New Super Mario Bros U is a side-scrolling 25D platform game, and the fourth and latest installment in the New Super Mario Bros
series As the sequel to New Super Mario Bros Wii, the game is a follow-up game of New Super Mario Bros 2 It uses new, more detailed background styles and models and introduces the Flying Squirrel power-up, acquired by Mario and his friends from an item called the Super Acorn, as well as utilizing the Wii U GamePad in Boost Mode In addition to the core campaign, there are also challenge modes