It’s also easy to recommend to any fan of puzzle games, and to players aged eight and up.Modern consoles and their games make heavy use of precompiled shaders specific to their GPUs, and these shaders can't be run natively on PC hardware, so they need to be translated or recompiled. If you’re a fan of Super Mario 3D World, the Toad characters, or Super Mario Odyssey, consider this a must-play if you haven’t already purchased the Wii U version. ConclusionĬaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker is charming, fun, and - in a rarity for Nintendo’s Wii U ports - right-priced for the Switch. No one would say that about the Super Mario Odyssey levels that replaced them, which means that the Switch port is better than its Wii U predecessor, but it would have been great to have all the old levels - and more - in this version. They’re gone in the Switch version of the game, which is a small disappointment, even though the levels were criticized as being some of the weakest in the prior title. So it was appropriate that when you finished Captain Toad’s main story, additional bonus levels based on Super Mario 3D World followed. Nintendo automates the camera a little during these scenes, but ideally would do a bit more - or design the boss battles to depend less on camera rotation.Ĭaptain Toad was built using Super Mario 3D World DNA - the game originated as fun bonus stages in the Wii U’s flagship Mario title. Each of the nearly 80 levels is a micro-sized version of Super Mario Odyssey’s “garden in a box” world design, so though they’re designed to be fully consumed in 5 to 10 minutes of exploration, every one is packed with little treats to make you smile.Ībove: During intense boss encounters, it can become challenging to control both Toad and the camera at once.īut especially during boss encounters, and occasionally during levels, it becomes easy to make a mistake solely because you’re responsible for picking the best camera angle while moving. If you’re the sort of gamer who loves jingling coins, plucking items out of the ground, and discovering hidden nooks with treasures - read: Super Mario Bros. Maximum Nintendo charm, drop-dead gorgeous art Instead, he can unearth tossable turnips, go on a mine cart ride, and … well, not swim, but walk underwater. You’re also able to use touch controls to spin wheels and move platforms - more on that in a moment. But he’s not Mario, so he can’t toss fireballs, fly, or use other costumed abilities. He can unearth power-ups like a mushroom that lets him survive one enemy touch, a multiplier cherry that creates a simultaneously-controlled clone, and a rock hammer that briefly lets him chisel through bricks. Nintendo makes the most of Toad’s physical limitations.
Above: Puzzles sometimes involve surfaces that can be rotated 90 degrees with a crank, using touch controls.
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