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what happened?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 74
Date: August 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Decent game for young kids. But what happened to levels 4 and 7. What a rip off, why not just have six levels then to skip two levels of fun? And the 20 coins that are used and could be used for extra levels at the end of the game just serve for a new background and decoration. Worst game of the series. Still good but the worst. Hope the next one isn't such a lazy atttempt. Cheers

THE PLUMBERS BUTT

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 218
Date: May 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME ROTS IS SHORT EASY AMD STUPID DID I SAY ITS SHORT BECASE IT IS GOD I HATE THIS STUPID GAME BEAT IT IN 45 MINTES WHATS WRONT WITH NINTENDO NO MARIO FRO LONG TIME NOW MARIO AND ITS BAD BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

returned this also

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 56
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Went with a wII and returned product but everything was on time for the delivery and in good condiotn

Terrible game for a terrible system

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 61
Date: January 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the many failures of mario recently. It is fitting it was a made for a system as bad as the ds.

A Mario fan dissappointed and bored with this one.....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 18
Date: February 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First off I am 23 years old and I'm using the kid's review since i have never purchased anything off Amazon.

I am a huge Mario fan. I've loved every Mario I've ever played, except for Super Mario Sunshine. New Super Mario Bros. really got me excited when I first seen it come out. I bought a Nintendo DS just so i could own and play this game. After playing it for a few hours i got bored with it and i was starting to get really disappointed. But i thought, i am only halfway through world 2 so ill give it more time.

I got through the whole game, except for the two hidden worlds, and i was so disappointed. First off, this game is SOOO easy! The levels only take a few minutes, if that. There is no real challenge, and all the old puzzles and such are in this game. That may be great for nostalgic purposes, but this is a NEW game, hence NEW Super Mario Bros. This game is basically a Super Mario World 2:Yoshi's Island and Super Mario 3 hybrid, with Mario 64 like play in 2-D. The levels throughout the game offer pretty much no diversity. I loved diverse worlds of Super Mario 3, but in this game i really didnt care that i was in a desert world or water world, it was all the same bullcrap.

A few of the added stuff to this game just seems stupid. For example, Mario's triple jump can be used maybe twice in this game. They dont give you enough room to pull this jump off in any of the levels! I dont think i even had enough room to pull off a double jump. The wall jumping is different from what you have seen in SM64 or Sunshine. You dont just jump to the wall and immediately kick back up. You have to jump, let yourself skid down the wall, then jump. It wasnt too bad, but it was rather annoying sometimes. Another complaint is the huge mushroom that this game has added. There is no real fun in using this mushroom! When you get it, you of course get as big as the screen, then you run through the level clearing everything and everyone out of your path, then 8 to 10 seconds later you shrink back up to small mario. You then get a few 1 UPs depending on how much damage you did. This was fun the first time i got the mushroom, which happens like 5 seconds into the very first level(LAME!!!), but after a few more times, i completely ignored them when they came up.

Another big thing that i love in Mario games, again except for Sunshine, is the music. This game has a very limited amount of music that it uses. The first level music is what you will hear probably 85 % of the game!! I hate that tune, and it shows just how little time they spent coming up with new tunes. I think this is another big reason that this game got real old after awhile for me.

I know i said before that this game is easy, but you have no idea if you are a nintendo veteran like me. I know this game will be a little more challenging to new comers and kids, but it is a total letdown to the older and experienced crowd. Just like many Mario games, there are 2 castles in each world, one halfway, and one at the end. The halfway castle always has Bowser Jr. as it's boss! What the F***?! This made me so mad. He does the same moves pretty much each time, with maybe one little change(sides of the floor will be missing, etc). All you have to do is stomp on him 3 times and he is done. Or you can powerstomp him twice, or throw freakin fireballs at him and beat him in half a second! Just wayyyyy to easy! Come on Nintendo, this stratagy has been milked to death and every game it is easier and easier. I remember Mario 3 had these tactics, but it was still kinda hard because the boss would have spiratic moves. The moves Bowser Jr. uses can be anticipated way ahead of time. He runs and slips, and if you stomp on him you while he is on his back, you will hit his spikes and die, assuming you are small mario of course.

For the main world bosses, they are not really any harder than Bowser Jr. They are more dynamic and take a bit more stratagy, but any experienced Mario gamer will know what to do right away. The Tank boss is probably the hardest boss in the game. The final boss is also ok, but it still needs to be a challenge.

