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2012

New Super Mario Bros. U

Tonight at a glance

Platforms
WiiU
Mode
Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
Age rating
PEGI 3
Violence
Mild
Frights
None

The story

New Super Mario Bros. U is a side-scrolling 2.5D platform game, and the fourth and latest installment in the New Super Mario Bros. series. As the sequel to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the game is a follow-up game of New Super Mario Bros. 2. It uses new, more detailed background styles and models and introduces the Flying Squirrel power-up, acquired by Mario and his friends from an item called the Super Acorn, as well as utilizing the Wii U GamePad in Boost Mode. In addition to the core campaign, there are also challenge modes.

  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Kids
  • ghosts
  • dinosaurs
  • side-scrolling
  • asymmetric gameplay
  • snow
  • sequel
  • high score

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

Production

Players
78 / 100 · 185 players
Critics
80 / 100 · 9 critics
Developer
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Nintendo
Publisher
Nintendo