![]() What an inspired addition to the power-up roster kitty Mario is. ![]() But then those niggles are well and truly overpowered by the stuff I love, such as the fact that no two levels are remotely similar to one another, or that one of the “minigames” – the Captain Toad adventures – was deemed so good that the good captain got his own spinoff game that has become one of my favourite puzzlers of all time. ![]() For example, I can’t stand how many different collectibles platformers have, especially when missing those items starts to gate off progress, and on the Switch, some of the touchscreen controls that were present in the Wii U original (remember that console had a screen in the controller have been turned into motion controls when playing the Switch in docked mode, and they’re not good, at all. Super Mario 3D World has some minor elements I don’t like, of course. You’re still moving from left to right, broadly speaking, but you can also explore up and down to an extent, and Nintendo does take full advantage of this additional dimension to give you nooks and crannies to sniff out, walls to climb, and secret areas that are a joy to discover simply for the joy of discovering a hidden treasure. Super Mario 3D World plays like a side-scrolling Mario game, just in three dimensions. What I really love about this collection is the changes in perspective. It actually works better as a short experience, as it has allowed Nintendo to adopt a breathless pace of unbound creativity, but it did mean that Nintendo needed to piggyback it onto something, lest the gamers decide it “lacked value.” By throwing the port of Super Mario 3D World on top of it, we get to play Bowser’s Fury as it was probably intended, padding-free, and it is an early contender for the game of the year. ![]() Bowser’s Fury is a magnificent romp through some of Nintendo’s most inspired creative moments, ever, and were it not so short it would almost certainly have been spun out into a stand-alone release. Related reading: Our review of the original Wii U release of Super Mario 3D World.Įven those that did own a Wii U and Super Mario 3D World should be sure to pick up this game, because the “bonus” – Bowser’s Fury – also represents Nintendo at its absolute best. ![]()
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