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'''''New Super Luigi U''''' {{Japanese|ニュー・スーパールイージ・U|Nyū Sūpā Ruīji Yū}} (stylized as '''''New Super Luigi <s>Bros.</s> U''''') is the fifth installment in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. (series)|New Super Mario Bros. series]]'' directly based on ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.
 
'''''New Super Luigi U''''' {{Japanese|ニュー・スーパールイージ・U|Nyū Sūpā Ruīji Yū}} (stylized as '''''New Super Luigi <s>Bros.</s> U''''') is the fifth installment in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. (series)|New Super Mario Bros. series]]'' directly based on ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.
   

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Luigi statue from the game.

New Super Luigi U (JP) (stylized as New Super Luigi Bros. U) is the fifth installment in the New Super Mario Bros. series directly based on New Super Mario Bros. U.

It is described by Satoru Iwata as "Full-Scale DLC similar to the production of full software".

This is one of the 3 projects released for The Year of Luigi. It has been released as DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U and as a stand-alone retail title.

Gameplay

The main focus of the game is to guide Luigi to the end of each level. The levels are shorter compared to New Super Mario Bros. U but are also more challenging.

Each level has a 100-second limit with no checkpoint available. An additional 100 seconds is rewarded before beginning a boss fight in a tower or castle level (150 seconds is given before an airship boss fight).

Multiplayer mode gives players the option to play as Blue Toad, Yellow Toad and Nabbit, playable for the first time. Mario is excluded from the game.

As with New Super Mario Bros U., an additional player can play in boost mode while the rest of the players complete the level. Boost mode allows someone to place boost blocks inside the level through the Wii U GamePad touchscreen.

Characters

  • Luigi - Luigi is the title character and central protagonist of New Super Luigi U. Just like Mario in the previous game, Luigi has to rescue Princess Peach after Bowser manages to throw him and his friends out of her castle. Unlike Mario, Luigi has unique jumping abilities that might be helpful to him. Luigi can jump much higher than Mario and all of the characters. Luigi also has a fluttery jump that allows him to sail through the air much longer than anyone else. When Luigi lands on the ground he tends to slip and slide a bit, though, so caution is necessary around pitfalls and small platforms.
  • Blue Toad and Yellow Toad - Blue and Yellow Toad return as playable characters for play sessions with more than one player. They are exactly the same as they were in New Super Mario Bros. U.
  • Nabbit - In New Super Mario Bros. U, Nabbit was essentially a kleptomaniac who players had to chase through levels that they had already beaten. In this game Nabbit has seemingly turned to the side of good and now helps Luigi and his friends save Peach. Nabbit has the ability to run through enemies without getting hurt, which might helpful to young or inexperienced players, though he is still vulnerable to hazardous terrain such as lava lakes or pitfalls. Unlike Luigi and the Toads, Nabbit is not able to use power-ups and any of those that he does get turn into 1-ups. Oddly enough, Nabbit will still appear on the map in single player mode as a thief you have the option to chase through numerous levels.

Power-Ups

  • Super Acorn - Turn into a Flying Squirrel with this.
  • Super Mushroom - Grow to super size when grab this classic item.
  • Fire Flower - Shoot Fireballs
  • Ice Flower - Shoot Iceballs
  • Mini Mushroom - Turn Mini and run into tight spaces and tiny pipes you couldn't get into otherwise.
  • Starman - Allows you to be invincible for brief period of time.
  • Propeller Mushroom - Making a return to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, use this item to shoot up into the air and casually float down.
  • Penguin Suit - Use the penguin suit to slide across land and water.

