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==Gameplay Features== | ==Gameplay Features== | ||
[[Image:7 NSMBWii.PNG|thumb|left|A level being played by four players.]] | [[Image:7 NSMBWii.PNG|thumb|left|A level being played by four players.]] | ||
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. The camera pans as players move | 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. The camera pans as players move and zoom in and out as players move farther away or closer to each other. However, there is a limit, and players who are far behind can lose a life. When a player loses a life, he/she reappears in a bubble. The player can shake the Wii Remote to move the bubble closer to the surviving platers. They can burst that bubble to allow the reappearing player to continue playing. However, if everyone dies, or if someone dies and everyone else is in a bubble, then the players must restart the level. | ||
[[? Blocks]] usually create one item for each player, but only if the player is not in a bubble. For example, a block can produce four [[mushroom]]s when four players are playing, but it only produces three if one player is in a bubble. | |||
The | A player can place himself/herself in a bubble by pressing the A button on the Wii Remote or the C button if a player is using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck. The player inside the bubble cannot be harmed by anything. The player inside the bubble can shake the Wii Remote to bring himself/herself closer to the players that are not in the bubble. Bubbles can only burst when a player not in a bubble comes in contact with the bubble or throws a fireball/iceball at the bubble. If all the players are in a bubble, they have to restart the level. They return to normal form, but they do not lose any lives. | ||
When one player grabs the [[flagpole]] at the end of the level, the other players have a limited amount of time to grab the flagpole before the level ends. However, not all the players are required to grab the flagpole at the end of the level. | |||
[[Image:Penguinsuit.jpg|thumb|The light on the boat's direction being changed by tilting the Wii Remote.]] | [[Image:Penguinsuit.jpg|thumb|The light on the boat's direction being changed by tilting the Wii Remote.]] | ||
Players play the game holding the [[Wii Remote]] sideways. Tilting the Wii Remote | Players play the game holding the [[Wii Remote]] sideways or by using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck combination. Tilting the Wii Remote (even with the Nunchuck) can perform actions such as changing the direction of a light or tilting platforms when activated. Players can activate these by standing on them; the color and the symbol of the character on the platform determines who is controlling them. | ||
Shaking the Wii remote activates the spin jump, seen in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Players can carry objects such as frozen enemies and barrels by pressing 1 (or B with Wii Remote and Nunchuck) and shaking the Wii Remote near the object. | |||
It's possible to ride on [[Yoshi]] as well.<ref name=NSMBW>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTo3m3pVQyM Trailer]</ref> Yoshi can swallow many different objects in the game including [[hammer]]s thrown by [[Hammer Bro.|Hammer Bros.]](but not the Hammer Bros. themselves), [[fireball]]s shot by a player with a [[Fire Flower]], and as well as iceballs shot by a player wielding an [[Ice Flower]] or [[Penguin Suit]]. Yoshi can then spit these objects out. Yoshi can also carry other players in his mouth for a short period of time and use his [[Flutter Jump]], a move of his first introduced in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''<ref name=G4>[http://g4tv.com/videos/41330/New-Super-Mario-Bros-Wii-PAX-2009-Interview/ New Super Mario Bros. Wii - PAX 2009 Interview - G4]</ref>. Yoshi also has the ability to swallow apples throughout the course. When Yoshi eats an apple, a count appears to see how many apples Yoshi has swallowed. If Yoshi eats five [[apple]]s, the player gets a reward such as a 1-up or power-up item. Yoshi cannot use his tongue to help characters obtain power-ups, unlike in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', because Yoshi keeps the power-up in his mouth. | |||
However, if the players reach the end of the level while riding on their Yoshis, they have to leave their mounts behind. Therefore, there are only certain levels in which players can ride Yoshis<ref>Scullion, Chris (10/23/2009) "[http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=12629 New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Your Questions Answered!]". Nintendo: The Official Magazine. Retrieved on 2009-10-24</ref>. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0DGkafnnZY E3 Gameplay Video]</ref> | |||
On the map screen, pressing 1 (or B with the Nunchcuk) 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.<ref>http://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP248_NSMB.pdf Nintendo Power</ref> | |||
===Super Guide=== | ===Super Guide=== | ||
