Is New Super Mario Bros. Wii STILL Good?

[@Trianull]

I don't get when people say that the Penguin Suit makes the Ice Flower irrelevant. It ONLY appears in World 3, the very start of World 4, and very scarcely in the Power-up Panels minigame. The Penguin Suit is a rare item; as the game goes on it becomes much more inconvenient to go out and get one.

[@_V.Va_]

It's like the Hammer Suit in Mario 3, sure the powers are different but they serve the exact same purpose - chucking stuff to take out enemies. Nothing special about the Hammer Suit but it's rare and that's cool.

[@_V.Va_]

Okay I forgot Hammer Mario can take out Boos and block Fire...

[@SaadakAbdulkadir]

​@@_V.Va_ and cheese bowser

[@malachimarko7963]

Also running is slower

[@Reaper-bc9be]

Im pretty sure the ice flower also give you the ability to shoot 2 snowballs when you spin jump which is one think i dont remember being able to do with the penguin suit. Also, the penguin suit makes you not slip on ice, so i guess if you wanted to be able to shoot snowballs but also wanted to have ice stay slippery its optional, but thats a reach and a half, lol.

[@bppse]

I never watched any of this guy's videos, yet this appeared on my feed. This is destiny.

[@ariel.mtz.]

you should watch his other reviews man, he’s super underrated

[@bppse]

@@Official_Pumba are you a bot? Cause i looked at the comments you left on this channel, and it definitely seems like it

[@TheSKRStudios]

@@bppse bro reallly helped me feel some joy and happiness when I was in a dark place last year. Ive rewatched his retrospectives dozens of times

[@bppse]

@@Official_Pumba did he do something bad or smth?

[@bppse]

@@Official_Pumba uh, just a thought, but maybe because this is a scripted video, and racism and sexism jokes wouldn't really fit in here anyway?

[@magnus1130]

18:30 'To an uneducated eye, this looks like an amazing game' actually perfectly sums up the entire video. I could not have said it any better.

[@SusAlvarez-or2fv]

I actually found my old wii in the my attic yesterday, and I was so excited to play this game and Mario kart with my younger brother and sister. It was the most fun I’ve had in a video game in years.

[@murderman8578]

Why aren't having fun lately

[@goldenxmusic]

You should mod it! Get ctgp and play for hours :D

[@codemisterz]

​@@goldenxmusicI have CTGP for my MKW, over 250 additional courses is amazing

[@bmweenitz8897]

When I moved into my university residence in my first year someone on my floor had a Wii and we played for 9 hours(until 4:30 am) to 100% this game it was so much fun to play this classic again!

[@BCAndCB]

We recently got our old Wii up and running again after being skeptical about it actually working. This was the first game I decided to play. Beat it as fast as I could, going world 1 cannon to world 5, world 5 cannon to 8, then secret exit in 8-2 to airship and castle. Man, was it a blast. Actually, I think it was my first mario game I'd ever beaten. Now I'm going through every world to unlock their W9 counterparts and MAN. I think this is one of the greatest games of all time.

[@philgaimz9847]

I very distinctly remember the day we bought this game. We had gone to the store specifically to buy MarioKart Wii, but they ended up being out of stock. Then we saw this game, which we had never heard of before, but something about it just looked so cool, so we asked our mom if we could get that instead. She called up dad to see if he would be okay with it, and at first when he heard "Super Mario Bros" he was like "Hm, I was hoping you would use this money on a game that we could all play together," and I was like "It says up to four people can play it!" and he was like "??? Okay if that's really true then I guess?" It turned out to be one of our most played Wii games ever, and we still come back to it from time to time.

