New Super Mario Bros.

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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.

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Alternate Titles

• "新超级马里奥兄弟" -- Chinese spelling (Simplified)
• "Xin Chaoji Maliao Xiongdi" -- Chinese title
• "NSMB" -- Abbreviation
• "ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ" -- Japanese spelling
• "뉴 슈퍼 마리오브라더스" -- Korean spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Whac-A-Mole
• Mario games
• Super Mario series

User Reviews

Mario finally returns to his roots	Nintendo DS	Matt Neuteboom (989)
So New It Smells Like New	Nintendo DS	MasterMegid (902)
Why Mario Is King Of 2D.	Nintendo DS	Guy Chapman (2001)
Buy this game or else! I mean it!	Nintendo DS	Fake Spam (94)
Back to where he truly shines, 20 years on...	Nintendo DS	Kartanym (12771)
Finally a new Mario side scrolling game, and it's awesome!	Nintendo DS	Rensch (218)
The best Mario game since Super Mario World	Nintendo DS	Chris Wright (105)
Mamma Mia!	Nintendo DS	NeoJ (455)

Critic Reviews

Snackbar-Games.com	Nintendo DS	May 29, 2006	5 out of 5	100
IGN	Nintendo DS	May 06, 2006	9.5 out of 10	95
GamePro (Australia)	Nintendo DS	Jun, 2006	9.5 out of 10	95
Sliced Gaming (GameBiz)	Nintendo DS	Jul 14, 2006	9.5 out of 10	95
Fragland.net	Nintendo DS	Aug 09, 2006	94 out of 100	94
UGO (UnderGroundOnline)	Nintendo DS	2006	A-	91
Nintendo Life	Nintendo DS	Jul 04, 2006		90
Planet GameCube	Nintendo DS	May 16, 2006	9 out of 10	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Nintendo DS	Jun 23, 2006	17 out of 20	85
Game Shark	Nintendo DS	Jun 15, 2006	B+	83

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
So far, I've got mixed feelings...	1	DarkBubble (376) Sep 28, 2007

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 30.79 million copies sold in total.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2006 – Best DS Game of the Year
  • 2006 – Best Dexterity Game of the Year
• GamePro (Germany)
  • February 01, 2007 - Best Handheld Game in 2006 (Readers' Vote)
• GameSpy
  • 2006 – #2 Handheld Game of the Year
  • 2006 – Nintendo DS Game of the Year
  • 2006 – Nintendo DS Game of the Year (Gamers' Vote)
  • 2006 – Nintendo DS Platformer of the Year
• Golden Joystick Awards
  • 2006 - The Official Nintendo Magazine Nintendo Game of the Year

Information also contributed by Ben K.

Related Web Sites

• iQue DS page (Page for the Chinese iQue release.)
• New Super Mario Bros. (Official game web site by Nintendo of America.)