Nintendo Wii Review: New Super Mario Bros Wii  By    |
  Thursday, January 13, 2011 Filed under: Gaming Tags: , , , , ,
For a few weeks now I’ve been playing New Super Mario Bros. Wii,
as I’ve gotten this for a Christmas gift.  The first question
that came into my head was the same question that popped into
everyone’s head – why should anybody buy a game for $50 that was
in style 25 years ago (i.e. the side-scroller platformer)?
After popping in the game for the first time, I could see its
appeal. It addition to being upgraded nostalgia, the game’s real
greatness comes from its multiplayer capacity. Originally, you
would side-scroll as a single character. Now, up to four of your
friends can go through each level…all at the same time.  The
game isn’t just jumping and moving forward either. You can run,
do double jumps, triple jumps, wall kicks, pound-the-ground,
pick up items to throw, etc.  The one problem is that momentum
does not work like it should. Yes, I’m aware that all videogame
superheroes can contr