New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe is here and we unveil EVERYTHING for you - Ultimate Guide

The New series is not one of the most played among players in the Super Mario universe. When I came to the first installment in Nintendo DS, a breath of fresh air appeared in the form of "revival", which came to be opposed to the large three-dimensional deliveries. But the road again was blurring little by little. On Wii he bet on a local multiplayer four that contributed a different point of view, although already in the second installment. And he arrived at this point, penalized at first sight by a visual style that he did not engage in and by a formula that sometimes sinned lazy and somewhat conservative. To be fair, already on Wii U It looks like a game of difficulty, and a design of levels, especially in the last third, more than interesting for the lover of the platforms. Of course, overall I was far from the level shown by other giants of the genre such as Rayman Legends or Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze. And that, of course, also remains present more than six years later. 

The title is enlivened between jumps, known enemies and familiar designs through a selection of varied objects, although conservative. To the mushroom, flower of fire, Yoshi or mushrooms to grow or dwarf, others are added as the flower of ice, which shoots balls that freeze enemies, and especially the Super Acorn, the star object. Turn the character into a flying squirrel that can jump higher and glide. Of course, has a much lower incidence in functionality compared to other power up star of the franchise (compared to the costume of 3D World cat, for example, and we do not talk about Odyssey). In fact, the items of greatest interest are the yoshi babies and their functions (to make a balloon, to give light in the dark, to trap enemies in bubbles). We also have other objects that come back, like in a champicoptero or the polar suit, although its use is limited to certain moments and modes of the game. In short, there are few surprises that bring the objects in this release, and the incidence of the star item is quite relative throughout the game.

Everything is as we remembered in Wii U, and although you can not say that it is not entertaining and solvent in almost everything it proposes, it is true that if in the previous Nintendo console was not the best 2D platforms of all, Now that it has the same competence in the form of ports as in the past and new contenders have been added from the indie sector, it does not become as essential as one would expect from Mario as a protagonist. Yes, highly recommended for those who did not play at the time, especially by an accessible cooperative (you only need one joy-per player) and adaptable to all types of players.