Is New Super Mario Bros. U Bad?
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2023
- The fourth video in my retrospective series covering all the New Super Mario Bros. games! In this video I look back on New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U, very soon after I will also be looking at New Super Luigi U, so look forward to that! As always thanks for watching!
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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
The colors are all nice enough for nothing to be interesting, for me at least. I certainly see the appeal though.
Edit: I'm referring to Acorn Plains. A bunch of the other themes, especially the snow and underground, are really nice.
It's a super generic looking Mario game, it's just generic new super Mario bros aesthetic
The colors are nice but it's still so uninspired
@@chasemiller7159 Craving NSMB is interesting, to say the least
The tilesets have a huge amount of detail aswell, and even normal maps, a thing ment for 3D modelling, to allow shading on 2D textures! E.g. if a lava bubble jumps up next to the ground you will actually see the light shining properly on the ground! Such amazing additional detail!
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.
This will forever be my favorite NSMB game, or even my favorite 2D Mario game.
@@ollieguy6781 it's fine to feel that way, it's quite literally why I said stand alone lol. The concepts it lifts from World like the interconnected map and baby Yoshi's I feel are debatable on which one would prefer (especially as someone who prefers U to World in terms of design, no questions asked) it's also easy to see why someone could prefer literally any other Mario Bros game. Like I said, it's held back by it's predecessors. Like you said, there isn't much it's done to distinguish itself from any of the others.
@@ollieguy6781 "standalone"
@@harrybest2041
Yes, that's a valid factor.
Remember when people were hating and trashing on 3D World for not being a true "3D Mario experience"?
And suddenly people changed their tune when it rereleased on the switch after the bias they had before Odyssey?
Outside factors changed peoples opinions and peoples perceptions were biased. Proving that in standalone 3D World was an excellent game.
It was the same for Super Paper Mario.
It was trashed because it wasn't a true RPG experience, but after sticker star everyone is suddenly "Hey SPM is pretty good actually"
You have to look at a game in a vacuum without bias or outside factors clouding your judgement.
That's probably why I liked it so much cause I Had skipped the two titles in between the first nsmb and the U one
Funnily enough when I played the Wii one later, I did not like that one a lot so yeah... Fatigue can kill a good 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.
Those really stand out I agree
Finally someone else said it
Special shout-outs to Frosted Glaciar especially the ones with the Aurora Lights ❄️☃️
super mario bros wonder seems to want to 1-up nsmb u's backgrounds too
I never super paid attention to it will next time I play now thnx
NSMBU as a standalone game is very underrated. I have the original Wii U version and I love it!
Absolutely true.
It’s my favorite NSBU game, both the Wii U version, and the Switch version
@@Ninblasto certainly, just because it was the last to do it doesn’t make it the worst. I love the game. Though I do think the Wii version had a better ending.
I got the switch version cuz I loved the Wii U Version so much
If NSMB Wii did not come before it it might have been my favorite.
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.
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.
The best part of the game is the map, its a great experience
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.
Almost all of the best Switch games were Wii U games first. Wii U was pretty great.
It is nice to see other people that enjoyed it.
@@barrybukowski3743 It is indeed
And we have Mario Wonder! 💭
@@traviscunningham7062 Goated game
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
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.
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
did you beat New Super Luigi U included in the Switch version? It's 2 games in 1
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
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.
Hello, I'm from future. They ended with NSMB, and released brand new 2D Mario (SMB Wonder)
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!
I love the fact that each world has something special about every world because the background looks like the place on the world map
Love getting to see the well-deserved rise of Maromikester with every new video :)
was waiting for this video🙏 just found your channel and got into your videos and i love them. keep up the good work❤️
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!
Loved the video and your editing skills. Clearly a lot of time was put into it
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.
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.
It’s honestly not even up for debate. It’s objectively the best in level design, color palette, flow, and variety.
@@JJ-zo7jvnot anymore lol
@@largeboi4678 yeah Wonder is better in every way now, but before Wonder
And New Mario DS. That’s my favorite New Super Mario game. It has unique bosses, a vs mode, a Blue Shell power up, and mini games from Mario 64 DS. U would be a close second though I still DS is the most unique imo.@@JJ-zo7jv
I'm so proud of you for not making a "OOOH BOWSETTE BEST GIRL" joke during any mentioning of the Switch port
I hate Bowsette
@@traviscunningham7062 Me too, I hate that overrated crappy fan-character
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.
Honestly thought through the quality of this video you'd have at least 100k subs great work and just liked and subscribed 👍
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 love your videos bro keep it up!
Great channel man, subscribed!
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
Keep up the great work man, another great video :D
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.
Just found your channel last night I like it.
Great job my guy! One banger of a video!
The montage at the end is so fkn GOOD
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.
