New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - Nintendo Switch [Digital]

I bought this as a gift for my wife, so that we could play it with friends. Having been a player of Mario bros games since the original Super Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3 on the NES, it’s neat to see how they’ve expanded over time. I played the Wii version of this game years ago with my nieces and nephews, and remembered the 4-player experience to be great. Now the new deluxe version adds two additional playable characters: Nabbit and Toadette, who are much easier for newer players or folks that aren’t as quite experienced. Nabbit isn’t harmed by enemies and only dies by falling off screen or by hot lava or poison water. But, he also cannot use any of the power-ups. However, any power-ups he collects turn into 1-ups at the end of the level. So whoever plays as Nabbit builds extra lives quickly. Toadette is also “easier” to play as, she can jump pretty high, and she has a special crown power-up that turns her into princess peach, where she gets more abilities. Great character for little girls who are new to the game. Highly recommend this. A great family title.

Fun game. On the Super Mario Bros. you get new levels in a similar format to older editions of the game. In the Luigi game it's essentially a shortened version of the other game with a shorter time limit and the characters jump higher but slide more (more likely to slide off) which is an interesting twist to the original game. Toadette and Nabbit have been added to this edition of the game (both Mario and Lugie) to make the game easier for younger players or players who have a tendency to die a lot (me). Toadette has higher jumps, has an exclusive upgrade to princess peach (better/higher jumps), and has better controls when swimming (you don't have to constantly push a button to swim/keep afloat). Toadette can also use the other items such as shoot fire and ice. Nabbit on the other hand only really dies if he falls but he can't use any items. Overall, it was fun to play through, challenging enough to keep the more serious gamers interested while having easier characters to help get the more casual players through without dying so often (if you die they give you 5 more lives but if you're by yourself or if everyone looses all of their lives you have to start over at the last castle you won).

New Super Mario bros U Delexe is a great family fun game! 4 players is so much fun!

Nintendo plays it safe with this Wii U port. There are additional challenge modes and also the Luigi DLC included, but aside from that and some character changes (no more Red Toad!) this is a solid port of a platformer that plays it very safe and also rehashes a lot of the old music.

I love how you can change character and be mario,luigi,toad,toadette(turns into princess peach), or nabbit the purple rabbit. The board saves games automatically but if you die completely before you reach the browser mini castle's you have to start all over in the world. Inside each game there is a checkpoint so if you die you get to start over from the checkpoint and if you die 5 times you can hit the help box that appears above the character and let the guide play the course and move to the next board.

This is a port of the Wii U title with very little added for those who bought the original. HOWEVER, the game itself is absolutely phenomenal, a blast for anyone to pick up and play, and all 170+ levels have 3 star coins each for players to collect, and collecting enough will unlock special levels. One of the best titles to pick for anybody who just bought a Switch.

Excellant most fun game. My kids play and they like game.

This is the same game that is available on the Wii-U, but with the additional of new characters. I love that they've added a character that is easy for younger kids to play (and is invincible, except for falls) - and has other characters for a variety of levels of experience. It makes it playable for the whole family, as a group.