New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the second game in the New Super Mario Bros. series. It is a Wii-based game originally released in 2009. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the first side-scrolling two-dimensional Mario platformer for a home console since Super Mario World for the SNES. The spin-jump and riding Yoshi are returning features from Super Mario World. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the indirect follow-up to the 2006 game New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS. Four individual players can play together as Mario, Luigi, Yellow Toad, and Blue Toad. A follow-up, titled New Super Mario Bros. 2 (which is an indirect sequel to the 2006 game) was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. Another sequel to the New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. U, was released in 2012 for the Wii U and then remastered for the Nintendo Switch in 2019.
Plot
Mario and his friends are celebrating Princess Peach's birthday when a huge cake arrives. Suddenly, the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. pop-out and throw the cake on top of Peach, capturing her. They carry Peach to their airship fortress, while Mario, Luigi, and two other Toads pursue. The other Toads from the castle use a cannon to blast the Propeller Suits and Penguin Suits for Mario and the others.
After they defeat all the Koopalings, Kamek, and Bowser Jr. throught each world, the team gets to Bowser's Castle. When they find Bowser, one of them jumps on a button and sends him falling down to the lava below. Mario, Luigi, and the Toads see Princess Peach in the cage, but she turns out to be Kamek disguised as Princess Peach. Kamek then flies out of the cage and casts a magical spell that makes Bowser come back exponentially larger than his normal size, giving chase. The four run away from Bowser in an ancient-looking castle, until they get to a large, orange button below Princess Peach. One of them pushes the button and Bowser falls into the lava below him-- again and is defeated. Peach is then released from the cage.
Mario and Peach walk out of Bowser's castle and spot Luigi, Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad coming down in hot air balloons. Luigi walks out of his balloon and lets Mario and Peach in, but the balloon goes up without Luigi, so the Toads offer him a ride in their balloon. After the credits, Larry and Bowser Jr. watch as the Koopalings are all trying to push regular-sized Bowser back up. They succeed, but by causing a huge thud, and Bowser's castle falls on them as the scene cuts to black.
Primary Gameplay
The gameplay is primarily similar to that of the original DS game, with several key changes, including that of multiplayer gameplay.
Multiplayer
Up to four players can play a level together as the four characters: Mario, Luigi, Yellow Toad, and/or Blue Toad. Player 1 can ONLY play as Mario. That’s true of ANY game mode. If players die in the game, they are suspended from gameplay until another player pops the bubble that their fellow character is suspended in. If the player shakes the Wii remote, the bubble will move closer to another player. If all the players are in a bubble at the same time, they will lose the level and return to the map screen. Players can pick up other players (by holding the 1 button and shaking the Wii remote) and throw them (by letting go of the 1 button), a technique that can be implemented both cooperatively and competitively. If two or more players ground-pound at the same time, all of the on-screen enemies will die (except for bosses).
Power-Ups
Three additional power-ups have been added to the Mario Brothers' arsenal. The Ice Flower, originally from Super Mario Galaxy, allows characters to freeze enemies as does the new Penguin Suit which not only freezes enemies but allows you to slide on your belly. The Propeller Suit allows the player to fly up. Yoshi has also been added into the game and generally serve the same purpose as they did in Super Mario World, except they cannot go with the player to next level.
Super Guide
A Super Guide, which allows players to skip sections of the game they aren't able to beat, has been added to the game to make it easier. Activating the Super Guide will show an NPC playing as Luigi showing the player how to beat the level with the option of trying again or skipping the level. Coins or points collected by Luigi will not be collected by the player. The Super Guide can be used only after the player has died eight or more times. However, the Super Guide cannot be used at Bowser's Castle.
Controls
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is played with the Wii remote held horizontally. The right and left arrows control whether the player moves left or right. The down arrow makes the character crouch. The up arrow does not do anything. If you press 2, your character will jump. If you press the down arrow while your character is jumping, your character will perform a ground pound. If you hold 1 while walking, the player will run. If you consecutively jump three times while running, your character will perform a front flip, which makes the player go slightly higher than a normal jump. In a multiplayer game, pressing the A button makes your character go into a bubble. This can be useful if your character is in a bad situation.
The game can also be played with the Wii Remote held vertically with the Nunchuk connected to it. The Nunchuk is used for movement. Pressing A will cause your character to jump. If you press 2 in a multiplayer game, your character will go into a bubble.
Worlds & Levels
- World 1 (Plains)
- Tower and Castle boss - Larry Koopa
- Enemy Course enemies - Goombas
- World 2 (Desert)
- World 3 (Snow)
- Tower and Castle boss - Lemmy Koopa
- Enemy Course enemies - Ice Bros.
- World 4 (Beach)
- Tower and Castle boss - Wendy O. Koopa
- Airship boss - Bowser Jr.
- Enemy Course enemy - Porcupuffers
- World 5 (Forest)
- Tower and Castle boss - Iggy Koopa
- Enemy Course enemies - Stalking Piranha Plants
- World 6 (Mountains)
- Tower and Castle boss - Morton Koopa Jr.
- Airship boss - Bowser Jr.
- Enemy Course enemies - Bullet Bills
- World 7 (Clouds)
- Tower and Castle boss - Ludwig von Koopa
- Enemy Course enemy - Lakitu
- World 8 (Volcanic)
- Tower boss - Kamek
- Airship boss - Bowser Jr.
