New Super Maria Sis.

New Super Maria Sis. (Newスーパーマリア姉さん Nyū Sūpāmaria Nēsan) is a 2007 side-scrolling platform video game published and developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. The game was released in North America and Japan in May 2007 and in Australia and Europe in June 2007. It is a spin-off of the New Super Mario Bros. series. It is the first game in the New Super Maria Sis. series.

The game's plot is similar to those of other side-scrolling Mario and Maria games. New Super Maria Sis. follows Maria as he fights his way through Bowser's henchmen to rescue Prince Patrick. Maria has access to several power-ups that help him complete his quest, including the Super Mushroom, the Fire Flower, and the Starman, each giving him unique abilities. While traveling through eight worlds with a total of 80 levels, Maria must defeat Bowser Jr. and Bowser before finally saving Prince Patrick.

Reviews of the game were very unfavorable. Criticism targeted the game's simplicity, and similarity to previous games. New Super Maria Sis. did not received honors. Overall, the game has sold 15.375 million copies worldwide.

Its follow-up, ''New Super Maria Sis. Wii'', is playable with four players simultaneously, and was released in 2010 for the Wii. A direct sequel, ''New Super Maria Sis. 2, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012, and New Super Maria Sis. U'' was released as a launch game with the Wii U on November 18, 2012.

Trivia

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