3/5 ★ – AtomicRose's review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

(Cross posted from Backloggd go follow me under AtomicRose) Okay I KNOW I said I was done with Nintendo and was likely going off into RPG's, but what I failed to consider is that they're not done with me. This was my childhood to the point that two of my earliest memories were beating the airship after world 6 on a Saturday morning and waking up my parents to tell them and playing this after swimming with my cousins. This time I got all the Star Coins up to World 9 (then played only half of the world before giving up so that I can pack the system), but eventually I will go back and get the last world fully complete. Worlds 2, 3, and 7 are unnecessarily hard (more difficult than 8 at points), but most of 9 feels fair but challenging in the same way Celeste does. Overall this game is not at all peak Mario platforming, but it is peak nostalgia.