Rayman Legends Preview and Demo Impressions
Rayman Legends is an upcoming title exclusively for the Wii U. You can check out the 3 level demo from the Nintendo eShop, which can be played 30 times (like…
Rayman Legends is an upcoming title exclusively for the Wii U. You can check out the 3 level demo from the Nintendo eShop, which can be played 30 times (like…
New Super Mario Bros. U finally brings back the Super Mario World style of play. And for the first time ever, Mario is available in glorious HD — and he looks dang good!
If you’re familiar with any of the ‘New’ Super Mario Bros. games, or any of the side-scrolling Mario games of the past, there isn’t a whole lot to tell you about. A few new power ups like Balloon Yoshi and Flying Squirrel Suit give the game some new strategies, but the real meat of the same is simply taking Mario on a new adventure.
World
The ‘World’ style of play means you get a big over-world map of levels that you unlock in sequence, with only a few alternative paths giving a couple of options of which way to go first. Around the map will be shortcuts, secret level/path unlocks, Toad huts, Baby Yoshi’s (with their own types of power ups), and new challenges to beat.
Read our full review of New Super Mario Bros. U after the break. (more…)
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