One moment you'll be flying through the air in a series of cannons, the next you're manning the cannon to fire turnips to clear the way through walls and enemies.Īfter that you might have to tap the touchscreen to move blocks in a precise order to continue, or run on a hamster wheel to lay out a bridge to your goal, or manage your position carefully as the level rotates around you, or navigate a few Captain Toad clones to hit two separate switches at once, or weave your way through a maze of pipes. The next you're running through a sequence of dash pads down a collection of narrow pathways. One moment you're tilting Toad down an old-fashioned pinball table. The developers have done an impressive job stretching the simple concept out across dozens of short levels that rarely feel repetitive or recycled (only a few reused boss fight vignettes, repeated with minor difference, really stick out in this regard). They manage to do just that, through some incredibly clever and varied level design. Now, with Captain Toad's Treasure Tracker, Nintendo is trying to prove that those bonus stages are interesting enough to sustain an entire, standalone platform game where you never jump under your own power. It was a nice change of pace that required using a different part of the brain than the more frenetic, standard 3D platforming that dominated the game. But one of the most interesting parts of last year's Super Mario 3D World was the bonus stages that took away that core ability, giving players control of a pudgy, waddling Captain Toad who had to use a complex series of ramps, ladders, and elevators if he wanted to gain altitude. Jumping is such a deeply ingrained part of the Mario experience that the protagonist in Donkey Kong was originally named "Jumpman" before he became the Nintendo mascot we know and love. Links: Official Website | Nintendo eShop | AmazonCan you make a good Mario game without a jump button?
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