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{{about|the 2012 Wii U game|the Nintendo Switch port of this game|[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]|the [[microgame]] from [[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]|[[New Super Mario Bros. U (microgame)]]}}

{{game infobox

==Story==

[[File:NSMBU Intro 1.png|thumb|left|upright=1.4|The Mario Bros. and Toads about to be hit by the [[Mecha Hand]].]]

As the game progresses, the view occasionally shifts to Peach's Castle, showing the flags being replaced by Bowser's flags (after [[Tilted Tunnel]]), and the castle being surrounded by a thin tornado-like cloud that is made thicker by [[Kamek|Magikoopa]]'s magic (after [[Stoneslide Tower]]), entirely obscuring the castle (after [[Giant Skewer Tower]] or [[Freezing-Rain Tower]]). Mario, Luigi, Yellow Toad, and Blue Toad also encounter Bowser's forces, including the Koopalings, [[Boom Boom]], Magikoopa, and [[Bowser Jr.]], who occasionally attacks the heroes with his father's airship. All of them are defeated, and Bowser Jr. causes the airship to crash after making the mechanical hand punch through it. After reaching Peach's Castle and defeating Bowser, the group moves onward, but Bowser Jr. appears and urges Magikoopa to spread his magic across the area. After heading to the castle exterior, Mario and the others see Peach in a tower. Before they can save her, she is locked inside the tower and Bowser appears, now at a giant size, alongside Bowser Jr. Eventually, Bowser is defeated and Bowser Jr., embarrassed, flees. The character that defeated Bowser gets to Peach and bows down to her, and is then kissed by her, to their shock and delight, as the clouds surrounding the castle disappear, restoring it to its former state.

==Gameplay features==

The first update to the game added [[Miiverse]] support. With Miiverse functionality enabled, players can read each others' posts on the world map by viewing the map; when not viewing the map a Miiverse post is indicated by a red balloon, generally near a stage, and can be hidden by pressing {{button|wiiu|A}}; when on the World Map while using Boost Mode, the GamePad player can scroll across the map on the GamePad screen and view Miiverse posts. At certain times throughout gameplay, such as when the player dies several times or reaches the end of a course in a specific way (collecting all the Star Coins, clearing in a certain amount of time, clearing without taking damage, etc.), they are given a prompt to post a message to Miiverse. Players can also see Miiverse posts after they die in a stage. Miiverse settings can be changed at any point on the world map by selecting the pencil and envelope icon on the bottom right of the pause menu.

===Controls===

[[File:NSMBU Boost Mode 3.png|thumb|upright=1.4|Perspective of gameplay, featuring four players controlling the characters with Wii Remotes while a fifth player uses the GamePad in Boost Mode.]]

Like ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', the Wii Remote is the primary controller for the game, allowing players to shake the controller to perform a [[Spin Jump]], dismount [[Yoshi]], and pick up objects. However, players can also play the game normally with the Wii U GamePad (single-player only) or the Wii U Pro Controller (after the 1.3.0 update). In the case of the Wii U Pro Controller, actions that require motion control on the Wii Remote and Wii U GamePad are replaced with button pressing, as the Wii U Pro Controller lacks motion controls.

====Stages====

!width=40%|Action(s)

!Wii U GamePad

====Map/menus====

!width=40%|Action(s)

!width=30%|Wii U GamePad/Pro Controller

===Worlds===

{{NSMBU map}}

!width=2%|#

!width="5%"|Level

|1

|[[Waterspout Beach]]

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|2

|2

|[[Tropical Refresher]]

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|[[File:NSMBW Tower Icon.png|x18px|Tower|link=Tower]]

|[[File:NSMBW Tower Icon.png|x18px|Tower|link=Tower]]

|[[Giant Skewer Tower]]

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|3

|[[File:Ghost Icon.png|x18px|Ghost House|link=Ghost House]]

|[[Haunted Shipwreck]]

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|4

|3

|[[Above the Cheep Cheep Seas]]

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|5

|4

|[[Urchin Shoals]]

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|[[File:Castle Icon.png|x18px|Castle|link=Castle]]

|5

|[[Dragoneel's Undersea Grotto]]

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|[[File:NSMBU Blooper Icon.png|x25px|Secret|link=]]

|[[File:Castle Icon.png|x18px|Castle|link=Castle]]

|[[Larry's Torpedo Castle]]

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|colspan="2"|

|[[File:NSMBU Leaf Icon.png|x20px|Secret|link=]]

|[[Skyward Stalk]]

