New Super Mario Bros.

New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game called Mario vs. Luigi, and a minigame mode for up to four players. The gameplay is very much like that of the classic 2D platformers, mostly Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3, and builds upon them to create gameplay both classic and contemporary. The touch screen allows players to store an additional power-up and view the distance still to go in a level. In the story mode Mario runs and jumps through eight worlds, stomps enemies and reaches the flagpole at the end of each level. Power-ups include the Mushroom, Fire Flower and Super Star, as well as new ones such as the Mega Mushroom, which makes Mario giant, the Mini Mushroom, which shrinks him, and the Blue Shell. Each world ends in a castle with a boss, and Bowser Jr. appears along the way.