Anniversary: Super Mario First Went 'New' 20 Years Ago On The DS

Damn 20 years is literally insane and hard to believe to be honest 😮

So... it's time for New New Super Mario Bros.?

I remember Nintendo Power covered New Super Mario Bros. a lot back then, it was major as it was the first brand new 2D Mario game since Super Mario World, a 15 year gap. I’m happy I was there for the hype of 2D Mario finally getting a new imstallment, and funilly enough, Super Mario Bros. Wonder also took a similar amount of time to come out after the first New Super Mario Bros. game did. Brand new 2D Marios happen infrequently enough where they feel fresh when they do go into a new direction. The gap between NSMB2 and NSMBU was very short though.

This was the first videogame I ever played back in 2010. I know it has its issues, but it's still one of the few Nintendo games that I will never get tired of playing over and over again. It helped shape my taste in gaming, and it will always have a special place in my library.

Oh wow, I'm old. Very old. This was the first game I got with my DS Lite. I wish I knew where it was so I could at least put it with my GBA SP. It's really difficult to think where we'd be without it in all honesty. I think it was a massive reason to by a DS back in the day, especially since for a lot of people, myself included, 2D Mario was Mario for me. I never owned an N64, and when we got a GameCube, we never bothered with Super Mario Sunshine. So yeah, I love the first game in this series. Wii was fun too. I own 2, but I've never played it, and U is fun, but it's not revolutionary the way the first one was. I'm glad it exists, and I truly would love to see the other 3 games return in some way in the future. Preferably not as 3 separate releases.

This was my very first Nintendo game! Followed up quickly by Pokemon Pearl, sent me into a life-long Nintendo obsession.

This is the only Mario game I've never been able to get because I missed several opportunities by prioritizing other series. In fact, the 3DS version would be easier for me to find, but not this one.

P.S.: For me, the world ended in 2010. Everything that came after was just discounts. As Homer Simpson said, "When you're old, life loses its meaning."

New Super Mario Bros. U was definitely moving in the right direction, especially after the disappointing Wii and 3DS games. I think we're overdue a 'new' entry to be honest. Wonder was so easy and directionless that it got old really fast.

I remember getting this game when I got my DS when I was 17. First handheld console I bought with my own money and the first new Super Mario 2D game I’d played since the NES one.

This one is still hands down my favorite New Super Mario Bros. game - I like them all but none of the others seem to capture the charm and the fun levels to me.

This was the game I got on my last proper visit to the city that saw me grow up from a baby to a 12-year-old lad a few weeks after the game came out. So it has a special place for me.

It's crazy to think that games such as Mario Kart DS, New Super Mario Bros., Metroid Prime Hunters, the first Ouendan or Mother 3 (one of the last first-party GBA games) are already 20 years old while others such as Kirby: Squeak Squad, Star Fox Command, Pokémon Diamond/Pearl, Jump Ultimate Stars, the original Rhythm Tengoku and even Wii games like Twilight Princess or Wii Sports will be that old as well.

Loved the first 'New' game, it was genuinely fun playing this style of Mario game again after so many years. Great time playing it on the tube on my commute.
Beat all of them. Wasn't keen on the Wii one. NSMB2 was fine... but NSMB U Deluxe?! Wow! Loved it. And for the me the best Mario map since SMW.
Glad they've moved on from this series, but must do a playthrough of U again one day soon...

I picked up New Super Mario Bros. sometime during the DS to 3DS transition era I think. I was at a point in my life (Out of high school/early college) where I decided that, yes, I still liked those Mario games. They weren't just for kids; they can be enjoyed by anyone. I'd only played them on consoles before that other than a touch of the Wario Land spinoff series on the bus one time (It belonged to another kid; I think it might've been Wario Land II). I didn't know about the Super Mario Land games until later. I really enjoyed my time with NSMB and enjoyed the new power ups, mechanics, and some of the mini games. The only downside was I also tried Super Mario 64 DS not long after finishing NSMB. I bounced off SM64 DS hard, and one of the reasons is a tad unfair. Both games share some of their mini games, but SM64 DS came first.

I've since played NSMB U on the Wii U and may pick it up again for Switch someday. I haven't played NSMB Wii or NSMB 2, but I wouldn't mind trying them sometime.

I remember getting this with a DS Lite, which was an awesome upgrade over the "DS phat," and the game was really fun. This was also well after SMW came out, so I was generally happy with the idea that 2D Mario wasn't dead. I bought the others and felt they were fun 2D platformers so I never really got the hate at the time. Wonder was also very fun, fwiw.

this was my first ever video game I played and for that it will always be special for me.

Whilst I enjoyed the 'New' games, I never really felt that they captured the magic and creativity of the older 2D Mario games of the NES and SNES era and I'm glad that the series is seemingly over. Whilst I had issues with the overall lack of difficulty in Mario Wonder, it definitley had that something that made the old Mario games so special.

I remember trading in my original DS for a DS lite when this came out. I had it on pre order but being to young to travel to the city I never did pick it up.

U Deluxe has a worse reputation than it deserves. There’s a reason why it sold 19m copies on Switch. And the ones buying it are not only stupid casual gamers who don’t have a clue.

This was the game that made me appreciate Super Mario Bros. I got into the series far too young and thus SMB through World were a source of frustration for me. Mario 64 made me love Mario but I always stuck with 3D mario and had no desire to go back and play the 2D ones. And it really was simply a matter of negative association because I played shinobi on genesis (my favorite action platforming franchise) and Ninja Gaiden on NES and loved them. The New series allowed me to enjoy 2D/2.5D Mario. I still prefer 3D but no longer see 2D as a chore to play for street cred. lol.