New super Mario Bros. New indeed or How to teach an old dog new tricks

User Rating: 9.3 | New Super Mario Bros. DS
First let me say WOW! Not for a long time have I ever been this excited about a platformer, let alone a Mario Bros game. This game shows the gaming world a couple of things. Why you can't count Nintendo out, Why the Mario Bros. have staying power, Why the DS and handheld market in general had been ruled by nintendo. In short New Super Mario Bros put to bed the old term you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Let's examine a few things about this game. It is one the small DS. It uses two screens. It is a game based on a character almost as old as its audience. Yet still it prevails. For some time I was against Nintendo I had lost so much faith in their kiddie game like regime that it seemed I would never be a fan again, but in the world of gaming it is faslty becoming true that you can never say never. With New super Mario we can see why.

It takes a game that could have been cookie cutter and makes it great. This game is so good it could have been on a regular home system. Enough praise though let me move to why.

The old story is still here princess gets kidnapped (for no apparent reason) Its up to you as mario to save her kid napped prone butt. With a new slew of moves slick graphics(especially for the DS) and a ton of innovation Mario can get down with the best of them. He and Luigi ( my fav of the Bros) have moves like butt stomps, wall hops, rope scalling and for the first time ever can change to super small or super tall and when either happens its a rare treat. To see mario take up the whole screen and just charge through things give you a smile and sense of satisfaction. The stages are so well laid out and they never seem to long. Yet everything is so simple everyone can play and enjoy.

The music is classic catchy mario. You'll soon be humming the tunes, mocking the trutle sounds when shells colide, or copying mario as he yells in success after reaching a flag at the end of a stage. In a lot of ways this game is better that Mario 64. The enemies are old and new. Something about seeing the Hammer Bros again but in a new light brings back good memories.

The replay is high too cause as with many mario games as of late there is a plethora of mini games on the side which puts to good use the dual screen. Test your reflexes too, and the co op slash head to head online play is a great thing too. Like I said in the begining WOW. I use to think at the begining of the new handheld war that "Man the DS is going to go down" Yet I have been proven wrong and am a first had witness as to how brilliant some of these games are. New Super Mario Bros is better than anything I can think of on the PSP even Grand theft auto and Thats saying a lot. There are no load times, There are no muttered sounds, There is only great gameplay and good nostalgic feeling as you play this game from begining to end. With every koopa stomped, every goomba smushed, and every fireball thrown you can see why Mario is still at the top of the platform mountain and why he can still be new while doing some old tricks. BUY this GAME!!! PEACE!!