[@Megaman.ExE7]

I don't care how people feel about these games; I still love them and they are always cozy to return to In a world where it seems like every game is constantly trying to out-do the last; I'm really glad that we have games like this that still exist. They remind me of simpler times Great vid by the way

[@jonathanwade3882]

Its better to have simpler games than to be ontop of every other by having all these wacky ideas or a 2d-ish artstyle. Which is why i still hold the new soup series as my fav mario games til this day, even over wonder (wonder and amazing tho)

[@MasterofMonkeys13]

Yes they are unoriginal and all but yeah it’s amazing to play with my friends and just when i want to game. The new super Mario bros games have the best co-op Mario of all time.

[@timohara7717]

Its not better for modt fans though, so its only better to you and like 39 0ercent... do you want to trade mario maker level codes?​@@jonathanwade3882

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

@@MasterofMonkeys13on one hand it may be unoriginal but on the other hand why fix what ain’t broken?

[@JTtheOctoling]

NSMB DS is still my favorite 2d platformer

[@caioleite5579]

This game is super nostalgic to me because I was born in 1997 and I grew up playing many Mario games with my cousins. As we played super mario world, I used to think that it would be very cool if we could play at the same time instead pf taking turns (with Mario and Luigi playing the same levels together). So when I saw the trailer for this game as a 11 years old, it blew my mind, it was a childhood dream becoming true. I bought this game as soon as it came out and I had a blast playing it with my cousins and friends. Honestly one of the best couch multiplayer games I ever played. Mario Wonder nowadays is cool, but I miss the chaos of jumping on each others heads

[@meatycheerios199]

I'm glad you judged this game on its own merrets. Many people give this game a hard time for what came after it but at the time a lot of what was in this game was honestly phenomenal and I believe still holds up.

[@superkamimewtwo9349]

This was my favorite game when I was 7. I managed to get my old Wii out 2 months ago but I realized something. I lost my copy of new super Mario bros Wii and the laser pickup wasn’t working which means my Wii couldn’t read any games. It’s been in the store for a diagnosis and repairs which is gonna take a while. But once I get it back I’m buying a copy of new super Mario bros Wii and gonna see if I can 100% it.

[@th3fullm00n32]

This is the first video of yours I ever saw and it was in my recommended. I truly agree that this game is still amazing even today. It was my first introduction to the 2D Mario games as a whole. And that's why its very special to me. Thanks for making this video.

[@Henry7Madsen]

Best 2d game of all time: change my mind

[@Romir01x]

Ew no, DS and 2 are way better

[@beezar113]

This game’s got nothin on Wonder let alone best 2D game of all time in my personal opinion, but all of this is subjective anyhow

[@chocokarina]

2nd best

[@chocokarina]

@@Romir01xds i agree but if u like 2, get help

[@Henry7Madsen]

@@Romir01xvalid but still no

[@0829]

Even me a gen alpha and gen z this game is still my childhood I had a lot of memories playing this

[@allanbirk3171]

loving these re-retrospectives

[@a1gamer561]

Will never forget the memories me and my dad playing this game when I was 9. Game will always have a special place in my heart

[@samyak128]

My history with Nintendo is more with their handhelds, so I’ve played NSMB DS, NSMB2 and NSMDUDX. In a post Wonder world, I’d love to see NSMB Wii ported to the Switch or its successor so I could try it out!

[@BennPfeifer]

I still play this game to this day, but not with another player, unfortunately

[@ChessEnthusiast0]

5:43 Odyssey Central: And I took that personally

[@ehmilien]

This video was amazing to watch, also the credit song at the end made me cry.

[@sillybillydraws]

Wow Good job dude I love all of your retrospetives this one is one of the best along with the first version

[@TheSKRStudios]

Always a better day when mariomikester posts

[@TheSKRStudios]

@@Official_Pumba fuckin hater

[@Wario_Guy]

@@Official_Pumbayo why you being like this

[@Roarbo]

M A R I O M I K E S T E R

[@simplerthedev]

I remember having 5 years and playing this with my dad and my sister. This was both my childhood, and my first mario game.

[@Xmanant03_Mr03]

Funny I got this video recommended as I started another play through of this game. Love this game. Childhood fights were fun with playing through this. Found yourself another follower! Keep up the fun videos!

