World 2 however supports a Desert visual style so here you can watch out for sinking sand, mini cyclones and sand as far as the eye can see. This means that the majority of levels in this world will support bright green backgrounds, easy to navigate territory and a lot of Goombas. An example of such is World 1 that supports a visual style we are all familiar with from earlier Mario titles, Mushroom Plains. Each level is unique and sports some kind of set design for the specific world. The objects range from spinning fireballs to rising lava, up to your basic draw bridges to some tricky blocks that unless you keep up with will send you to your fiery doom. Then we step up a notch to a trail of fire that devilishly jumps in front of your path or to giant blocks of stone that came crashing to the ground, crushing anything beneath. The most common of enemies starts from the lazy Goombas that are just more of a nuisance than anything else to the flying Koopas which can take a betting. The levels comprise of enemies and objects that are there to hinder your path.

The levels are on 2-D platforms, you can go up, down, left and right but never around objects in a 3rd dimensional manner. It is your task as Mario (Or Luigi) to travel through a series of short levels through a collection of 8 worlds to reach the Princess and save her from the oversized turtle, Bowser. The Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom is kidnapped at the start of the game by Bowser Jr, a much unloved recent addition to the Mario universe. Though it doesnt bring anything unique or innovative to the most famous gaming genre of all time it does bring together all the fantastic pieces that have made Mario a household name. New Super Mario Brothers is the first true 2-D Mario platformer since the days of Super Mario World and Yoshi Island. Today let me tell you why this game will take you to a fantastic journey through the Mushroom Kingdom where Princess get kidnapped on a regular basis and fat Italian plumbers shoot fireballs from there white mitten gloves.

Tomorrow you will be rushing into your local Gaming Store to scoop up a brand new shiny copy of New Super Mario Brothers on the Nintendo DS. The time of waiting however has come to an end and in such a way that the wait will seem more than worth it. The GameBoy Advance brought hope but it was not to be in the face of ports and nothing truly unique. Not since Yoshi Island have Nintendo fans had a true 2-D Mario platformer fix and some were dreading that the day would never come. It is the game we have all been dreaming of for more than a decade.

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