New Super Mario Bros. Wii

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Template:Infobox New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a sidescrolling Mario game announced for the Wii, and will be first released in Australia on November 12, 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 will feature a multiplayer mode for up to four players. It will feature more items, new levels and more enemies than the DS predecessor. It will also be the first title to support Nintendo's new Super Guide mode.

Story

It is Princess Peach's birthday and as Mario and his friends are celebrating, 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 have access to them.

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Bowser Jr. and his siblings jump out of the cake.

Shigeru Miyamoto, producer of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, hints that the final boss will be a parody from a previous boss fight in the series.

Gameplay Features

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The game being played by four players, one player being off-screen.

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. As in Super Smash Bros. games, the camera zooms out when players move farther away from the screen. However, there is a limit and players who are far behind can still be kicked out of the screen. When a player dies, he reappears in a bubble. Other players can burst that bubble to allow the reappearing player to continue playing, or they can wait to be able to collect more power-ups for themselves. ? Blocks usually create one item for each player - for example, a block produces four mushrooms when four players are playing. Players can cooperate by picking each other up. Also, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad are playable in multiplayer.

When one player grabs the flagpole at the end of the level, the other players have about three seconds to grab it as well if they want to score points with it. If they don't catch it in time, the level still ends. After that, players get a tally telling players how many coins they have collected and how many enemies they have defeated. The players are ranked according to those points.

The basic style of the game resembles New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS. Players can collect Star Coins and find secret pipes. Parts of the ground can move.

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The light on the boat's direction can be changed by tilting the Wii Remote.

Players play the game holding the Wii Remote sideways. Tilting the Wii Remote, as well as shaking can activate certain items, such as changing the direction of a light, tilt platforms or using the Propeller suit.

According to Vol. 248 of Nintendo Power Magazine and Gamestop it is possible to play with a Nunchuk controller attached.

It's possible to ride on Yoshi as well. Yoshi can swallow many different objects in the game including hammers thrown by Hammer Bros. and fireballs shot by somebody with a Fire Flower. Yoshi can then throw those objects around. Yoshi can also take and carry other players in his mouth for a short period of time and use his Flutter Jump to float briefly in the air. When a different player does a Ground Pound on a player who is riding a Yoshi, the Yoshi will be taken over. However, if the players reach the end of the level while riding on their Yoshis, they would have to leave their mounts behind; this means there are only certain levels in which players can ride Yoshis. The Spin Jump from Super Mario World returns.

On the map screen, pressing 1 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.

Super Guide

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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.

Levels

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Players being added into the game get to choose their own characters.

The game will have eight worlds, that will have a world map just like in New Super Mario Bros. There will still be Toad Houses and fortresses and castles. Enemies will also patrol in the overworld. So far, it is known that World 1 will be set in a grassy plain, World 3 will take place in a snowy environment, and World 5 will be located in a forest.

Once a level is beaten, players can return to it for a special mission to rescue a kidnapped Toad and carry him to the level exit.

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.

Worlds

• World 1 - Plains
• World 2 - Desert
• World 3 - Ice
• World 4 - Seaside
• World 5 - Forest
• World 6 - Mountains
• World 7 - Clouds
• World 8 - Volcano

Development

According to Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto has 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. But when this experiment failed, the developers and the players focused back to what they are used to, single-player. One of the reasons this was not achieved previous is due to technical limitations. With the Wii's hardware, it allowed him 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.

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".

Characters

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The return of the Koopalings.

• Mario
• Luigi
• Blue Toad
• Yellow Toad
• Yoshi (rideable, Green, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Light Blue and Red confirmed)
• Large, green flying Manta Rays (which wear goggles much like Dolphins)
• Princess Peach
• Bowser
• Koopalings
  • Larry Koopa - World 1
  • Roy Koopa - World 2
  • Lemmy Koopa - World 3
  • Morton Koopa Jr. - Unknown
  • Iggy Koopa - Unknown
  • Ludwig von Koopa - Unknown
  • Wendy O. Koopa - Unknown
• Bowser Jr. (The Player will probably fight him in World 8)
• Kamek
• Toad (red spots and blue vest)
• It has been stated that there would be 4 hidden bosses.

Enemies

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The new cloud enemy.

• Goombas
• Paragoombas
• Grand Goombas
• Micro Goombas
• Koopa Troopas
• Koopa Paratroopas
• Piranha Plants
• Dry Bones
• Swoopers
• Buzzy Beetles
• Boos
• Big Boo
• Bullet Bills
• Banzai Bills
• Thwomps
• Super Thwomps
• Hammer Bros.
• Fire Bros.
• Boomerang Bros.
• Podoboos
• Bloopers
• Blooper Nannies
• Baby Bloopers
• Ice Bros.
• Unnamed Pokey-like vines
• Unnamed cloud-like enemies similar to Fwooshes.
• Unnamed penguin enemy.
• Spiny Cheep-Cheeps
• Cheep-Cheeps
• Urchins
• Mega Urchins
• Unnamed Crab-like enemies
• Pokeys
• Fire Snake
• Spikes
• Unnamed angler fish-like enemy
• Unnamed Piranha Plant enemy with legs (Compared to the Ptooie)
• Lakitus
• Spinies

Items

• Mushroom
• Mini Mushroom
• Propeller Mushroom
• Penguin Suit
• Fire Flower
• Ice Flower
• Coin
• Red Ring
• Red Coin
• Star Coin
• Star
• Berries
• POW Block
• Grab Block
• Glow Block
• Barrel
• 1-Up Mushroom
• ? Block
• Brick Block
• Propeller Block (conjectural name)
• Toad Balloon (conjectural name)
• Silver Coin
• P-Switches
• Donut Lifts

Gallery

Screenshots

• NSMBWii TitleScreen.PNG

  The title screen.

