Liked Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)

Super Mario 3D World Review (Wii U)

Mario is to video games as Mickey is to Disney. That’s what goes through my mind when I think of the Mario Bros franchise. Today Mario’s name can be replaced with other characters since video games have become broader to mainstream appeal. Over the years, a new Mario game meant as a showoff for what the Nintendo hardware is capable of. As time went on, it seemed the Mario games were starting to lose their appeal (unless it’s a 2D side scrolling one). Mario has now become an annual release while the Zelda franchise has time to stay fresh.

After the showing of Super Mario 3D World at E3 2013, people were not impressed with the reveal stating that it looks like a copy and paste of Super Mario 3D Land that was released in 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS.

Once again, Nintendo proves that you can’t judge a book by its cover as it shows that this would be the first four player co-op 3D platforming game that uses elements from the past 2D and 3D Mario games.

Considering that the game was released the same day as Microsoft’s Xbox One, Nintendo was hoping to get those buyers to pick up a Wii U. Has this game brought a new idea to the Mushroom Kingdom or should we not check another castle?

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