Rough Draft

New Super Mario Bros

After a failed trip (though I did up getting several CDs as well as bubble tea on that trip) earlier in the day, I did manage to pick up New Super Mario Bros. for my DS today. w00t! During an afternoon trip for bubble tea with some co-workers, we stopped by Target and they said they wouldn't have it until tomorrow and the girl at Gamestop said they only had copies that had been pre-ordered, but if I came back tomorrow morning they'd have more. Lame. After getting back to the office, I had an IM from Andrew saying the game was on sale at Circuit City and Fry's for $28 instead of $35. So later on just before I left work I called the Circuit City that's just down the street from my apartment. The guy I talked to unconvincingly said they had some in stock, so I figured I'd head over there and see. Turns out they had at least 20 copies on the shelf, so I grabbed one and was on my way (after a quick perusal of the CDs...bad Jason).

Anyway, the game itself is pure, unadulterated fun...and I've only played about 10 minutes (I'm just beat the World 1 mini castle). It's got all the classic Mario platformer gameplay and music and a few new items/moves to keep things fresh. If you own a DS, go get this game now. As for me, it's time to go kick more Koopa butt!