- Enemy Course enemies - Podoboos.
- Castle boss - Bowser (Final Boss)
- World 9 (Star World)
- No boss battles present in this world
Enemies
- Amps
- Baby Bloopers
- Ball 'n' Chains
- Banzai Bills
- Big Boos
- Blooper Nannies
- Bloopers
- Bob-ombs
- Goombas
- Paragoombas
- Micro Goombas
- Grand Goombas
- Koopa Troopas
- Koopa Paratroopas
- Piranha Plants
- Super Piranha Plants
- Venus Fire Traps
- Super Venus Fire Traps
- Stalking Piranha Plants
- River Piranha Plant
- Munchers
- Wigglers
- Mega Wigglers
- Spikes
- Stone Spikes
- Chain Chomps
- Swoopers
- Buzzy Beetles
- Spike Tops
- Para-Beetles
- Heavy Para-Beetles
- Para-bombs
- Boos
- Broozers
- Little Mousers
- Circling Boo Buddies
- Bullet Bills
- Missile Bills
- Missile Banzai Bills
- King Bills
- Rocky Wrenches
- Podoboos
- Firebars
- Rocket Engines
- Fire Snakes
- Fire Chomps
- Fishbones
- Spiny Cheep-Cheeps
- Cheep-Cheeps
- Mega Cheep-Cheeps
- Deep-Cheeps
- Mega Deep-Cheeps
- Eep-Cheeps
- Porcupuffers
- Urchins
- Mega Urchins
- Clams
- Jellybeams
- Bulbers
- Cheep Chomps
- Pokeys
- Lakitus
- Spinies
- Monty Moles
- Cooligans
- Dry Bones
- Super Dry Bones
- Thwomps
- Super Thwomps
- Mechakoopas
- Hammer Bros.
- Fire Bros.
- Boomerang Bros.
- Sledge Bros.
- Ice Bros.
- Huckit Crabs
- Bramballs
- Foos
- Fuzzies
- Mega Fuzzies
- Crowbers
Characters
Playable Characters
Supporting Characters
Items & power-ups
- Super Mushroom
- Mini Mushroom
- Propeller Mushroom
- Penguin Suit
- Fire Flower
- Ice Flower
- Starman
- Coin
- Dash Coin
- Red Ring
- Red Coin
- Blue Coin
- Star Coin
- Berries
- Barrel
- Tilt Lift
- 1-Up Mushroom
- Toad Balloon
- P-Switches
- ? Switches
- Red ! Switch
- Springboards
- Donut Lifts
- Checkpoint Flag
- Vine
- Red Spikes
- Frozen Coin Block
Toad Houses
There are a total of three variants of the Toad Houses in this game:
- Red: Minigame called Power-Up Panels is played to win items.
- Green: Minigame called 1-Up Blast is played to win 1-Ups.
- Yellow: A Starman is given to the player.
Warp Cannons
In some worlds, a Warp Cannon is available somewhere on the map. The Warp Cannon's purpose is for the player to enter the Warp Cannon and let the Warp Cannon shoot the player to a later world. This allows the player to complete the game faster. To get access to a Warp Cannon, the player must find a secret exit in a level nearby on the world map to reveal a hidden path leading to the Warp Cannon. Here are all the Warp Cannon and the levels with their respective secret exits:
- Warp Cannons #1 and #2 shoot the player to World 5. The secret exits are located in World 1-3 and World 2-6.
- Warp Cannons #3 and #4 shoot the player to World 6. The secret exits are located in World 3-Ghost House and World 4-Tower.
- Warp Cannon #5 leads to World 8. The secret exit lies in World 6-6.
Also, because the player's character is shot to World 5, the worlds in between are still inaccessible unless the player finishes Worlds 1, 2, 3, and 4.
When reaching a secret Red Flagpole, Mario will exclaim: "Wahoo! This way!"
Release
New Super Mario Bros. Wii was first released in Australia on November 12, 2009. The game was then released in North America on November 15, 2009, Europe on November 20, 2009, and in Japan on December 3, 2009. It was later released to other countries in 2010.
Reception
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the 2nd most bought game in 2009, with the first being Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. It was also one of the most anticipated games of 2009.
Beta & Unused Elements
- Princess Peach was, at one point in development, supposed to be playable in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. If one uses a cheat device and sets a particular player I.D to "04", you can play as "Princess Peach." Meant to be an easy mode, you spawn as Fire Mario with a Starman riding Yoshi in every level. This can be proved as this character I.D is the only invalid I.D that does not crash the game upon loading the world map and when receiving a 1UP, that said text is pink.
Trivia
- This is the second game of the Super Mario series for the Wii, the first being Super Mario Galaxy
- This is the first Mario game to release in Australia first before anywhere else in the World.
- This is the first time Blue Toad and Yellow Toad are playable besides the Mario Bros.
- This is the first time a New Super Mario Bros. game is playable on a home system.
- This is the first time a 2D Super Mario game is playable on a home system in general since Super Mario World.
- This is the final Mario game to be released in the 2000s.
- This is the third game in the series where it is possible for Mario to lose his cap, first two being Super Mario 64 & Super Mario Sunshine.
- But unlike the two previous games, it does not have an affect on Mario's abilities.
- It is also the first 2D Mario game where you play as Mario without his cap.
Gallery
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