New Super Mario Bros. U

New Super Mario Bros. U is an upcoming side-scrolling platform game for the Wii U. It will be the fourteenth title in the main Super Mario series and the ninth installment in the Super Mario Bros. series. It is based off the New Super Mario Bros. Mii tech demo shown at E3 2011. The game was fully revealed by Reggie Fils-Aime at E3 2012. The game slightly resembles Super Mario World, as it features Baby Yoshis, diagonal pipes and similar background styles. The game introduces the Flying Squirrel power-up, acquired by Mario and his friends by an acorn-shaped Mushroom.

Gameplay Features
The gameplay of New Super Mario Bros. U is very similar to that of the New Super Mario Bros. games, mostly similar to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It features new power-ups such as the flying squirrel suits and the option to play as the player's Mii. It also features a cooperative multiplayer mode, much similar to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Baby Yoshis from Super Mario World are included in the game, each with different abilities similar to Yoshi's power-up abilities in Super Mario Galaxy 2 (The blue Baby Yoshis can blow bubbles, the magenta ones can balloon up and the yellow ones can glow). A fifth player can also join in using the Wii U GamePad to assist the other players by putting in blocks, also known as Boost Mode.

Playable Characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Yellow Toad
 * Blue Toad
 * Mii

Other Characters

 * Yoshi
 * Baby Yoshi (Magenta, blue and yellow varieties)
 * Bowser

Enemies

 * Goombas
 * Grand Goombas
 * Mega Goombas
 * Unnamed Goombas that resemble acorns (possibly Goombos)
 * Koopa Troopas
 * Koopa Paratroopas
 * Gargantua Koopa Troopas
 * Piranha Plants
 * Super Piranha Plants
 * Hammer Bros.
 * Boos
 * Circling Boo Buddies
 * Fire Snake
 * Munchers
 * Flying squirrel enemy
 * White eel enemy
 * Urchins
 * Mega Urchins
 * Huckit Crabs
 * Pokeys

Items

 * Acorn Mushrooms
 * Question Blocks
 * Giant Question Blocks
 * Brick Blocks
 * Coin Blocks
 * Giant Brick Blocks
 * Note Blocks
 * Coins
 * Star Coins
 * Red Coins
 * Red Coin Rings
 * Flying Question Blocks
 * Warp Pipe
 * Yoshi Egg
 * Beanstalk
 * Checkpoint Flag
 * Platforms placed by the Wii U GamePad player (Heart platforms, Clover platforms, Spade platforms, Diamond platforms and Coin platforms)
 * Green Rings
 * Spinning Green Pedals

Levels

 * A level with a large "Acorn Mushroom Tree" and a large mountain in the background.
 * A level in the sky with a long warp pipe on the left side and colorful blocks.
 * A rainforest level with Mega Goombas, Goombas, a Gargantua Koopa Troopa and large Brick Blocks.
 * An underwater level with a white eel.
 * A level in the sky with Mushroom platforms, a Goomba that resembles an acorn (possibly a Goombo) and Red coloured Baby Yoshis.
 * A level with a large mountain the the background, mushroom platforms and Blue coloured Baby Yoshis.
 * A level with poisonous water, slanted warp pipes, Circling Boo Buddies, a Vincent Van Gogh background design and a Bowser colouring in the background.
 * A nightime level with Munchers, rotating stars and mountains and trees in the background.
 * A rainforest level with Mega Goombas, Goombas and a Gargantua Koopa Troopa.
 * An underground level with a Fire Snake and Yellow coloured Baby Yoshis.
 * A level with a waterfall in the background and an enourmous vine.

Forms

 * Small Mario
 * Super Mario
 * Fire Mario
 * Flying Squirrel Mario

Trivia

 * When the player's character is not moving, the character looks at the screen.
 * Unlike in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the first player is given the choice of what character he or she wants to play as.