A standalone expansion of New Super Mario Bros. U

With Mario nowhere to be found, it’s up to Luigi to save the day in a brand-new downloadable adventure that takes place in the world of New Super Mario Bros. U. Experience new gameplay challenges as you guide Luigi, complete with his high jump and unique slide, through all-new courses. Enjoy high replayability and satisfaction from mastering each course, and then share your triumphs via the Miiverse feature. Up to five players* can jump into the fun, with Nabbit taking the place of Mario as a playable character. Help Luigi finally prove he has what it takes! -Take control of Luigi in his first starring role in a platform adventure -Level-up your New Super Mario Bros. U experience with more than 80 new courses -High replayability and satisfaction from mastering each course -Play with distinct Luigi physics, including his unique slide and gratifying higher and longer jumps -No time to waste as each course begins with only 100 seconds -For the first time, play as Nabbit, invincible to enemies and obstacles -Share triumphs with the community via the Miiverse feature (broadband Internet access required for online features. For more info, go to support.nintendo.com) -Play using a Wii Remote controller, the Wii U GamePad controller, or a Wii U Pro Controller -Players must own a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U New Super Luigi U was also released as a standalone game.

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Tj_King35

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In my opinion, this game is just flat out awful. It’s just NSMBU but you play as Luigi, he actually has special abilities like fast run and high jump, you can play as nabbit, each of the levels is only 100 seconds long, and those stupid blue and yellow toads are back. That’s it, nothing else of substance. Such a shame considering Luigi is my favourite Mario brother and he had to star in this trash. NSMBU already had its fair share of problems, so for them to just rinse and repeat and add a few differences here and there is just lazy. The game it’s self plays so speed runner like it’s not even good for people who just wanna play it casually. The only good things I have to say about this game is you can play as nabbit, and I like that Luigi has his special abilities. Nothing else really good to say about this one. They really did my boy Luigi dirty considering 2013 was a year Nintendo dedicated to HIM. Overall, 1.5 out of 5 stars.
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EColiFan2003

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An expansion pack to a game that is basically an expansion of another game.
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davydoo

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fun, i like harder mario games
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ICEQUEEN

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easy baby game
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PidgeGauss

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After having just beaten Super Mario Bros U, NLU was a fun change of pace, despite its much shorter levels. You only have 100 seconds to beat every level, thus making their lengths much shorter than the original game where you commonly had 400-500 seconds to beat them. Combine this with the fact that Luigi (and possibly the other characters(?) I never had a chance to try that out) controls like he does in SMB: Lost Levels/SMB2 (i.e. he can jump higher, has lower falling acceleration) and you get really fast paced and manic levels, because this game is HARD.

All of the levels are new, with none being taken from the original game, but just because the levels are short, doesn't mean they're easy. Granted you usually will get a mushroom early on if you enter a level small, but they basically cram 500 seconds worth of enemies into a 100 second stage. With Luigi's crazy jumping, I was fairly frequently crazily jumping around trying to avoid the onslaught of enemies flying around me, or trying to avoid the lava/acid/spikes which threatened below my feet. The secrets are also immensely well hidden. Despite many run-throughs, I didn't find a single secret in the first four worlds, where in the main game I'd found them all.

The difficulty is one of the few small qualms I do have with the game. Considering that the game is technically playable with 4-people at once, the speed at which you have to complete levels really makes it so one player is constantly leaving the other person behind. That said, the addition of the Nabbit character really makes it a little easier for the second player given his immunity to enemies, but that still doesn't save you from the screen scrolling or pits to kill you.

Ultimately, I feel the game is good, but far too short a novelty to warrent the $40 price tag which the physical release shares with the main game's physical release. I'd say defeinitely keep an eye out for the New Super Mario Bros U + New Luigi U pack that I got, which tends to be a much more reasonable $45-$55. Still, it was super fun, and still comes very recommended to any Mario fan if you can pick it up at a good price.
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Antonio_C

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Man, I love Luigi.
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