• AddDrop Players.PNG

  The Add/Drop Players menu.

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  The four in Larry Koopa's tower. The Yellow Toad has a Fire Flower, while the Blue Toad is wearing the Propeller Suit.

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  Luigi and the Yellow Toad, using Fire Flowers.
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  A Yellow and Blue Toad riding Yoshis. Mario has a Fire Flower, while Luigi and the Yellow Toad are small.

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  Mario, Luigi, and the two Toads in a desert area. The Blue Toad is small.

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  An ice stage, with Penguin enemies, and a Toad and Mario wearing the Penguin suit.

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  A underground level with pipes. Fire Mario, Fire Yellow Toad, Blue Toad and Small Luigi are there.

• Larry Koopa.jpg

  Fire Mario dodging Larry Koopa's attacks.

• MortonNSMBWii.jpg

  Fire Mario faces Morton Koopa Jr.

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  Mario and Roy Koopa

• Lemmy Koopa NSMWii.PNG

  Lemmy and the Mario Bros.

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  Mario, Luigi and two Toads in a sky area. Everyone but Mario have the Propeller Mushroom.

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  Everybody using the penguin suit on a snowy stage.

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  Fire Mario, small Luigi, small Yellow Toad and Fire Blue Toad on a boat.

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  Mario, small Luigi, Yellow Toad and small Blue Toad in an underground level.

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  Plains

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  Dark underwater stage.

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  Fire Mario on a Beach stage.

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  Fire Mario on a Poison River stage.

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  Mario inside an Ice Cave.

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  World 5 - Forest

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  Mario and Luigi fighting three Ice Bros.

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  Mario, Fire Luigi, Fire Blue Toad and Yellow Toad on a Desert stage.

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  Mario and a Fwoosh-like enemy.

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  Mario swimming alongside Jellyfishes.

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  Mario and Luigi on a rock part from a Beach stage.

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  Tall Mushroom stages returns.

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  Penguin Mario sliding for the Star Coin.

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  Fire Blue and Yellow Toads, Luigi and Mario on an underground boat alongside Swoopers.

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  Ice Mario on a mountain stage.

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  Propeller Mario flying carrying Luigi.

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  Super Guide mode in action.

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  World 3 - Snow

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  Bonus stage which the player must pop the highest number of balloons to earn 1UPs.

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  Mario Bros.-like stage from Coin Battle mode.

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  Ice Mario falling into the lava.

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  Mario and Luigi on the desert during a sand storm.

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  Ice Mario and Ice Luigi inside a cave.

• Goombaslidensmbwii.JPG

  Mario sliding.

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  Item storage system, like the one in Super Mario Bros. 3.

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  Mario and Luigi with Larry Koopa's castle key.

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  "Match-two" game.

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  Mario, activating the Super Guide mode.

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  World 1-2 from Super Mario Bros. look-alike.

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  World select screen.

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  Somewhere over the clouds.

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  Two Yoshis ready to help Mario and Luigi.

Artwork

• NSMBWii.jpg

  White background group art
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  Full group art
• MPeachNSMBW.png

  Princess Peach
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  Koopalings' group art
• MarioNSMBWii.PNG

  Mario
• LuigiNSMBWii.PNG

  Luigi
• Bluetoad2.jpg

  Blue Toad
• YellowToadNSMBW.png

  Yellow Toad
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  Mario riding Green Yoshi
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  Luigi riding a Yellow Yoshi
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  Blue Toad, riding a Red Yoshi
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  Yellow Toad riding a Light Blue Yoshi
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  Propeller Mario
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  Yellow Toad and Luigi
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  Propeller Blue Toad
• Propeller Yellow Toad.PNG

  Yellow Toad with Propeller Suit
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  Mario
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  Mario
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  Invincible Mario
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  Bowser Jr. on his Koopa Clown Car
• Lakitu.jpg

  Lakitu
• SpinyEggNSMBW.png

  Spiny Egg
• 1UpShroomNSMBW.png

  1-Up Mushroom

Logo and Boxart

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  Earlier design of the box art. It has only English text on it.

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  Second version of the box art. Notice that the rating has changed from RP to E and now has English, French, and Spanish text on it.

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  Final North 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.

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  Front cover from Gamestation's special edition boxart.

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  Back cover from Gamestation's special edition boxart.

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  The New Super Mario Bros. Wii title.

Trivia

• This will be the first 3-dimensional game to feature the Koopalings.

• This will also be the first time that Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings will be in the same game.

• Remakes aside, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the first 2-D Mario game to appear on a home console since Super Mario World - released 19 years prior.

• Yoshi makes the same noises in this game as he did in Super Mario World.

• This will be 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. This is not the first boxart of a Mario Universe game to have this unique feature. The other was WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, which had a yellow GameCube frame, instead of a black frame on European boxarts.

Beta Elements

Main article: New Super Mario Bros. Wii/Beta elements

Game Footage

• The Intro
• Lemmy Koopa Battle

External Links

• Nintendo of Australia's Website for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
• Nintendo of America's Website for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
• Nintendo of Europe's Website for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii E3 2009 Trailer
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii Newest Trailer
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii Super Skills Trailer
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii Gameplay Trailer