!width=2%|#

!width="5%"|Level

!width="5%"|Level

|-

|[[File:NSMBW Airship Sprite.png|x18px|Airship|link=Airship]]

|[[The Mighty Cannonship]]

|1

|[[Fuzzy Clifftop]]

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|1

|[[Jungle of the Giants]]

|2

|[[Porcupuffer Falls]]

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|2

|[[Bridge over Poisoned Waters]]

|[[File:NSMBW Tower Icon.png|x18px|Tower|link=Tower]]

|[[Grinding-Stone Tower]]

|3

|3

|[[Bramball Woods]]

|3

|[[Waddlewing's Nest]]

|4

|[[File:NSMBW Tower Icon.png|x18px|Tower|link=Tower]]

|[[Snake Block Tower]]

|4

|[[Light Blocks, Dark Tower]]

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|[[File:Ghost Icon.png|x18px|Ghost House|link=Ghost House]]

|[[Which-Way Labyrinth]]

|5

|[[Walking Piranha Plants!]]

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|4

|[[Painted Swampland]]

|6

|[[Thrilling Spine Coaster]]

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|5

|[[Deepsea Ruins]]

|[[Screwtop Tower]]

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|6

|[[Seesaw Bridge]]

|7

|[[Shifting-Floor Cave]]

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|7

|[[Wiggler Stampede]]

|[[File:Castle Icon.png|x18px|Castle|link=Castle]]

|[[Roy's Conveyor Castle]]

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|[[File:Castle Icon.png|x18px|Castle|link=Castle]]

|[[Iggy's Volcanic Castle]]

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|[[File:NSMBU Parabeetle Icon.png|x22px|Secret|link=]]

|[[Flight of the Para-Beetles]]

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Another mode is [[Boost Rush|Boost Rush Mode]], where players have to reach the end of two or three selected stages in the lowest possible time, similar to the [[Coin Rush]] mode featured in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Unlike Coin Rush, the stages scroll automatically, meaning the player has to keep up with the stage, which speeds up every time they collect coins.

===Bosses===

====Tower bosses====

!width="5%"|Boss

!width="50%"|Description

====Castle/airship bosses====

!width="5%"|Boss

!width="50%"|Description

PeachtoadsNSMBU.png|[[Princess Peach]]<br>[[Toad]]

</gallery>

===Transformations===

|[[File:NSMBUSmallMario.png|60px|center]]

|[[File:NSMBU Mario Jumping Artwork.png|100px|center]]

|}

{|border=1 cellpadding=3 style=border-collapse:collapse;width:100%

|-style=background:#ccc

!width=10%|Last appearance

|-

|-

|align=center|[[File:Fliprus.png|100px]]<br>[[Fliprus]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Fliprus Lake]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:Goombrat.png|64px]]<br>[[Goombrat]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Mushroom Heights]]

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|align=center|[[File:NSMBU Grrrol Artwork.png|100px]]<br>[[Grrrol]]

|align=center|[[Stoneslide Tower]]

|align=center|[[Grinding-Stone Tower]]

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|colspan="2"align=center|[[The Mighty Cannonship]]

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|align=center|[[File:NSMBU Dai Goro Screenshot.png|100px]]<br>[[Mega Grrrol]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Grinding-Stone Tower]]

|-

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Blooming Lakitus]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:Missile TorpedoNSMBU.png|100px]]<br>[[Targeting Ted]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[The Mighty Cannonship]]

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|align=center|[[File:NSMBU Gliding Waddlewing Artwork.png|100px]]<br>[[Waddlewing]]

|align=center|[[Acorn Plains Way]]

|align=center|[[Land of Flying Blocks]]  

|}

{|border=1 cellpadding=3 style=border-collapse:collapse;width:100%

|-style=background:#ccc

|-

|[[Amp]]

|align=center|Electric balls that shock Mario upon contact.

|align=center|[[Ludwig's Clockwork Castle]]

|-

|align=center|Large Bullet Bills that fly straight forward.

|-

|align=center|[[File:NSMBU Big Amp Close-up Screenshot.png|100px]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Wiggler Stampede]]

|-

|align=center|Underwater enemies that move in an erratic pattern and follow Mario.

|align=center|[[Blooper's Secret Lair]]

|align=center|[[Tropical Refresher]]

|-

|[[Blooper Baby]]

|align=center|Small Bloopers that follow Blooper Nannies.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Blooper's Secret Lair]]

|-

|[[Blooper Nanny]]

|align=center|Bloopers that have Blooper Babies swimming in a trail behind them.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Blooper's Secret Lair]]

|-

|[[Bob-omb]]

|align=center|Bombs that ignite if they are jumped on or have a fireball thrown at them, then explode shortly after.

