You can quick save at any time from the world map. It just takes you back to the main menu, but it saves your progress regardless of where you are. I'm pretty sure every New Super Mario Bros. game has worked like this.
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New Super Mario Bros. U |OT| My Bah-dy is Ready
- Thread starter MagicWithEarvin
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You can quick save at any time from the world map. It just takes you back to the main menu, but it saves your progress regardless of where you are. I'm pretty sure every New Super Mario Bros. game has worked like this.
For a Nintendo system, two buttons and a D-Pad is pretty traditional.
Anticitizen One
Banned
what blows my mind is if your gonna just cut & paste a soundtrack from a previous Mario game why did they have to pick the worst one? Should have dropped in the music from Super mario world or SM 64 or something
BolognaSoup
Member
I just mean it sucks to hold. It's not comfortable.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Really? The Sumo guy told me for Sonic Kart 2 you can use Classic Controllers and Classic Controller Pros if you want to.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Yeah, you can definitely use them for some games, dunno what that guy's talking about. Nano Assault Neo is pretty explicit in its support for Wii-Remote-tethered Classic Controllers. It's just a game-by-game thing.
Nostalgic Nightmare
Member
This was my fear. Couple this (the only game I'd want at the moment on the system) with all of the issues being reported on the hardware side, I'm glad I decided to hold of on getting it at launch. I will get it eventually as I have every other Nintendo system for the 1st party exclusives, but for a Mario game I was really hoping for more.
Samsung TV by any chance? Make sure you're in game mode...it decreases input lag.
But yeah, some HDTVs feel kind of unplayable to me. It would be especially jarring coming from an SDTV.
I know, right? Some nice remixes from those games would have been vastly preferable to what we got here.
Well, to be fair, I *HATED* the waggling aspects of NSMBW and, thus far, this new game doesn't seem to require it. You can still make use of it but it seems optional.
ShockingAlberto
Member
It's weird how amazing Nintendoland's little jingles are but no work was done on any new tracks for NSMBU.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I'll be uploading Gold Medal runs for Challenge mode here for the heck of it.
Going to take a break for a while though after I finish uploading the dozen or so that I have.
Going to take a break for a while though after I finish uploading the dozen or so that I have.
Most 2D Mario games have unremarkable soundtracks at best. I don't know why this sub-series gets so much flak for it in particular.
This is totally a step backwards from Mario 3D Land. My wife made it through all of the 3DS Mario getting all the star coins including the special stages. Even though she has deaths in the thousands of lives, she had a (very) challenging yet fun time beating the game. With NSMBU, she loses all progress that she has made since the last fortress/boss when she runs out of lives.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
About the music - I'm playing this and hearing several tracks that aren't from NSMB Wii, like the new athletic theme (I think it's called). Some tracks are new versions of the Wii game's music, but it doesn't seem to be literally the same soundtrack.
Otherwise, good stuff so far; personally, the world themes are freshened up enough to me. I think a lot of the game seems tightened up in many subtle details compared to the other NSMB games to date. Certain things that reduced tension / challenge like stocking a backup power up during a level are gone.
I guess the issue with the save system is a matter of preference. I'm find with it since there's quick save for taking breaks. I mean, we complain the games are too easy and lives are pointless enough as it is.
Otherwise, good stuff so far; personally, the world themes are freshened up enough to me. I think a lot of the game seems tightened up in many subtle details compared to the other NSMB games to date. Certain things that reduced tension / challenge like stocking a backup power up during a level are gone.
I guess the issue with the save system is a matter of preference. I'm find with it since there's quick save for taking breaks. I mean, we complain the games are too easy and lives are pointless enough as it is.
Nocturnowl
Member
I always felt the music here was almost on the same level as other 2D Marios outside of the noticeably low sound quality and a select few tracks from the first DS entry in particular that were just plain weak, I think the main ire is just that people really hate the Bah sound, not sure whether they hate it in concept (nothing wrong with dancing enemies surely) or because the particular sound bite used for it is like the benchmark of low quality sfx in the NSMB games.
Underwater stages would use a different effect to make the cheep cheep twirl, they should have had a unique sound effect for each stage type, nothing screams out of place like BAH in the castle back in NSMB2.
