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 mountains in the background. 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. 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 (Purple, blue and yellow varieties)
 * Bowser

Enemies

 * Goombas
 * Grand Goombas
 * Mega Goombas
 * Unnamed Goombas that resemble acorns
 * 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

 * Flying squirrel Mushrooms
 * Question Blocks
 * Giant Question Blocks
 * Brick Blocks
 * Giant Brick 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

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.