New Super Mario Bros. hack transports us back to 1985
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Mar 25th 2008 at 1:30PM }
Yes, yes, New Super Mario Bros. is pretty and enormously fun. We get it. But while playing through that otherwise delightful slice of 2D platforming, we often found ourselves missing the challenge of an old-school Mario game.
That's why we're excited when we see stuff like New Retro Mario Bros., one of the downright sweetest Mario hacks we've encountered in a while. Combine the luscious, 3D-on-2D visuals of the mentally popular DS game with the level design and increased difficulty of the peerless Super Mario Bros., and you're talking about our kind of game.
That's essentially what New Retro Mario Bros. is: a landmark NES game wearing fancy new DS pants; everything that appeared in Super Mario Bros. is here, right down to the last item box and Goomba. To see just how accurate it is, hit the break for videos of the original game, as well as the updated version of World 1-1. Oh, and bear in mind that the Machinae Supremacy soundtrack is for placeholder purposes only.
Gallery: New Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros., World 1-3
New Retro Mario Bros., World 1-1
Super Mario Bros., World 1-1
[Thanks, Tyty210!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kastonie @ Mar 25th 2008 1:43PM
so how do i get this into my fingers for playing enjoyment?
JKAntwon @ Mar 25th 2008 7:23PM
yes is there a way to play it?
Xann @ Mar 25th 2008 2:25PM
Nice remake there...Hope they could remake SMB3, that's my favourite mario game all the time...
psyborg @ Mar 25th 2008 5:51PM
must. play. !
Rollin @ Mar 25th 2008 6:39PM
I might have been interested in this, but the author's repetitive worship of and overpraise for NSMB made me wanna die of lead poisoning instead.
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/12/new-mario-lacks-newness-says-infendo/
raindog @ Mar 26th 2008 7:58AM
Why on earth would you click on an article about NSMB two years after its release if you're not a fan of the game?
...Oh yeah.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
algarcia @ Mar 26th 2008 2:39AM
awesome! i wonder why nintendo havent released some sort of upgrade for Super Mario All Stars for the DS. It would be really really nice!
prototype-f @ Mar 26th 2008 10:26AM
omg yes!, i can see it now, nintendo releasing all the mario classic games remade with this new engine!!. way better than all those GBA ports. i mean, if you're gonna make us buy the same game again, at least spruce them up a bit.