New Super Mario Bros. U - Review Thread

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IGN - 9.1
Kotaku - Yes
Polygon - 8.5
Destructoid - 8.5
Venturebeat - 83/100
Joystiq - 4.5/5
1Up - B+

Gameinformer -

New Super Mario Bros. U is a great game, but we can't stamp a score on it quite yet.

We played through the entire game, but the Wii U itself still needs an online update that will be ready for the system launch this Sunday. Until this update happens, any online functionality for New Super Mario Bros. U is simply not working. Nintendo could activate the update today, tomorrow, or Saturday. It's still up in the air. So until then we'll all just have to sit around and wait.

In the meantime, you should know that the offline parts of the game (which is probably 99 percent of it) are way awesome.
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I'll do my best to update this! Someone asked for one in the OT
 
Finally hyped for the game and I like all the New Super Mario games.

I think the extra modes are going to be what makes this one stand out from the rest though.

Glad to see the level design is inspired though not all too surprising.
 
It's nice for Gameinformer to wait until the Miiverse functionality works before giving a final note and review.

Other reviewers, take note.
 
Great scores, glad to see this game isn't the disappointment the 3DS version was.

Will pick up later when I finally get around to getting a Wii U.
 
Nice reviews. I would probably enjoy it anyway, but it's good to see that it's getting, at worst, good reviews, and at best some 'great' ones.
 
I expected the visuals and audio to be rightfully criticized, but it's good to hear that the game is better than its predecessors in most ways.
 
SteeloDMZ said:
Not what a Mario 64 caliber game would get, but still, this has to be one of the best launch games of all time.
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As much as I want another Galaxy game in HD, I wouldn't be shocked to see r next one based around the same structure as 64.

Glad to see great reviews coming in. I'll be DL'ing this day one.
 
Hate the art style

Hate the music

Hate what you want

This is one of the best reviewed launch games of all time - you should give it a try when you have the chance to
 
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Nibel said:
Hate the art style

Hate the music

Hate what you want

This is one of the best reviewed launch games of all time - you should give it a try when you have the chance to
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The music is what kills it for me. Thank god for those adorable singing yoshis.
 
Bisnic said:
We already knew it was going to be a 8.5-9.0 type of game. Waiting for every features to work properly before giving the final review just makes more sense.
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It's scoring about 0.5 higher than I though it would, although numbered scoring is really dumb and doesn't matter anyways.
 
Bisnic said:
It's nice for Gameinformer to wait until the Miiverse functionality works before giving a final note and review.

Other reviewers, take note.
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Agreed. +1 for journalistic integrity. Every other review is effectively incomplete.
 
Nibel said:
Hate the art style

Hate the music

Hate what you want

This is one of the best reviewed launch games of all time - you should give it a try when you have the chance to
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LOL. I will be curious to see where it ranks in a couple of months.
 
SteeloDMZ said:
Not what a Mario 64 caliber game would get, but still, this has to be one of the best launch games of all time.
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Uh what?

Mario 64 (N64)

Super Mario World (SNES)

Super Mario Bros. (NES)

Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)

Tetris (Gameboy)

Halo CE (Xbox)

All beg to differ.
 
So is this game basically a HD version of the Wii game we've already got?
 
braves01 said:
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It's scoring about 0.5 higher than I though it would, although numbered scoring is really dumb and doesn't matter anyways.
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I never understood why the hate for numbers. I mean I get if you think the system needs a revamp, but scores are an easy way to estimate anything in life.
 
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