10/12/2014 (2 of 2 found this helpful)

NSLU - A Wife Mode Perspective

While I was a fan of New Super Mario Bros. on the Wii as a fun throwback to the heyday of Mario games, and the WiiU version was still fun (if more of the same) going back yet a third time to this well has finally gotten a bit stale. As this Luigi game is more of a companion or DLC as opposed to a full game release, it still feels like more of a letdown than anything else as, aside from a few game mechanics, really brings nothing new to the table.

Presentation: If you've played New Super Mario Bros. U - it's pretty much exactly the same thing, slightly changed around, but pretty much the same level design, character design and enemy design as before.

Story: Hey, it's another Mario game and guess who needs to be saved from Bowser yet again? Yes, it's yet another "Princess Peach is cap...

Rating of
3/5 

10/10/2014 (2 of 2 found this helpful)

Bring Your Wife and Your Rabbit

“New Super Luigi U” (“NSLU”) is one of Nintendo’s first attempts at jumping onto the DLC bandwagon that has become so popular amongst publishers in recent years. Unlike most DLC, however, “NSLU” is a stand-alone add-on to “New Super Mario Bros. U” that was actually made available via physical media as well as via download. Serving partially as a promotional item during Nintendo’s “Year of Luigi” celebration and partially as a test for the willingness of Nintendo fans to buy another ‘New Super Mario’ game every year, “NSLU” is a full game being sold at half-price.

Presentation
“NSLU” completely reuses all of the graphical and audio assets from “New Super Mario Bros. U,” which were themselves simply HD upscales of the assets used in “New ...

Rating of
3/5