Journal TechnoLust's Journal: *NEW* Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo DS 15

SlashChick and I were in Target to get her a hairdryer* and she wanted to go look at Nintendo DS games. She found the *NEW* Super Mario Bros for DS and bought it. I apparently have been living under a rock, as I hadn't heard of it. So I played her copy and it was great, so we went back and I purchased my own copy. So we've been playing the 2 player mode and the mini games. The mini games alone would be worth the purchase, but the single player stuff is great too. The best way I can describe it is the first Super Mario Bros. (the NES one) rewritten to take advantage of the features of the DS. The gameplay is the same addictive style that hooked me on the Mario series, but there are new powerups and moves and things. The graphics are better of course, but it's a side scroller like the original. It's like they took the nostalgia and polished it up, added a few things and packaged it. When I first started playing it, several times I would laugh because the music was reminiscent of the original, or a "remix" of it.

SlashChick is hooked on the 2player Vs mode. I think she just likes jumping on me** and stealing my stars. The minigames are very WarioWare-esque. There are some card games and some matching and things, but they are fun. There's one where Yoshi has balloons tied to him and you have to blow on the mic to make him float up and you dodge to enemies that are flying around to get him safely to the top. Oh, and there is a whack-a-mole too. :-) And there's DS download for your friends that don't have it. I think this is a must own for anyone with a DS that loved the Mario series.

*Long story, ask her if you want to know.
**My CHARACTER in the game, ya perv. ;-)