Even to the untrained eye this game is gold.
Finally they've fixed that though with NSMB. Imagine the old Super Mario games but with everything good about each of them in one. Then take better graphics and higher performance techniques and you have NSMB.
Throughout the game you play as Mario or Luigi and take on Bowser and his Son Bowser Jr. He has taken peach once again and you must retrieve her by means of running through different worlds with their own unique areas. Most areas of the game have been used before but are still different enough to offer a good experience.
The sound and Visual qualities are really whats great though taking what the remake of SM64 did for the DS and fixing it up. Most enemies are those you have seen in all other mario games like koopas but there are also some nice new suprises in store. The underwater levels also look great. Be prepared to go for all the extras and spend hours of you time doing it, for there are a lot of them. 20hours worth atleast.
The disadvantages to NSMB are few and far between. Mainly the biggest disappointment are the items you can get. While there great and some nice new ideas, they don't stand up to the old ones like raccoon suit and all of those. Still they are useful, well designed, and can come in handy.
Another problem is the lack of the use of the DS capabilities. While they are there and in use you would hope that they would put it to better use in a Nintendo game. Mainly its used for the map, coin slots, and one extra inventory item that can be touched to activate. All in all any fan of mario, platoforming, or good gameplay with fall in love with this game.