New Super Luigi U (2013) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

New Super Luigi U

With Mario nowhere to be found, it’s up to Luigi to save the day in a brand-new downloadable adventure that takes place in the world of New Super Mario Bros. U. Experience new gameplay challenges as you guide…

71 20 June 2013

What New Super Luigi U is

New Super Luigi U is an adventure game developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.4 and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

New Super Luigi U is a 2013 platform game developed by Nintendo for the Wii U. It is an expansion pack for New Super Mario Bros. U (2012), part of the Super Mario series. The plot and game mechanics remain identical to New Super Mario Bros. U, but Luigi replaces Mario as the protagonist. Luigi jumps higher and has less ground friction than Mario, and every level is redesigned to increase the difficulty level. The expansion adds Nabbit, a non-player character from New Super Mario Bros. U, as an invincible playable character.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and kids. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 5 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Mario series

New Super Luigi U is the 496th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario & Luigi: Dream Team in 2013. Its critic score of 71 is 6 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

New Super Luigi U holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

New Super Luigi U launched on 20 June 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Dota 2, Trine 2: Complete Story and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Dota 2, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.

Cheats and codes

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