[[Image:Nsmbw_superguide.png|thumb|200px|right|The Super Guide mode in action.]] | [[Image:Nsmbw_superguide.png|thumb|200px|right|The Super Guide mode in action.]] | ||
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.<ref name="kotaku-superguide"/> The only disadvantage to getting the Super Guide is that the | 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.<ref name="kotaku-superguide"/> The only disadvantage to getting the Super Guide block is that the stars on save file will not shine. | ||
==Levels== | ==Levels== | ||
[[Image:AddDrop Players.PNG|thumb|left|Players being added into the game get to choose their own characters.]] | [[Image:AddDrop Players.PNG|thumb|left|Players being added into the game get to choose their own characters.]] | ||
The game has nine worlds<ref name="kotaku-info">[http://kotaku.com/5374669/new-super-mario-bros-wii-preview-all-the-modes-all-the-chaos Mode information by Kotaku.com]</ref>, that all have a world map just like in ''New Super Mario Bros.'' There still are [[Toad House]]s and [[Tower]]s and [[castle]]s. Enemies also patrol in the overworld. | The game has nine worlds<ref name="kotaku-info">[http://kotaku.com/5374669/new-super-mario-bros-wii-preview-all-the-modes-all-the-chaos Mode information by Kotaku.com]</ref>, that all have a world map just like in ''New Super Mario Bros.'' There still are [[Toad House]]s and [[Tower]]s and [[castle]]s. Enemies also patrol in the overworld. If the enemies come in contact with the player(s), the player(s) must play a mini-boss level. The player(s) must collect 8 Toad balloons to make a chest with a Toad trapped in it appear. If the player(s) saves the Toad, the Toad rewards the player(s) three mushrooms for the item storage. Each miniboss level is different on each world. | ||
Once a level is beaten, players can return to it for a special mission to rescue a kidnapped [[Toad (species)|Toad]]<ref name="kotaku-info"/> and carry him to the level exit. | Once a level is beaten, players can return to it for a special mission to rescue a kidnapped [[Toad (species)|Toad]]<ref name="kotaku-info"/> and carry him to the level exit. In multiplayer, this special mission is absent. | ||
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<ref name="kotaku-info"/>. | 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<ref name="kotaku-info"/>. | ||
World 9 (Rainbow Path) is unlocked after completing the game. There are 8 stages in that world, and each stage is unlocked by collecting all the [[Star Coin]]s in | World 9 (Rainbow Path) is unlocked after completing the game. There are 8 stages in that world, and each stage is unlocked by collecting all the [[Star Coin]]s in each of the 8 normal worlds. | ||
===Worlds=== | ===Worlds=== | ||
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==References to Other Games== | ==References to Other Games== | ||
*''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'': The [[POW Block]] reappears and has the same design as in ''Mario Bros.'' One underground Coin Battle area also shows some resemblance to the Mario Bros arena. | *''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'': The [[POW Block]] reappears and has the same design as in ''Mario Bros.'' The POW Block can also be carried. One underground Coin Battle area also shows some resemblance to the Mario Bros arena. | ||
*''[[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 | *''[[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 main theme is once again remixed and used for the Toad Houses. Near the beginning of the game, [[Bowser Jr.]] states in a letter that he ordered his minions to stuff every [[Toad (species)|Toad]] they see into a [[? 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 Block]]s (and some other items) came from this game. | *''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'': Mario, Luigi, and the two Toads' ability to hold and throw [[POW Block]]s (and some other items) came from this game. | ||
*''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'': [[Roy Koopa]]'s Castle has three way corridors only one of which is the correct path. This puzzle mimics many of the later castles in this game, Also World 2-4 features blowing winds which are also reminiscent of some levels from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. | *''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'': [[Roy Koopa]]'s Castle has three way corridors only one of which is the correct path. This puzzle mimics many of the later castles in this game, Also World 2-4 features blowing winds which are also reminiscent of some levels from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. | ||
*''[[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 Course]]s are similar to the levels when fighting against a [[Hammer Bro.]], [[Fire Bro.]], [[Boomerang Bro.]] or [[Sledge Bro.]] and even use a remix of that song. | *''[[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 Course]]s are similar to the levels when fighting against a [[Hammer Bro.]], [[Fire Bro.]], [[Boomerang Bro.]] or [[Sledge Bro.]] and even use a remix of that song. | ||
