The gameplay is very similar to the previous New Super Mario Bros. The brothers have to venture through over 80 stages to rescue her, grabbing endless deluge coins across the land, water, air, ice and snow along the way.' ' Trouble always seems to find its way to the Mushroom Kingdom! Just as Mario™ and Luigi™ go off on a coin hunt in the sky, their beloved Princess Peach™ is kidnapped by the dastardly Koopalings. Wii but quickly got scrapped and reused in this game. The game title was going to be used for N ew Super Mario Bros. U (which is also a sequel to the 2009 game), was also released in 2012 for the Wii U. A follow-up to this game, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and many of Peach's voice clips are reused from the Super Mario Galaxy series. Several Mario & Luigi's voice clips are reused from New Super Mario Bros.

This was also the first retail game to be available as a digital download in the Nintendo eShop. It is the thirteenth game in the Super Mario series and the eighth in the Super Mario Bros. Wii (which is a follow-up the 2006 game). and a follow-up to the 2009 Wii game New Super Mario Bros. It is the sequel to the 2006 Nintendo DS game New Super Mario Bros. 2 (often abbreviated to NSMB2) is a game for the Nintendo 3DS, by Nintendo.

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