KEY INFORMATION A classic Mario™ adventure that everyone can enjoy – at the same time.
Developers at Nintendo have dreamed of creating a simultaneous multiplayer Super Mario Bros.™
game for decades. The Wii console finally makes that dream come true
for everyone. Now players can navigate the side-scrolling worlds alone
as before or invite up to three others to join them at the same time on
the same level at any point in the game for competitive and cooperative
multiplayer fun. With the multiplayer mode, the newest installment of
the most popular video game franchise is designed to bring yet another
type of family entertainment into living rooms and engage groups of
friends in fast-paced Super Mario Bros. fun.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers a combination of
cooperation and competition. Players can pick each other up to save
them from danger or toss them into it.
Mario, Luigi™ and two Toads are all playable characters, while
many others from the Mushroom Kingdom make appearances throughout the
game. Players can even ride different Yoshi™ characters and use their
tongues to swallow enemies, items and even balls of fire.
In some areas, players use the motion abilities of the Wii
Remote™ controller. The first player to reach a seesaw might make it
tilt to help his or her character reach a higher platform – or might
make it tilt incorrectly just to mess with other players.
New items include the propeller suit, which will shoot players
high into the sky with just a shake of the Wii Remote, and Mario’s new
ability to transform into Penguin Mario.
At the end of each stage during the coin battle multiplayer
mode, players are ranked based on the number of coins they have
collected.