I disagree, I think the game is great start to end
@@jdogmcfly1712 the start was incredibly bland and a bit lifeless. It picked up around world three or four. That being said the first two words where still good, particularly the castle levels
@@mattdickson627 I feel that people don't give credit to the backgrounds, and small things, like yeah they are the same themes, but they do cool things with it, like the desert being dessert, the forest being giant, the lava being peaches castle, and others
@@jdogmcfly1712 oh absolutely, I was talking about the *Wii* version. I think people don’t appreciate all the details in Mario u, ya I totally agree. I love that game.
@@jdogmcfly1712 actually almost all the worlds have cool gimmicks, for example:
Grass: acorn
Desert: cake
Beach: village
Snow: night and starry
Forest: haunted
Rock: on/of switches
Sky: rainbow
Lava: peaches castle.
Also the Koopalings had awesome fights in the game and many of them where given new tools!
U is my fav version
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 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 ur videos bro ✌🏽
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 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
Great video! I was looking forward to see your take on NSMBU
I love the squirrels
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 grew up playing NSMBWii and NSMBU, both fantastic games.
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.
Your channel is so underrated
Did he make that last little compilation
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 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
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.
Great review! Thank you!
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
The product of milking an ip.
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@@samusaran7317 🤣🤣🤣
@@elpiedra1596 Cool story dude
No it doesn’t
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.
👨🏻🔧 My biggest gripe with Mario games is there are so many coins to collect & nothing to spend them on.
this video made me go downstairs, turn on my nintendo switch and play this game for hours. i forgot how fun this game was
7:34 "could you imagine an entire world based on this van gogh style"....
Mario Wonder: Hold my mushroom
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!
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.
pink baby yoshi = growshi
yellow baby yoshi = glowshi
blue baby yoshi = blowshi
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)
Great video essay!
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
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
I sometimes use three joy cons to make three characters play a level (usually the bosses), and I have them with the fire flower.
Can you adjust the music level independent of sound fx?
I ask because nintendo is usually lax on option menus.
Getting this game along with the wii u in Christmas 2016 was the best!!
You should have just waited for the Nintendo Switch at that point
I love it. My family loves it. Every time we have the opportunity to play it as a group, we enjoy the chaos ❤️
Same here. I had this game on WiiU, and now I have it on Switch for this reason!
I love this game, the wii one, ds, and new super Mario bros 2
This is the first mario game i ever played, it will always hold a special place in my heart
Same
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
I also love how all the backgrounds in the game are completely revamped
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.
I’ve been playing this for years and had no idea about the secret levels until now lol
Thank you for making this video
I like all the NSMB games, and certainly they all have something to offer. I do wonder if they're locked into this art style and mechanics though? What I'd love to see for some future 2D Mario is A) a new look and/or B) a New Super Mario World or even something like Mario 2 New The Revenge of Birdo?). All NSMB is an interesting hybrid of Mario 3 and World, though I don't blame them for leaning hard on the Mario 3 feel. It's still my #1 favorite.
It’s easily the best “New” game, and I’ve been there from the start. The backgrounds, visuals, and level design beat the others. The challenge is also there as well. It paired with Luigi U is a great play through on Switch especially. Honestly I would say it’s in my top 3 favorite 2D Mario’s.
I remember always needing luigi and his npc super guide when fighting bowser when i was 4-5 💀
compared to the other games the time limit on the levels just feels too short, it just seems i could use just a little extra time to explore and appreciate each level, without feeling rushed or contrived.
I loved this game when I was younger even though I never had it myself
u are gay
“Eggcorn plains”
In a vacuum this game is fun. But comparing it to the other games and cracks really start to show. Each NSMB game really feel nearly identical to each other, but the others have something to make the barely stand out. DS is the first, Wii is ok for 4 player multiplayer, 2 emphasise coin collecting and Luigi is the most difficult. Wii U is the one that's hard to remember a lot about except for the Van Gogh levels. But every other stage really blend in with the rest of the games. Especially considering that they reuse so many level gimmicks
It is my favourite Mario game, especially the graphics, they are just insane. The only problem I have with it is that most bosses are way too easy. Take a look at Lemmy, Larry, Kamek, Wendy and all BoomBoom battles and compare them with previous games. They are just too easy
Yeah. But there are some great ones too. At least they actually have mid bosses unlike Wonder.
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
That Game is god damn beautiful
I LOVE the backgrounds of every level And the world map
I played on Wii U- I remember really liking it. I think when it came to switch it felt ehh next to Mario kart 8 which was also on Wii U. I haven’t done either on switch cause I already got them on Wii U. Seems like “let’s just port the last one” isn’t a strong way to treat the flagship series on new console. I get Wii U didn’t do well, but I come out feeling like there’s an empty slot in the series on switch.
And then this game's dlc... Luigi U, my favorite new super mario bros 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
Thank you, finally someone reviewed this well.
Everyone on you tube just copy past each other and say dont buy
I’m convinced now im buying this one 👍🏻
Can you recommend this game for someone who have not tried any 2d Mario games from Ds and above?
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!
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.
Rhinos lookin real different than I remember