Game

New Super Mario Bros. U

2012 · Wii U · Platform · Adventure

79IGDB player score
195 ratings

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A 79 average that undersells it — ask the 195 people who rated it. Adventure in the classic sense, from Nintendo: comedy, kids, forward momentum, and places worth seeing. Come for the campaign, stay because your friends won't let you leave the lobby.

About this game

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.

Bowser’s gang has taken over Princess Peach’s Castle! This time, the goal of the journey is Peach’s occupied castle!