New Super Mario: snowball fight!

by James Ransom-Wiley { Apr 11th 2006 at 7:25PM }

OnNintendo.com has posted 12 titillating images of the highly anticipated New Super Mario Bros. Included in the bunch, are some shots of several of the game's multiplayer mini-games — you may recognize them from Super Mario 64 DS. This time around, you'll be able to enjoy them with friends.

Also spotted, is a glimpse of one of the koopalings. Last month, we heard word that Bowser's demented offspring would stage a comeback in New Super Mario Bros., and this image seems to be the confirmation we were looking for. New Super Mario Bros. is currently scheduled for release on May 15 (North America) — June 30 in Europe.

Tags: multiplayer, New Super Mario Bros., NewSuperMarioBros.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Twinkie @ Apr 11th 2006 7:28PM

That's just baby bowser, no proof of any of the SMW kids returning.

Sabre @ Apr 11th 2006 7:38PM

Wait...I thought that NSMB was coming out on the 21st?

Eric @ Apr 11th 2006 7:39PM

may mario never die... amen.

spoo @ Apr 11th 2006 7:44PM

Pants getting tight, but the name "New Super Mario Bros." is worse then the name "Mario 64." Who at Nintendo is in charge of naming these games??

bv @ Apr 11th 2006 7:54PM

Anyone else dissapointed by these 2.5D graphics? What made Super Mario World for the SNES so great was in my opinion the hand drawn sprites. These 3d-esque graphics just don't give me that nostalgic Mario Bros. feeling.

Brock @ Apr 11th 2006 8:02PM

Can't wait for Mario bunghole whipeing with the DS.... And mario shuffleboard... and maybe a little Luigi cheerleading.

Tirol @ Apr 11th 2006 8:14PM

NSMB was moved back a week rumoring that the DS Lite would be bundled with it..

twrex10 @ Apr 11th 2006 8:22PM

"Anyone else dissapointed by these 2.5D graphics? What made Super Mario World for the SNES so great was in my opinion the hand drawn sprites. These 3d-esque graphics just don't give me that nostalgic Mario Bros. feeling."

i couldn't agree more, some parts look fine but there are others (the sharks are the most notable example) of things that just don't seem to fit... and the 3d-esque thing is very true... it takes away some of the character i think.

Brandon @ Apr 11th 2006 8:34PM

I'm so on this I can't even make proper sentences. My first video game ever was Super Mario Bros. for the nes, and this brings back those fuzzy feelings.

Exo @ Apr 11th 2006 8:59PM

"That's just baby bowser, no proof of any of the SMW kids returning."

Well I guess the game creator was lying when he said all of bowsers kids would be back, cause you know more then him right?

As for the gaphics, they look fine to me, I dont care if its mixed 2d and 3d. Its supposed to be oldschool feel with new Ideas. and becasue its 3d characters it makes the world more fluid and lively

mabadaba @ Apr 11th 2006 9:30PM

"Well I guess the game creator was lying when he said all of bowsers kids would be back, cause you know more then him right?"

He is right. That is just baby bowser. Other than the interview with the games creators there is no 'visual' proof that the koopalings return.

They are likely to be in there, according to the interview, but all footage/screens of the first world has shown only baby bowser.

M @ Apr 11th 2006 9:34PM

No, we don't know more than the creator, but that image itself is not proof of the Bowser kids returning, since it is only Baby Bowser.

Sabre @ Apr 11th 2006 10:28PM

Just b/c the image doesn't show it doesn't mean they won't be in the game since ya know...they already said the Koopa Kids will be in the game.

Capt. Castellanos @ Apr 11th 2006 10:37PM

i for one, like what i'm seeing.

i'm tired of mario sports stuffs.
i'd like to lay of that for a while.

go back to the reason mario is mario.

Twinkie @ Apr 12th 2006 3:31AM

Yeah, I guess I need to clarify what I said for the flamebait club.

THAT PICTURE that is LINKED TO in THIS article shows BABY BOWSER who is NOT one of the original Koopa Kids. It was a simple FRIENDLY (I know that word is hard to understand) rebuttal to what the original poster said.

Peace and love,
Twinkie

King @ Apr 12th 2006 7:51AM

Isn't that Bowser jr. from Super Mario Sunshine not baby bowser?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BowserJr2.jpg

AlloyNES @ Apr 12th 2006 8:34AM

Why the F**K does everyone keep calling him "BABY BOWSER?!!!!!!!!!!!" G** Dammit! That's Bowser Jr., Bowser's youngest kid. Get it right. I mean I know he shares a resemblence to Bowser when he was a baby in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. However, we all know from Mario Sunshine that THIS bowser (with the kerchief) is Bowser Jr. who takes a likeness to his daddy. In fact he's been in the major sports titles and Mario Kart, and listed as Bowser Jr. not "Baby Bowser."

And as for the OTHER Koopalings, we have no idea if they're in there yet. If any of you have played New Super Mario Bros. all the way through, then you can say who's in the game or not.

AlloyNES @ Apr 12th 2006 8:38AM

Quote from Wikipidia: "Bowser Jr. is often confused with Baby Bowser, who appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Story, and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. (Indeed, the character model for Baby Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time is virtually identical to that of Bowser Jr., making it even more confusing for the uninitiated.) Baby Bowser, however, is the infant form of Bowser, rather than a child of his.

It is said that all of the Koopalings will be in the game New Super Mario Bros."