Basically I'm saying this soundtrack could work fine if it were suitably spruced up, NSMB2 did this for the title theme and credits at least and it made a world of difference for the sound quality in my books.
Still utterly disappointed that they reused so much music though, I was so sure they wouldn't possibly be that cheap...
Welp, I was wrong, cast me off into the pit of eternal BAH.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Mario 3D Land is God tier compared to this NSMBU crap. That game was original this is the worst rehash in Nintendo history.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I believe this is the case, but I haven't tested it.
_illmatic_
Member
That is correct. Only way to 2player coop Mario and Luigi is to use two wiimotes, no gamepad/pro controller.
Started playing on the pad and liked it. Tried it out on TV this morning and was wondering...can I have the game NOT display on the pad while playing on TV? Frankly it's distracting and I may as well just play it on the pad if I can't.
Also, lack of Pro Controller support is frankly dumb and a pointless omission.
Also, lack of Pro Controller support is frankly dumb and a pointless omission.
_illmatic_
Member
I don't there is a way to disable the gamepad screen.
Phife Dawg
Member
I don't know - I really like coin rush. Challenge mode sounds even more awesome though so I expect NSMBU to best 2 once I get my hands on it (poor Euro peasant here).
Tell me how you really feel.
Seriously though I think 3D Land is a bastardized mishmash of 2D and 3D Mario concepts that fails to capitalize on strengths either has to offer. Still a good game, but towards the bottom of the Mario canon IMO.
Outtrigger888
Member
Off screen play kinda looks like shit, the screen is much darker than my tv, and the jaggies
RealDeadOne
Member
Being a copy-paste isn't a huge issue for me, since NSMBWii was one of my favorite games of this generation.
But still, I really wish they had made a true follow-up to the Mario series and not just a follow-up to the New series. As long as the actual quality stays as good as it has I'll keep buying but I do really want something new...
But still, I really wish they had made a true follow-up to the Mario series and not just a follow-up to the New series. As long as the actual quality stays as good as it has I'll keep buying but I do really want something new...
I have a 52" Samsung and I never once tried game mode.. Lol guess I need to try that on CoD had same TV since Black Ops 1
Videos of this game looks fun! I've been playing DKCR on Wii to scratch that itch though!
No, it literally is the same tracks.
_illmatic_
Member
I wasn't a big fan of the new series, but the dlc for nsmb2 got me hooked, and now nsmbu is scratching the itch for me. The levels are harder and feel longer. Love the HD 2D graphics. Challenge mode is a blast same with catching Nabbit on select levels. Personally I'm loving the game. Can't wait to jump back in. It feels like Super Mario World and I couldn't be happier.Other than the music and treading into pretty familiar territory, how are you guys enjoying it? Everyone here seems to be complaining...
bumpkin
Member
When I pressed the Home button to look for a way to turn off my Wii Remote, I think there was a settings menu for the Gamepad with a way to turn off the screen.
PunjabiPlaya
Member
If you're playing single player with a wii-mote, then yes, you can turn off the gamepad screen by pressing the home button and going into controller settings in the top left. There you have an option to turn off the gamepad screen until its used again.
If you're playing with the gamepad, then unfortunately there isn't any way to turn off the pad... at least not that I know of.
Chaplain
Member
Correct.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
? Tap on the challenge, the video is right there to watch.
Holy Order Sol
Member
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Let's not pretend SMW has a bunch of great tunes outside the castle and athletic themes.
pretty sure you unlock the real save option by playing through for the first time. like in all the other nsmbs.
that's why you should get the star coins later.
NSMB2 is worse.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Forest of Illusion and Vanilla Dome! Ghost houses were great, too.
They will come back after not sure exactly when.
Gouty
Bloodborne is shit
Tell me how you really feel.
Seriously though I think 3D Land is a bastardized mishmash of 2D and 3D Mario concepts that fails to capitalize on strengths either has to offer. Still a good game, but towards the bottom of the Mario canon IMO.
Thank Christ. Gaf falls all over its collective self praising this game. It's easily the worst of the 3D Marios. You probably love Sunshine. I know you do, I can feel it. Brother.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
omg how many Boost Mode challenges are there. I keep unlocking more and my hands hurt.