New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)

Developer

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Nintendo, Nintendo

Publisher

Nintendo

Platforms

Wii U

Genres

Platform, Adventure

Rating

3.9 of 5, 183 player ratings

Where to get it

Nintendo eShop

How it feels

Classic side-scrolling Mario fun with cooperative multiplayer and familiar power-ups in bright, polished levels.

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About

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.

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