|align=center|[[Pendulum Castle]]

|-

|[[Boo]]

|align=center|Ghosts that follow Mario when his back is turned, but hide their face when he looks at them.

|align=center|[[Spinning Spirit House]]

|-

|[[Boomerang Bro]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Bouncy Cloud Boomerangs]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:Broozer.png|100px]]

|[[Broozer]]

|align=center|[[Which-Way Labyrinth]]

|align=center|[[Spinning Spirit House]]

|align=center|[[Switchback Hill]]

|-

|[[Buzzy Beetle]]

|align=center|Shelled enemies that can be kicked or thrown after being jumped on, and can walk on ceilings.

|align=center|[[Tilted Tunnel]]

|align=center|[[Fire Bar Cliffs]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:NSMBW Chain Chomp Render.png|100px]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Waddlewing's Nest]]

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|[[Cheep Cheep]]

|align=center|Fish that are found swimming aimlessly in underwater levels.

|align=center|[[Ludwig's Clockwork Castle]]

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|[[Eep Cheep]]*

|align=center|A [[Cheep Cheep]] that lives in a school with other Eep Cheeps and swims away when the player comes near it.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Dragoneel's Undersea Grotto]]

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|[[Fire Bro]]

|align=center|[[Fire Snake Cavern]]

|align=center|[[Ludwig's Clockwork Castle]]

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|[[Fire Piranha Plant]]

|align=center|Piranha Plants that aim at Mario and shoot fireballs.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Fire Snake Cavern]]

|-

|[[Fish Bone]]

|align=center|Skeletal fish that charge towards Mario.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Rising Tides of Lava]]

|-

|[[Foo]]*

|align=center|An enemy that creates fog in order to obscure the player's view.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Fuzzy Clifftop]]

|-

|[[Fuzzy]]

|align=center|Enemies that follow tracks and hurt Mario upon contact.

|align=center|[[A Quick Dip in the Sky]]

|-

|[[Goomba]]

|align=center|Common enemies that can be defeated by jumping on them.

|align=center|[[Follow That Shell!]]

|-

|[[Hammer Bro]]

|align=center|Enemies that throw hammers and jump.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Rise of the Piranha Plants]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:NSMBW Hefty Goomba.png|100px]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Flight of the Para-Beetles]]

|-

|[[Huckit Crab]]*

|align=center|A crab that throws sand balls on loop. These balls can be jumped on and used as a temporary platform.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Waterspout Beach]]

|-

|align=center|An enemy that throws [[Ice Ball|ice ball]]s at the ground, which can freeze the player and even other enemies.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Icicle Caverns]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:Jellybeam Sprite.png|100px]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Flight of the Para-Beetles]]

|-

|[[Koopa Troopa]]

|align=center|Turtle enemies that go into their shells when attacked, then can be picked up or thrown. Green Koopa Troopas walk off ledges, while Red Koopa Troopas turn around.

|align=center|[[Follow That Shell!]]

|-

|[[Lakitu]]

|align=center|Enemies that throw Spiny Eggs. If Mario defeats a Lakitu, he can ride on its cloud until it disappears.

|align=center|[[File:NewMechaKoopa.jpg|100px]]

|[[Mechakoopa]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[The Mighty Cannonship]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:NSMBW Mini Goomba Render.png|100px]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Roy's Conveyor Castle]]

|-

|[[Monty Mole]]

|align=center|A mole that pops out of mountains and the ground and gives chase.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Flight of the Para-Beetles]]

|-

|[[Parabomb]]

|align=center|Parachuting Bob-ombs that are sometimes shot out of cannons.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Red-Hot Elevator Ride]]

|-

|[[Paragoomba]]

|align=center|Winged Goombas that hop as they walk.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Seesaw Shrooms (level)|Seesaw Shrooms]]

|-

|[[Piranha Plant]]

|align=center|Plants that move in and out of Warp Pipes and some grounded.

|align=center|[[Spinning Platforms of Doom]]

|-

|[[Pokey]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Perilous Pokey Cave]]

|-

|[[Porcupuffer]]

|align=center|Fish that jump out of the water and follow Mario.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Prickly Goombas!]]

|-

|[[River Piranha Plant]]*

|align=center|A stationary [[Piranha Plant]] that blows a green spiked ball up and down, similar to a [[Ptooie]].

