December 6, 2012

New Super Mario Bros U

Date played: December 5th
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 8/10

I played through four or five levels of the Forest world with my girlfriend yesterday. I have to say, this game is way harder with two players than it would be alone... For example, in the mid-world fortress level, there was a scrolling block-snake of sorts and with two players riding that thing, it becomes REAL tight. We died more often than we should have but we still had a ton of fun. The coolest level was a nice callback to SMB3 where all the enemies and blocks are giant! The art is really good on those and it's fun to see that stuff in HD.
This level was awesome
There was a level with a purple lava floor where the squirrel suit was handy and a tricky ghost house where we managed only one star coin. I wonder if there's a reward like a new world or level if we get all the star coins?