New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

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  1. luciamelier
    Aug 12, 2023
    8
    The game is good but nothing particularly special. I rate it 8/10 because it is really fun to play with friends. One player mode was, for me, pretty boring.
  2. Hydrazine
    Jul 5, 2023
    3
    Once again, Nintendo with copy-pasting, Mario Wonder will probably be the same.
  3. Arey100
    Jun 16, 2023
    8
    A tad overpriced, but it's still a Mario game, you know? Multiplayer is chaotic, but so much fun!
  4. Iyas2
    Jun 12, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I actually played New Super Mario Bros. U on the Wii U. I just didn't like that game that much because it was so similar to the other ones. Same here, but you do get New Super Luigi U, which is a very cool game, much better than Mario U. It isn't a bad game at all, but it just feels so bland compared to other 2D games, especially because New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the Nintendo CDS released just a couple months before hand. Too be honest, I even consider New Super Mario Bros. Wii to be a better game than this, it just isn't great, i'll give it a 7/10.… Expand
  5. tom974
    May 29, 2023
    8
    A nice 2D platformer filled with nostalgia and with the marvelous multiplayer options which is a real gain here. To be clear, I played it 3 players coop all long, and that was a funny treat. In solo I'm not sure it'd be such interesting since the level design is not the greatest Nintendo work.
  6. WarioLandFan
    Mar 28, 2023
    10
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  7. Dyl_lionaire
    Feb 10, 2023
    6
    It feels like this game is before our time, the levels while being pretty average has little to no innovation in original concepts. I thought the baby Yoshi's were kind of useless, I did find the addition of Toadette and Nabbit was cool though.
  8. saplign
    Feb 3, 2023
    8
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  9. empowell
    Jan 17, 2023
    7
    I never have found the New Super Mario Bros series to be all that great. I think it is a nice game to have for when family and friends come over as it gives you a different option for multiplayer games. For that reason, it was worth the buy.
  10. emiplaynintendo
    Jan 3, 2023
    6
    This is probably the worst manline Mario game I've ever played. Almost no original ideas, literally almost everything is taken from nsmbwii, the level design can be truly awful with the star coins being hidden in obscure places likes random walls and ceilings, and I'm pretty sure there isn't even a piece of original music here.

    And this port is especially annoying, Toadette adds literally    This is probably the worst manline Mario game I've ever played. Almost no original ideas, literally almost everything is taken from nsmbwii, the level design can be truly awful with the star coins being hidden in obscure places likes random walls and ceilings, and I'm pretty sure there isn't even a piece of original music here.

    And this port is especially annoying, Toadette adds literally nothing to the gampley loop and the twirl move can be activated by pressing the jump button twice which makes you mess up a lot of simple jumps. This is not worth 60 bucks, not even close.    … Expand
  11. sniffany
    Dec 31, 2022
    8
    Sure its another 2D mario game. BUT WHO DOESNT HAVE FUN WITH 2D MARIO. it literally saved the industry at one point and that happened for a reason.
  12. Dangusse
    Dec 30, 2022
    3
    i keep updating this and lowering the score as i play, because it's utterly ridiculous for a game that has been rereleased and remastered so many times to have so many glaring issues. i have never had a worse time with a mario game than this one, it's literally built like a casino game which is rigged to get your microtransactions with outrageously difficult segments that require you toi keep updating this and lowering the score as i play, because it's utterly ridiculous for a game that has been rereleased and remastered so many times to have so many glaring issues. i have never had a worse time with a mario game than this one, it's literally built like a casino game which is rigged to get your microtransactions with outrageously difficult segments that require you to redo every freaking level you spent all day on over and over just to die at exactly the same spot again. thankfully they at least don't try to charge you for continues, but honestly they have done everything but that to such a degree that i've lost a huge amount of faith in nintendo after trying this game. if i had not bought this game used, i would have immediately returned it. it's an utter disappointment and a cash grab compared to any other mario game, and the mobile games that literally charge microtransactions are legitimately better than this game. do not buy this under any circumstances, it is the worst mario game ever made.

    the game is simply far too narrow and difficult. there are way more pixels on the screen than the wii u, but it still feels that space is extremely cramped to a degree that's not necessary for a switch game. i have no problems with it being a port of the same game as before in concept, but they should have upscaled it to compete with the other mario games on the console. i don't think any normal child would be able to enjoy this game, and the controls are not tight enough to be appreciated by adult fans. it's simply far too easy to die and there are far too few checkpoints. i have spent the vast majority of my time being forced to complete the same few levels over and over only to lose my progress because i died on a completely different level. this checkpoint system is outdated and incredibly unfriendly to the user.

