You all heard the news of a New Super Mario Bros. U DLC. It was certainly coming, but does it live up to the standards of a 2D Mario game? Wait and see after the jump...
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Nice artwork eh? But where on earth is Mario!?
The story plot of the game remains the same: Bowser invades
the mushroom kingdom, kicks Luigi and co. outta the castle etc. However Mario
isn’t there at all (other than his hat) and you won’t see him at all in the
game. Of course you guys know that the game focuses on Luigi himself as it is
the year of Luigi, so having no Mario isn’t so much of a surprise. However,
Nabbit is. As you probably know, Nabbit was a weird looking rabbit which stole
items and ran in New Super Mario Bros. U. He does still have the same role in
this game, but you can play as him in both multiplayer and single player mode.
Unlike Luigi and the Toads (who make a return) Nabbit is invincible (well he
can die at times such as lava but that’s generally no surprise).
The only appearance of Mario - his own hat.
Something which I was always quite disappointed with in New
Super Mario Bros. U was the graphics. The game wasn’t pushed to its graphical
potential but in New Super Luigi U, it has. The overworld in Acorn Plains just
looks glorious with the green grass and Nintendo have even put little Luigi
secrets in and they look spectacular in HD.
There is no denying that the graphics look even better than New Super Mario Bros. U!
The mechanics of the player have also changed since the
original game. Luigi now controls like he does in “Super Mario Bros. 2” with
the higher flutter jump and the further sliding. This adds a ton of challenge
and fun at the beginning – just constantly sliding into enemies and falling off
the edge always makes gameplay that extra bit fun! You eventually get so used
to it though that playing like Mario does isn’t normal anymore! The Toads and
Nabbit also share these abilities, so multiplayer fun is havoc!
Boost Mode returns from the original game – nothing has
changed since. You can either help your friends or kill them, but nothing has
changed and the mechanics are all the same.
If you thought boost mode was havoc in New Super Mario Bros. U, then prepare to face hell here.
The map has not changed at all either. Still contains all
82+ courses and no features have changed, but that was to be expected as
Nintendo did say so.
Of course there’s one thing that’s seriously changed since
New Super Mario Bros. U: The level designs! All the levels have been redesigned
to be more challenging compared to the original game. The levels are much
shorter (even shorter than New Super Mario Bros. 2) but have a 100 second time
limit for each. This really pressurizes you and makes finding those annoying
star coins and secret exits even harder than before! And trust me when I say
that, because I have experienced that whilst finishing the game…
Overall, the DLC is much better than that of the original
game, and for £17.99 it is very good! The DLC is worth every penny and if you
want to play a 2D Mario game on the Wii U and want a challenge, this is the
game for you! You can either buy New Super Mario Bros. U and get the DLC for
£17.99 or buy the packaged game which doesn’t require New Super Mario Bros. U for £34.99. Either way, New
Super Luigi U is amazing which is why I’m giving it 9.0/10! It’s difficulty is
much harder (and Nabbit had to be used at times) and what made New Super Mario
Bros. U good has been upgraded and improved for New Super Luigi U! Make sure
you get it as you really won’t regret it!
9 . 0 Reviewed by Christopher Nguyen
OUT OF TEN Edited By James Green
OUT OF TEN Edited By James Green
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