Worlds

Acorn Plains Layer-Cake Desert Sparkling Waters Frosted Glacier Soda Jungle Rock-Candy Mines Meringue Clouds Peach's Castle Superstar Road
1-1: Waddlewing Warning! 2-1: Spike's Tumbling Desert 3-1: Huckit Beach Resort 4-1: Broozers and Barrels 5-Airship: All Aboard! 6-1: Mount Fuzzy 7-1: Frozen Fuzzies 8-1: Magma Moat 9-1: Spine Coaster Connections
1-2: Crooked Cavern 2-2: Underground Grrrols 3-2: Urchin Reef Romp 4-2: Cooligan Shrooms 5-1: Giant Swing-Along 6-2: Porcupuffer Cavern 7-2: Wiggler Rodeo 8-2: Magmaw River Cruise 9-2: P Switch Peril
1-Tower: Flame-Gear Tower 2-3: Piranhas in the Dark 3-Tower: Shish-Kebab Tower 4-Tower: Icicle Tower 5-2: Dancing Blocks, Poison Swamp 6-Tower 1: Smashing-Stone Tower 7-3: Rainbow Skywalk 8-3: Hot Cogs 9-3: Star Coin Deep Dive
1-3: Rolling Yoshi Hills 2-Tower: Wind-Up Tower 3-Ghost House: Haunted Cargo Hold 4-3: Fire and Ice 5-3: Heart of Bramball Woods 6-3: Spike's Seesaws 7-Tower: Stonecrush Tower 8-4: * 9-4: Hammerswing Hangout
1-4: Pirahna Heights 2-4: The Walls Have Eyes 3-3: Waterspout Sprint 4-4: Weighty Waddlewings 5-Tower: Stone-Snake Tower 6-4: Light-Up-Lift Tower 7-Ghost House: Vanishing Ghost House 8-Castle: Current Event 9-5: Under Construction
1-5: Piranha Gardens 2-5: Stone Spike Conveyors 3-4: The Great Geysers 4-5: Ice-Slide Expressway 5-Ghost House: Boo's Favorite Haunt 6-5: Rising Piranhas 7-4: Above the Bouncy Clouds 8-Bowser's Castle: The Final Battle (Mario) 9-6: Fire Bar Sprint
1-Castle: Lemmy's Lights-Out Castle 2-6: Spinning Sandstones 3-5: Dragoneel Depths 4-Ghost House: Peek-A-Boo Ghost House 5-4: Painted Pipeworks 6-Tower 2: Sumo Bro's Spinning Tower 7-5: Flame Chomp Ferris Wheel N/A 9-7: Cloudy Capers
1-Secret Stage: * 2-Castle: Morton's Lava-Block Castle 3-Castle: Larry's Trigger-Happy Castle 4-Castle: Wendy's Thwomp Castle 5-5: Deepsea Stone-Eyes 6-6: * 7-6: Three-Headed Snake Block N/A 9-8: Impossible Pendulums
N/A 2-Secret Stage: * 3-Secret Stage: Beanstalk Jungle 4-Secret Stage: Fliprus Floes 5-6: Sumo Bro Bridge 6-7: Switch-Lift Express 7-Castle: Ludwig's Block-Press Castle N/A 9-9: *
N/A N/A N/A N/A 5-7: Wiggler Floodlands 6-Castle: Roy's Ironclad Castle 7-Airship: Bowser Jr. Showdown N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A 5-Castle: Iggy's Swinging-Chains Castle N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A 5-Secret Stage: Para-Beetle Parade N/A N/A N/A N/A

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 76.09% (based on 35 reviews)
Metacritic 76 (based on 52 critic reviews)
Review scores
Publication Score
Edge 6/10
Electronic Gaming Monthly 6.5/10
Eurogamer 6/10
Famitsu 34/40[1]
Game Informer 8/10
GameSpot 8.5/10
GamesRadar 3.5/5
GamesTM 7/10
IGN 7.3/10
Nintendo World Report 8/10
Official Nintendo Magazine 78/100

Trivia

  • Interestingly, the box case was colored green instead of the Wii U's corporate blue, since green represents Luigi.
  • Like many old versions of Super Mario Bros. games, Luigi can jump higher than Mario in New Super Mario Bros. U.

References

See also

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