Is New Super Mario Bros. a Bad Franchise?

The reason Daisy wasn't chosen to be kidnapped by Bowser in New Super Luigi U is because Daisy would've killed Bowser herself.

“It’s insanely ridiculous how easy this fight is”. Proceeds to get hit by Bowser!

People forget to mention that the penguin suit also prevented you from sliding on ice which helped a ton in some levels

The NSMB series isn't fundamentally bad, the level design is cool and the games are all very fun at the end of the day. The mainly get a bad rep because of their lack of distinction between each other. Some level design and themes do feel too identical, but there still plenty of new ideas with each entry. To me these new ideas are enough to make a new entry not feel redundant, but that isn't the case with everyone. I wish we still got more new 2D Mario games. I would hope that we would get more games in the future, maybe with cool new mechanics, ideas, and themes to make the games more fresh, fixing the criticism many others have for the game.

In nsmb ds, when you complete the game, you can go into the pause menu and press these buttons in order to unlock a secret challenge mode. The buttons are L,R,L,R,XX,YY

I think it’s very satisfying how they make 3d things look 2d. For example a swinging platforms from the first castle level in nsmb U

Honestly love the NSMBU final boss the most due to the fact that Mario commits both grand theft auto and vehicular manslaughter to defeat Bowser

10:34 Fun fact! Goomboss is one of the few original characters from Paper Mario which made it to a non-RPG game.

I loved when super mario bros Wii had differant coloured yoshis depending on how many players there are instead of having only green

Fun fact, in NSMB DS Bowser Jr. has a unique falling animation if you manage to press the switch without defeating him in the final fight

You forgot to mention that Star Coins in the first NSMB were also used to save the game, as before you beat the game you could only save the game after a boss OR after buying an alternate route through Star Coins. On my recent playthrough I actually saved bunch of these closed roads for later, just to be able to save the game

The games are fun, but my problem is how samey everyone looks. With the classic NES trilogy, I can identify each game just off a screen shot. Each game had its own art style and personality. If you throw up a screen shot of NSMB wii and NSMB WiiU, aside from very distinct areas, I'd have a hard time saying which is which at a glance

31:50 He once again fails to ask the ever-important question: "How did Mario go from Super Mario to Small Mario in between the cutscene and gameplay"

New Super Mario bros Wii was my first Mario game ever and I instantly fell in love and have grown into the Mario fan I am now,and playing ever single New game in the series has never let me down at all it’s such a fun creative series that I just can’t stay mad at or hate I know we haven’t gotten a New Mario Game in a long time but for me,I can wait because I just replay all of these and still enjoy it Thank You Nintendo for giving me the best childhood ever

fun fact: in new super luigi u, levels are actually not 100 seconds long, as they had to slow down the timer a little because the levels would have been too hard otherwise. I think NSMBU seconds do equal one second but in Luigi U they are definitely longer (not sure about the exact ratio, feels like 1.5)

The blue baby yoshi was probably the inspiration for the bubble flower power in Mario Wonder.

The mini shroom also lets you run on water and jump extremely high to access other areas. It's pretty useful

"all of the mario games are very similar" Enter mario bros wonder

We need the blue shell and giant mushroom power up again

the Mario bros Wii release is a memory that is absolutely engrained into my being. I remember wanting it so bad and my big brother driving me to the most deserted Walmart as everywhere else was sold out. What a memory. The flip side of that is 8 year old me literally crying over and over again because bowser and his stupid lava waves would constantly kill me. Beating that game felt like I had achieved everything. That game wins it all in my eyes lol. Love the video my man.