In the comments section of Choof’s post about New Super Mario Bros. Wii, I mentioned that I was among those who were skeptical about the game when it was first announced.

It wasn’t necessarily due to the game itself.  I love New Super Mario Bros. for the DS.  I really do.  Hell it’s the damn game that got me to buy a Nintendo DS.

What got me skeptical about this pseudo-sequel for the Wii was the mention of a “demo play” feature that would debut in NSMB Wii.  I wasn’t able to find any articles that showed the correlation of this new “demo play” feature with NSMB Wii when I made my original comments, but I can now.

Seek and you shall find,

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Here’s some footage of the New Super Mario Bros. game that’s slated for release sometime during the 4th quarter in North America. Can anyone say christmas gift?

A lot of people are saying that Nintendo messed up with this one, arguing they should have developed the next generation of this series in 3D. I have to disagree with them. This game is a classic. It has a great history and an enormous fan base of old school gamers. I think giving it beautiful visuals and incorporating cooperative play is enough to modernize the game. Including another dimension to a classic platformer would only ruin the simplicity & fun of the game.