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Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Thursday, 12 November 2009 07:23
Having featured in numerous games, cartoon shows and even a movie, Mario had made his presence felt on Nintendo’s Wii console is various familiar guises, such as kart driver in Mario Kart Wii, platform adventurer in Paper Mario Bros, Super Mario Galaxy and likely elsewhere.
But it is as platform adventurer in “Super Mario Bros” that Mario is most well known and loved, and since the introduction of the Nintendo Wii, it is in this incarnation that he has been most awaited – or is that awiited?
Shockingly bad puns aside, something for wiich I have a biit of a wiikness at tiimes, Super Mario Bros Wii is a tremendously fun game, instantly reminiscent of the classic Mario Bros games of years gone by, but with one major difference: simultaneous multiplayer action, with up to four players able to romp through the platform screens at the same time.
It brings a new angle to an age-old game that will undoubtedly prove wildly popular with Super Mario fans old and new, and will surely help Nintendo enjoy a very merry Christmas and holiday sales season in 2009, precisely when Nintendo needs a monster hit to continue the Wii’s wild and woolly momentum against its more powerful brethren, the PS3 and Xbox 360.
The multiplayer action can be competitive or cooperative, adding yet another angle to the proceedings, with a range of new on-screen powers to enjoy, including ‘helicopter’ propeller suits, and as always, the game is rated as being “suitable for all skill levels”.
Nintendo Australia’s tagline for the holiday sales season down under is “This summer belongs to Nintendo”.
With new games such as Super Mario Bros Wii, and the new Wii Fit Plus game that brings a swag of cool new fitness games to enjoy and crunch calories with, among others, the end of 2009 definitely looks like being super sales season for the Wii, something Nintendo needs to face the Xbox Natal and PS3 motion controlled new realities coming next year.
All up, Nintendo’s onto another gameplay winner with Super Mario Bros Wii, and all still without the high-def hi-jinx of its competition!
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