New Super Mario Bros. - Wii

[FPM]

Just rented NSMB for Wii. One player is pretty good, but multiplayer is terrible. It could've been fixed too by using a button to activate intercharacter action (jumping on top of other characters, pushing each other, etc.) Accidentally jumping when another player does and being pushed into spikes or a hole is beyond annoying.

[Hero]

So I'm playing SMB, SMB3, and SMW in tandem with NSMBWii as I go for 100%. It really is up with its older brothers in terms of fun and challenge balancing out.

SMB - Probably the toughest in terms of overall level structure. There's enough holy shit moments interspersed through taxing gameplay that there's few stages that fit as filler material.

SMB3 - The levels are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay shorter than I remember! Meaning even in a tough level, it's usually just a few tough jumps or circumstances that once understood, can be plowed through. Still World 8 has probably the hardest levels in any Mario game.

SMW - Easiest in the sense that this is where the series started putting secret exits, keys, etc etc as an emphasis over a straight platformer challenge. A big game and can be a workout in some levels, but I think NSMBWii is little more visceral in its challenge than World.

I still don't know where I'd put MarioWii in terms of difficulty. Some stages are a total cakewalk, while others are right up there with 1 and 3. Granted I have like 80-something lives but I've also died way more than I can keep track of. As for multiplayer, I think it changes the focus of the game. On solo I'm in old-school platform perfectionist mode. In multi-play if I lighten up on that attitude it's a blast.

[Sixfortyfive]

I've been playing old 2D Marios lately as well. SMB1's difficulty is way unbalanced compared to its successors. If you have a fire flower you're basically God, but once you take one hit it can mark the difference between a cakewalk and a struggle. Sometimes I think that that Hammer Bro placed right before the final Bowser is a bigger dick move than anything in Lost Levels. At least the final castle in the 2nd game had two secret mushroom/flower blocks.

SMB3's stages seemed short to me on a recent play as well, but then I realized that none of them have checkpoints so it kind of balances out. It's still a crazy long game if you actually try to beat every stage in one sitting, and even though most of the stages are short they usually either have some significant secrets or are at least light on filler.

[epmode]

Just rented NSMB for Wii. One player is pretty good, but multiplayer is terrible. It could've been fixed too by using a button to activate intercharacter action (jumping on top of other characters, pushing each other, etc.) Accidentally jumping when another player does and being pushed into spikes or a hole is beyond annoying.

Stupid deaths are the entire point of the multiplayer. I like it lots.

Press A if it bothers you, I guess.

[Yoshi]

'Sploded

[epmode]

That article is horrible.

This has already sold 10 million copies, BTW.

[Low]

That article is horrible.

This has already sold 10 million copies, BTW.

Yep, outsold Galaxy in less than two months.

[Bacon McShig]

I finally got around to playing this multiplayer the other day. It was a laugh riot. Good times.

[animegirl]

Just rented NSMB for Wii. One player is pretty good, but multiplayer is terrible. It could've been fixed too by using a button to activate intercharacter action (jumping on top of other characters, pushing each other, etc.) Accidentally jumping when another player does and being pushed into spikes or a hole is beyond annoying.

This is my favorite part of the game. I have been playing this with my boyfriend and we actively try to fuck each other over. It's glorious.

[bbobb]

That article is horrible.

Truth.

But he is right, splosion man is a much better game.