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E3: New Super Mario Bros. more casual than ever
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This time, Mario brings the whole gang with him to fight Bowser.
If it's one thing that Nintendo has been able to prove with the Wii console, it's that there are more people out there that are discovering how much fun gaming can be without ever playing a video game before in their life. Wii Sports, the number one selling video game ever, is a prime example of how one game can appeal to an exremely large audience.
New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii returns Mario to the kind of gameplay experienced in the first Super Mario Bros., the second best selling video game of all time. The game returns to the basics, a 2-D side-scroller all about platforming, coin collecting and stomping enemies on the head.
The biggest upgrade to New Super Mario Bros. Wii is that up to 4 players will all be able to play the game simultaneously. This might not sound like a big deal but is a very difficult task to accomplish. When it comes to a side-scrolling game, it can be hard enough to make the gameplay accomidate just two players, let alone four. One player might want to race through the level as fast as possible while a newer, less-experienced play might want to hang back and take their time. New Super Mario Bros. Wii takes into account the fact that there might be players with different skill levels playing the game and thus has included a feature to allow one player to pick up another player and carry them. So if grandma is playing as Luigi and having a hard time with one particular area, you can pick him up, carry him across the pitfall, and then set him back down afterwards. This eliminates the need to snatch the controller away from another player to get them past a difficult part to be able to continue.
There is genius in the game's simplicity and for fans of the original Super Mario Bros., there is very little to complain about. New Super Mario Bros. Wii will be on the store shelves by Christmas and is one of those rare games that just about everyone will enjoy.
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