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Game entry

New Super Mario Bros.

2006 · Platformer, Action-adventure · Nintendo DS, Wii U · Nintendo

New Super Mario Bros. is ranked no. 237 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,784 and 60% of duels won.

World rank

no. 237

ELO score

1,784

Wins

60%

Duels played

215

About New Super Mario Bros.

New Super Mario Bros. is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platformer game for the Nintendo DS, starring Mario and Luigi. The game features a solo story mode with Mario or Luigi, a two-player wireless game Mario Vs. Luigi, as well as a minigame mode for up to four players. The gameplay of New Super Mario Bros. is very much like that of the classic 2D platformers, mostly Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3, and substantially builds upon them to create gameplay both classic and contemporary. As the game is on DS, the touch screen allows players to store an additional power-up and view the distance still to go in a level.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,784 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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49 comments

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  1. Bruce_55

    The level design still puts a smile on my face every single time, no contest here!

    CoopRider

    The level design holds up, sure, but half these threads just circle back to the same three rivals anyway.

    TurboByte

    surcoté clairement, le classement lui fait trop de cadeaux

  2. LootPlayer95

    Oh look, another thread proving this belongs somewhere between Portal and Crash. Groundbreaking stuff, truly.

    PixelKid

    On avait cette DS ouverte à deux, jamais vraiment lassés, alors ce classement me laisse perplexe.

  3. Audreanne_1999

    Same debates, same votes, same result every time we do this.

    suzanne16

    I get the fatigue with these debates, but I'd still take this over Crash any day when I want something clean.

  4. Mckenna_66

    It plays it safe from start to finish, and that's fine, but calling it a classic feels like a stretch to me.

    NovaRex2

    tu l'mettrais où entre ça et Mario 64 franchement ?

    Loot_Sanchez

    Il joue la sécurité, exactement, et c'est bien pour ça qu'il perd face à Mario 64.

    wrodarte

    Replying to NovaRex2

    yo también lo jugaba poco a poco, nunca de corrido, y esa seguridad de la que hablan arriba se sentía bien así, sin prisa

  5. Lucky_Jacobi

    We keep having the exact same argument about where this belongs and nobody ever budges an inch.

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