New Super Luigi U

New Super Luigi U[lower-alpha 1] is a 2D side-scrolling platform video game in the Super Mario series developed by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game was first released in June 2013 as an expansion pack for New Super Mario Bros. U, purchasable as downloadable content. It was later released as both a separate stand-alone game, and bundled with later physical copies of the base game. New Super Luigi U was also included with the base game's Nintendo Switch port New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, released in 2019.

New Super Luigi U
Cover art
Developer(s)Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Masataka Takemoto
Producer(s)
Designer(s)
  • Shigeyuki Asuke
  • Daiki Iwamoto
  • Ryutaro Kanno
Artist(s)Masanobu Sato
Composer(s)
SeriesLuigi
Super Mario
Platform(s)Wii U, Nintendo Switch
ReleaseDLC
  • JP: June 19, 2013
  • WW: June 20, 2013
  • AU: June 21, 2013
Retail (Wii U)
  • JP: July 13, 2013
  • EU: July 26, 2013
  • AU: July 27, 2013
  • NA: August 25, 2013
Nintendo Switch
  • WW: January 11, 2019
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

In New Super Luigi U, Luigi is made the central protagonist and Mario is omitted as a playable character, replaced with Nabbit, a non-playable character from NSMBU. All levels are replaced with shorter, more challenging versions. Barring other various differences, the general gameplay is identical to that in NSMBU.

Gameplay
Main article: New Super Mario Bros. U § Gameplay

In New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U is presented as a mode separate from the base game, selectable from the main menu. The plot and gameplay in this mode is identical to the base game barring several differences. First, Mario is omitted from the roster of playable characters, and Luigi is made the central character. Luigi controls differently from the other characters, with a higher jump height and less precise handling. When the player defeats the final boss Bowser, the player receives the option at the start of each level to switch Luigi back to the original control style.

Nabbit, originally a non-player character in NSMBU, is made available as the fourth playable character. Nabbit is invulnerable to enemy damage and cannot use any power-ups with the exception of the Super Star, which are instead collected and converted into extra lives upon the completion of a level. While Nabbit is not in play, his original role in the story as an obstacle is retained.

While New Super Luigi U retains the same overworld map as NSMBU, all levels are redesigned to be shorter, more challenging versions of their originals with a time limit of 100 seconds. This is significantly less time than what is allotted in other Mario titles[1][2] and encourages faster-paced gameplay. The increase in difficulty has been compared to that of the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 to Super Mario Bros.[3]

Release

New Super Luigi U is one of several games (along with Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team) released in 2013 and promoted by Nintendo in celebration of "the year of Luigi", which recognized the 30th anniversary of Luigi's first appearance in the 1983 game Mario Bros. It was first released in June 2013 on the Nintendo eShop as downloadable content for NSMBU. A stand-alone retail version was released in the following months.[4] New Super Luigi U was later bundled with versions of NSMBU released in 2015.[5]

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, an enhanced port of NSMBU released in 2019 for the Nintendo Switch, also includes the New Super Luigi U expansion.

Reception

The game received mostly positive reviews. Official Nintendo Magazine gave the release 78 out of 100, summarizing that New Super Luigi U is "[t]he platforming equivalent of rubbing your tummy and patting your head while your childhood enemies tickle your armpits with a dead pigeon. Luigi U is cute, but scattershot in its approach. Mario remains the 2D king... for now."[21] GameSpot gave the game an 8.5 out of 10, stating that "New Super Luigi U may not offer new worlds or powers, but its emphasis on skill and precision reinvigorates the series in a meaningful way." Digital Spy's Liam Martin gave the release 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "as somebody who has been craving a challenging Mario platformer in the mold of the NES originals, the increased challenge is most welcome, even if it comes at a small cost. It would have been nice if Nintendo had added some new challenges and mini-games, especially given the cost of the retail version, although for the cost of a premium DLC pack, the omission is much more forgivable."[24]

As of September 30, 2019, New Super Luigi U sold 3.05 million copies.[25]

Notes
  1. Japanese: New スーパールイージ U Hepburn: Nyū Sūpā Ruīji Yū

References
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