New Super Mario Bros Wii Hands on

New Super Mario Bros Wii Screen

At the Eurogamer Expo I took 15 minutes out of my hustle and bustle for a little bit of relaxing New Super Mario Bros Wii (known as NSMBW or ‘it’ from henceforth). I was dropped into a game with 2 other players after being instructed to put the wrist strap on, even though I wasn’t using the motion controls I was still treated as a 4 year old. Thanks Nintendo.

Playing like good old SMB played on the Nintendo NSMBW has some noticeable improvements. The obvious graphics and sounds, although I couldn’t hear much it did sound like they tried to stay true to the style of the original 8-bit theme. The controls were, well the same. The fireball flower and star are no longer the top dog pickups as the iceball (snowball?) and a few other new items make an appearance.

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E309: Hands on with New Super Mario Bros. Wii

New Super Mario Bros Wii Screen

Mario games were plentiful at E3 this year and first on the block was New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Nintendo took the proven DS game and made some tweaks to drop the game on their uber successful home console. This time around, you get four player co-op as you progress through any level. I spent some time with the game at Nintendo’s booth and had mixed emotions.

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