Ah, the one game that currently makes me jealous to not own a Wii U.. Since Mario 3 and World are my favorite Mario games, the fact that this game blends both together makes me want this game even more.
Anyway, where I think the Mario series will go from here.. From the hunble opinion of a Nintendo fan and Mario gamer for 22+ years, the Mario series is at a crossroads. Nintendo REALLY needs to innovate for the next 2D Mario game, or they risk turning the series in the new Tony Hawk/Guitar Hero/Call of Duty in that it becomes incremental upgrades with little change, and people will lose interest. While NSMB U looks like a solid game and an improvement on NSMB Wii, I still don't see too much inovation and an expansion of the Mario universe. Part of the appeal of Mario 3 and World was the "newness" and innovation of the atmosphere. While the core gameplay remained the same, the environments were vastly different. I don't really see this in NSMB. Nintendo needs to create some drastically new worlds, powerups, even characters, in order to keep the series fresh and keep people buying.