    besides this, the controls are consistently unresponsive, the hitboxes are all over the place and don't line up with the sprites at all, and the game consistently registers me letting go of the stick after jumping as pressing down, leading to extremely inconvenient ground pounds that routinely cause me to die. there's no option to change the controls whatsoever even with a plethora of unused buttons on the joycons, and this is a huge letdown. just let me press R like every other mario game.

    for a kicker, the respawn times are unnecessarily slow for a switch game with what are relatively unimpressive/unambitious graphics, and text bubbles are painfully outdated in how slow and repetitive explanations for simple gameplay aspects are. i don't think ive ever been disappointed with a mario game before, but this one sorely needed to be rebuilt from the ground up to fix the lack of open space and take advantage of the switch's capabilities as well as to compensate for the joycon problems. instead, nintendo has clearly cheaped out on this and used it as another mediocre cash grab. the game did not need to be re-released, it needed to be improved.    … Expand
  13. Eny2505
    Dec 30, 2022
    7
    If you like 2D Platformers and did not play this on the Wii U, please buy this. It is a great 2D Mario game that’s fun to play solo or with friends.

    However, the core game suffers from unoriginal gameplay. The New Super Mario Bros. series is in the eyes of many gamers a repetitive series that’s basically the same game over and over again. The Switch Port also suffers from the lack of    If you like 2D Platformers and did not play this on the Wii U, please buy this. It is a great 2D Mario game that’s fun to play solo or with friends.

    However, the core game suffers from unoriginal gameplay. The New Super Mario Bros. series is in the eyes of many gamers a repetitive series that’s basically the same game over and over again.

    The Switch Port also suffers from the lack of new content. It removes the Boost Mode and adds two easy modes to the main adventure. I wish it had more content that made it more than just a regular Wii U port.    … Expand
  14. Kdog152
    Nov 25, 2022
    5
    This is just a very, very disappointing port. It hasn't changed any of the problems the original had. The main problem tho, is the new power up, it's useless. Peaches crown changes toadette (the new character) into peachette. All she does is glide which is what the raccoon suit does which is the new item of this game. O we all, its still a good game at times, but does get boring quickly.This is just a very, very disappointing port. It hasn't changed any of the problems the original had. The main problem tho, is the new power up, it's useless. Peaches crown changes toadette (the new character) into peachette. All she does is glide which is what the raccoon suit does which is the new item of this game. O we all, its still a good game at times, but does get boring quickly.
    This rip off of a port does have a redeeming quality: New super Luigi u. This gives us the same 8 world's, but with new levels and harder difficulty (something the base game lacks). This port changes nothing from the original and just shows again, how Lazy Nintendo are and have been for a while. And the fun dies even more when you realise that you are playing the same 8 world's from the previous all over again. Over all though, very, very disappointing. Nintendo need to start giving us quality again, which the series has been lacking (with exceptions) for the past over a decade.this is ofc my opinion and I recommend you pick it up and give it a try yourself before you judge.
    I will make it clear though, that I don't think this game is bad, BC it can be really fun at times.    … Expand
  15. Abdulaziz1
    Nov 5, 2022
    9
    my first every Mario game therefore I don't care about re-used content. I give it 9
  16. BrandonBlake
    Oct 17, 2022
    8
    I was fairly close to giving this a 7, however the few creative stages within New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, makes this a close 8. The only flaw I have with this game is the pacing, compared to older games like SMB 3, the levels do not feel cohesive. Certain areas are not very memorable while others really shine such as the spooky forest, and more boring ones like Rock Candy Canyon.I was fairly close to giving this a 7, however the few creative stages within New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, makes this a close 8. The only flaw I have with this game is the pacing, compared to older games like SMB 3, the levels do not feel cohesive. Certain areas are not very memorable while others really shine such as the spooky forest, and more boring ones like Rock Candy Canyon. Really wish we could see far more unique worlds and consistent level design.… Expand
  17. DoktarioMyst
    Oct 14, 2022
    8
    = dit is een collectie van New Soup U & New Soup Luigi

    +/- het wordt niet uitgelegd hoe je minigames unlocked. ze zijn wel uniek & tof + de level design is solid + New Soup Luigi is uitdagend, en heeft Luigi physics. er zijn ook verborgen Luigi's te vinden in elk level van New Soup Luigi - de onzichtbare muren worden niet (goed) gehint dat ze er zijn +/- de map blijft    = dit is een collectie van New Soup U & New Soup Luigi

