
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 nine worlds[9], that will all have a world map just like in New Super Mario Bros. There will still be Toad Houses and Towers and castles. Enemies will also patrol in the overworld.
Once a level is beaten, players can return to it for a special mission to rescue a kidnapped Toad[9] 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[9].
World 9 (Rainbow World) is unlocked after completing the game. There are 8 stages in that world, and each stage is unlocked by collecting all the star coins in one of the 8 normal worlds.
Worlds
- World 1 - Mushroom Plains
- World 2 - Sea of Sand
- World 3 - Penguin Playground
- World 4 - Sparkle Ocean
- World 5 - Toxic Forest
- World 6 - Stone Head Mountains
- World 7 - Cloud Castle Courtyard
- World 8 - Bowser's Volcano
- World 9 - Rainbow Path (Bonus World)[10][3]
Development
According to Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto had 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.[11]
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".[12]
Characters
- Mario
- Luigi
- Blue Toad
- Yellow Toad
- Yoshi (rideable, Green, Yellow, Pink and Light Blue.)
- Princess Peach
- Bowser[13]
- Koopalings[9]
- Larry Koopa - World 1[14]
- Roy Koopa - World 2[14]
- Lemmy Koopa - World 3[14]
- Wendy O. Koopa - World 4[15]
- Iggy Koopa - World 5[15]
- Morton Koopa Jr. - World 6[15]
- Ludwig von Koopa - World 7[15]
- Bowser Jr.[16][9][14]
- Kamek[14]
- Toad (red spots and blue vest)[17]
- Jumbo Rays
- Bonecoasters
Enemies
Bosses
- World 1
- Larry Koopa - Tower boss
- Larry Koopa - Castle boss
- World 2
- World 3
- Lemmy Koopa - Tower boss
- Lemmy Koopa - Castle boss
- World 4
- Wendy O. Koopa - Tower boss
- Wendy O. Koopa - Castle boss
- Bowser Jr. - Airship boss
- World 5
- Iggy Koopa - Tower boss
- Iggy Koopa - Castle boss
- World 6
- Morton Koopa Jr. - Tower boss
- Morton Koopa Jr. - Castle boss
- Bowser Jr. - Airship boss
- World 7
- Ludwig Von Koopa - Tower boss
- Ludwig Von Koopa - Castle boss
- World 8
- Kamek - Tower boss
- Bowser Jr. - Airship boss
- Bowser - Bowser's Castle boss
Normal Enemies
- Goombas
- Paragoombas
- Micro Goombas
- Grand Goombas
- Koopa Troopas
- Koopa Paratroopas
- Piranha Plants
- Super Piranha Plants
- Venus Fire Traps
- Mega Venus Fire Traps
- Stalking Piranha Plants
- River Piranha Plants
- Munchers
- Wigglers
- Mega Wigglers
- Spikes
- Stone Spikes
- Chain Chomps
Ground Enemies
Ghost Enemies
- Boos
- Big Boos
- Broozers
- Little Mousers
- Flying Ghost Vases
Artillery Enemies
Fire Enemies
Water Enemies
- Bloopers
- Blooper Nannies
- Baby Bloopers
- Fishbones
- Spiny Cheep-Cheeps
- Cheep-Cheeps
- Mega Cheep-Cheeps
- Deep-Cheeps
- Mega Deep-Cheeps
- Cheep-Cheep Schools
- Porcu-Puffers
- Urchins
- Mega Urchins
- Clams
- Jellybeams
- Bulbers
- Cheep-Chomps
Desert Enemies
Ice Enemies
Castle Enemies
- Dry Bones
- Super Dry Bones
- Thwomps
- Super Thwomps
- Ball 'n' Chains
- Magikoopas
- Mecha-Koopas
- Amps
- Climbing Koopas
- Black Spiked Balls
- Giant Spike Pillars
Various Enemies
- Hammer Bros.
- Fire Bros.
- Boomerang Bros.
- Sledge Bros.
- Ice Bros.
