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Sequel or Rehash? – New Super Mario Bros. Wii

New Super Mario Bros. took the stage when it was released on the Nintendo DS in May of 2006. With universal acclaim, the latest installment into the main Super Mario series was a hit, selling over 26 million copies and becoming the best-selling Nintendo DS game to date. Then, at E3 2009, Nintendo unveiled a sequel to their highly successful game. While New Super Mario Bros. Wii was in the sense a new game, the similarities between the two leave a simple question among gamers. Was this game a true sequel or simply a rehash and a quick grab for cash?

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dedicatedtogamers4693d ago

Did this guy even play the game?

New levels, WAY more levels, new enemies, new secrets, WAY more bosses, added in 4-player co-op, new powerups...

It was the first Mario sidescroller in 18 years on a console, and it sold like gangbusters. It's still one of the best sidescrollers on the market.

Canary4693d ago

...Yeah, but all of those things still fit the bill of rehash. It's the same basic gameplay, same structure, same (lol) narrative, same atmosphere, same garden-variety "puzzles."

Nintendo really changed things up with the Galaxy games: this one, though, it's about as exciting as the color mauve. Mario fanboys... I get it. You think the game is perfect. But for, you know, the rest of the world--the people who don't salivate over those overalls--the game doesn't really offer anything worthwhile.

dedicatedtogamers4692d ago

So you're saying that the 25 million people who bought this were just "Mario fanboys"?

HAHAHAH!

Sorry, but you're wrong, plain and simple.

Canary4692d ago

No, I'm not.

Sales numbers are completely irrelevant. Yes, a good portion of those are from fanboys: more still are from casual gamers, or gamers who don't think, or gamers who buy ignorant.

It could have sold 2 copies or 2 million and my argument would still be the same, and still be valid. The sad fact of the matter is that NSMB Wii sold well because the vast majority of gamers simply do not bother to do ANY research. Gamers are among the, if not THE dumbest group of consumers on this planet.

ApexHell4693d ago

i have played the ds one and it was great. the wii version i havent played so i cant really comment on if it was a rehash or not but a mario game is a mario game regardless.

tweet754693d ago

not a rehash only some of the gameplay ideas. But lots of fresh ones. Nintendo could have been lazy and "remade" super mario 1, 2, 3 but they made a whole new game. It is arguably in my honest opinon the best mario game ever

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos12d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H911d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX11d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H911d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro11d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos10d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger8811d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk7711d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos11d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris11d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno28d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.