It may not provide any radically new uses of the Gamepad, but Captain Toad uses the it’s features in various meaningful ways, and they never feel forced.Īesthetically, the game is beautiful. Touch screen controls and yes, even blowing into the Gamepad’s microphone are used at points to alter the environment and aid the Toads from point A to point B. The former is ideal for newcomers, as the motion controls can be a bit too sensitive, but their implementation in the aforementioned mine cart stages (in which players get a first-person perspective of the action on the Gamepad’s screen) is some of the best on the system.
Players can control the camera with either an analogue stick or through motion control. Players can rotate the camera 360 degrees around most stages, and even go for a bird’s eye view to find every last piece of treasure.
As mentioned, most of the stages are bite-sized, and this allows for the camera to search every nook and cranny of the environment. Only a handful of stages are truly head-scratching, but they are consistently fresh.Īnother highlight is how well Captain Toad integrates the Wii U Gamepad. It’s amazing how many creative directions Nintendo takes the Captain Toad concept.
Some of the best stages see Captain Toad (or Toadette) riding mine carts, which may not have the hectic action of Tropical Freeze’s mine cart stages, but they do bring a unique take on puzzle-solving.Įvery stage is a showcase of a fun idea and gameplay hook, and the attention to detail is surprisingly deep. Some levels have Toad flipping the stage over, piece by piece. In some stages, 3D World’s Double Cherry returns, leaving players to navigate stages while controlling multiple Toads at once. Most of the stages are small, diorama-like entities, with their entirety being visible on-screen from the get-go (only a select few stages are large enough for the action to scroll elsewhere), and they’re all puzzles based around a single mechanic. The bonus objective isn’t revealed until after you’ve played through a stage once, so you’ll usually find a good reason to go back to replay levels to mark off every objective. But each stage also houses three diamonds – which you’ll need to unlock more levels – as well as a bonus objective (finding a hidden item, collect a set number of coins, use a minimum of a stage’s trinkets, etc.). Instead of exhausting a stage of its green stars as he did in 3D World, Captain Toad now only needs to reach a single (gold) star to complete a level. Treasure Tracker tweaks the rules ever so slightly. It takes the same basic concept of those 3D World bonus stages – navigate small levels and solve puzzles, no jumping – and not only gives players more of it, but expands the concept in many thrilling and creative ways. But these stages were in short supply, leaving many players hungry for more.Ĭaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker is here to answer that call. But among the highlights of 3D World were the Captain Toad segments, in which Captain Toad would navigate small stages without the ability to jump. Super Mario 3D World is one of the best games on the Wii U, with some of the best platforming gameplay in the history of the Mario series.
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