Editing New Super Mario Bros.

{{Game
|name=New Super Mario Bros.
|image=[[Image:Newsmb.jpg|250px]]
|bgcolor=silver
|fgcolor=black
|developer=[[Nintendo]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|system=[[Nintendo DS]], [[Wii U Virtual Console]]
|release='''Nintendo DS'''<br />US May 15, 2006<br>JP May 25, 2006<br>AU June 8, 2006<br>EU June 30, 2006<br />'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br />JP April 2, 2015<br />US April 23, 2015<br />PAL December 27, 2015
|gallery=[http://www.gamehiker.com/gallery/index.php?cat=61 GH Gallery]
|rating= ESRB: E
|}}

'''New Super Mario Bros.''' is a handheld platformer of the ''[[Portal: Mario Brothers|Super Mario]]'' series that was released for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2006. It is the first original and traditional ''Mario'' platformer to be released since 1992's  ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' and the first original title to use the ''Super Mario Bros.'' title since the release of the original three ''Super Mario Bros.'' games. It was released after a generation of the ''Super Mario Advance'' remakes on the [[Game Boy Advance]] and marked a significant return to the series roots.

=Story=

The game follows an simple plotline that opens with [[Bowser Jr.]] kidnapping [[Princess Peach]] and thus forcing [[Mario]] to travel through eight worlds to rescue her. In a unique twist, the boss of the first world is [[Bowser]], who is apparently killed when he falls in the lava and is turned to a skeleton. He reappears again later in the game in his skeletal form where he is thrown into a pot by Bowser Jr. and Bowser is returned to his normal self.

=Gameplay=

The gameplay is similar to its 2D predecessors in that the player controls Mario as he makes his way through the various levels. Each level makes up part of eight worlds, each of which has its own map. Despite being a 2D game, all of the characters and environments are rendered in 3D, even though the game never breaks from the side-scrolling perspective.

Returning are the three common power-ups, the [[Super Mushroom]], [[Super Star]] and [[Fire Flower]]. Three new power-ups were added in the game. The first was the [[Mega Mushroom]] that enlarged Mario to gargantuan size and allowed him to mow over any obstacle for a limited amount of time. The [[Mini Mushroom]] shrinks Mario to miniature size and allows him to enter small areas and race over water. The last power-up is the Koopa Shell which Mario can ride in and pick up speed to mow over enemies like a Koopa Shell does in previous Mario games. 

After beating the game, the game reveals the trick to play as Luigi (hold the L and R buttons when opening a game file). This trick can be used on new games or existing games, regardless of whether the game has been beat yet. Once the player has used every possible exit, warp spot, and collected all of the star coins, the player can reuse Mushroom Houses over and over to claim the item that [[Toadsworth]] offers. 

==Multiplayer==

The game features a two player mode using the DS Download Play. The main feature is a versus mode where Mario and Luigi are placed inside of one of the multiplayer levels and must duke it out using different attacks and powerups in a mode somewhat similar to the arcade [[Mario Bros.]] game.

The other mode is a collection of minigames lifted from [[Super Mario 64 DS]], only now added with multiplayer connectivity. This mode allows for up to four players, but the minigames can also be played in single player mode as they were originally intended in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.

=Legacy=

This game helped the ''Mario'' series to return to its roots and inspired its own subseries of ''New Super Mario'' platformers. Other games which acted as throwbacks to classic games would come to also sport titles with "New" in them (such as ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''.

==Ports/Remakes==

*In 2015, it was released for download on the [[Wii U]] as part of the [[Wii U Virtual Console]].

==Sequels==

The next mainstream ''Super Mario'' game to be released was ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' for the [[Nintendo Wii]]. 

''New Super Mario Bros.'' itself received two direct follow-ups: ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', which was released for the [[Nintendo Wii]] in 2009, and  ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' which was released for the [[3DS]] in 2012.

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