    +/- het wordt niet uitgelegd hoe je minigames unlocked. ze zijn wel uniek & tof

    + de level design is solid

    + New Soup Luigi is uitdagend, en heeft Luigi physics. er zijn ook verborgen Luigi's te vinden in elk level van New Soup Luigi

    - de onzichtbare muren worden niet (goed) gehint dat ze er zijn

    +/- de map blijft hetzelfde in beide games maar als je onthoud waar er secret exits zijn dan weet je waar je moet zoeken

    + de game heeft multiplayer voor 4 en is tof in singleplayer. eigenlijk een superior New Soup Wii

    +/- de theming is niet echt origineel maar de extra's dat ze erin hebben gestoken komt ver om het nieuw te maken

    + de eikel power-up is zeker de beste air based power-up

    + de bazen zijn een highlight, de koopalings zijn uniek van elkaar, Bowser Jr. is altijd een highlight en Kamek is tof vanwege zijn RNG en Bowser is klimatisch en uitdagend

    - Peachtette is gewoon de eikel power-up. Toadette maakt de game niet gemakkelijker buiten de klok vergroten (wat nuttig is in multiplayer)

    - er zijn 3 baby yoshi's maar enkel de ballon yoshi is nuttig om te hebben. als je ze verliesd respawnen ze niet direct. spijtig want ze hadden de nieuwe Yoshi kunnen zijn (hij is ook in de game maar op dezelfde manier als in Wii)

    conclusie:
    deze game is het zeker waard voor een 2D Mario game. het heeft meer content dan je denkt    … Expand
  18. Derpcat
    Oct 13, 2022
    2
    The video game was made to have fun. That, now, is the bottom line. If a game isn’t fun, it fails. But most, in order to be liked and known, have to expand on its predecessor. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe had me at a loss for words.

    Yes, it was fun. I said that for U on the Wii U. But no one has a Wii U and people who do are posers, right? Nintendo loves Wii U ports, but hates to say    The video game was made to have fun. That, now, is the bottom line. If a game isn’t fun, it fails. But most, in order to be liked and known, have to expand on its predecessor. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe had me at a loss for words.

    Yes, it was fun. I said that for U on the Wii U. But no one has a Wii U and people who do are posers, right? Nintendo loves Wii U ports, but hates to say that the Wii U existed. A lot of these Wii U ports are met with backlash, because people had them on the Wii U and it’s generally, a rip-off. This game is like that. Adding nothing new, it stole Bowser Jr’s Journey’s spotlight and killed AlphaDream because they launched on the same day. It added an easy mode and the princess crown, which then made Bowsette. Kids, never do Twitter. They changed the spin jump button to ZR/ZL, but changed the midair spin to another B press. You can turn it off by doing some input every time you load the game. Why would you do this, Nintendo? Oh, no wait; I forgot people love doing manual inputs every time they load in to change the controls. My bad!

    It looks the same as it did on the Wii U.

    It added nothing new, except Toadette. They could have tried, but they didn’t. But hey, hey! They’re Nintendo. If other companies did this, they would never hear the end of it, but Nintendo gets a free pass!

    NEVER buy this game. I respect you if you bought it, but next time buy Mario Maker 2, which sold less then this! Nintendo can only do this so many times, and my least favorite game ever, is now this. Mario Tennis Aces looks like Mario Odyssey compared to this dumpster fire.    … Expand
  19. JoeQuasar
    Oct 10, 2022
    7
    Repetitive, unbalanced, uncreative. Still, a fun game, but not worth the price charged. If you can borrow it used or borrow from a friend it's worth it, otherwise I don't recommend it.
  20. Silverfish003
    Aug 29, 2022
    4
    This game is a mess. I did bother to collect all star coins, and just to be clear: it was NOT worth it, because this game is so uninspired there was no point to keep playing.

    The only world I had fun with was the first one. The difficulty was perfect, however, levels became disgustingly difficult after second world onward. Those levels were SO HARD! I almost switched to Toadette, but in    This game is a mess. I did bother to collect all star coins, and just to be clear: it was NOT worth it, because this game is so uninspired there was no point to keep playing.

    The only world I had fun with was the first one. The difficulty was perfect, however, levels became disgustingly difficult after second world onward. Those levels were SO HARD! I almost switched to Toadette, but in the end, I did not (P-Acorns were luckily a big help). The sentence in Nintendo E-Shop, saying that this game has over 140 levels is misleading, as the game has only about 80.

