New Super Mario Bros. 2

If you are a classic Mario Bros fan, everything you want is here. If you are looking for innovation a la the Galaxy series, or even 3D land, look elsewhere. Hard to fault it, everything is as tight as you'd expect, but also nothing really here if you are looking for something new. Personally, I wasn't, so I'm a happy camper :)

It's very hard to describe how I feel about this game. It's not technically a bad game, it's good old Mario fun, but that's all it is. People have often been using the argument on the Mario series that they're too similar to each other, which I strongly disagree with. Each Mario game has a very distinct flavor, but there's just no excuse for this one. It feels way too familiar and there's no way to disguise that. They try to pass coin collecting off as being the gimmick of the game, but it really doesn't serve a whole lot of purpose. There has to be something you do with the coins, you can't simply have more of them. That's like making a Zelda game but with more rupees. Kirby's Epic Yarn for example was based entirely around collecting, not survival. You can't die, but instead whenever you get hit you lose beads, but you need enough of them to pass each stage. This should've been like that, instead the excess coins are there just for the sake of making the game look different, and it makes it way too easy to get lives. Yes all the coins are added to a grand total, but I don't really see any good reason for that either. And there's coin rush where the goal is to collect coins, but New Super Mario Bros. Wii had that too, this is no different. I just feel like this game was thrown together in a hurry. Most of its music, backgrounds, textures, character sprites, animations, etc. are all recycled. It's way too short, it has some replay value, but the main game is barely five hours. Even the 3D looks like it wasn't tested. Whenever the 3D is turned on everything in the background gets all blurry, I feel like I need to wear glasses. I don't know why they felt the need to get this one out so quickly, it was released a mere two months after it was announced, there wasn't a particularly high demand for it, and the 3DS already has its signature Mario game. Overall, at its core New Super Mario Bros. 2 is a decent Mario game, but they didn't take the time to make it a great one.

It's too much like the first New Super Mario Bros. The levels don't really do anything interesting that they haven't in the past. Super Mario 3D Land is still the best bet for a 3DS Mario game...

Super Mario Bros. 2 is another 2D platformer, the third in the series. It is a follow-up to NSMB on the DS. This has been a very great experience on the 3DS. In my opinion, it is yet another NSMB game that only focuses more on coins as an added challenge. It has a very smooth frame-rate, so there are no worries about slowing. The story is very similar compared to the Wii game, only the contrast of different mid-bosses (Super Mario World) as well as two secret worlds (6 regular worlds and 2 extras), and new/old power ups (the Gold Flower and the Raccoon Leaf...SM3) Overall, if you're just a person who wants to play more NSMB, then this is ideal for you.

As expected, "New SMB 2" is well-designed and a lot of fun to play. Mario very rarely ever disappoints, after all, and this is yet another triumphant entry in the heroic plumber's canon. Having said that, however, it would be very nice indeed if Nintendo could see their way clear to freshening up their series of New SMB games. Indeed, "New SMB 2" boasts very little to distinguish itself from previous iterations on the DS and Wii, and the upcoming "New Super Mario Bros. U" looks to continue in the same mold. Oh, I'm not necessarily looking for a major overhaul to the formula, but a different graphical aesthetic and a new soundtrack would be more than welcome. <br /> <br />Also, I think they should have called this game something other than "New SMB 2", as "New SMB Wii" is widely considered to be the second entry in the series. I heard that the game's working title was "New Super Mario Bros. Gold". That would have fit nicely.

While the game certainly is very good, providing the same platforming elements of the classic Super Mario Bros. titles, that unfortunately is its problem. It's essentially the same game as the first NSMB for the Nintendo DS, only with a few new power-ups and a flashy gimmick that's little more than flashy. Though I will admit, the Gold Fire Flower was pretty fun. Probably the worst part about this title is that they didn't even bother to compose new Music, aside from the main theme having a chorus of "La"s in certain levels. Ultimately, I just felt like I was doing the same thing over again, and I probably won't give it a second run.

The bloody gory games like God Of War is easier than Super Mario. Love mario but getting all the coins are the hardest thing about this game.

I like this blinged-out version of new super mario bros it is pretty awesome it has the returning racoon power-up it also has the new gold flower power-up and it has new mushroom world and flower world it has new coin rush it also has this new star world i hope you enjoyed my story thank you for reading!