New Super Luigi U
| New Super Luigi U | |
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North American packaging artwork.
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Masataka Takemoto |
| Producer(s) |
Takashi Tezuka Hiroyuki Kimura |
| Designer(s) | Shigeyuki Asuke Daiki Iwamoto Ryutaro Kanno |
| Artist(s) | Masanobu Sato |
| Composer(s) |
Shiho Fujii Mahito Yokota |
| Series | Luigi |
| Platform(s) | Wii U |
| Release date(s) |
DLC
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 76% |
| Metacritic | 77/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 8/10 |
| Edge | 6/10 |
| EGM | 6.5/10 |
| Game Informer | 8/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| IGN | 7.3/10 |
| Nintendo Life |   |
| Nintendo World Report | 8/10 |
| ONM | 78% |
| Polygon | 7/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | 8/10 |
New Super Luigi U (ニュー・スーパールイージ・U Nyū Sūpā Ruīji Yū?, stylized as New Super Luigi Bros. U) is a side-scrolling platform video game in the Super Mario franchise developed by Nintendo for the Wii U. It is the fourth game focusing on Luigi (the others being Mario Is Missing, Luigi's Mansion and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon), released in two different versions first being the downloadable content (DLC) package for the main game New Super Mario Bros. U on the Nintendo eShop released in June 2013, and a standalone retail version released in Japan, Europe, and Australia in July 2013, with a release in North America the following month. The DLC version of the game requires that one possesses a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U, but the retail version does not. A new bundle containing both the game and DLC was released on October 16, 2015.
The game was announced along with Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Luigi's first appearance (in Mario Bros.), with Nintendo also proclaiming 2013 as "The Year of Luigi."
After the failure of his previous attempt to invade Peach's Castle, Bowser and Koopalings re-invade the castle with the same strategy from the last invasion, this time without abducting Mario due to him not being present. After being launched to distant lands, Luigi and two Toads begin a journey back to the castle. This time around, Nabbit (originally a minor antagonist) becomes involved in the quest, helping Luigi and the Toads to rescue Princess Peach once more.
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