One of the things no one’s talking about is the graphics. I don’t really care about graphics either, but dang, this game is so stupidly colorful. It’s what I think about most with the game, and is what makes 1-1 so memorable for me. All of the colors every just makes you want to look at everything in the levels. And I don’t care what you say about this game, it is my absolute favorite NSB game. Editor’s note: Wonder has been out for awhile now, and it is absolutely PEAK

Stand alone, U is one of the best ones. It's just the fact that it exists relative to the other ones, so those being previous titles, holds it back. It would've been received a lot better had it released outside of the NSMB fatigue. I feel like even a change of soundtrack would've done wonders for this game.

Can we just appreciate how insanely well made the background’s of the levels are, like it’s just so amazing looking I could look at them for hours.

NSMBU as a standalone game is very underrated. I have the original Wii U version and I love it!

I absolutely loved playing this whenever we got a Wii U. I feel like the Wii U and pretty much all games that came out with it are very easily dismissed or forgotten about which is a real shame.

I am happy to see more people talk about their Wii U memories in a positive way. This console is finally getting the love it deserves. I actually like New Super Mario Bros U but it is far from my favorite Wii U game so I would give it a solid 7 out of 10. I personally think that it suffers a lot from the direct concurrence the game has with much better 2D plateformers on the console like Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze or Yoshi’s Woolly World.

The best part of the game is the map, its a great experience

One of the most disappointing things about this game is world 8. I like the idea of remaking old levels in a lava theme-that would’ve been really cool. Sadly, the short length of this world makes it very anticlimactic. The final bowser fight is especially disappointing because all you do is hit bowser in the head three times. I loved in nsmbwii when bowser chases you as the finale; what better way to end a platforming game than by sending the player through an epic final gauntlet with intense music and a terrifying boss? The ending of nsmbu doesn’t get my adrenaline going like that unfortunately.

This game gets way too much hate, yeah it reuses the world themes, but they make them into really creative spins, like how the grassland has a bunch of snow mountains, abd themed around acorns, the desert being themed around desserts, then jungle being giant, the mountains looking like spectacles, the beach being in a rocky grotto, the sky being above the mushroom kingdom so you see the gumdrop mountains peaking through, and the lava world being peaches castle. This is the best one in the series in my opinion. It's so fun and I love the backgrounds, music, creativity and everything else

This game is so underrated, I used to watch the videos on yt about it when I was young. When I got my switch it was the first game i bought. I just wish it was longer

Boost mode is genuinely really fun with the challenges in the OG version on Wii U with a buddy. The spontaneous “teamwork” can both be pretty funny and very satisfying when the level is finished. The other modes are also pretty fun though

I really love your videos an the effort you put on them man. You absolutetly deserve to be much bigger.

I love the fact that each world has something special about every world because the background looks like the place on the world map

I really loved this game. It is literally so colorful, the levels are awesome, the recycling of the NSMB format is PERFECT! I really wish they made more NSMB games, it was a very underrated series.

I think NSMBU is arguably one of the best 2D Mario games. It combines the best aspects of SMB3, SMW, and NSMBWii and puts them all together.

This is a great game, i played last year and was very surprised because of the hate the game gets. The only problem is the similarity withe the other 3 games, besides this its nearly a perfect Mario game

Love getting to see the well-deserved rise of Maromikester with every new video :)

Even though I just came across your videos, I gotta say they are amazing! I thought you were like a huge youtuber or something since all your videos go into such detail but I‘m just kinda shocked as to why you have so little followers. Keep the great content up!

NSMB Wii will always hold a special place in my heart, being the first video game I ever played back in 2009 for my 7th birthday. Even through the 2010's I still played it a lot and eventually got masterfully good at it as well as my friends being good at it which made for a VERY fun experience throughout my childhood. Now a days I'm a PC player, but I still love Nintendo. Regardless, when I first got this game, it gave me similar vibes and feels to the Wii version that I loved so much, this game is great.

Just like you, SMBU was the first game I got for the WiiU and I got it for Christmas on the same year the game released. So looking back on this game was really nostalgic. This game will most certainly be one of the most memorable 2D Mario games for me. I loved how they built upon previously established worlds and even brought back new level designs that really set it apart from the other games. I don't know why a lot of people have just forgotten about this game or dismissed it as another "generic 2D Mario game", it really was amazing for me when I was a kid!

I'm so proud of you for not making a "OOOH BOWSETTE BEST GIRL" joke during any mentioning of the Switch port

At this point, I stopped caring that they were all pretty similar games. It just became a constant for me. Helps that I have a sibling to play with.

Just found your channel last night I like it.

was waiting for this video🙏 just found your channel and got into your videos and i love them. keep up the good work❤️

I also wanted to add, I think the one thing that holds this game down is that it slowly became less good as it got to the end, meanwhile the Wii version starts off rather weak but gets better and ends phenomenal.