- Huckit Crabs
- Bramballs
- Foos
- Fuzzies
- Mega Fuzzies
- Crowbers
Mini-games
Blocks
- ? Blocks
- Bricks
- Line-Guided ? Blocks
- Line-Guided Bricks
- Giant yellow block with random items
- Super Guide Blocks
- White-Green Checkered Blocks (Like a Note Block)
- POW Block [18]
- Glow Blocks
- Red Blocks (activated when hitting the red switch)
- White Smile Blocks
- Propeller Blocks
- Shiny Blocks
- Flying ? Blocks
- Big ? Blocks
Items
- Mushroom
- Mini Mushroom[19]
- Propeller Mushroom
- Penguin Suit[4]
- Fire Flower[4]
- Ice Flower[19]
- Coin
- Coin Bubble
- Dash Coin
- Red Ring
- Red Coin
- Blue Coin
- Star Coin
- Star
- Berries
- Barrel
- 1-Up Mushroom
- Toad Balloon
- Silver Coin
- P-Switches
- Springboards
- Donut Lifts
- Midway Point
- Beanstalk
- Red Spikes (destroyed by fireball or iceball)
- Frozen Coin Block
- Hero Car
- Giant Bubble
- Red Switch
References to Other Games
- Mario Bros.: The POW Block reappears and has the same design as in Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Bros.: The secret "Level Clear" tune is taken from this game. The first tunes from the overworld theme is played during the beginning of the Staff Roll. The Toy Time Galaxy, which is a remix of the main theme, is once again remixed and used for the minigames. In the beginning of the game, Bowser Jr. states in a letter that he ordered his minions to stuff every Toad they see into ? Block which might be a reference to the fact that Bowser transformed them into ? Blocks according to the instruction book.
- Super Mario Bros. 2: Mario, Luigi, and the two Toads' ability to hold and throw POW Blocks (and some other items) came from this game.
- Super Mario Bros. 3: The Penguin Suit is based on the suits in this game. The Koopaling battle theme is remixed twice and once again played when fighting against them. The airship theme is remixed twice and plays on the airships. The design on the Fortress is based on the Fortress sprite in this game. The Enemy Courses are similar to the levels when fighting against a Hammer Bro., Fire Bro., Boomerang Bro. or Sumo Bro. and even use a remix of that song.
- Super Mario World: The design on the Fortress-doors leading to the boss is noticeably similar. Yoshis reappear and are rideable.
- Donkey Kong Country: Players could only use the animal buddies in specific levels; Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong end up ditching their animal buddies when a level is complete. Apparently, those mechanics are used for the Yoshis in this game. Also, the ability to pick up and toss barrels seems to be "borrowed" from this series.
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Just before the main boss of the level, Kamek will appear and fly all over the room, using his magic on the room and boss. Also, his attack pattern during the boss battle is identical to what he did in Yoshi's Island, right before Yoshi and Baby Mario entered Baby Bowser's room.
- Super Mario 64: "Inside the Castle Walls" is played inside Princess Peach's Castle.
- Mario Kart 64: About 30 seconds in the Rainbow Path, a tune remixed from the Rainbow Road theme can be heard.
- New Super Mario Bros.: Many of the tiles are based on them in this game. Also, some of the songs are remixed.
- Super Mario Galaxy: During the Staff Roll, Princess Peach states that she'll wait for Mario at the night of the Star Festival, just to be abducted by Bowser. The Toy Time Galaxy theme is remixed for the minigames.
Gallery
Screenshots
- NSMBWii TitleScreen.PNG
The title screen.
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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.
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A Yellow and Blue Toad riding Yoshis. Mario has a Fire Flower, while Luigi and the Yellow Toad are small.
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An ice stage, with Penguin enemies, and a Toad and Mario wearing the Penguin suit.
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A underground level with pipes. Fire Mario, Fire Yellow Toad, Blue Toad and Small Luigi are there.
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An airship level.
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Fire Mario dodging Larry Koopa's attacks.
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Mario and Roy Koopa
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The Hero Car and Bowser Jr.'s Clown Car collide.
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Lemmy and the Mario Bros.
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Fire Mario faces Morton Koopa Jr.
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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.
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Fire Mario, Luigi, small Yellow Toad and Fire Blue Toad on a boat.
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Mario, small Luigi, Yellow Toad and small Blue Toad in an underground level.
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Plains
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Dark underwater stage.
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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
Mario and Luigi fighting three Hammer Bros. resembling creatures.
