New Super Mario Bros. U review: A return to form
Super Mario World ruined me. Ever since it was released in 1991, I’ve been waiting for Nintendo to top it, to one up its brilliant levels, wonderful music and sheer creativity. Don’t get me wrong, the 3D Mario games are great, but I grew up with 2D games and will always have a soft spot for them.
New Super Mario Bros. promised to return Mario and friends to their 2D roots. While the series has produced three solid platformers thus far, it’s never really recaptured the old spark. The unbridled chaos of cooperative play in New Super Mario Bros. Wii is certainly fun, and romping around as a giant is novel, but nothing has compared with donning the cape for the first time, or being swallowed up by a hidden keyhole. With a few exceptions, the series has been, in a word, rote.
In this latest entry, however, that’s all changed. In New Super Mario Bros. U, Mario comes closer to his glory days than he has in years.
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