[@real-horse]

1:23 "weenis"

[@zcramblo]

the pingas effect strikes again

[@futr4333]

6:13 When you walk on ice, it doesn't momentum slide

[@hihunter7]

Like you were saying at the beginning: This was my childhood. Playing with my buddy in his parents room during sleep overs was so amazing. Core memories

[@thelookingcat]

I love how Magickoopa is surprised before Giant Bowser decimates her.

[@neeuh]

my most nostalgic mario game by far. my mom would play this with me and i’m so grateful for that time!

[@SteakjucySWOP]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes, never saw one of his videos till now and wow, i’m subscribing, New Super Mario Bros Wii was the first video game i have ever played and i love it soo much its nostalgic and just so fun and i love it so so so sos so much i love it a lot a lot a lot s lot a lot a lot a lot a lot, i miss the past, but i love the present.

[@codwizard7526]

One of the best parts of my childhood

[@theterribleclaw4285]

NSMB Wii was the very first Video Game I've ever played It's not my favorite Video Game but it does hold a special place in my heart

[@JKMX76]

They actually did revisit the “Fake Goal” idea in Wonder

[@FairyCRat]

Being 23 now, I love to see such videos from people of my generation. As a kid, I would mostly see people criticizing these games from their perspective as older Mario fans who have played the NES and SNES titles. Finally we now have the perspective of those who discovered NSMB as a separate series.

[@TheCosmicTraveler1]

When i was a teen i had this game, but i only did level two and dropped it, now I'm currently playing this with my little cousin when he visits, we trying to do a 100% (mostly me doing stuff but he helps) and definitely having a blast playing it

[@JacMacofficial]

I’m 13 years old. This was my first ever video game, and I realize because of how young I am, I missed a lot of great games. Still, this is still my favorite game to this day! I first played NSMBW when I was 4 years old back in 2015 and it holds a special place in my heart.

[@aqua3890]

Thank you New Super Mario Bros. Wii for making my childhood the best :)

[@Sinister64]

1:03 Ah yes I do love to enjoy nature while sitting inside on a videogame

[@channel-pd2yn]

17:40 this is not a fair bit of criticism at all. NSMBDS also reuses a ton of content, specifically from SM64DS. music, models, minigames, the mega mushroom, the list goes on. and then 2 and U went on to reuse a fair bit from Wii. thus making Wii the most original NSMB game

[@limo651]

@@channel-pd2yn wii also stole most things from ds so that makes ds the most original

[@channel-pd2yn]

@@limo651 the things is, NSMBW changes the few stuff it borrows to fit the game more. NSMBDS didn't didn't even have the decency to change a single thing about what was stolen from 64 DS

[@limo651]

@@channel-pd2yn let's see same level themes triple jump multiplayer battle mode which nsmb ds and and mario bros did before and did better yeah 95% of the things from nsmbw are stolen from ds besides coin battle the bland koopaling bosses that were done better in U btw and yoshi also the powerups

[@Grand_Kaiserin_Elysium]

wheres the line between stealing things from other games and reusing things because they are literally being used in the exact same way, also besides the 3d characters most things in nsmb ds are unique (also while the concept of the mega mushroom was first used in mario 64ds the actual mushroom itself is from nsmb and is also used differently) also by things i mean sprites and models

[@Grand_Kaiserin_Elysium]

wheres the line between stealing things from other games and reusing things because they are literally being used in the exact same way, also besides the 3d characters most things in nsmb ds are unique (also while the concept of the mega mushroom was first used in mario 64ds the actual mushroom itself is from nsmb and is also used differently) also by things i mean sprites and models

[@Hankhubris]

My sister used to let me play her Nintendo back in the 90’s. And this was the last game we beat/ played together before work and life sort of got in the way of everything. Super fun.

