Everyone
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
89
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.9
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

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

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User Reviews

Mario finally returns to his roots Matt Neuteboom (941) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
So New It Smells Like New MasterMegid (801) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Why Mario Is King Of 2D. Guy Chapman (1718) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Buy this game or else! I mean it! Fake Spam (94) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
Back to where he truly shines, 20 years on... Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9944) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
Finally a new Mario side scrolling game, and it's awesome! Rensch (165) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
The best Mario game since Super Mario World Chris Wright (84) 4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars
Mamma Mia! NeoJ (160) 3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars

The Press Says

Portable Review May 30, 2006 40 out of 40 100
RewiredMind 2006 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Atomic Gamer May 21, 2006 97 out of 100 97
Christ Centered Game Reviews Dec 14, 2006 94.5 out of 100 94
Game Informer Magazine Jul, 2006 9.25 out of 10 92
Nintendojo 2006 9.2 out of 10 92
TTGamer Aug 09, 2006 9 out of 10 90
Gamezine Jun 30, 2006 18 out of 20 90
GameStar (Italy) Jun 30, 2006 82 out of 100 82
VGPub May 11, 2006 6 out of 10 60

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
So far, I've got mixed feelings... 1 Norfolk Starling (369)
Sep 28, 2007

Trivia

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.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Keeper Garrett (883) on May 08, 2006.
 

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