Description
In an all new 2D side-scrolling adventure, Mario and Luigi return after nearly fifteen years. The first traditional Mario Bros. game since
Super Mario World.
The character models are rendered in real time 3D, allowing for a far greater number of moves ever before seen in a Mario Bros. title. Also 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.
Bowser and Bowser Jr. has kidnapped Princess Peach, and of course, it is up to Mario and Luigi to rescue her and take down the troublemakers. There are eight new worlds to explore, much like in
Mario 3: they are Plains, Desert, Tropical Island, Forest, Ice, Mountains, Sky, and Bowser's Lair.
The eight worlds have eighty distinct levels as well as many secrets that will only be found on careful examination. There are also many new power-ups (the mega mushroom and Koopa shell, for instance) for the brothers to collect.
Alternate Titles
- "新超级马里奥兄弟" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "Xin Chaoji Maliao Xiongdi" -- Chinese Title
- "NSMB" -- Abbreviation
- "New スーパーマリオブラザーズ" -- Japanese Spelling
- "뉴 슈퍼 마리오브라더스" -- Korean spelling
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Gaming Age |
May 25, 2006 |
A |
100 |
| The Video Game Critic |
Jun 10, 2006 |
A+ |
100 |
| Atomic Gamer |
May 21, 2006 |
97 out of 100 |
97 |
| Sliced Gaming (GameBiz) |
Jul 14, 2006 |
9.5 out of 10 |
95 |
| Entertainment Depot, The |
May 26, 2006 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| Gamestyle |
2006 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Modojo |
May 17, 2006 |
  |
80 |
| Mygamer.com |
May 22, 2006 |
7.6 out of 10 |
76 |
| Digital Press - Classic Video Games |
May 24, 2006 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| Game Critics |
Jul 26, 2006 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
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Trivia
Competition
To celebrate Mario's 20th anniversary,
Nintendo Australia ran a competition that anyone who purchased an Australian copy of
New Super Mario Bros. could enter. The major prize was a trip for 4 to America to visit the Nintendo World Store with $1000 spending money. There were also twenty runner-up prizes of limited edition "Happy! Mario 20th" T-shirts.
Packaging
The Japanese version of the game was packaged in a special Nintendo DS case - instead of the plastic being black, it was bright yellow.
Sales
In December 2010,
New Super Mario Bros. became the first Nintendo DS game to sell over six million copies in Japan. It accomplished this after being on the market for almost five years. It's also the best selling game worldwide for the system, with more than 24 million copies sold in total.
Awards
New Super Mario Bros. won "The Official Nintendo Magazine Nintendo Game of the Year" category in the 2006 Golden Joystick Awards.
The game has also appeared on a number of magazines' "Top Video Games" lists, including:
- At the event "GameStar/GamePro Leserpreis 2006" (February 1, 2007) New Super Mario Bros. received the trophy "Best Handheld Game in 2006" after the reader's voting of German gaming magazine GamePro.
Information also contributed by
Ben K.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Keeper Garrett (969) on May 08, 2006.
