If any game this year can bring together family or friends in front of the same television, it's this 'Everyone'-rated title that's easy to pick up but hard to put down. Worlds range from lush green towns to cloud-filled skies, dry deserts to icy levels, dark dungeons, and so on. At the start of the main mode, gamers select a character to play (the mustached Mario, his brother Luigi, or one of two Toads), each with their own unique abilities, and attempt to rescue the kidnapped Princess Peach (on her birthday, no less). But this time around, you can share the screen with up to three friends, each of whom holds a Wii Remote sideways to play.

Featuring more than 80 colorful levels, this new 'platformer' game has you running from the left side of the screen to the right - just like the past games - to collect coins, bounce on baddies, and reach the flagpole at the castle. WII, the first game in the series to let up to four players jump, climb, fight, and fly through the vast Mushroom Kingdom - all at the same time, on the same television. What better way to reinvent one of the most popular video game franchises of all time than by adding simultaneous multiplayer fun? This is precisely what Nintendo has done with NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.

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