Known elements:
- 2D levels that you have to deny in a certain time from left to right
- Bowser's back for more trouble in the kingdom
- Almost exclusively known opponents like the Koopa family, Gumba, the carnivorous plants
- Known items like the fire flower, frost pattern, Penguin, Propeller, mini mushroom star
- The worlds are built very similar to the Wii game
- Known Mario themes / melodies
Innovative elements:
- New background story: Bowser kidnapped the princess not this time!
- New Yoshis that eat opponents, inflate, capture enemies in bubbles and lights. They can just take in the worlds at a level of their choice
- Trickier secret exits and hiding places for the star coins than before
- Better integration of the respective worlds as the skeleton track, a giant plant or a rainbow
- New minigames in the mushroom houses
- Partially new enemies such as the squirrels
- Partly new items: the glans fungus that P-fungal
- Connection to the Mii verses with comments of other players and spoilers filter
- Mario is now finally in HD graphics
- For the first time also to fifth playable
- By single-player challenges alone also quite entertaining
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Peach's Castle in completely new look
- The ghost level in lemonade jungle: "Painted by an invisible hand" in the style of the work "Sterr night" by Van Gogh. Here dive spirits now on also outside a haunted house
CONCLUSION:
I hope Nintendo will never cease earlier success ideas to connect with new concepts. New Super Mario Bros. Wii U is not just an imitation of earlier Mario offshoot, but much more successful than I thought. It's fun to see how much love the game has been developed to detail. My friends and I are always surprised by the new ideas and to ask ourselves: "Who only thinks of such a thing?". However, well-known elements such as the typical Mario theme tune with are weaved repeatedly, so that the typical Nintendo flair is not lost.
I speak of an absolute buy recommendation and grant 5 Stars. I'm pretty sure the game will be in 5 years from now in the top ten Wii U games.
One can only hope that Nintendo still nachlegt with a 3D Mario that can keep up with Mario Galaxy 1 and 2.
