A Good Companion to New Super Mario U
First, it must be said that you shouldn't get this game unless you've played and enjoyed the main game, "New Super Mario Bros. U". Super Luigi appears as downloadable content for that game, even though it's a standalone title as well. The only advantage to getting it as a disc is if you need to save space or if you'd prefer to be able to resell it individually at a later time.
The game is classic side-scrolling Mario style fun in the same vein as the original NES games, much like all New Super Mario games. To be more precise, they should be calling these "Retro Super Mario Bros." because that's exactly what they are.
The Luigi game brings back nearly all of the levels of the Mario counterpart but remixes them into all-new designs that are made about half as long, but with slightly harder sections. It was actually cool to play both games back to back to see all the same familiar levels redone in completely new challenging ways. People who've played the first will...
Great, if atypical, addition to Mario platformers
"New Super Luigi U" is downloadable content for "New Super Mario Bros. U", staring Luigi rather than Mario. Two months after its first appearance in the Nintendo eShop, priced at $19.99, Nintendo has released the game as a retail boxed version at $29.99, ten dollars more. The DLC version requires you to have the "New Super Mario Bros. U" disk in the Wii U to play this extra content. Obviously, the boxed version can be played as a stand-alone title.
Please note: Mario does not appear at all as a playable character. After beating the game, you can play as Luigi using the standard physics of his brother.
To put it kindly, the Wii U has had a rough first year. The sales have simply not been there, and Nintendo is fighting tooth and nail to get the install base up for their new machine. One of the key factors has been lack of software titles. Nintendo skipped the full blown dog and pony show of E3, instead issuing a Nintendo Direct (an online presentation of the...
A little disappointing but still has potential for fun
I pre-ordered this without a thought because I loved New Super Mario Bros. U. Perhaps that was my first mistake. I love platforming games and have since playing the original Mario Bros. since the 1980's. The reason why I was disappointed with this game was simply because it wasn't what I expected from Nintendo's Mario franchise. What I wanted was 8 new worlds with all new levels. After all, the game description did say over 80 new levels. Instead, this is what you get:
* All the worlds are the same from New Super Mario Bros. U (Acorn Plains, Layer Cake Desert, etc.). I was expecting new worlds with completely new levels just for Luigi. I was most disappointed with this.
* Most of the cut scenes are the same (minor tweaks based on the lack of Mario as a playable character)
* Each level in each world is a re-hash of the original (although some do feel completely different)
* Almost every level you only get 100 seconds to complete it...
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