As in all Mario games the objective is to get your character from one end of the level to the other. The game is a side-scrollers so you'll only be able to move from left to right or vice versa. Much like the previous Super Mario Bros. Game for the Nintendo DS you will complete the level upon touching the flag pole.
At the start of the game you will start of as small Mario where one hit will kill you, getting a mushroom will make you slightly larger and getting the flower will make you more durable and turn you into Fire Mario which will then allow you to throw fireballs at the enemy, but if hit by the enemy you will revert back to the normal sized Super Mario. Hitting blocks will reveal either power-ups or coins and there are some that have nothing in them at all. You can collect coins and beat enemies to raise your score as you progress through the levels, and this time around you an even get your friends to help you.

One of the main new features that has been added to the game is the multi player capabilities throughout all the levels. Before starting a level you can choose how many of your friends you want help you get through the level. As you go through each level you competitively collect points be gathering coins and beating enemies, once the level has been completed by all players a score is given and a winner decided.

Also in this game, you can ride Yoshi. They can swallow and spit out enemies and even friends. You can also can use two NEW power-ups; The Propeller Suit and the Penguin Suit. Also the blue and yellow Toads are now playable in Multiplayer mode. Koopalings also made a re-appearance in this game and shall act as the bosses of each level/world, all working in league with Bowser Jr who also makes a re-appearance in this game.

Not only that but a new mode has been introduced for casual gamers and those new to gaming and allows the player to either watch a video on how to complete a certain part of a level or the game takes control of itself, known as the Super Guide Mode. A box shall appear after 8 consecutive deaths.

Not much history encompasses this game other than it was revealed on June 2nd, 2009 at the E3 Conference. It was played on stage then later was available for the public to play as a demo.

United Kingdom: 20th November, 2009
Japan: Q4 2009
Australia: November 12, 2009
North America: 15th November, 2009

The game does not have any online connectivity. Shortly after the game was announced, Shigeru Miyamoto said that Wii is already being overpowered by what's happening on screen at the Developers Round Table.

Princess Peach, Mario, Luigi and the Yellow and Blue Toads were all celebrating with a party. A huge cake arrives and the 7 koopa kids and Bowser Jr all pop out of the cake, throw it on top of Princess Peach and carry both to an airship and fly away. The 4 heroes give chase to the villains, and the Toads in the castle place two presents into a cannon and fire them, spreading Spin and Penguin suits over the kingdom.
The Story is yet to be announced but there are some hints from interviews that could help. Here is an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto from Wired :

Miyamoto: With New Super Mario Bros. Wii as well, we’ve had some battles over the story elements. They always want to have these dramatic scenes where Princess Peach gets kidnapped, but I always tell them, no, it’s fine — Princess Peach likes cake, so you can just have them use cake as bait to kidnap Princess Peach, and that’s enough. I was thinking they could have these big ships come in, and they’ve got these big chains all over them, and they drop a plate down with cake on it (laughs).
Wired.com: That’s good. I would have saved that for the game instead of telling me.

1. Mario (First Players (Always))
2. Luigi (Second Player)
3. Blue Toad (Third Player)
4. Yello Toad (Fourth Player)
5. Yoshi (Each character can ride one)
No information has been released regarding if any characters can be unlocked as you progress through the game.

From the old games;
• Goomba
• Paragommba
• Koopa Troopa
• Paratroopa
• Dry Bones
• Hammer Bros.
• Fire Bros.
• Boomarang Bros.
• Piranha Plant
• Boo
• Blooper
• Blooper Nannie
• Blooper Baby
• Thwamp
• Podoboo
• Swooper
New Characters
• Penguin Like Enemy (Unnamed)
• Cloud Like Enemy (Unnamed)
• Pokey Like Enemy (Unnamed)
• Larry Kooper (Boss)
• Morton Kooper Jr. (Boss)

The Wii Remote will be held on it's side much like in Super Smash Brothers Brawl. You use the D pad to move, 1 to jump and 2 to run and use power-up (Fireballs, Iceballs, etc). It has been confirmed that the game is compatible with the Wii Motion Censor Plus, an example of using it is shaking the remote in the propeller suit to add extra boost to your jump.

In this game every character can use the same moves with no variety between them. They are capable of;
• Triple Jump
• Wall Jump
• Ground Pound
• Spin Jum (New)
• Yoshi (New)

So far there is no conformation on the number of worlds but we do know there will be 80 levels. So it's only assumed there will be 8 worlds with 10 levels in each. From various resources we know of these worlds:
• Grassy/Hills World
• Desert World
• Water World
• Snow World

Out of the 80 worlds, thus far only 10 have been confirmed.
• 1-1 Grassy Plains
• 1-2 Crystal Catacombs
• 1-3 Yoshi Gardens
• 1-4 See-Saw Tower
• 1-7 Prism Schism
• 1-8 Morton Jr's Cogwheel Castle
• 2-5 Desert Springs
• 3-3 Crystal Lakes Guided Tour
• 5-1 Penguin Slides
• 7-1 Mandatory Manta Tour

• Mushroom
• Fire Flower - Gives you the ability to throw fireballs.
• Propeller Suit (new) - Gives you an extra boost to your jump.
• Penguin Suit (new) - Gives you the ability to throw ice balls and walk normally on ice.
• Star - gives you invincibility

• Coins
• Star Coins
• Red Coins
• Red Ring
THIS WILL BE EDITED AS MORE INFORMATION IS REVEALED





[size=1][color=#666666]This message was edited by Dragoon on Nov 16 2009.

Nice job Dragoon.

I really hope this becomes stickied.

Nice FAQ dragoon.

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1.5 Wifi/Online Gameplay

The game does not have any online connectivity. Shortly after the game was announced, Shigeru Miyamoto said that Wii is already being overpowered by what's happening on screen at the Developers Round Table.