Quick Look: New Super Mario Bros. 2

God I hate that soundtrack. It's making me physically ill with all its, "Bah baaaaaaaah"-ing. Fuck you, disembodied MIDI assholes.

Thanks, KOOPBAMA.

As much as it would be cool for them to be a bit more ambitious with these games I do think NSMB and NSMB Wii are two of the best game's I've played in years.

I understand getting bored of the visual style and some of the outdated systems but the game play and level design are near perfect.

watching this quicklook just made me realize that I'm done with anything mario related. Nothing in this game makes me want to play it.

New Super Mario Blows, too.

I officially hate the Mario Coin sound

Wow, this seems bad...

@Monkeyman04 said:

"VIDEO POSTED BY ABAUMAN ON AUG. 17, 2012"

Who's this ABAUMAN?

HOW DO I ABAUMAN?

Man, Mario 3, World, and World 2 are such incredible games. I wish more games had the look of World 2 and SNES Mario 3.

So they made Mario even more dull. Yay.

@YummyTreeSap said:

I've hated the New Super Mario Bros. music since the first game. My opinion hasn't changed. Between the wahs and the fact that so much of it is just remade (and often very shitty) versions of old Mario songs, I just can't stand it. Nostalgia only goes so far, but Nintendo pushes that shit so fucking hard. We get it: the Mario music was iconic. Now make some new fucking music for your games, please.

This just looks so uninspired. The Mario games of the past didn't reuse a visual style for three games. And am I the only one who thinks that the NSMB games don't even handle that well?

Me and you both. Man, that stupid sound wah sound thing they use in very commercial for the games that they try to pass of ass the iconic mario sound is so annoying. Super Mario Galaxy had good remixes or just plain used the real music. But seems like they just got lazy with the music.

That co-op is a bummer but I'm getting this regardless. ;p

@Fattony12000 said:

@Monkeyman04 said:

"VIDEO POSTED BY ABAUMAN ON AUG. 17, 2012"

Who's this ABAUMAN?

HOW DO I ABAUMAN?

He's a new video producer for the guys. Drew said he was a CBSi hire, so I don't know if he's a Giant Bomb exclusive employee though.

This seems so boring... No thanks. 3D Land was pretty cool, but I'm done with Mario until they do something really cool with it.

@Fattony12000 said:

@Monkeyman04 said:

"VIDEO POSTED BY ABAUMAN ON AUG. 17, 2012"

Who's this ABAUMAN?

HOW DO I ABAUMAN?

When I was a young boy hanging out down at the Circle K on the corner, the bauman used to come by and try to sell me their wares and lure me into their van with promises of Mountain Dew and Stretch Armstrong dolls.

I still have the scars, both physical and emotional.

Anyone else think it's weird when Mario and Luigi slide down the flag pole at the same time?

Mega Man X 5 is the game where they're all named after Guns n' Roses.

@sixpin said:

@Fattony12000 said:

@Monkeyman04 said:

"VIDEO POSTED BY ABAUMAN ON AUG. 17, 2012"

Who's this ABAUMAN?

HOW DO I ABAUMAN?

He's a new video producer for the guys. Drew said he was a CBSi hire, so I don't know if he's a Giant Bomb exclusive employee though.

Does he enjoy flight simulators, though?

The 3D character models on a 2D plain really annoys me, the sprite-based games looked so much more unique. The 3D models look bland and uninspired.

Yep, they've officially stretched this "series" way too thin. There have been, what, three or four releases of "new super mario brothers", with another one on the way for the Wii U? It's just way too much.

And that music really has to go. I see I'm not the only one who finds the "wah, wah" to be just a little bit annoying and jarring to the experience. I know they're practically parodying Mario at this point, but it wouldn't hurt to at least make some attempts at taking the game and atmosphere seriously.

I would love a "New Super Mario World" though. That game actually had some proper advancements to the series that really aught to be taken advantage of with this style of game. Mario as a non-linear, world-exploring experience was a great thing that they've thrown out these last few years.

@samcroft90 said:

The 3D character models on a 2D plain really annoys me, the sprite-based games looked so much more unique. The 3D models look bland and uninspired.

I have to agree. Plus they have the 3D "physics" tacked alongside it, and it just doesn't feel or control as good as the originals. They might as well go full on sprite here; nothing wrong with sprites.

Did they really have to use the SAME exact music from New Super Mario Bros Wii? Jesus Christ. That's my biggest gripe with this game. It's just rehash visually and audibly. You would think that developers would know when they've released the same game too many times over but they seem to be the ONLY ones oblivious to it.

...Or maybe the do know. Maybe they know that people will buy a game with Mario in the title no matter what. Just like Jeff and Brad's conversation about whether or not they would buy a game New Super Mario Bros game with a cape. Jeff knows he would be falling for the same bullshit but he admits that he would buy the game regardless. Don''t let them grab you by the balls like that.

Did they really have to use the SAME exact music from New Super Mario Bros Wii? Jesus Christ. That's my biggest gripe with this game. It's just rehash visually and audibly. You would think that developers would know when they've released the same game too many times over but they seem to be the ONLY ones oblivious to it.

...Or maybe the do know. Maybe they know that people will buy a game with Mario in the title no matter what. Just like Jeff and Brad's conversation about whether or not they would buy a game New Super Mario Bros game with a cape. Jeff knows he would be falling for the same bullshit but he admits that he would buy the game regardless. Don''t let them grab you by the balls like that.