    I like that this game has challenges, however, those challenges are not very interesting. The fire bro one is quite cool, but I guess that is everything. I hope I do not need to mention that there is literally nothing new from the Wii U version of the game. It is the exact same game, except the Luigi U DLC is included for free. Luigi U is basically the exact same game, but it is way harder than the Mario version of the game.

    I have BIG issues with the gameplay. First of all, every single time you die, you get kicked out of the level completely, forcing you to enter it every time you die, and you have to watch a 3 year old animation again and again. Instead of this, they could just respawn you at the start of the level or at the checkpoint to save everyone's time. I died hundreds of times, so at least 15 minutes of my total playtime was just watching the animation upon death and entering the level.

    Another important thing to mention is the way the game saves. The game does let you save ONLY after castle stages. If you want to save anywhere else, you have to rely on a very unreliable system called quick saving. The system does not work properly and very often did not save my progress, meaning something like playing one level during a break at school is impossible, you ALWAYS have to play to a castle to save the game. If you want to save the game freely, you can do that only after completing the game. The fact that this exists is DUMB. And when you beat a castle, I find even DUMBER that the game even asks you if you want to save. The game should save after every level automatically.

    The way some star coins are hidden is very cheap too, especially ghost house stages, which always require you to randomly jump into walls, hoping you find them. The secret exits in them are very cheap as well. This game is simply a mess that nobody should waste time with.    … Expand
  21. anyonemaybe
    Jul 27, 2022
    5
    The game is kinda boring. You don't feel good playing like it's possible with another games. There's nothing that makes you excited to play
  22. Ardho
    Jul 10, 2022
    6
    too difficult..............................................................
  23. Shunior
    Apr 4, 2022
    1
    Es casi un mod de New Mario Bros DS (creo que Nintendo creo al Mario Maker cuando desarolló esa serie). Si te has juagado cualquiera NEW Mario Bros (DS, Wii, 3DS Wii U, Swicth) no hace falta jugar otro, son literalmente lo mismo. Si juegas Mario Bros 1, Mario Bros 3 y Mario World veras que son juegos muy distintos en mecanicas, fisicas estetica, porpuestas, pero aqui no, la serie new esEs casi un mod de New Mario Bros DS (creo que Nintendo creo al Mario Maker cuando desarolló esa serie). Si te has juagado cualquiera NEW Mario Bros (DS, Wii, 3DS Wii U, Swicth) no hace falta jugar otro, son literalmente lo mismo. Si juegas Mario Bros 1, Mario Bros 3 y Mario World veras que son juegos muy distintos en mecanicas, fisicas estetica, porpuestas, pero aqui no, la serie new es siempre la misma wea. Ahora ni siqueira se molestaron en cambiar un poco los niveles, portearon la misma wea de la wiiu y venderon por 60 pavos… Expand
  24. Mangrove
    Mar 6, 2022
    2
    It was 1996. I wasn't even 4 years old yet when Mario made the leap to 3d in Super Mario 64. An incredible game that even has people playing and speedrunning it today. 20 years later Nintendo decided to revert Mario and friends back to 2d. For a full priced 60 bucks you can buy an unimpressive 2d Mario game which really only has multiplayer as a selling point. Comparing this game to otherIt was 1996. I wasn't even 4 years old yet when Mario made the leap to 3d in Super Mario 64. An incredible game that even has people playing and speedrunning it today. 20 years later Nintendo decided to revert Mario and friends back to 2d. For a full priced 60 bucks you can buy an unimpressive 2d Mario game which really only has multiplayer as a selling point. Comparing this game to other full price Mario games (Odyssey for single player or Mario Kart for multiplayer) is honestly laughable. Mario Maker at least has the level building and online sharing of them which allows for an incredible variety of playable levels of varying difficulties. This game does not fill a niche of any kind in the Switch era and really only makes sense to buy if you want to have every Mario Game there is for the sake of it.… Expand
  25. Rjsb0191
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    I'm a huge fan of Mario games and this game was a huge astoundment. There is something about this entry in the 30 year old franchise. There are new characters in the game. They are Nabbit and Toadette (Peachette with the Super Crown). This game is a good spin-off.
  26. Altendo
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    Mario should be dead by now. Same Mario-Bowser-Peach story, same gameplay, same 3HTK bosses, same goalless gameplay. Absolute piece of trash. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

