TweakTown Holiday Buyers Guide 2009

New Super Mario Brothers - Wii

Buy Now and Price - $46.99

When Miyamoto came up with the little Italian plumber all those years ago, he could hardly have seen how big Mario would become. The fact is he is a cultural icon for young and old and for many years represented video gaming. This in itself is almost enough to recommend New Super Mario Brothers for the Wii.

However, in 2009 he went back to the drawing board and said how can we improve upon Mario? What is the next evolution? That answer was multiplayer. New Super Mario Brothers Wii is chaos in a box with up to four players all at once in the one Mario game trying to rescue the princess and grab coins. It was a risk, but it's turned out to be a master stroke and this is why New Super Mario Brothers Wii is my choice.

Get your friends and family together in the one room and watch the hours while away. Most people in the world are aware of Mario and are willing to pick up a Wii controller, so long after your friends have assassinated people or saved the world from Modern Warfare again, you will still be rolling around in laughter trying to play multiplayer Mario with your friends.