How can the legendary Super Mario be in oblivion when other games are thronging the gaming market? The New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS Lite is a spectacle. The story line is as simple as it has been throughout the franchise and with time, the graphics have witnessed a sea of change. The princess gets kidnapped by Bowser Jr. and the onus is on Mario to do the rescue act. He does not have any special powers but kills his enemies by jumping on their heads. There are eight worlds in the game and the difficulty levels keep rising with each passing world. For those who have grown up playing Mario, blazing through all the worlds will be like walking in the park. Those playing it for the first time will thoroughly enjoy doing it.

There are underground stages and undersea stages apart from the desert and the ice world. The visuals are simply captivating and keep reminding you of those days when you played Mario on those simple consoles. New Super Mario Bros. DS will remind you of the days when those two buttons would be your only play option with one used for running and the other for jumping and spitting fireballs, when Mario got that ability. The walls can be used for sliding down. Mario grows up to completely occupy the screen when he consumes the mega mushrooms and runs through obstacles like a colossus. Buy it for the sake of its legacy and that being a gamer you would have also grown up on it. You can play it on the Nintendo DS and relive the old times.

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An excellent and traditional game review of Super Mario 64 DS.  If it’s been awhile since you’ve played the original game, then you should pick it up, otherwise there’s not quite enough change in the game to warrent buying it.  But still, the reviewer gives it a 4 out of 5 stars.

Now, he gives a good review, but I would suggest a wardrobe change and memorize your review so you don’t look like you’re reading a script. 

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PlayFunGaming reviews Super Mario Brothers DS.  It is on an older DS instead of the DS Lite, but should still give you a good idea of how it is.

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thefratgirl is very angry because she can’t get past this one spot in Super Mario Bros. Perhaps she will update us later to see if she got past it.

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X-Play’s Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb review Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo DS. In the end, they give it a 4 out of 5 stars.

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