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Mario, Fire Luigi, Fire Blue Toad and Yellow Toad on a Desert stage.
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Mario and a Fwoosh-like enemy.
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Mario swimming alongside Jellyfishes.
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Mario and Luigi on a rock part from a Beach stage.
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Tall Mushroom stages returns.
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Penguin Mario sliding for the Star Coin.
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Fire Blue and Yellow Toads, Luigi and Mario on an underground boat alongside Swoopers.
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Ice Mario on a mountain stage.
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Propeller Mario flying carrying Luigi.
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Super Guide mode in action.
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World 3 - Penguin Playground.
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Bonus stage which the player must pop the highest number of balloons to earn 1UPs.
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Mario Bros.-like stage from Coin Battle mode.
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Ice Mario falling into the lava.
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Mario and Luigi on the desert during a sand storm.
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Ice Mario and Ice Luigi inside a cave.
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Mario sliding.
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Item storage system, like the one in Super Mario Bros. 3.
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Mario and Luigi with Larry Koopa's castle key.
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Power-Up Panels mini-game.
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Mario, activating the Super Guide mode.
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World 1-2 from Super Mario Bros. look-alike.
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World 9 map screen.
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Somewhere over the clouds.
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Two Yoshis ready to help Mario and Luigi.
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Ice Mario in the desert during a sand storm.
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The heroes in an ice castle that belongs to Lemmy Koopa.
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Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad sliding down ropes.
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Mario, Luigi, Yellow Toad and Blue Toad on a castle with Thwomps.
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Yellow Fire Toad throwing fireballs at a Porcu-Puffer.
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Mario, Luigi, and the Toads swinging on vines.
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An underwater area.
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The playable character on top of a boat.
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Mario, approaching a Koopa.
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Mario near some Pokeys and a Lakitu.
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Mario bashes a Glow Block with Fishbones below the platform.
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Mario near two blue Spike-like creatures that throw spikeballs made out of rock.
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Mario faces Bowser.
- Bow 2.jpg
Bowser grows in size.
- Bow 3.jpg
Bowser's defeat.
Artwork
NOTE: Other artwork for this game that's not shown here was previously seen in New Super Mario Bros..
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White background earlier group art - Nsmbwii1 2.jpg
Full background final group art - MarioNSMBWii.PNG
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Mario - NSMBwii Marioandshell.jpg
Mario - NSMB Ice Mario.png
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Mario riding Green Yoshi - MarioPropella.png
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Luigi - 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
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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 - NSMBwii peach.jpg
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Bowser Jr. on his "younger" Koopa Clown Car - NSMBwii koopalings.jpg
The Koopalings - BooNSMBWii.PNG
- Lakitu.jpg
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- Propeller Mushroom.png
Pink Yoshi Egg 
Yellow Yoshi Egg 
Light Blue Yoshi Egg - Used Block.PNG
- POWBlockNSMBW.png
- NSMBwii 1upshroom.jpg
- MiniMushroom NSMB Wii.png
- NSMBwii coin.jpg
Logo and Boxart
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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[20].
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Final North American design, featuring red frames.
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Australia's Boxart, featuring red frames.
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Europe's Boxart, featuring red frames.
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German Boxart, featuring red frames.
Japanese 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.
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The New Super Mario Bros. Wii title.
Trivia
- This is the first 3-dimensional game to feature the Koopalings, and the first game to feature the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. together.
- 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. Similar on its style is WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, which had a yellow GameCube frame, instead of a black frame on European boxarts.
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the second Wii Game to break the tradition of a white box. The first game was Metroid Prime Trilogy.
- The original New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS, also has a different colored box. This game had a yellow box, instead of a black box, but only in Japan.
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 World 8 Final Boss Battle and Ending
- ^ 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
- ^ Official OST Rip
- ^ 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
- ^ World 8 Final Boss Battle and Ending
- ^ a b c d e http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9006374&publicUserId=5379721
- ^ a b c d http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/smnj/index.html
- ^ Twelve Great Things About New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- ^ Intro cinematic
- ^ Scan
- ^ a b New Super Mario Bros. Wii Hands-on at IGN.com
- ^ Final boxart showing a Wii logo on red background instead of white background
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
