It has been revealed that numerous developers from the New Super Mario Bros team helped out Arzest on Yoshi’s New Island. Interestingly, legendary Nintendo developer Takashi Tezuka who produced all of the New Super Mario Bros and Yoshi’s Island games also helped Arzest develop the game. Here’s some of the other devs.
- Nobuo Matsumiya, who was the director of Yoshi’s Island DS and worked on level designs for New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Yuya Sato, a level designer on New Super Luigi U and New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Kenta Usui, a level designer on New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. U, and New Super Luigi U
- Toyokazu Nonaka, who was most recently a producer on the new StreetPass games
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Thanks for the info, now I know to stay away from this game.
I think the only reasons why the nsmb games are hated is because they come out a year, they are actually pretty fun
*came out every year
Theres only one for each console, but yeah, they did release them close to each other! But now we won’t have a NSMB game until next generation, and I hope it’s even better than NSMBU, the only good NSMB game IMO!
NSMB2 for the 3DS is the best version of the game, great power ups, great levels.
And re-used music.
ugh i hate the reused music it just got boring , NSMBU had some new music but most of them were reused
I think nsmb2 was bad. The levels were so short and easy. Nsmbu is were its at
Well, as I said, I only liked NSMBU. NSMB2 felt unoriginal (played it after NSMBU, though), with boring levels. Well, everyone has their own opinion!
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I actually love the NSMB series…Except New Super Mario Bros. 2 for Nintendo 3DS was rather lack-luster in all regards. I’m really not sure about this game…I want to see reviews..and, honestly, I’d prefer Yarn Yoshi.
Why is it everything they touch always a rehash. And how is the NSMB producer legendary when he hasn’t even produced a quality game like Miyamoto.
the whole point of this article was to show you that the console development team as well as a handheld development team jointly worked on a title. it goes to show you that intendo made the right decision when they decided to combine both divisions.
OMG soooooo suprising
I’m going to buy it