History VideoGame / NewSuperMarioBrosWii

* DevelopersForesight: In multiplayer, [[spoiler:at the end of the final boss chase, if Mario loses a life before/is still respawning when Peach comes into view, and if Luigi is present (Or if you're using Super Guide), she will instead [[SayMyName cry out Luigi's name]] (Also taken from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''). If this happens to both brothers, thus only leaving the Toads, she will simply shout her default "Help!", [[{{Narm}} which can undermine the intensity of Peach in sight.]] ]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The new Penguin Suit powerup, which is similar to ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'''s Tanooki Suit in that it gives you the same powers as Ice Mario, but with additional abilities.

* BossRemix: The music for the initial battle with Bowser is a heavily arranged version of the main overworld theme.

* SnowySleighBells: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xyd7GqHLgo map theme]] from [[SlippySlideyIceWorld World 3]] uses extremely prominent sleigh bells. Also, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaSPW-Xnvw overworld theme]] in icy levels is almost the same than the regular overworld theme with added sleigh bells.

* HailfirePeaks: World 9-7 is a bizarre mix of jungle and snow themes.

* LavaPit: World 8 is full of pits and crevasses, which are full of lava that will instakill the player if they fall into it. Justified, since it's set in a volcanic area.

* LiterallyShatteredLives: Averted. Though you can freeze enemies in ice blocks and then shatter them, if you look closely, only the ice shatters, while the enemy falls offscreen in the usual fashion.

* NoNameGiven: The two Toads, although the development team [[WordOfDante allegedly]] nicknamed them [[WebVideo/BackstrokeOfTheWest Ala-Gold]] and Bucken-Berry. And the fans called them [[SdrawkcabName Yvan and Wolley]].

* OminousPipeOrgan: The castle theme, the airship theme, and some of the boss themes all make heavy use of a pipe organ to emphasise the creepy nature of the {{Boss Level}}s.

* PalmtreePanic: World 4, in which Mario and company have to explore levels set in small islands. Huckit Crabs (crabs that look like the Sidesteppers from ''VideoGame/MarioBros'', but throw rocks like Clawgrip from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'') debut here.

* PowerupMount: Yoshi, who can be mounted and ridden for the duration of the levels where it's found, eating enemes and taking the character into hard-to-reach places with his flutter jump in the process. Unlike in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', however, players can't simply take Yoshi to other levels.

* SecretLevel: World 9. Some other levels are borderline -- in Worlds 4 and 6, there are only eight levels displayed in the Star Coin menu initially, but when you clear the castle of those worlds, a ninth level is suddenly revealed. Likewise, only nine levels are depicted in World 8's Star Menu until you clear the Airship level and a tenth level is revealed with much fanfare. World 7-6 and 8-7 are kinda-sorta examples in that they're already on the Star Coin menu to begin with, but they are obscured on the map until you find the secret exits in World 7-Tower and 8-2 respectively.

%% * ShipLevel: The airship stages.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: World 3, which is set in a snowy, frozen land. Features include ice ball-slinging Ice Bros, penguin-like Cooligans, and long plains of ice which you can slide around on to build up speed and jump large gaps. This world also introduces the Penguin Suit.

%%* SuperNotDrowningSkills: A Mario Bros. staple.

* WarmUpBoss: Larry's painfully easy, even by [[HardLevelsEasyBosses Mario standards]].

* GrimyWater: In the forest levels, there are large expanses of purple-coloured water ([[ContiniutyNod presumably a nod to World 4 from the game's predecessor]]). Much like lava, touching this purple-colored water spells instant death.

* DeathMountain: World 6, which brings back the spiral mountains from the original ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1''. These mountains are overrun by Bullet Bills, Buzzy Beetles and Monty Moles, and omne of the levels has ledges that need to be traversed carefully to avoid falling.

* GrimyWater: In the forest levels, in a nod to World 4 from the game's predecessor. Much like lava, touching this purple-colored water spells instant death.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kamek takes ''himself'' out by casting his magic on Bowser.

%% * ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: Many of the tower/fortress levels.