[@KanKanQuentin3206]

I love the kidnapping scene as Bowser def bought Junior some books and he put them to good use lol

[@aaaaax12]

I actually loved that the world themes matched up so nicely betwen the DS and the Wii version. It really makes it a little bit difficult for me to wrap my mind around the newer Super Mario titles because I just associate those themes so much with what a Super Mario game looks like

[@Bamboozllerr]

9:07 how dare you miss that propeller secret block iykyk lol

[@scouttengu]

I can actually attest to 100%ing this game with a group of friends. We did it a few yers back and it took us about 2-3 days. We kept on getting in each others way and trolling each other so much that it actually started legitimate fights among our group. But when we eventually got the final secret exit and that notification of "you have completed everything in New super mario bros. Wii" popped up, The cheers we cried were something I'll never forget

[@QuiteIrony]

This game came a week after i was born (8th November 2009) and i am offically almost 15 years old now, time flies.

[@Specify456]

Man this is the best game in the series in my opinion and also I love your vids bro your amazing

[@RM01_]

I grew up with this game and I recently replayed it with my younger brother I forgot how fun it is I have loads of memories playing multi player with my cousins definitely underrated

[@patrickjanuszewski6102]

Short answer in my opinion: yes it is great and it was my first ever Mario game that I've ever played and it's not my number one favorite but it's still a good game in my opinion

[@RonaldMcreepy]

man you're so underrated it's a crime

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

This is the definitive game of having a brother. I have yet to complete wonder but I have a feeling if we were able to ground pound each other into holes it’d be a different story.

[@fluffyclouden]

Awesome analysis I’ve never played this game because my parents didn’t wanna get me a Wii since I had just gotten a DS☠️ So I grew up playing only the DS version, which I recently found the other day and played again. Though I didn’t play the Wii version, new super mario bros was my first ever video game and I still feel nostalgic just watching this even though i didn’t play it. Awesome vid dude

[@romanarmy4195]

i’ll never forget the childhood em memories of playing this as a kid with my family or my neighbors thankfully with either group we always had 4 so it made summers that more special

[@homerogordo5548]

Aged like a fine wine

[@UltraCraftYT222]

Bro used WLTP/WRTP gameplay... Instant S-Tier youtuber i subscribed

[@superdeadlyhuis]

The end made me smile and I almost teared up⭐️❤️

[@julib0050]

this game was my childhood along with mariokart wii and I am so happy that this video was just an excuse to yap about how great it is

[@Chickenman_gaming]

Absolutely love this. Used to play every holidays with my siblings and troll the crap out of them

[@Thingschangewis]

My sister figured out that the propeller mushroom had a grown pound varient and would brag about figuring it out and wouldnt tell me. I miss this tho

[@frankpaparo39]

I’ll make sure my kids get to play both of these games on ds and Wii, Truly, some of the greatest Nintendo content ever made

[@maxstavens217]

The bowser fight as a 7 year old was so epic. I remember getting the game for Christmas and going bananas.

[@maxstavens217]

Also phase 2 bowser is peak gaming

[@Sakura-theDark-typePokemonfan]

Honestly, of the New Super Mario Bros. games, Wii is my favorite one and it's HEAVILY nostalgic for me. It was BOTH a big part of my childhood AND my first introduction to Mario, and it was also my VERY FIRST introduction to video games as a whole. Even though I've literally only actually played it TWICE, once when I first got it, and the second time being just 3 days ago, my skill at the game had evolved like crazy (Presumably from all those hours I put into Mario U). And I was ECSTATIC to get to World 8 and just finish the game in the fastest route to World 8 so that I could honestly go to World 8 once more and just listen to it's theme, which the World 8 theme in Wii is THE BEST world theme in ALL the NSMB games, and there's NO changing my mind on that. When Super Guide completed the final level for me, I'd always just go back to World 8 after booting up the game and listen to the theme while I did other things and not play the game (Which is why I said I've only ACTUALLY played the game twice)

[@yumihere2848]

Having weliketoplay gameplay in this made me so nostalgic

[@filipipop]

Gettin this recommended right after 100% the game (after 14 years)

[@carterjames8829]

I love this game. It’s my favorite 2D Mario game in my collection. If I had one complaint, it’d have to be the lack of classic enemy usage: For example, the Chain Chomps make 1 appearance after the Iggy Koopa fight, the Hammer Bros are in 1 level, and Spike only appears in 3 levels, one of which is 8-4.

