Being a traditional style Mario adventure, Nintendo has stuck to the tried-and-tested storyline of Princess Peach being kidnapped by Bowser. Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad are all busy celebrating the Princess? birthday, but have the unpleasant surprise of finding out the massive cake that just arrived is indeed a trap. Out pop Bowser Junior and the Koopa Kids, into the cake goes Peach and off they all fly in Bowser?s airship, leaving the Mario Bros. and Toads looking bemused. Can her royal highness of the Mushroom Kingdom be rescued? Well, that is where you, and up to three friends if desired, come in!
New Super Mario Bros. takes place across eight worlds consisting of numerous sub-levels, special Toad houses where items and lives can be collected, and even nifty shortcut cannons that launch the plumbing duo to another world, bypassing a whole slew of stages along the way. As with the old school Mario platform games from the NES and Super NES, players are faced with a top-down overview of the current world they are on, with Mario being moved from one location to the next, but limited in exactly where he can travel. Whilst there are times when a few path choices are available, generally it is a case of ?complete a stage to move on.? It may seem ...
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