Welcome, Andy! Loved listening to you on KOXM! Now Giant Bomb is even better with you here! Maybe bring some snowboarding stories?

@sixpin said:

@Fattony12000 said:

@Monkeyman04 said:

"VIDEO POSTED BY ABAUMAN ON AUG. 17, 2012"

Who's this ABAUMAN?

HOW DO I ABAUMAN?

He's a new video producer for the guys. Drew said he was a CBSi hire, so I don't know if he's a Giant Bomb exclusive employee though.

His LinkedIn lists Gamespot, Giant Bomb, and Comic Vine (I'm not being weird, I was just curious).

I like how they just leave the title screen going for the last minutes as they talked.

@familyphotoshoot: They were actually talking shit about the people who talked shit about furries on the Dust Quicklook.

looks awful. mario needs to innovate

That's some of the worst co-op I've ever seen. Does Nintendo develop in a bubble, not knowing how co-op works and has been in other 2D games?

Koobama....

This website is over!

Jeff really keeping it street in this QL.

Mario started doing "flips and shit" when he collected a starman in Mario Bros. 3.

I have seen the light. I will abandon my furry ways and dedicate the rest of my life to swimming in gold coins. Thank you, Jeff. Thank you for showing me the way.

I think I'm done playing Mario until the do something new with it.

This game seems like it requires the player be an ocd collection maniac to get any enjoyment out of it unless they've like... never played a mario game before lol.

@lockonandfire said:

@sixpin said:

@Fattony12000 said:

He's a new video producer for the guys. Drew said he was a CBSi hire, so I don't know if he's a Giant Bomb exclusive employee though.

His LinkedIn lists Gamespot, Giant Bomb, and Comic Vine (I'm not being weird, I was just curious).

So he's kind of taking the Joey spot from the Whiskey days, where Joey was doing things for Screened, Tested, ComicVine, and helping Giant Bomb with the live shows and QLs with Drew and Vinny in them.

have love with. The koopa's are redistributing the wealth. Sonic's a punkass. The Furgenda... follow the fur.

I guess this game is all about the Benjamins Coins.

Man the last handheld I bought was the DS Lite. and I don't think I'll ever buy another handheld.

This game looks like it was designed for obsessive collectors and mario fans who are actively sleepwalking.

I've never passed on something harder.

gettin' paid, son.

This Quick look just reminds me that I really hate that NSMB music style. Even though I don't have a 3DS yet, I'll skip this game when I pick one up.

@Fitzgerald said:

Mario 3 NES was when he started doing somersault/flips during star power.

@Amaru25 said:

looks awful. mario needs to innovate

But coins, bro. COINS.

@Krakn3Dfx said:

@Fattony12000 said:

@Monkeyman04 said:

"VIDEO POSTED BY ABAUMAN ON AUG. 17, 2012"

Who's this ABAUMAN?

HOW DO I ABAUMAN?

When I was a young boy hanging out down at the Circle K on the corner, the bauman used to come by and try to sell me their wares and lure me into their van with promises of Mountain Dew and Stretch Armstrong dolls.

I still have the scars, both physical and emotional.

Why, did he actually only have mellow yellow?

@AssInAss said:

That's some of the worst co-op I've ever seen. Does Nintendo develop in a bubble, not knowing how co-op works and has been in other 2D games?

Actually, yes, they are. It's what allows them to come up with stuff no one else has thought up; but it's what also keeps them behind when the Western game industry went towards online and other stuff and Nintendo never even noticed it.

Anyone else notice around 16:00 in the video after they left the pipe the camera focus moved to Jeff (the Quick Look screen) and he had an arrow above his head? Posting this before finishing the video, hope it doesn't bite me in the ass.

Jeff & Brad didn't really articulate what makes World a fundamentally different game - it's the level design and physics, basically. NSMB Mario has a ton of inertia. He's a lot less responsive than in SMB 2/3/World. For a more recent comparison, try Yoshi's Island DS, which is super snappy and ultra-responsive, and then try NSMB, where Mario is much slower and less agile. NSMB handles more like SMB 1 in this respect, and while it does add challenge, it's not really as much fun as a game with sharper controls.

Also, levels in Super Mario World tended to be more open-ended and have a lot of vertical screen movement. They were laid out in a more sandbox-like fashion, and less frequently like an obstacle course. The timer was inconsequential, and you were encouraged to just screw around, instead of trucking right to the end. World had more exploration, and more non-critical paths within a level.

@Shovat said:

@Krakn3Dfx said:

@Fattony12000 said:

@Monkeyman04 said:

"VIDEO POSTED BY ABAUMAN ON AUG. 17, 2012"

Who's this ABAUMAN?

HOW DO I ABAUMAN?

When I was a young boy hanging out down at the Circle K on the corner, the bauman used to come by and try to sell me their wares and lure me into their van with promises of Mountain Dew and Stretch Armstrong dolls.

I still have the scars, both physical and emotional.

Why, did he actually only have mellow yellow?

Worse. Sierra Mist.

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the corner crying and rubbing the skin off of my arms with erasers.

LIBERATE US KOOPAS! FREE US FROM THESE CHAINS!!!!

DS version was unplayable because the button config didn't allow for natural position of the middle of thumb resting on A or B for run and then X or Y for jump.  I hope the blockheads have sorted that.

DS version was unplayable because the button config didn't allow for natural position of the middle of thumb resting on A or B for run and then X or Y for jump.  I hope the blockheads have sorted that.

O man, that co-op does not make me feel good about the Wii-U. Nintendo still has no idea how this stuff is suppose to work.