Hope its somewhat difficult. Mario games in the past decade have been notoriously known to be so easy that 4 year olds can plow through. Super Mario World for the SNES had that perfect balance where you could finish without too much trouble but completionists needed skills to unlock everything.

Mario World to me is just as much challenging as today's marios. The nes games (especially the first 2) are the ones challenging enough. I played world as a 10 year old kid. Now it's much easier.

But play this one instead:

I guarantee it's harder than... Dark Souls or any game being called difficult nowadays. 100% on this bitch and you're a video game master.

I rather did enjoy both Yoshi Island games. But your first comment raised an eyebrow lol. People can rack up 99+ lives in a latest Mario games easily. Super Mario wasn't THAT easy :P

Lives in Mario were never a problem, as since since Mario 1 they were infinite (infinite continues)

Just compare Mario World with something like DKC 2 or 3. Mario World was the beggining of the Nintendo (japan developed) standard for difficult imo. The NES Marios, Zeldas, Metroids and Kid Icarus (and more) were almost cruel to kids. Nothing changed much since the SNES, imo - with exceptions, obvious, like Yoshi's Story DS that is more difficult than Ghouls and Goblins (it was not really developed by Nintendo too)

I think it's good they're putting some hardcore courses as dlc for Mario 3DS. You can see those look like those extra difficult mods you see on youtube. And this challenge mode in this game can prove to be er... a challenge.

Another must have for the Wii U, this is starting to look tempting!

Tons of New Super Mario Bros. U details

October 30th, 2012 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii U | No Comments »

- Big Island is back
- It’s the world of giants from Super Mario Bros. 3
- Vast, continuous overworld
- Branching paths on the overworld
- Koopalings, Monty Moles are back
- Morton Jr. boss battle: he has a giant hammer that can shape the platforms around you
- Koopalings aren’t the only bosses
- King Koopa’s personal airship will appear while moving to a new world and starts a battle
- Even though you just beat a boss and completed a castle, another boss fight starts
- Bowser Jr. fights you underwater
- Jr. is in a Clown Submarine
- He launches torpedoes
- Guide the torpedoes into Jr. Bowser to defeat him
- Nabbit is a thief, need to capture him to recover the powerful prize he has stolen from the Toads – a P-Acorn that will give you the power of infinite flight
- To do so you enter a stage you’ve already completed, this time risking life and limb to catch the little bugger
- Challenge Mode included in which you need to complete objectives
- Each “level” in this is simple in design and execution
- One example: dodge fireballs thrown by two Fire Bros.
- You’ll be graded an assigned a bronze, silver, or gold trophy
- Unlock more challenges in menus separated by broad type such as a series focusing on Boost Mode, coin collecting, gathering 1-ups, or a “Special” section
- Special section houses the Fire Bros. stage and more
- Coin Battle: race to the end of a level and attempt to collect more coins than your friends
- These levels are pulled from the main game
- Customize the level with coin placement
- You have hundreds of coins at your disposal, and can craft even crazier tasks for you and your friends, daring others to jump blindly off ledges or risk everything for just a little extra gold
- Not a full level editor

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Yeah, I just read that IGN piece and gotta say I'm hyped for this game now!! It's starting to look like the 2D Mario we all wanted!

awesome!!!!!!!