(Note that each level can be figured out and conquered in a matter of minutes, and the whole game can be played through in, say, six to eight hours.) With a bit of patience and a little camera-control fiddling, even the youngest gamers can snatch up an obscured treasure, pluck out a baddie-bashing turnip, circumvent obstacles and guide their marvie mushroom man to the gold star finish line.
Second, each one of the miniquest landscapes generally has several different passageways and tunnels that gamers must find by spinning the 3-D world to-and-fro. So he has to find the safest, sneakiest path possible past typical Nintendo-land foes, seeking out switches, ramps, ladders, elevating platforms and small hidden tools to help him make his way through. Why, he can barely get his pace up beyond a slow waddle. First, the well-equipped Captain’s backpack is far too heavy to let him hop-and-bop like Mario would. Unlike most of Mario’s typical jump-around platformer jaunts, though, all of Captain Toad’s charming and colorful levels are self-contained miniature dioramas that come complete with two specific challenges. It’s up to Captain Toad to run to the rescue-following Mario and Luigi’s time-tested formula of besting level after level of puzzling obstacles while on the way to freeing the damsel in distress. And, oh no! That flapping felon also accidentally snatches up Toadette with the prize. No sooner do he and Toadette uncover a sought-after gold star, however, than some bad birdy behemoth swoops in to steal it away. In fact, those fun twist-turn-and-explore challenges are so popular with fans that Nintendo decided that this time around their little headlamp-wearing mushroom explorer should take first chair and let Mario find someone else to play second fiddle for a while.Ĭaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker finds the cheery Captain, with his pretty pink sidekick, Toadette, in tow, doing his usual bang-up job of finding sparkling hidden treasures. This red-and-white toadstool hero made a pretty pleasant premier in his own puzzling minigames scattered throughout the Super Mario 3D World game. Well, if you have to ask, you likely haven’t been playing a lot of Mario on the Wii U as of late. If you can keep the group in a tight circle, it’s much easier to complete this difficult challenge.So who is this Captain Toad guy, and why is he getting his own spin-off title? To do that, bunch them up early and don’t lean into walls or they’ll create a line that’s hard to control. You have to complete the track without getting hit or losing a Toad.
Bonus Objective: Complete the stage with all four Toads - to do this, complete the Super Gems first so you can ignore the P-Switches.You need at least two Toads so you can hit both P-Switches. Super Gem #3: Later, the path will split with a P-Switch on both sides.Hit them all and the second Super Gem will appear. Super Gem #2: Sliding down the ramp, you need at least three Toads to hit three P-Switches.Super Gem #1: Around the first corner, stay on the left side and hit the single P-Switch to make this Super Gem appear.After turning on the power, use the lifts and higher ledges to jump on the four creepers in the sewers. One brother will jump to the front door - another will jump under the hanging girders. The hammer brothers are the hardest - climb up to the three story building roof and wait. Bonus Objective: To complete the bonus objective, you need to defeat all six enemies in this stage - two hammer brothers, and four piranha creepers.Activate the power and use the moving scaffolding to reach the top. Super Gem #3: The last gem is at the top of the tallest skyscraper.Activate the power, then ride the lift up above the piranha creeper. Super Gem #2: In the sewers, find it near the second piranha creeper.Super Gem #1: Enter the white / gold skyscraper in the back corner of the ground level to find a team of toads.You’ll get the most coins from the multiple POW blocks past the fossil - collect most of those, and you can easily earn more than 320 coins. Bonus Objective: To get enough coins, you’ll need to shoot every enemy and POW block.Super Gem #3: Near the end, shoot the POW blocks to set-off a chain reaction, causing a rock pillar to fall.Break the last POW block to reveal a Super Gem. Super Gem #2: Past the fossil, turn left to see POW blocks in the cliff wall.Super Gem #1: Outside the cave, ride down toward the giant dinosaur fossil.