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Mario's makeover works alone or with friends
PETER RAMBO, The York Dispatch
Posted on Thursday, November 19 @ 05:49:09 CST
Topic: Gaming
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Finally, a game for the Wii that's enjoyable whether you're sharing the couch or playing alone.
 Mario is the game industry's most recognizable character, and his story
hasn't changed much over the years. Bowser has stolen Princess Peach,
again, and Mario will stomp on any residents of the Mushroom Kingdom
who get in the way of his rescue plans.
If you haven't played a Mario game since "Super Mario World" was
released nearly 20 years ago, don't worry. The gameplay hasn't changed
much either.
In the interim, the title character has learned to jump off walls, and
he's got a few new costumes, but he's still Jumpman at heart. He spends
most of the game leaping into pipes, over bottomless pits and onto
platforms.
In addition to the fire flower and super mushroom common to all Super
Mario games, "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" introduces an ice flower, a
propeller suit and a penguin suit. In the propeller suit, Mario can
spin straight up in the air and float down.
Unfortunately, Mario only spins with a shake of the Wii remote, an imprecise action in an otherwise tightly controlled game.
Each level contains three big coins, which unlock gameplay videos. The
most interesting ones are the super skill videos, which show off the
talents of people playing the game. The skill videos are impressive and
offer ideas for upping your game.
Multiplayer: Players can work together to play through the game
in co-op mode, they can compete for scores, kills and coins in free for
all, or they can battle for coins.
No mode works well with two players. My roommate and I did little more
than send each other to our deaths when we tried to help each other in
co-op mode. And if one player has more experience with the game, coin
battles and free for all are lopsided and frustrating for the other
player.
A third or fourth player makes each mode more chaotic. That detracts
from co-op, but evens the playing field during coin battles and free
for all because weaker players can conspire to doom the better players.
This new Mario is an ode to the side-scrolling plumber platformers of
the 8- and 16-bit consoles that captures multiplayer experience
Nintendo's latest console is known for.
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