*''[[Super Mario World]]'': The design on the Fortress-[[door]]s leading to the [[boss]] is noticeably similar. Yoshis reappear and are | *''[[Super Mario World]]'': The design on the Fortress-[[door]]s leading to the [[boss]] is noticeably similar. Yoshis reappear and are ride-able. Parts of the castle BGM can be heard in the castle levels. The sound effect that plays when the invincibility wears off was taken from the P-switch when the activation is going to stop. | ||
*''[[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 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]]. Also, when the mini-game [[Power-Up Panels]] is lost (when the player gets two Bowser or Bowser Jr. cards) the short tune heard when trying to enter a locked door is played here. | *''[[Super Mario 64]]'': "Inside the Castle Walls" is played inside [[Princess Peach's Castle]]. Also, when the mini-game [[Power-Up Panels]] is lost (when the player gets two Bowser or Bowser Jr. cards) the short tune heard when trying to enter a locked door is played here. | ||
*''[[Mario Kart 64]]'': About 30 seconds in the [[Rainbow Path]], a tune remixed from the [[Rainbow Road]] theme can be heard. | *''[[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. The crowd "baah" from this game returns. Most of the songs are remixed. Like in the previous game, the enemies will follow the "baah" of the background music. | |||
*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'': Many of the tiles are based on them in this game. | *''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'': During the Staff Roll, an outtake of a [[Princess Peach]] voiceover states that she'll wait for [[Mario]] at the night of the [[Star Festival]], but she is interrupted by Bowser. | ||
*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'': During the Staff Roll, an outtake of a [[Princess Peach]] voiceover states that she'll wait for [[Mario]] at the night of the [[Star Festival]], but she is interrupted by Bowser | |||
*''Wii Sports Resort'': Halfway into the Staff Roll, the music from this game's Canoeing event can be heard. Both games had the same composer. | *''Wii Sports Resort'': Halfway into the Staff Roll, the music from this game's Canoeing event can be heard. Both games had the same composer. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This is the first | *This is the first game to introduce the Koopalings into 3-D models and voices, and the this is the first game to feature the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. together. This is also the first game where Kamek appears alongside the Koopalings or Bowser Jr. | ||
*This is the first Mario platformer game to feature co-op mode and vs. mode at the same time since the ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' game. | *This is the first Mario platformer game to feature co-op mode and vs. mode at the same time since the ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|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$!]]'', which had a yellow GameCube frame, instead of a black frame on European boxarts. | *The ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' cover has a red Wii frame instead of the standard white frame. Similar on its style is ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'', 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. That game had a yellow box, instead of a black box, but only in Japan. | **The original ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]], also has a different colored box. That game had a yellow box, instead of a black box, but only in Japan. | ||
*Remakes, ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', etc. aside, ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' is the first sidescrolling Mario title to hit a home console, since ''Super Mario World'' for the [[SNES]], released 19 years prior. | *Remakes, ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', etc. aside, ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' is the first sidescrolling Mario title to hit a home console, since ''Super Mario World'' for the [[SNES]], released 19 years prior. | ||
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Template:Infobox New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a sidescrolling Mario game for the Wii, and has been released in Australia on November 12; in America on November 15, and Europe on November 20 of the year 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 can have access to them.[2]
Template:Spoiler When Mario and the gang finally get to the final castle, they find none other than Bowser himself. One of them has to jump on the button to defeat Bowser, sending him falling into the lava below. After, Mario, Luigi, Yellow Toad, and Blue Toad celebrate their victory, they see 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, the four can do nothing but flee from the giant boss. Soon they find a dead end with a huge button. They push 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 if she told him about the Secret World.