Loved the video and your editing skills. Clearly a lot of time was put into it

There are very good reasons why to start in a plain and not a mountain or ice world: it's, well, plain. Newcomers have to start learning how to play, mountain and ice worlds require you to understand walking and jumping mechanics fairly well, including inertia, while plain worls only requir eyou to understand walking and a bit of jumping.

U is my fav version

Great job my guy! One banger of a video!

I love the new super mario bros series. It may just be my nostolgia for it but I've always had a great time. I remember being excited for nsmbu after playing it on a walmart wiiu kiosk. So much time has passed

Great channel man, subscribed!

I love the squirrels

The montage at the end is so fkn GOOD

The problem was not exactly the game, but the context around it. NSMBU felt just like a level pack of NSMBW, which also felt like a reskin of NSMB DS. If the game did actually tried to be a little more orginal (diferent art style, diferent setting...) it would had been much more well received that it was at the moment. Be aware than at the time the game released, Nintendo was trying to not arriesgate anything. Wii U , Super Mario Galaxy 2, Nintendo 3DS, Super Mario 3D World was in development , which relays too much from 3D Land,Mario Kart 7, NSMB2 ,the freaking Sticker Star issue...All of it in the span of two years. NSMBU was for me a consequence of not doing anything , ironically, new, so it is pretty undertandable why the players didnt wanted to do the 4 same thing since 2006.

I loved watching videos of complete runs of this game when I was like 7, I wanted this game so bad because of the graphics. They looked so cool to me

i love your videos bro keep it up!

Keep up the great work man, another great video :D

Honestly thought through the quality of this video you'd have at least 100k subs great work and just liked and subscribed 👍

As odd as Desert to Snow world is, that's actually kinda realistic though. Washington State has the mountains that catch all the moisture from the ocean and most of it rains down, so on the east of the mountain range you end up with a desert. Not that this world map had that level of thought put into it.

I have been replaying all the Mario games that I couldn’t beat as a kid and it’s wonderfully nostalgic. Never had a wii u or 3ds or switch so I haven’t played the newer ones but I should

I don't think that it's a bad game, or even a bad Mario game, it's just generic. Same overall artstyle from the previous game, similar music, same collectables, same enemies with the same design... It simply wasn't enough. NSMB and NSMBW at least looked vastly different, with NSMB being on the DS and NSMBW being on the Wii. But this? NSMBU was basically NSMBW in HD.

While NewSMB2 was a fun throwback to SMB3, NewSMBU feels like a halfhearted nod to SMW. Maybe I was just spoiled by the Donkey Kong Country Returns and Rayman games, but the fact that the backgrounds of New Super U are really just reusable wallpapers that feel disconnected from the level’s platforms always bugged me. The Van Gogh level looks cool, sure, but it doesn’t change anything about the level, and the background could just be swapped with any other. Was not surprised when I found out that this game was basically made with a slightly more sophisticated form of Mario Maker.

I love ur videos bro ✌🏽

I grew up playing NSMBWii and NSMBU, both fantastic games.

It’s not bad, it just feels too… simple, it feels like an expansion for new super Mario bros wii instead of a actual new game, mainly because the biomes are the same, the only thing that changed were the world map and the visuals, honestly I think I understand how everyone feels about nsmb games, they are good, but feel the same, it feels like playing the same game but with different levels, they should at least introduce new biomes like instead of a grass biome they could do something different

Your channel is so underrated

Great video! I was looking forward to see your take on NSMBU

this video made me go downstairs, turn on my nintendo switch and play this game for hours. i forgot how fun this game was

to say that painted swampland is the best map is absolutely LUDICROUS. it's beautiful, breathtaking even, BUT BY GOD WAS IT FUCKING NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT.

a missed oppurtunity for the koopalings airship is that it could have had a bit of level before the fight, kind of like the stall there is getting launched onto the airship, or idk an auto scroller like an airship level using different themes present with the koopalings and their ship.

pink baby yoshi = growshi yellow baby yoshi = glowshi blue baby yoshi = blowshi

This is definitely the best nsmb game, others have some flaws but this one is just great. I hate that the port has a different air movement engine and wish you played on the original version to help with that.

Great video essay!

Getting this game along with the wii u in Christmas 2016 was the best!!

👨🏻‍🔧 My biggest gripe with Mario games is there are so many coins to collect & nothing to spend them on.

I sometimes use three joy cons to make three characters play a level (usually the bosses), and I have them with the fire flower.

Great review! Thank you!

It's a great standalone game, but its stale when you consider its predecessors

i finished it today and i liked it a lot. not sure if i like it better than world since i haven't touched that game in ages, but definitely more than all the 3d mario games i played (bar 3d world, which is been amazing so far). looks really good, the soundtrack is amazing and the levels were for the most part very interesting

I’ve been playing this for years and had no idea about the secret levels until now lol

I also love how all the backgrounds in the game are completely revamped

Everyone I talked to who played this game, enjoyed this game when it came out. Many times taking a complete pause from their "main game" to have played this game. It was refreshing at the time and a solid game overall.

