New moves. New Super Mario Bros. expands Mario's arsenal of moves to include some very powerful advanced techniques.
Run?? jump?? and stomp your way through raging volcanoes?? tropical islands?? snow capped peaks?? and unimaginable challenges!
Grab a Mega Mushroom and grow to incredible proportions?? or smash through your foes in a blue Koopa shell.
There are two multiplayer modes in New Super Mario Bros. Mario vs. Luigi and Minigames. In Mario vs. Luigi mode
New power ups. You'll find classic power-ups like the Super Mushroom and the Fire Flower in the game

Product Description

Old-School Platforming Fun - Jump?? bounce and power-up through visually"g side-scrolling worlds filled with Mushroom Kingdom madness. New Action - Grab a Mega Mushroom and grow to incredible proportions?? or smash through your foes in a blue Koopa shell. 2 Distinct Multiplayer Modes - New Super Mario Bros. features competitive 2-player multiplayer and mini-game functionality supporting up to 4 players. A Classic Storyline - Bowser and Bowser Jr. have kidnapped Princess Peach?? again?? and only Mario and you can save her. Powerups Galore - You'll find classic power-ups?? like the Super Mushroom and the Fire Flower in the game?? as well as some all-new ones that let Mario explore the Mushroom Kingdom like never before. New Moves - New Super Mario Bros. expands Mario's arsenal of moves to include some very powerful advanced techniques. If you want to uncover every secret in the game?? you'll have to master them all.

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Twenty years after Nintendo's biggest franchise was born?? the Mario Bros. return in a dazzling?? all-new platformer sure to set players' fingers twitching. In New Super Mario Bros. for DS?? fans from Mario's classic days will see their dreams answered in this return to the Mushroom Kingdom?? while a new generation of Mario players will learn what true platforming greatness means. The game contains 80 levels of side-scrolling fun across 8 worlds and features multiplayer support both in wireless DS single-card download play and wireless DS multi-card play.

Mega Mushooms power-up in action in New Super Mario Bros. for DS
Loads of fun powerups.
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Map of the game worlds to visit displayed on the lower DS screen in New Super Mario Bros. for DS
Easy to follow 8 gameworld map.
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Mario facing Bowser in an underworld boss battle New Super Mario Bros. for DS
Boss battles against familiar foes.
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Story
The storyline of New Super Mario Bros. is simple but 100% classic Mario Bros. During a tranquil walk with Princess Peach Mario witness a lightning strike on Peach's castle. Mario predictably races off to lend a hand but no sooner has he stepped away from the always popular Peach than he sees Bowser Jr. step into the picture and drag her away. As mario pursues them throughout both overworld and underworld the appearance of Bowser and the Koopas shows that the list of fiends opposing him is longer than he expected. But Mario is not one to be put off by such things. Come along with Mario Luigi and other friends as they venture into the depths of the Mushroom Kingdom to get Peach back once again.

Gameplay
Although New Super Mario Bros. is a modern addition to the Mario Bros. tome it revels in the fact that it is an old school side-scrolling platformer through and through. The single player mode is set on 80 levels spread across eight worlds with players assuming the role of either Mario or Luigi. As in all Mario Bros. games?? the ultimate goal is to rescue Peach?? but as players traverse game levels the immediate goal is to collect coins?? hop on to