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 Bowser, who is back to normal, right side up. They finally succeed, with a huge thud, causing the castle to fall on top of Bowser and his eight children.[3]
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. The camera pans as players move and zoom in and out as players move farther away or closer to each other. However, there is a limit, and players who are far behind can lose a life. When a player loses a life, he/she reappears in a bubble. The player can shake the Wii Remote to move the bubble closer to the surviving platers. They can burst that bubble to allow the reappearing player to continue playing. However, if everyone dies, or if someone dies and everyone else is in a bubble, then the players must restart the level.
? Blocks usually create one item for each player, but only if the player is not in a bubble. For example, a block can produce four mushrooms when four players are playing, but it only produces three if one player is in a bubble.
A player can place himself/herself in a bubble by pressing the A button on the Wii Remote or the C button if a player is using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck. The player inside the bubble cannot be harmed by anything. The player inside the bubble can shake the Wii Remote to bring himself/herself closer to the players that are not in the bubble. Bubbles can only burst when a player not in a bubble comes in contact with the bubble or throws a fireball/iceball at the bubble. If all the players are in a bubble, they have to restart the level. They return to normal form, but they do not lose any lives.
When one player grabs the flagpole at the end of the level, the other players have a limited amount of time to grab the flagpole before the level ends. However, not all the players are required to grab the flagpole at the end of the level.
Players play the game holding the Wii Remote sideways or by using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck combination. Tilting the Wii Remote (even with the Nunchuck) can perform actions such as changing the direction of a light or tilting platforms when activated. Players can activate these by standing on them; the color and the symbol of the character on the platform determines who is controlling them.
Shaking the Wii remote activates the spin jump, seen in Super Mario World. Players can carry objects such as frozen enemies and barrels by pressing 1 (or B with Wii Remote and Nunchuck) and shaking the Wii Remote near the object.
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.(but not the Hammer Bros. themselves), fireballs shot by a player with a Fire Flower, and as well as iceballs shot by a player wielding an Ice Flower or Penguin Suit. Yoshi can then spit these objects out. Yoshi can also carry other players in his mouth for a short period of time and use his Flutter Jump, a move of his first introduced in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[5]. Yoshi also has the ability to swallow apples throughout the course. When Yoshi eats an apple, a count appears to see how many apples Yoshi has swallowed. If Yoshi eats five apples, the player gets a reward such as a 1-up or power-up item. Yoshi cannot use his tongue to help characters obtain power-ups, unlike in Super Mario World, because Yoshi keeps the power-up in his mouth.
However, if the players reach the end of the level while riding on their Yoshis, they have to leave their mounts behind. Therefore, there are only certain levels in which players can ride Yoshis[6]. [7]
On the map screen, pressing 1 (or B with the Nunchcuk) 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] The only disadvantage to getting the Super Guide block is that the stars on save file will not shine.
Levels
The game has nine worlds[9], that all have a world map just like in New Super Mario Bros. There still are Toad Houses and Towers and castles. Enemies also patrol in the overworld. If the enemies come in contact with the player(s), the player(s) must play a mini-boss level. The player(s) must collect 8 Toad balloons to make a chest with a Toad trapped in it appear. If the player(s) saves the Toad, the Toad rewards the player(s) three mushrooms for the item storage. Each miniboss level is different on each world.
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. In multiplayer, this special mission is absent.
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 Path) 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 each of the 8 normal worlds.