As a whole, this game is basically the same old song and dance. You go around collecting coins for 1UPs and you now have 3 big coins you collect so you can unlock new paths, mushroom houses, and 1UP houses along the road. All of these are not necessary and it is really no reward in collecting these things.

I cant tell you how disappointed I am in this game. It kills me to score this game the way i did. I am even being very generous by giving it what i did. I absolutely love Mario games, but this one was a slap in the face for me! I really think that this was just hyped up and everyone bought into it. You can see from IGN.com and other people's on here that it is a good game. But i really want to know if some people deep down were a bit disappointed and in their love for Nintendo and Mario, gave this game praise that really wasnt deserving. I love the NES-N64 days of mario, but in all honesty, I want new Mario experiences. This one could have been alot better.

If i were to grade this game on a scale of 100, this game would recieve a 55. In my college grading scale, 60 is the least for passing, according to the syllabus, but they will pass you with a 55. So, i say this game fails, but ill pass it on.

A Portable Old School Mario with excellent Graphics

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 37
Date: May 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Those are the only two pros of this game. If you want to play the classic NES Mario games on your DS, then buy this. If you want a challenge or something new and different, then do not buy this. You will be sorely disappointed.

This is the same stale gameplay that plagues many generic platformers today, no matter what console. Just because it is Mario does not make it any better. The worlds themselves are mostly recycled, with some variances, from Super Mario 3. The boss battles are exactly the same. The only time the touch screen is even used for the gameplay is if you want to use the power up you have saved.

With the incredible potential this game had, it is wasted on rehashing the old NES games with better graphics. Once again, buy this only if you want a portable NES Mario game. Everyone else, stay away.

COME ON, NINTENDO! YOU CAN DO BETTER!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 15
Date: April 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Clearly not alot of people agree with me about what I'm going to say...
This game was ALOT of fun until you beat Bowser in his giant world 8 castle. Then for me, it got soooooooooo boring. The minigames are pointless, cheap, and just plain BORING. The layout is similar to the original. Overall, the Super Mario Bros. series is one of Nintendo's best... and that's the only reason they got away with this blow.............

its ok.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: June 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought a DS lite just so i can play Mario, unfortunately, this game was not as fun as I expect it to be. The game went by too quickly, and it was too easy. The mega mushroom is more for the purpose of marketing the game than an useful item. The turtle shell and mini mushroom helps you uncover hidden areas, other than that you're back to you good old fire ball...back to basics.
I would recommend renting it since theres really no point in playing it over and over again. The whole game can be finished in 3-5 hours. The 3 star coin collecting is supposed to add replay value, but personally I find it pretty pointless since you use it to buy more mushroom houses (which u can get easily by jumping the flag pole at the right time) or background. If I can use it to unlock new level then it actually will add replay value.
The level design feels some what repetitive, some level feel almost identical (water stages), and the mid stage boss is exactly the same in all 8 worlds just on a different platform. Maybe I just out grown Mario, but DS Mario feel like a kids game that doesn't provide any challenges nor any nostalgic values. Overall, I would rate SNES Mario World the BEST Mario game, followed by Mario 3 and then this version of Mario. (I dunno about the 3D mario on N64, but mario belongs on a 2D platform)

mario game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was very un-happy with this product. The game was shown as a new game, if not I would had both it at another web site. It came without a box and without the book. How do you expect someone to use the game without the book to know the elements of the game? This experience made me think twice about buying at your web site again. I was buying something believing it was new, to get something used. I can tell you this, my birthday is coming and I ask the family that used to use this site not to get me a gift card this time. Thank you Silvia

A Classic Game Dumbed Down

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: February 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am seriously in shock at the rave reviews this game has been getting. I was originally not intending to get this game; not because I don't like Mario games (I loved the SNES version), but I was planning on buying another DS game. However, the reviews swayed me, and I picked this up.

What a mistake.

I do admit, I didn't watch a ton of videos on this game, like I usually do with most video game purchases. I figured I could rely on Nintendo to recreate a classic in portable form. Sadly, I was wrong. This game takes everything that was great about the classic Mario Brothers, and destroys it. The levels are all EXACTLY THE SAME with different colors. There are about 3 or 4 levels total that they just recolored (and changed the model of the enemy but they are the same). Not only that, but the few levels that there are are extremely easy, dumbed down, and short.
The "boss" is also a joke. There's no strategy, just jump on him like he's a koopa. 3 times. Every time you face him. Big freakin' woop.

Someone's going to be getting this game very cheap, as it is not worth my time. Don't waste you money on this game, go for Mario 64 DS or MarioKart DS, those games are well worth their cost.

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