I love all the New Super Mario Bros series, in fact I really miss the series because of Nintendo's inactivity towards it that I go out and download rom hacks of the game for Wii, Wii U, DS and 3DS

What makes this game for me memorable is the graphics, just in the first world the big mountain in the background. It’s something different than these high colourful pillars in all the other mario games.

This is the first mario game i ever played, it will always hold a special place in my heart

Have you played Newer Super Mario Bros Wii? It's a mod of the Wii game that has new story, new levels and new world maps, also new enemies for example Shy Guys.

When I was like 7 or 8 I wanted this game for the Wii U so bad since I already had Mario 3D World. I didn't get the game until recently when I saw the Wii U version at the store for a relatively cheap price.

I love tis video bc this is my fav ario when i was was little i didn't have a wii or wii u so i watched videos on youtube and i just feel in love of the game then in 2022 mom got me the plus a nintendo swich so what im saying here you did a fucking goof job mikster

In future Mario Bros games they should repeat the classic Bowser face-off as always, but when pressing the Switch instead it is the ground beneath Mario that disappears and in cartoon fashion he looks at the disappearing ground, then at Bowser, then at you like -_- then gravity kicks in again

I love this game, the wii one, ds, and new super Mario bros 2

0:51 i've watched like ten of your vids now and this valley girl upward inflection you do is starting to drive me insane

I remember always needing luigi and his npc super guide when fighting bowser when i was 4-5 💀

I loved this game when I was younger even though I never had it myself

I love it. My family loves it. Every time we have the opportunity to play it as a group, we enjoy the chaos ❤️

“Eggcorn plains”

Thank you for making this video

This game I got on the Switch and it’s a great game. I love the Van Goah art. It’s a bit easy. I wish the game was harder. Or. If there was an adult version. The boss levels were actually harder than the actual bosses.

I don’t hate it, I actually really like it. It just felt like each new entry in the NSMB series never added anything new to make it stand out. The best they really did was add one new item that was a gimmick for a few select levels.

Rhinos lookin real different than I remember

I’ve been playing this game for years and didn’t know the baby yoishs (besides the glowing one) had special powers

Nice video, yea couldn’t bring myself to play this game at all despite loving NSM on DS. Stuck to bayo 2 and smash.

I actually do like U. I actually have a bunch of nostalgia with I. I know I’m probably just gonna have people calling me out saying “you only like this game because of nostalgia”. Though besides that, it honestly has genuine fun mechanics (like the baby yoshis and the worlds are kinda creative.) and the koopalings aren’t just “the same boss AGAIN”. Pretty good game. Not that memorable, but still pretty good lmao

As a game itself, no The problem was that the “new” super Mario bros series was getting repetitive. However, It’s still a decent game that I would recommend.

7:34 "could you imagine an entire world based on this van gogh style".... Mario Wonder: Hold my mushroom

I know some people might disagree with me on this but when I first got the game on the Wii U I went to play it and I was disappointed that they remove the Overworld athletic theme. The new super mario bros series was known for their athletic theme and Overworld Theme remix. When this game came out I was disappointed because I really like the athletic theme and Overworld theme from new Super Mario Brothers Wii. I'm not the biggest fan of the music in this game. I'm happy that they have different world themes. But I wish they would have kept athletic theme and Overworld theme in the levels

Dude, I agree completely about the world map. It was nostalgic and fresh at the same time. One of the most important parts of this game.

Even though they didn't bring the differant coloured yoshis back they did introduce Yozshi(pink beeg boy) Yochi(bubble yoshi) and yoC(golden yoshi) not official names but what I named them

I might have to sit down and actually go far in this game thanks to this vid

I grew up with this game and it is one of my favorites of all time

before watching your essay on this: i like NSMB-U ... but it's my least favorite out of all i have played (the wii one is excluded sadly) excited to see now what you think about it EDIT: i can agree on most points. especially the final fight. bowser is actually super challenging for once. maybe i am missing something but the only other remotely hard fight was in NSMB-DS (if you didn't use the mega mushroom)

6:51, What’s funny is it’s not even in meringue clouds, it’s rock candy mines.

That Game is god damn beautiful I LOVE the backgrounds of every level And the world map

Tbh I didn’t play the first ones. I didn’t have a DS, Wii or Wii U. I played Mario Land 2 (and the emulated titles on Switch like Mario 1, 2 and 3) But hearing this game is decent isolated, and it was hurt by just oversaturation of the series, the rerelease on Switch sounds pretty enticing for someone like me. Thanks for the review!

did he say anything about the multiplayer or did i miss it. that was the best part to me. being the fifth player who could make platforms was posibly the best thing ever.

I love the game, but I do sometimes wish they took a queue from SMW and indicated which levels have secret exits

Did he make that last little compilation

I'm one of the few who want a new super Mario bros game for the switch 😅

I would agree with the koopalings but most of them have the same issue boom boom has where you can pretty much well stun lock them with little effort.

Bu- But this is my favorite Mario game

I love this game, besides being a little easier that way fun and I played it central time not only by myself, but with my family and we all of it!