Back again after a long layoff! It's been crazy around the house and at work lately, so I've both slowed down in my gaming, and in my free time to do some reviews, so the days of 5 posts a week are loooong gone. But I'll review games as I complete them and have time, so here's the next installment!
After completing the extremely fun New Super Mario Bros. U, I shifted to playing the DLC content for the game, New Super Luigi U. Since it got a separate retail release in some regions, I don't mind including it as a full game release. It's certainly more deserving than Final Fantasy IV Interlude...
Anyway, New Super Luigi U operates on the same engine as New Super Mario Bros. U, but includes 80 brand new levels and an all new playable character, Nabbit. I didn't play as Nabbit, so I have no clue how he plays. But I did play through the game with Luigi, some I have a basic idea for how the game plays.
The core focus of this game is taking the mechanics of New Super Mario Bros. U, speeding up the levels, and making them way shorter. As a result, you'll need to dash through each of these levels as quickly as possible (you will definitely run out of time more than 10 times throughout your playthrough), which is really tough, especially due to the increased difficulty of the levels. I absolutely LOVED this new focus! I adore difficult platformers, and this game felt perfect in terms of the challenge it provides. It also really increased the difficulty of collecting all of the hidden coins on each level, with a significantly reduced ability to poke around in each level. As a result, it makes finding these items feel even more rewarding than in the original.
The mechanics and controls are again perfect, with no issues. It's a testament to the level of detail which Nintendo gives its games that the levels were tailor made to fit Luigi's more floaty physics and stronger momentum.
The game does feel like it could have had a bit more original material. All of the music is the same, all of the bosses are the same, and all of the world maps are the same. While you get a ton of new levels, it does feel like introducing a new boss or two would have been a nice way to produce value for those who purchased this as DLC (note-I have no clue how much it costs as DLC as I got the double pack on one physical disc-I'd say 9.99 would be more than fair). The original music, maps, and bosses were all great though, so this is just a small knock here.
In all, I absolutely loved running through this game. It is a great add on to the New Super Mario Bros. U canon, and one of the best DLC I have ever played. I'd highly recommend it to anyone. I'll give it a 9.0/10.
Up next is a game that I was beyond excited to sink my teeth into. I've already finished it, so check back in in the next few days and hopefully I'll get time to review this one!
-TRO
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