Is New Super Mario Bros. U Bad?

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  @VinnimonCinnimon · 3 years ago (edited)

  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.

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  @C_Frog009 · 3 years ago

  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.

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  @harold5337 · 2 years ago (edited)

  What’s sad is that New Super Mario Bros U is the best one in the NSMB series by far, yet nobody gave it any love or attention. &nbsp;Maybe it was the fact it was on the Wii U, and we had two NSMB games that same year. &nbsp;To me, that is a crying shame, as to me, it’s one of the best 2D mario titles<br><br><br>I am glad that the game has become far more beloved in recent years.

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  @duty707 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Denf6ya0pEw&amp;t=692">11:32</a> even in a 2 year old video I still hear it 🫩

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  @SantaquinBacon · 3 years ago

  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.

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  @parttimelazy4593 · 3 years ago (edited)

  At this point, I stopped caring that they were all pretty similar games. It just became a constant for me. <br>Helps that I have a sibling to play with.

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  @LMurphyMusic · 3 years ago (edited)

  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.

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  @azuritii · 3 years ago

  pink baby yoshi = growshi<br>yellow baby yoshi = glowshi<br>blue baby yoshi = blowshi

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  @Pedro19993 · 3 years ago

  The best part of the game is the map, its a great experience

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  @averageevee · 1 year ago (edited)

  As a completionist, I absolutely adore U and U Deluxe&apos;s map design. The eay all the secret exits interconnect and make unique pathways and everything... It&apos;s so satisfying to run across the map.

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  @D-Nova · 3 years ago

  I don&apos;t think that it&apos;s a bad game, or even a bad Mario game, it&apos;s just generic. Same overall artstyle from the previous game, similar music, same collectables, same enemies with the same design... It simply wasn&apos;t enough.<br>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.

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  @juannaym8488 · 11 months ago

  I will never get over how beautiful some of the backgrounds are in the game. I kinda wish there was a 3D Mario where we could explore the setting more, it&apos;s gorgeous

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