|align=center|An enemy that walks around in a group. When one of the rats is jumped on, the rest panic and run around.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Which-Way Labyrinth]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:SledgebrosNSMBW.png|100px]]

|align=center|A large spiked ball on a chain that cannot be defeated.

|align=center|[[Snake Block Tower]]<br>(regular)<br>[[Pendulum Castle]]<br>(large)

|-

|align=center|[[File:NSMBW Spiny Render.png|100px]]

|align=center|[[Lakitu! Lakitu! Lakitu!]]

|-

|[[Spiny Cheep Cheep]]

|align=center|Fast-swimming fish that chase Mario.

|align=center|[[File:NSMBU Sumo Bro Artwork.png|50px]]

|[[Sumo Bro]]

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Screwtop Tower]]

|-

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Wendy's Shifting Castle]]

|-

|[[Thwomp]]

|align=center|Large rocks that fall when Mario gets close.

|colspan="2"align=center|[[Wendy's Shifting Castle]]

|-

|align=center|[[File:NSMBU Asset Model Torpedo Ted.png|100px]]

|align=center|[[The Mighty Cannonship]]

|-

|[[Urchin]]

|align=center|Stationary enemies that appear in underwater levels.

===Obstacles===

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|-style=background:#ccc

!width=10%|Last appearance

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|align=center|[[File:NSMBU Tropical Refresher Screenshot.jpg|100px]]

==Items and objects==

!Item!!Image!!Function

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|[[Goal Pole (secret)]]||[[File:Flagpole secret.png|50px]]||Red flagpoles found at the end of some levels. Touching one completes the level and leads to secret exits.

|}

===Blocks===

!Block!!Image!!Function

|-

|[[Mega Block|Big Block]]||[[File:NSMBU Ground Big Brick Block.png|50px]][[File:NSMBU Underground Big Brick Block.png|50px]][[File:NSMBU Castle Big Brick Block.png|50px]][[File:NSMBU Lava Big Brick Block.png|50px]]||A large Brick Block that acts like a normal block.

|-

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|[[Note Block|Jump Block]]||[[File:NSMBW Jump Block Sprite.png|50px]]||A block that, when Mario jumps on it, makes him jump higher.

===Transportation objects===

!Transportation!!Image!!Function

|-

===Climbable objects===

!Climbable object!!Image!!Function

|-

===Platforms===

!Platform!!Image!!Function

|-

|[[Cloud Lift]]||[[File:NsmbuCloudLift.png|120px]]||Long platforms that move to the right when initially landed on.

The game has been praised for its balanced gameplay and challenge mode, with IGN's Rich George describing it as "the best thing to come to Mario's world since 3D", while criticizing it as not pushing the [[Wii U]]'s visuals and audio potential. He also stated, "though it doesn't necessarily redefine Nintendo's iconic hero, it still manages to capture the sense of carefree adventure that many of us felt as kids." He also criticized the game's "weak graphics and audio, plus the return of the irritating chaotic, bouncy multiplayer mode." He praised the progressing difficulty in the game and the additional difficulty of Challenge Mode.

|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6;"

|Reviewer, Publication

|align="left"|"''It's difficult to find freshness or brilliance in a 2D landscape. Mario's world is now three decades old. That would seem to suggest new territory is scarce, and in some ways the formulaic New Mario series had come to reinforce that fear. But New Super Mario Bros. U demonstrates there's not just life left in this type of game, but that it can be modern and nostalgic at the same time. Nintendo's approach here strikes a great balance in all areas, ranging from its difficulty to design to enemies and bosses. And for everything the basic Story Mode does right – and that's a considerable amount – the Challenge Mode will be remembered as a key moment in the life of the New Mario series, where Nintendo realized it didn’t have to sacrifice the core gamer’s experience at the expense of a more casual audience. This is how Mario can and will appeal to everyone.''"

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|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6;"

|colspan=2|Compiler

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===Sales===

As of March 31, 2014, ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' is the 3rd best-selling game for the Wii U, having sold about 4.16 million copies worldwide. As of September 30, 2021, it had sold 5.82 million copies worldwide.<ref>Nintendo (May 10, 2022) [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html Top Selling Title Sales Unites]. ''Nintendo Japan''. Retrieved May 12, 2022. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220511010225/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html Archived] from the original on May 11, 2022.</ref>

*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/arpj/index.html Japanese Website for ''New Super Mario Bros. U'']

*[https://www.youtube.com/user/NewMarioUEN Official YouTube channel of ''New Super Mario Bros. U'']

==References==