Nintendo DS - New Super Mario Bros. Review

My daughter has a Nintendo DS, and she's always excited to try new games. I grew up playing Mario, so when she bought New Super Mario Bros. with her birthday money, I was just about as excited as she was to try it out!

Similar to the original Mario Bros., you navigate Mario and his buddy Luigi through fun-filled lands to save the princess.  There are some classics, like the mushroom that makes you grow bigger but there are also some new twists.  A tiny blue mushroom will make you smaller and very lightweight.  There is also a jumbo mushroom (my daughter calls it mumbo jumbo, but I can't recall the real name of it) that makes Mario huge when he eats it.  Mario can stop on everything, bust through walls, knock down tubes, and shake the earth!  But hurry, because this only lasts for a short time!

Another cool feature of this game is Mario vs. Luigi.  When two DS's are linked together, the opponents can go head to head on various games. Way cool!