Best Christmas Gift: New Super Mario Bros

New Super Mario Bros

New Super Mario Bros Wii Now Available

By Robert Kuramoto

The highly anticipated New Super Mario Bros Wii will be released on November 15, 2009. The game that launched the Nintendo Entertainment System to skyrocket in popularity is back on the Nintendo Wii. The original Super Mario Bros. game came bundled with the NES console along with Duck Hunt and became the face of Nintendo, and for good reason. This side scrolling game revolutionized the gaming industry and set the bar for new games alike.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could play the original Super Mario Bros. as a real time multi-player game? Well, now the time has come! Now with the latest in gaming technology Nintendo has made the New Super Mario Bros. Wii a real time multi-player game! Now players can navigate through the game by themselves or play with up to three others to join them at the same time at any point in the game for some awesome multi-player fun.

Here are some of the features of the game listed in the game description:

* Offers a combination of cooperation and competition. Players can pick each other up to save them from danger or toss them into it.

* Mario™, Luigi™, and two Toads are all playable characters, while many others from the Mushroom Kingdom make appearances throughout the game. Players can even ride different Yoshi characters and use their tongues to swallow enemies, items and even balls of fire.

* In some areas, players use the motion abilities of the Wii Remote™ controller. The first player to reach a seesaw might make it tilt to help his or her character reach a higher platform - or might maike it tilt incorrectly just to mess with other players.

* New items include the propeller suit, which will shoot players high into the sky with just a shake of the Wii Remote, and Mario's new ability to transform into Penguin Mario.


* At the end of each stage during the coin battle multiplayer mode, players are ranked based on the number of coins they have collected.

With the ability of the simultaneous multi-player game play this new addition to the Mario Brothers franchise will be a great Wii Family Game as well as a great Wii Party Game. I can't wait to get my hands on this game come November 15, 2009.

System: Wii

No. of players: up to 4 players
Release Date: Nov 15, 2009
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Genre: Platformer
ESRB Rating: E

For more information on the New Super Mario Bros. game visit: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Robert Kuramoto is a lifelong avid gamer. His gaming history goes back to the Commodore 64 days. Kuramoto enjoys playing many types of games and systems, but his specialty systems are the Wii and Playstation. You can find these and other popular games at Top Ten Wii Games

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New Super Mario Bros

Product Features

Edition: Standard

• New items include the propeller suit, which will shoot players high into the sky with just a shake of the Wii Remote and Mario¿s new ability to transform into Penguin Mario.
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers a combination of cooperation and competition. Players can pick each other up to save them from danger or toss them into it.
• Supports 2-4 players in multiplayer mode.
• Mario, Luigi and two Toads are all playable characters, while many others from the Mushroom Kingdom make appearances throughout the game. Players can also ride different Yoshi characters and use their tongues as weapons.
• Players can use the motion abilities of the Wii Remote controller. The first player to reach a seesaw might make it tilt to help his or her character. reach a higher platform ¿ and then tilt it incorrectly just to mess with other players.

Product Description

Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Product Description

Developers at Nintendo have dreamed of creating a simultaneous multiplayer Super Mario Bros. game for decades. The Wii console finally makes that dream come true for everyone with New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Supporting 2-4 players in side-scrolling co-op and competitive platforming action, and featuring a mix of fan favorites and new characters, new powerups and various input options via the Wii Remote, it is destined to become an instant classic in one of the most beloved game franchises of all-time.

Co-op/competitive simultaneous multiplayer. View larger. Classic environments with a twist. View larger. Wacky new powerups View larger. Gameplay New Super Mario Bros. Wii, like all the previous releases in the Super Mario Bros. franchise is a side-scrolling platforming game where players collect coins as they attempt to make their way through progressively more difficult game levels using their ability to time jumps over obstacles and avoid a slew of enemies. But although the game contain several well-deserved nods to previous games in the series in the form of iconic characters like Mario, Luigi and two Toads, as well as familiar enemies, sound effects and levels, it is not simply another trip down Mario Bros. memory lane. Taking advantage of the flexibility and power of the Wii and Wii Remote, New Super Mario Bros. Wii manages to preserve the retro experience that fans love about the series, while adding new game features. Notable additions among these include, expansive play levels and new powerups and characters, but by far the most important, and in fact game-defining new feature is simultaneous multiplayer. A Franchise First: Simultaneous Multiplayer Since the very first Super Mario Bros. game took the world by storm in the late 1980s gamers anxious to get into the action have patiently and impatiently waited their turn as the infamous 'player 2.' Those days are no more. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii players can now navigate the side-scrolling worlds alone as before or invite up to three others to join them at the same time, on the same level, at any point in the game for competitive and cooperative multiplayer fun. With the multiplayer mode, the newest installment of the most popular video game franchise is designed to bring yet another type of family entertainment into living rooms and engage groups of friends in fast-paced Super Mario Bros. fun. Controller Choices Via the Wii Remote In another nod to the series' Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) roots, the Wii Remote controller used with New Super Mario Bros. Wii is held sideways, allowing for easy, classic inputs using the D-pad to direct playable characters, the 1 button to jump and 2 button to spit out projectiles like snowballs and fireballs. In addition, players can access powerups with their choice of either the push of a button, or by shaking the Wii remote, again demonstrating the perfect merging of classic gameplay and modern game design which is New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Key Game Features New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers a combination of cooperation and competition. Players can pick each other up to save them from danger or toss them into it. Supports 2-4 players in multiplayer mode. Mario, Luigi and two Toads are all playable characters, while many others from the Mushroom Kingdom make appearances throughout the game. Players can even ride different Yoshi characters and use their tongues to swallow enemies – or their fellow players. In some areas, players use the motion abilities of the Wii Remote controller. The first player to reach a seesaw might make it tilt to help his or her character reach a higher platform – and then tilt it incorrectly just to mess with other players. New items include the propeller suit, which will shoot players high into the sky with just a shake of the Wii Remote and Mario’s new ability to transform into Penguin Mario. At the end of each stage during the simultaneous multiplayer mode, players are ranked based on their score, the coins collected and the number of enemies defeated.

New Super Mario Bros

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Gift: Around the World in 80 Days [Game Download]

Around the World in 80 Days [Game Download]

Price: $0.99

Product Description

You only have 80 days to circumnavigate the globe. Think that sounds easy? Travel back in time to the late 19th century and get ready for spectacular adventures on land, sea and air together with the English daredevil Phileas Fogg and his loyal French servant Passepourtout. Use the unique chance to visit four continents and complete the inconceivable journey in this outstanding puzzler based on the classic adventure novel by Jules Verne!


Review:

By Nuknuk (Springfield, VA United States)

This is great game adaptation from the classic book by Jules Verne, "Around the World in 80 Days". Another game from the mold of Bejeweled, Big Kahuna, Jewel Quest, Rise of Atlantis, etc. But with the classic background and wonderful story theme, this is a winner. Every time you finish a round it flips a page on the book, feeding a piece of the story as you continue your travel.

Graphics is superb with great details. The background music is soothing.

When you get a power hammer, it actually lets you know which tiles can be removed. The tiles will shake and makes it easy to see if your selection is strategically what you want to remove, or decide to pick another set of tiles. I just wish that you can carry over the power hammers when you finish a set of tiles to the next round.

Around the World in 80 Days [Game Download]

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