New Super Mario Bros. U

2012
Wii U
Nintendo
HD home console
8th generation

History

Boost blocks drawn on the GamePad set New Super Mario Bros. U apart from earlier side-scrollers. Nintendo's 2012 platformer lets a second player tap those blocks when the person holding the pad wants to help.

Mario, Luigi, and the Toads still run Acorn Plains toward Peach's stolen castle, with the boost squares appearing only where the pad player places them. A mis-timed block can lift a jumper onto a ledge or shove him into a Spiny.

Those GamePad blocks are the Wii U idea. The Switch package that adds New Super Luigi U is a different release, not this game.

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Same series is the tight name match. Same franchise is the wider family. Same platform is other games on the systems named above.

Same series

Mario Bros. 1983 · NES / Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Bros. 1985 · NES / SNES / Game Boy Color / Game Boy Advance / Wii U / Nintendo 3DS / Wii
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels 1986 · NES / Game Boy Advance / Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Bros. 2 1988 · NES / SNES / Wii / Wii U / Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Bros. 3 1988 · NES / SNES / Game Boy Color / Wii U / Nintendo 3DS / Wii
Super Mario Land 1989 · Game Boy / Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario World 1990 · SNES
Mario Paint 1992 · SNES
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 1992 · Game Boy / Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario All-Stars 1993 · SNES
Super Mario All-Stars (1993) 1993 · SNES
Mario's Picross 1995 · Game Boy
Super Mario 64 1996 · Nintendo 64
Super Mario RPG 1996 · SNES
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe 1999 · Game Boy Color
Super Mario Advance 2001 · Game Boy Advance
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 2001 · Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Sunshine 2002 · GameCube

Same franchise

Dr. Mario 1990 · NES / SNES / Game Boy / Game Boy Advance / Nintendo 3DS
Yoshi 1991 · NES / Game Boy
Super Mario Kart 1992 · SNES / Wii / Wii U / Nintendo 3DS
Yoshi's Cookie 1992 · Game Boy
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 1994 · Game Boy / Nintendo 3DS
Wario's Woods (1994) 1994 · SNES
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 1995 · SNES
Mario Kart 64 1996 · Nintendo 64 / Wii / Wii U
Yoshi's Story 1997 · Nintendo 64
Yoshi's Story (1997) 1997 · Nintendo 64
Mario Party 1998 · Nintendo 64 / Game Boy Advance
Wario Land II 1998 · Game Boy Color / Game Boy
Mario Golf 1999 · Nintendo 64
Mario Golf (1999) 1999 · Nintendo 64 / Game Boy Color
Mario Party 2 1999 · Nintendo 64
Mario Party 3 2000 · Nintendo 64
Mario Tennis 2000 · Nintendo 64
Mario Tennis (2000) 2000 · Nintendo 64

Same platform

Assassin’s Creed III 2012 · Wii U
Bridge Constructor Playground 2012 · Wii U
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 2012 · Wii U
Darksiders II 2012 · Wii U / Nintendo Switch
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two 2012 · Wii / Wii U
FIFA 13 2012 · Wii U
Frederic: Resurrection of Music 2012 · Wii U
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams 2012 · Wii U
Girls Like Robots 2012 · Wii U
Knytt Underground 2012 · Wii U
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes 2012 · Wii / Wii U / Nintendo DS / Nintendo 3DS
Little Inferno 2012 · Wii U

RAWG record

RAWG rating3.90 / 5

Ratings147

RAWG date2012-11-18

ESRB on RAWGEveryone

GenresPlatformer, Adventure

DevelopersNot listed

PublishersNot listed

Platforms on RAWGwii-u

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