New Super Mario Bros. for the DS

The other day my wife went a bought up a bunch of new DS games for her enjoyment, one was the new Mario title and another named Chrono Trigger. Im review the Mario title over Chrono for 2 reasons 1.why review a game that every has nothing but good thing to say unless your comparing ports of it to the SNES edition and 2. Its amazing! Chrono over lets get to Mario

This new Mario was a Souther Goulash of the Mario games picking out the best and okay parts of it. The red coins and butt slam are back from the 64 Mario, I did like the over-view map and multiple level exits found in Mario 3 and Super Mario World, also the item save from SMW was back but I did not like how it would hold on to the "best" item in the game like if i got a megashroom i was stuck with it till I used it. Also on that the megashoorm was crap! it was fun the first time and that was about it after that you try to use it and either you A. get stuck on a chunk of the level or B. you shrink at a bad time and fall to your death.

speaking of things i did not like, the idea that if you play it straight on you miss half the areas that are shown on the world map! i had to look it up to find out that you have to be mini Mario or find a hidden exit in a ghost house. the new star coin set up was annoying as well if you got at least 15 and used them at the green toad houses you would have enough lives to never worry about seeing game over. the boss battles were beyond easy and most were quick to kill.

all and all I feel this game would be a good spot for little Jack or Jane to learn how to play platforms or even that loved one who has no idea why you scream in a mic at 11:30 at night to "kill that bitch baby" i give it a 7 out of 10 and a low replay of serious gamers