%% * LaughingMad: Iggy Koopa.
%% * LavaPit: Plentiful in World 8, since it's set in a volcanic area.

* LethalLavaLand: Most of the castles, and World 8. In addition to lava and copious sources of fire, the game introduces a kind of volcanic smoke that becomes deadly upon contact, so the characters have to move constantly to avoid being caught by it.

%% * MiniDungeon: As usual, the mid-world Fortress levels, as well as the Ghost Houses.

%% * OminousPipeOrgan: The castle theme, the airship theme, and some of the boss themes.

* ShiftingSandLand: World 2, complete with blowing wind, quicksand, and sand geysers.

%% * SlippySlideyIceWorld: World 3.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: You can save trapped Toads and carry them to safety.

%% * YouAllLookFamiliar: The Toads.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: The sparkling save file stars, if you ''ever'' make the Super Guide box appear on ''any'' level at ''any'' time.

* EasyModeMockery: If the Super Guide was made available to you for any level (even if you don't actually ''use'' it), the stars you earn on your save file after beating the game won't sparkle. This was done so the Super Guide could be both a tool to assist newer players, and a goal to avoid for the better ones. And if you use it to the end of a level, it ''skips'' the level for you, which means it doesn't count as being completed. Which means using it on castles and towers, which are the most common places to use it, will result in the victory flag not being there afterwards.

* DifficultySpike: The first four worlds (mushroom, desert, snow, and beach) are, for the most part, perfectly manageable, with possible exception made for World 3 until you get the hang of [=sliding/keeping the Penguin suit=]. But the last four worlds (jungle, mountains, clouds, and volcano), not so much.

* PainfulPointyPufferfish: The Porcupuffer returns from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', and just like in that game, it cannot be jumped on because of the dreadful spikes on it's back.

* {{Cumulonemesis}}: The Foos, which are enemies exclusive to the 5th level of [[BubblyClouds World 7]], are clouds that blow opaque fog at Mario to blind and disorient him.

* BubblyClouds: World 7, which is set in the sky. In addition to classical staples like cloud platforms and flying enemies, the game introduces a dense mist that can be removed with the spin move (and doing so makes the location of Star Coins much easier).

* BubblyClouds: World 7, which is set in the sky. In addition to classical staples like cloud platforms and flyign enemies, the game introduces a dense mist that can be removed with the spin move (and doing so makes the location of Star Coins much easier).

** Classic Spikes show up for the first time since their debut in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''. While variants have been shown in other games, such as Clubbas in the ''Paper Mario'' games, Tolstar in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', and most notably the Snow Spikes in the previous game, this is the first time the originals reappear.

* RingOutBoss: Inverted. Lemmy is incapable of actually harming you (unless you jump into him like a moron), and instead tries to knock you into one of the bottomless pits on either side of the arena with his bouncy rubber balls.

* AscendedMeme: One of the hint videos you can purchase with star coins has Mario and the Toads use Yoshis to bounce Luigi around through a level, causing him to collect the checkpoint, all three star coins, the top of the flagpole, and several 1-ups. In other words, Luigi WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing.

* DummiedOut: [[http://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_New_Super_Mario_Bros._Wii_beta_elements Quite a few things, actually.]]

* Can'tDropTheHero: Even when playing multiplayer, player 1 always has to play as Mario.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: {{Inverted|Trope}} Mario ''loses'' his hat if you have [[{{Cap}} 99 lives]] (he gets his hat back should he lose a life). Nothing happens to Luigi or the Toads, though (even though Luigi does take his hat off briefly whenever he wins).

* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Near the end of the game, when [[spoiler:Kamek reveals himself after the TrickBoss battle against Bowser]], the usual fanfare indicating thst the mission is completed is gradually turned off, making clear that Mario and company haven't yet seen the last of Bowser. Also occurs during multiplayer, if all players put themselves in bubbles.

* RiseToTheChallenge: World 8-6, in which lava will rise and so must the characters as they climb with the platforms to avoid being caught. Interestingly, this was exactly the same concept used in Woeld 8-6 of the game's predecessor.