Insert joke about how I’m slow at beating games.
This one was at least finished within a couple of months of me getting it. I actually got it because a good friend of mine bought it for me for Christmas. Now while I loved Super Mario Galaxy to death, I was a bit wary of New Super Mario Brothers Wii because the DS iteration of this series didn’t do much at all for me. I remember beating NSMB, but not being overly impressed. This is not at all the case with NSMBWii.
What’s the difference? I really can’t say. They didn’t feel too different, but NSMBWii definitely felt a bit more challenging, even though I don’t know if I would catagorize the game as “hard”. While this game seemed to have focused on the multiplayer aspect, that did not at all ruin the game for me who played it almost entirely single player1.
The boss fights did feel really good. I honestly can’t remember if the DS game had the Koopa Kids2, but having them back in this game felt really nice. Battling them twice, once in the world’s mid level and then again in the final level, added a nice flair to the game, being that the battle’s difficulty was increased for the second fight.
The Bowser fight itself was a surprise twice, and while I’d rather not spoil it, I’d like to say that I was pleasently surprised by the way it was handled. I believe it took me thirty lives in total to beat him, but doshgarnit if it didn’t feel amazing afterwards.
It’s a shame that I haven’t had the chance to deeply delve into the multiplayer nor the ambition to clear the bonus levels, but even ignoring all that meaty availability in the game, I’m astonished by how enjoyable it was. With the release of Super Mario Galaxy 2 this month I can’t help but feel that a majority of my gaming time will soon be Mario based once again.
The multiplayer is great if you like watching Luigi throw Mario into lava, off cliffs, and on to cacti! Maybe that was just Uncle Rara though…