New Super Mario Bros. (2006)

New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer game for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game Mario Vs. Luigi, as well as a minigame mode for up to four players. The gameplay of New Super Mario Bros. is very much like that of the classic 2D platformers, mostly Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3, and substantially builds upon them to create gameplay both classic and contemporary. As the game is on DS, the touch screen allows players to store an additional power-up and view the distance still to go in a level. Emergency News Flash! Princess Peach has been kidnapped! While enjoying a picnic with Mario, the beloved ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom was whisked away by an unknown assailant. How could this happen with Mario around? According to Mario, the walk was going swimmingly when Mario and the princess spotted smoke billowing out of Peach’s Castle. The mustachioed marvel immediately jumped into action and sped off toward the fire. The moment he left her side, the princess vanished! Who’s behind Princess Peach’s disappearance? Who’s behind the attack on Peach’s Castle? Are the two incidents related? Didn’t Bowser Jr. once think Princess Peach might be his mother? Looks like Mario’s going to need all the Mega Mushrooms he can find to get to the bottom of this mess.

Platform Adventure Action ghosts gravity minigames shark death 2.5d gambling side-scrolling multiple protagonists time limit undead princessWii U, Nintendo DS

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Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo, iQue
Released: May 15, 2006
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 3 h rushed · 3 h main story · 20 h completionist

IGDB rating 8.8/10 from 414 ratings.

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