series based on the idea of recreating the experience of the original Super Mario Bros., which released in 1985, in a new way,' producer of Super Mario Bros. 'We’d been working on the New Super Mario Bros. The result was New Super Mario Bros., a game that brought the series back to the classic 2D gameplay but with modern visuals and gameplay conventions. As Nintendo worked on the next 3D entry, the now-adored Super Mario Galaxy for its supremely popular Wii console, the company looked towards its even more popular handheld system, the Nintendo DS, as a potential home for a return to 2D Mario. The last 2D Super Mario game was released in 1995 with Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island on the Super Nintendo, and the Game Boy Advance received only remakes of previous Mario side-scrollers.