    If you really WANT a 2D platformer, JUST GET KIRBY STAR ALLIES INSTEAD!!! It has a BETTER story, NEW mechanics, NEW BOSSES with STAMINA, and a GOAL to STOP THE DESTRUCTION ODF THE UNIVERSE! So what's it gonna be? A princess    Mario should be dead by now. Same Mario-Bowser-Peach story, same gameplay, same 3HTK bosses, same goalless gameplay. Absolute piece of trash. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

    If you really WANT a 2D platformer, JUST GET KIRBY STAR ALLIES INSTEAD!!! It has a BETTER story, NEW mechanics, NEW BOSSES with STAMINA, and a GOAL to STOP THE DESTRUCTION ODF THE UNIVERSE!

    So what's it gonna be? A princess or the universe?    … Expand
  27. Lil_Caucasian
    Jan 29, 2022
    7
    Fun but derivative Mario game. For being the only 2D Mario on the Switch it suffices.
  28. Adasc2906
    Jan 2, 2022
    6
    I kinda regret getting it but it can be fun at some points. I just have one big issue. THE CONTROLS. Who thought that making the spin jump the same button as the regular jump was a good idea.
  29. SirPunk
    Dec 27, 2021
    3
    Very late posting this since I bought the game at launch.
    I remember being in middle school when the first New Super Mario Bros came out for the DS. I loved it and could not stop playing it and in the end 100% completed it. Then New Super Mario Bros for Wii came out I played it had some fun but never finished it. Skip to New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe. The game play of the New Super Mario    Very late posting this since I bought the game at launch.
    I remember being in middle school when the first New Super Mario Bros came out for the DS. I loved it and could not stop playing it and in the end 100% completed it. Then New Super Mario Bros for Wii came out I played it had some fun but never finished it. Skip to New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe. The game play of the New Super Mario games are solid but after four entries and nothing much changing it’s pretty stale. The whole game feels like it was rushed (granted it probably was for the Wii U but they could have fixed it for the Deluxe version). I wanted to love it just like I did with previous entries but I can’t even finish it. I’ve been on the last world since it was released basically. I have tried since then and just can’t bring myself to even playing the game because I find it so boring now. Every course blends in together and none of them are memorable.

    If someone is reading this review in 2021, don’t buy this game at full price. $20 max but if you want a really good Mario game go buy any other ones on the platform. Heck I started playing Super Mario 3D World+BFs this week and it made me write this review because of how amazing it is compared to deluxe.

    Nintendo either has to do a complete revamp of the New Super Mario Bros series or just take it behind Nintendo headquarters and put it down.    … Expand
  30. ophone
    Dec 13, 2021
    8
    A great little 2D platformer made the Nintendo way, reminiscent of the Super Mario Bros. games from the NES and the SNES.
    It's got all such a game needs: Excellent gameplay and level design with Mario characters and their particular sense of humour. Only downside is the fact it seems unintentionally a little antiquated from an art design perspective, even for a Switch or WiiU game. It    A great little 2D platformer made the Nintendo way, reminiscent of the Super Mario Bros. games from the NES and the SNES.
    It's got all such a game needs: Excellent gameplay and level design with Mario characters and their particular sense of humour. Only downside is the fact it seems unintentionally a little antiquated from an art design perspective, even for a Switch or WiiU game. It could've used more animations, special effects and voices.
    Nonetheless I had a good time with it, it happens this has been the first New Super Mario Bros. game I've played, so I didn't feel the redundancy some other gamers felt. By the way, without a shred of dead time it took me longer to see the end of the main story in this one than in Super Mario Odyssey.    … Expand
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#74 Best Switch Game of 2019
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#16 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2019
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Aug 22, 2019
    80
    This is foundational, basic, by-the-book stuff from the Big N. Nothing too outrageous. Nothing too surprising. [Issue #38 – March/April 2019, p. 67]
  2. CD-Action
    Mar 25, 2019
    90
    It might be merely a return of a game that did not advance the series, but it was – and still is – the genre’s peak achievement. Sure, I could argue that boss encounters could’ve been more polished and the game could’ve looked better since Switch is more powerful than Wii U. A new world would have been a nice touch too. But what can I do when the game’s core is so good and it is complemented by content so great that such complaints become irrelevant? [02/2019, p.54]
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 20, 2019
    78
    Classic characters, familiar worlds and epic music – the game is like a portal to 8-bit past of the series. But its strength is also its weakness: New Super Mario doesn't even try to surprise you. [Issue#236, p.48]
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