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New Super Mario Bros U. is a game I'm mixed on. I enjoyed the game and it does some really cool things like the Van Gogh inspired level and the final boss was cool, but at its core it's just another copy and paste New Super Mario Bros game. The world map is the same it's been in the past 3 games and doesn't try anything really new in it's level design. I do appreciate the snow level being set at night with the aurora borealis background though. That was a nice twist on the world. That was really one of the first times I liked an ice themed platforming world, as I found it to be the most unique in the game. It is able to more unique things than New Super Mario Bros. 2 and I appreciate it for that. I think if 2 was more of a copy of the DS one, this is more of a copy of the Wii one. I think graphically this is the best in the New Super Mario Bros. series and some of the levels like the Van Gogh one show how good the graphics really were. I feel like if there was more effort put into this instead of it being a copy paste entry, this could've been something really special. It shows quite a few flashes of something really cool, but never quite gets there from how safe it plays it. It is an entertaining playthrough and if you like this series I'd definitely give it a play, but at its core it's really just another safe entry.
New Super Mario Bros U. is a game I'm mixed on. I enjoyed the game and it does some really cool things like the Van Gogh inspired level and the final boss was cool, but at its core it's just another copy and paste New Super Mario Bros game. The world map is the same it's been in the past 3 games and doesn't try anything really new in it's level design. I do appreciate the snow level being set at night with the aurora borealis background though. That was a nice twist on the world. That was really one of the first times I liked an ice themed platforming world, as I found it to be the most unique in the game. It is able to more unique things than New Super Mario Bros. 2 and I appreciate it for that. I think if 2 was more of a copy of the DS one, this is more of a copy of the Wii one. I think graphically this is the best in the New Super Mario Bros. series and some of the levels like the Van Gogh one show how good the graphics really were. I feel like if there was more effort put into this instead of it being a copy paste entry, this could've been something really special. It shows quite a few flashes of something really cool, but never quite gets there from how safe it plays it. It is an entertaining playthrough and if you like this series I'd definitely give it a play, but at its core it's really just another safe entry.