[@User42069x]

this game is the reason i speedrun every game as fast as possible. depending on the game im not more than 15min -3 hours off the main normal% speedrun

[@Abor1337]

Idk if Kamek using they/them is canon in any way but I find it an inspired and enlightened choice

[@RuzoHi]

*In an angry tone:* "THIS IS HORRENDOUS BAD..." *Then in a cheerful tone:* "Star Coins!"

[@Jgoluvs]

im currently age 21 and the new super mario bros line were the games coming out as i got into gaming and i never understood how they got so much hate. They are flawed but still provided a great gaming experience.

[@MacenW]

This is probably my favorite guilty pleasure of a game. Its so much fun.

[@moavideogamer8417]

I actually started to play this game a few days ago & it's one of the best Mario games

[@nate8655]

I speed run this game and I keep forgetting that it’s possible to have fun on this game but this shit is such a cool game it’s so awesome

[@danielward4868]

As I grew up with the ds game, I was never able to get used to controling with a wii remote making the game more challenging for me. The final boss was great. It might be time to pick it up again

[@thelookingcat]

To me, it's the best. The New Super Mario Bros. series was an amazing series. DS introduced the formula and world structure, Wii introduced the propeller mushroom, 8 world progression, and Ice Flower, as well as so many environments within each biome. With NSMB2 we saw the return of the Tanooki suit, and almost everything from Wii that could be ported to the 3DS, including music, models, and sound effects. It was a brilliant callback to older Mario Games. Oh yeah, and the coin stuff was really fun. NSMBU created the world map, added the Tanooki Suit, brought back all the old powerups except Mega Mushroom, made World 9 more accessible, and has amazing post-game benefits. So many levels and environments to unlock. NSLU took everything NSMBU had and introduced harder, shorter levels with a shorter time-limit. The two games complement each other perfectly, and it gave Luigi a chance to Shine, and make Nabbit playable, so your little brother or sister won't constantly die every 2 seconds and complain. Finally, NSMBU Deluxe combines the 2 games into a cheaper package ($80->$60), allows you to play as whoever you want to, adds Toadette and Peachette to appeal to girls and have a slightly easier mode without the penalty of seeing the purple Nabbit complete on the World Map, and added the ability to twirl in midair even if you have a squirrel suit! Wii had a huge role to play in the series, introducing more verticality and the iconic tower and castle themes. It was the first EPIC Mario game, and it deserves its place in the video game hall of fame.

[@Karlito1738]

I love that you think so positively of this series, but it is 1000% not the first epic mario game, Galaxy 1 came out before it did

[@thelookingcat]

@@Karlito1738 oh for sure, my apologies. I meant 2D Mario. I love all 2D Mario but the Wii game was the first truly epic 2D Mario Adventure. As much as I love SM64, Galaxy 1 was the first completely awesome 3D mario

[@limo651]

​@@thelookingcatnope the first epic 2d mario adventure was mario 3

[@thelookingcat]

@@limo651 debatable but I can see why you say that

[@hoot_645]

I have one criticism of this game that you didn't touch on but ever since I first thought about it, I can't get it out of my head. The movement in this game is slow and boring. Running fast through a level doesn't actually feel that fast. It doesn't feel the same as running through smb3 or smw or even smb wonder. If you play all those games, then this one, you'd see what I mean. Still a great game, still many fond memories (psssst smbDS has the better music), still replayable today. But in terms of its movement it's just slow and lacks that pop, that snap you feel in other mario games. And actually mario galaxy has this issue too. The movement is super slow and floaty which is cool, but not always the best gameplay

[@SebTheNoob314]

The answer to your question is yes. It is not an arguable position

[@brownlocs]

I'm interested on your opinion on the wii u one...

