Super Mario DS

Gave this game a few hours.  Starts off like any other Mario game Bowser stealing Princess Peach.

This version of Mario brings back the original from the NES and incorporates ideas form the newer versions.  If you are not familiar with the NES game then you've been stuck in a hole for 15 years.

Right from world 1 the old feel of sidescrolling Mario is back feeling like the original with the jump for the flag pole at the end of the level.  New additions to the power ups are shell Mario and mega Mario, both come as a good addition.

Music has been remixed but its still the same Mario tunes.  Graphics on this are great with 3D bosses and nice use of backgrounds and surrounds, I am liking the underwater scenes.

In the few hours I played I made it to world 5, here's me thinking this game is not going to be very challenging, that's true the fact Michele is on world 6!

Being a gamer and a Mario fan I am always looking for secrets exits to levels, slightly annoying not know what levels have secrets unlike super Mario on the SNES which had red dots.  So far I have found a few odds and ends taking me further along the levels.  I think the real challenge will be collecting all 3 coins in every level, this will keep me going for a while.