How big is New Luigi U, the brotherly themed DLC pack for New Super Mario Bros U? So big that it's not just a downloadable expansion anymore.
New Super Luigi U will launch as DLC on June 20 for $19.99. On August 25, it will hit stores for $29.99. Nintendo said this was to facilitate players who may not own the original game but want to play as Luigi.
Tying in to what Nintendo is cheekily referring to as "The Year of Luigi," the company announced a new large-scale piece of downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros U. The "New Super Luigi U" DLC puts Mario's brother in the starring role.
You'll never guess what, right. Nintendo is making a new Super Mario game and a new Mario Kart game. Cross my heart! I can't give you any real useful details about either, okay, but I swear it's true, Nintendo really is making more games in those long, long, long-running series. May Queen Elizabeth herself strike me down if one word of a lie has crossed my lips.
New Super Mario Bros 2 has gotten its last two downloadable content course packs, each with a distinct focus on satisfying fans looking for a challenge. The "Mystery Adventures" pack and the "Impossible" packs are available for $2.50 each, and both add three new courses to the Coin Rush mode.
New Super Mario Bros U might be capturing the spotlight as a standout Wii U launch title, but Nintendo is releasing some free downloadable content to keep the 3DS New Super Mario Bros 2 going as well. The company announced today that it is releasing a free "Gold Classics" pack, with three new courses inspired by the revered elder games in Mario's library.
You might be among the lucky ones to snag a Wii U this weekend, and our own Andrew Yoon claims New Super Mario Bros U is a must-have for the system. But if you marathon through the game as soon as you get it, don't worry. More courses are on the way.
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It's easy to dismiss New Super Mario Bros U as "just another" Mario game, especially as it comes hot off the heels of another mainline game--NSMB2, which launched on 3DS this past summer. However, unlike its handheld predecessor, the Wii U version of the game doesn't just regurgitate the same Mario ideas. It constantly surprises with excellent level designs, fantastic boss battles, and exhilarating multiplayer modes. Simply put, this is the best game in the New Super Mario franchise to date.
Nintendo kicked off its initiative of offering full retail games for download with New Super Mario Bros 2. With that goal accomplished, the company has moved into offering its backlog, with a large eShop update that offers some of its most popular retail 3DS games for digital purchase.
Nintendo's historic first foray into downloadable content begins in just two days: October 4th. On that day, Nintendo will release three DLC packs for New Super Mario Bros 2. Each pack contains three new courses to play in Coin Rush mode, and each will cost $2.50.
Additional packs will arrive at the end of October and at the end of November.
New Super Mario Bros 2 shows an obsession with gold coins we haven't seen the likes of since Yukon Cornelius in the old Rudolph TV special. So what inspired the developers to make the sweet clink-clink of coins the central point of the game? Apparently it began from a power-up in Super Mario 3D Land, and with quiet muttering.
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Nintendo is celebrating the release of New Super Mario Bros 2 the best way it knows how: more Mario games. The company is putting up a classic Mario game for sale on the 3DS eShop every week leading up to its launch, starting this Friday.
Nintendo is making a fresh push into the digital age with the 3DS and Wii U, both of which are set to offer full retail games for download. Apparently the company is committed to this idea. The first such game is New Super Mario Bros 2 for the 3DS, due in August, and Nintendo announced today that it will offer a little extra Club Nintendo perk if you download the digital copy.
Nintendo fans, why do you have to be so hard to please all the time? Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime feels the company did quite a bit to sate fans this year, but they just keep demanding more. He says he "loves" this habit of the gaming community, but at the same time it "troubles [him] tremendously."
When Nintendo said New Super Mario Bros 2 was all about the money, they weren't kidding. Nintendo has announced that New Super Mario Bros 2 will be the first game in the company's history to offer for-pay DLC after launch. Additional "Coin Rush" stages will be developed after the game comes out.
Although this may signal a change in Nintendo's strategy, NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime was quick to point out that NSMB2 will be "full featured," and that no content is being removed for the purposes of being made into DLC.
At Nintendo's 3DS showcase this evening, the company showed off a few levels of New Super Mario Bros. 2 in action, and highlighted a few of its features. The game will include full co-op throughout the entire game, a marked difference from the multiplayer Battle Mode of the previous DS title.
"I'm interested (loved NSMB-U), but I'm still going to wait for reviews."
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