[@PattyTrills]

I grew up playing super mario world on my game boy advance but I still think Super Mario Bros wii is an amazingly fun platformer that only gets better with co-op

[@Ni_Co.]

loved this video i related with all the points he made ❤❤

[@Gus-68_]

12:40 me…. It’s was me

[@wispyw]

i had one friend and when i went over to his house we would just play new super mario bros wii the whole time

[@Witch_of_Pandemonium]

The raft level is a skill issue that becomes a good hard level with the propellor

[@burningfiregames6015]

A very simple reason why this game is so much better than games like U or DS is because of the art. The tilesets and background are just so much better, and the world maps are so much more creative. Something so simple really adds a lot to each level in the game, and a few of my favorites are the volcano theme, snow theme, and desert theme in this game

[@NateGrzesiak]

MAKE AN ENTIRE 2D MARIO SERIES RETROSPECTIVE VIDEOOOO❤

[@aqua3890]

Ah best part of my childhood

[@vision3217]

This was probably one of the first games I have ever played other than the Lego Marvel Super Heroe game I play when I was younger

[@justadude8172]

Played it last night. Beat it in one sitting. Fucking love that game

[@l3lackPlagu3]

I would agree with the window open on a summer day if i didn't live in the south and if you open the window you are instantly vaporized by the 95-100 degree weather

[@thecoolguy4947]

With emulation this game works really well on modern phones and it's genuinely pretty fun to play on the go

[@tzarg]

what about motion controls like tilting the controller or shaking it?

[@SorryIhavenonumber]

This was always fantastic, nostalgia may be clouding my judgment, but this was the 1st game I ever played so I don’t care

[@leevonrobinson7166]

I didn’t get to play this on the ds but I loved playing it on the Wii when it came out on that console. Me and the fam

[@justajad2809]

15 years later and we are still not sure if it's good !

[@Goo.Bitty.73]

Personally i enjoy every nsmb game, i get why people dont and why its frustrating that they get super samey, but i really do love how simple and enjoyable and relaxing these games are

[@clone3]

5-4 is goated bro what do you mean, well except the star coins

[@Jae-vk6fn]

agreed, the raft gimmick was unique and I replayed the level many times as a kid just for that, it was satisfying to kill all the enemies falling down with the power-ups it gave you, plus the speedrun for it looks a little cool imo. might be a hot take, but it's one of, if not my favorite level in wii

[@Dimondz336]

1:11 Too real 😢

[@cagriakturk_]

This game is the first 2D Mario game I've played and is the default mario game for me.

[@awhvex7188]

I played this growing up alotttttttt, remember every aspect of it while still learning about it from these vids. The game was and still is great, i find it better than the new mario bros u deluxe. Me and my girlfriend play and beat 100% of mario bros u deluxe, we also did new super mario bros wii on dolphin emulator a few years back, recently i got an actual wii modded it and we are doing it all over again. I would say within 6 gaming hours we beat the entire game and have most of the stars, we have to go back to minimal levels to get the stars for world 9 then we will have it 100%. We are really enjoying it all around and its great to play together. Shortly later ill be introducing her to the rom hacks of this game and hopefully we can still have fun 😁

[@TheNoorVIG]

I have such nostalgia for this game. I will always love it 😎👍

[@jodymeyering6201]

Bro needs to learn t skip the last level with a propeller mushroom

[@McBoccher]

0:44 new supe ds mario took compound v 2:42 *found inside the nintendo gigaleak

[@Gus-68_]

Close to 40k subs ☁️🧊🍊⭐️🐡

[@flaviomarconi33]

Just 2 days ago i installed a wii emulator on pc and the rom, i finished 100% of the game in one day