Is New Super Mario Bros U. really that bad?

Is New Super Mario Bros U. good?

  • Yes

    Votes: 9 64.3%

  • No

    Votes: 1 7.1%

  • Meh

    Votes: 4 28.6%

  • Never played it.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    14
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In 2024, I 100%ed New Super Mario Bros U. Deluxe, and I thought it was really fun. But, I've seen a lot of people criticize it, and I can agree with them on some of it. For example, it did lose a TON of personality. After NSMBWii, the games felt lazier and lazier. What do you think?
 
nah, i legit think it's one of the top tier mario games

i'd say a significant reason for the dislike is because it was the fourth game in the sub-series that all look very similar at first glance and (as i've mentioned a few times before on these board) nintendo's stupid ass decision to release it and NSMB2 on the 3ds only a few months apart
 
Princess Viola said:
nah, i legit think it's one of the top tier mario games

i'd say a significant reason for the dislike is because it was the fourth game in the sub-series that all look very similar at first glance and (as i've mentioned a few times before on these board) nintendo's stupid ass decision to release it and NSMB2 on the 3ds only a few months apart
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I think their decision to do that is so people with the Wii U and the 3ds could still play new super Mario bros
 
The thread title being "is NSMBU that bad" but the poll question being "is it good" almost threw me off

It's been a few years since I played it and I only ever played the Wii U version and never Deluxe, but I thought it was a pretty enjoyable game and a solid platformer, though it's far from my favourite 2D Mario game.
 
The game isn't bad but it's a ridiculously mediocre, bog standard Mario platformer released as the fourth entry in a series that has gotten very stale, in a time where we've gotten so much better 2D platformers released since (Rayman Origins/Legends, Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Donkey Kong Country Returns)

Is it good? I guess. Is it better than its competition? Absolutely not.
 
The main issue is not it's bad, but not as innovatie as expected. NSMBU took the "NSMBWii sequel" too literally and refused to be innovative, and obviously Wonder learned that lesson.

As comparison, 3D World and Tropical Freeze made enough difference to convince fans that they're different from the prequels. The final NSMBUDX version is acutally okay, so it would had been nice if NSMBU made a bigger step.
 
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Xiahou Ba said:
The game isn't bad but it's a ridiculously mediocre, bog standard Mario platformer released as the fourth entry in a series that has gotten very stale, in a time where we've gotten so much better 2D platformers released since (Rayman Origins/Legends, Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Donkey Kong Country Returns)

Is it good? I guess. Is it better than its competition? Absolutely not.
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I agree, i think they should've packed it up once they finished Wii
 
Dorayaki said:
The main issue is not it's bad, but not as innovatie as expected. NSMBU took the "NSMBWii sequel" too literally and refused to be innovative, and obviously Wonder learned that lesson.

As comparison, 3D World and Tropical Freeze made enough difference to convince fans that they're different from the prequels. The final NSMBUDX version is acutally okay, so it would had been nice if NSMBU made a bigger step.
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Yeah, I'd honestly say that even though I've never played on a 3DS, I think that 3d world is even better than 3d land. and i don't really play donkey Kong, so idk about tropical freeze.
 
I think it's a step up, but the decision to release it a couple of months after New Super Mario Bros 2 really hurt the series. It made people think NSMB was all Nintendo cared about and contributed to the unfair reputation the series has for being cashgrabs. It should have waited a year or two, so it could have some distance and been promoted along with Luigi U.

The game does have some unique things, such as the interactive world map, having to get back to Peach's Castle instead of going to Bowser's, new powerups such as the Flying Squirrel and Baby Yoshis, even new music themes. It's certainly more original than Mario Bros 2. But it still feels too similar to Wii in many aspects.

I really believe the New Super Mario Bros games had the potential to become just as legendary as the original Super Mario Bros games for the NES and SNES. It certainly looked that was going to happen with the DS and Wii games. But when 2 came out, it felt like it had copied Wii and added little of its own. When you combine that with U being released just a couple of months after, that really tanked the series reputation.
 
Skuchi037 said:
I think it's a step up, but the decision to release it a couple of months after New Super Mario Bros 2 really hurt the series. It made people think NSMB was all Nintendo cared about and contributed to the unfair reputation the series has for being cashgrabs. It should have waited a year or two, so it could have some distance and been promoted along with Luigi U.

The game does have some unique things, such as the interactive world map, having to get back to Peach's Castle instead of going to Bowser's, new powerups such as the Flying Squirrel and Baby Yoshis, even new music themes. It's certainly more original than Mario Bros 2. But it still feels too similar to Wii in many aspects.

I really believe the New Super Mario Bros games had the potential to become just as legendary as the original Super Mario Bros games for the NES and SNES. It certainly looked that was going to happen with the DS and Wii games. But when 2 came out, it felt like it had copied Wii and added little of its own. When you combine that with U being released just a couple of months after, that really tanked the series reputation.
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Yeah, i think that's why they stopped with the nsmb games, tbh, i think luigi u was cool. Although it did follow the same plot. It felt a bit like a more fair lost levels ig.
 
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