Worlds
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. This can be seen in beta screenshots of games such as Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros., as multiplayer aspects were evidently intended for both of those games during the earlier stages of development. But when the experiments with multiplayer failed to come to fruition, the developers focused back to what they were used to, single-player. One of the reasons this was not achieved previously was due to technical limitations. With the Wii's hardware, it allowed Miyamoto 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
- Goombas - Enemy Course enemies
- World 2
- Roy Koopa - Tower boss
- Roy Koopa - Castle boss
- Spinies - Enemy Course enemies
- World 3
- Lemmy Koopa - Tower boss
- Lemmy Koopa - Castle boss
- Ice Bros. - Enemy Course enemies
- World 4
- Wendy O. Koopa - Tower boss
- Wendy O. Koopa - Castle boss
- Bowser Jr. - Airship boss
- Porcu-Puffer - Enemy Course enemy
- World 5
- Iggy Koopa - Tower boss
- Iggy Koopa - Castle boss
- Stalking Piranha Plants - Enemy Course enemies
- World 6
- Morton Koopa Jr. - Tower boss
- Morton Koopa Jr. - Castle boss
- Bowser Jr. - Airship boss
- Bullet Bills - Enemy Course enemies
- World 7
- Ludwig Von Koopa - Tower boss
- Ludwig Von Koopa - Castle boss
- Lakitu - Enemy Course enemies
- World 8
- Kamek - Tower boss
- Bowser Jr. - Airship boss
- Podoboos - Enemy Course enemies
- 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
- Super 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
- Circling Boo Buddies
- 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
- Mecha-Koopas
- Amps
- 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
- 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
- Tilt Lift
- 1-Up Mushroom
- Toad Balloon
- P-Switches
- ? 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. The POW Block can also be carried. One underground Coin Battle area also shows some resemblance to the Mario Bros arena.
- 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 main theme is once again remixed and used for the Toad Houses. Near the beginning of the game, Bowser Jr. states in a letter that he ordered his minions to stuff every Toad they see into a ? 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.: The Lost Levels: Roy Koopa's Castle has three way corridors only one of which is the correct path. This puzzle mimics many of the later castles in this game, Also World 2-4 features blowing winds which are also reminiscent of some levels from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.
- 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 Sledge 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 ride-able. Parts of the castle BGM can be heard in the castle levels. The sound effect that plays when the invincibility wears off was taken from the P-switch when the activation is going to stop.
- 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. Also, when the mini-game Power-Up Panels is lost (when the player gets two Bowser or Bowser Jr. cards) the short tune heard when trying to enter a locked door is played here.
- 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. The crowd "baah" from this game returns. Most of the songs are remixed. Like in the previous game, the enemies will follow the "baah" of the background music.
- Super Mario Galaxy: During the Staff Roll, an outtake of a Princess Peach voiceover states that she'll wait for Mario at the night of the Star Festival, but she is interrupted by Bowser.
- Wii Sports Resort: Halfway into the Staff Roll, the music from this game's Canoeing event can be heard. Both games had the same composer.
Gallery
Artwork
NOTE: Other artwork for this game that's not shown here was previously seen in New Super Mario Bros..
Main Cast
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- NsmbMario.jpg
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
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Blue Toad - Bluepinktoadyoshi.png
Blue Toad, riding a Pink Yoshi center> 
Propeller Blue Toad - NSMBwii yellowtoad.jpg
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Yellow Toad 
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Yellow Toad and Luigi - Propeller Yellow Toad.PNG
Propeller Yellow Toad
Supporting Cast
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Enemies/Bosses
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Bowser Jr. on his "younger" Koopa Clown Car - NSMBwii koopalings.jpg
The Koopalings - BooNSMBWii.PNG
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Items
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- MiniMushroom NSMB Wii.png
- Propeller Mushroom.png
Pink Yoshi Egg 
Yellow Yoshi Egg 
Light Blue Yoshi Egg - NSMBwii usedblock.jpg
- POWBlockNSMBW.png
- Glow Block.PNG
- NSMBwii coin.jpg
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4 Color Warp Pipes - Brick Blocks.PNG
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Super Guide Block
Group Pictures
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White background earlier group art - Nsmbwii1 2.jpg
Full background final group art - Nsmbwii mushroomkingdom 1024.jpg
Group art in desktop wallpaper format.
Logos/Boxarts
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Final 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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The New Super Mario Bros. Wii title.
Trivia
- This is the first game to introduce the Koopalings into 3-D models and voices, and the this is the first game to feature the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. together. This is also the first game where Kamek appears alongside the Koopalings or Bowser Jr.
- This is 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. That game had a yellow box, instead of a black box, but only in Japan.
- Remakes, Super Paper Mario, etc. aside, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the first sidescrolling Mario title to hit a home console, since Super Mario World for the SNES, released 19 years prior.
See Also
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
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
