Really, Nintendo couldnt upgrade the playing style, strategy or maps in any way They just throw out a new console and ask you to fork out more money for the same game Not buying again. Bye Nintendo.

If you've played New Super Mario Bros U at all before, there's not a whole lot of reasons to go back. It's still terrific 2D Mario title, and it's aged gracefully, with only the slightest of nips and tucks along the way. Just don't go in expecting anything more than what you got in 2012.

The biggest issue with New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is that it didn't release in a vacuum. In 2012, New Super Mario Bros. U was a fun, polished, but decidedly generic romp through the Mushroom Kingdom.

Polished central mechanics; Interesting level concepts; Loads of content

Uninteresting presentation; Outdated design; Bizarre issues which prevent the game from feeling "Deluxe

Six years after New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U came out, they're still excellent games worthy of the Mario name. They don't feel very different from the New Super Mario Bros.

Two full-length games; Varied levels; New easy characters make certain challenges friendlier

Difficulty curves for both games are still harsh; Doesn't offer much new content from the previous version or earlier New Super Mario Bros; games

Mario made a big comeback in 2006, not in a defining new 3D adventure, but in the first original 2D platformer Nintendo had produced since the mid-90s. New Super Mario Bros. for DS (NSMB) brought back the classic side-scrolling, block smashing, coin collecting gameplay, but blended it with a now...

A; The Switch make multiplayer much easier (and cheaper; Toadette and Nabbit help make the game a bit more accessible

You lose the Wii U GamePad's Boost Mode; No fourth regular difficulty character; Peachette power up is a token inclusion

Nintendo's first Switch release of the year is another Wii U port, but does this Super Mario Bros. game really deserve the deluxe treatment

Typically excellent controls and, while formulaic, some of the best 2D platform design of recent years; Co-op mode is fun and there's plenty of content and modes

Early levels are too reliant on nostalgia and rehashing previous games; Bland graphics and presentation and very few notable new ideas, especially in terms of stage themes and power-ups

As one of the biggest Mario fans around, it was surprising (especially to me) when I realised that the New Super Mario Bros. U game was one I had somehow missed. So I was pretty much smack-in-the-middle of this Switch game's target demographic and was rather looking forward to the review.

Bright; colourful and fun Nintendo-ness; Great; tight platforming and a blast in multiplayer; Nabbit and Toadette/Peachette provide easy option for newbies; Boost Rush; Challenges; and Coin Battle provide fun little extras

Dying in a level still kicks you out to the overworld map; Bosses battles are fun; but quickly become repetitive; Nothing worth spending your money on if you played the WiiU version; Lacking that 'special' something

Nintendo sometimes gets very weird with how it names games. It doesn't quite hit Kingdom Hearts levels of nonsense (I'm looking at you, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue), but it comes close. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is one of the best examples. This $59.99 game for the Nintendo Switch isn't new like the first part of its name suggests, and it isn't for the Wii U like the fifth part of its name suggests. It's a port of the 2012 Wii U game New Super Mario Bros. U, with the New Super Luigi U standalone DLC game included. It's lots of side-scrolling Mario action in an inexpensive package, with a few extra Switch-exclusive features, one of which is that you can play it on your TV or on the go. "New" Super Mario Bros. New Super Mario Bros. U was the fourth game (and arguably fifth, too, if you count New Super Luigi U) in the New Super Mario Bros. subseries, which Nintendo spun off from the main Mario series of 3D platformers like Super Mario Odyssey. The NSMB games ar...

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe bundles New Super Mario Bros. U and the much, much harder New Super Luigi U into a single package on the Switch. The combo will satisfy any fan of old-school Mario platformers.

Two full-length games; Varied levels; New easy characters make certain challenges friendlier

Difficulty curves for both games are still harsh; Doesn't offer much new content from the previous version or earlier New Super Mario Bros; games

Nintendo's most famous siblings make a return in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe , a port of the original Wii U ...

Creative level design; Tight controls; Challenge modes

Doesn't add much to the original

Of all of the Wii U games Nintendo has been porting over to the Switch, New Super Mario Bros. U is arguably the biggest. With Breath of the Wild launching so late in the Wii U's lifecycle, I think it's fair to consider New Super Mario Bros.

Solid Mario platforming; as always; Multiplayer is a lot of hectic fun; Looks excellent on Switch - the best looking 2D Mario game to date

No enough new content for people who already played on Wii U; Plays it a little too safe - a by-the-books NSMB game