// game profile
New Super Mario Bros. U
2012· Nov 18
80
Critic score
9 reviews
78
Player score
182 ratings
Summary
New Super Mario Bros. U is a side-scrolling 2.5D platform game, and the fourth and latest installment in the New Super Mario Bros. series. As the sequel to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the game is a follow-up game of New Super Mario Bros. 2. It uses new, more detailed background styles and models and introduces the Flying Squirrel power-up, acquired by Mario and his friends from an item called the Super Acorn, as well as utilizing the Wii U GamePad in Boost Mode. In addition to the core campaign, there are also challenge modes.
Storyline
Bowser’s gang has taken over Princess Peach’s Castle! This time, the goal of the journey is Peach’s occupied castle!
Developer
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & DevelopmentNintendo
Publisher
Nintendo
Franchise
Mario
Genres
PlatformAdventure
Themes
ActionComedyKids
Game modes
Single playerMultiplayerCo-operative
Perspective
Side view
Platforms
Wii U
Trailer
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