Editing Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

{{about|the 2014 [[Wii U]] game|other uses|[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (disambiguation)]]}}

|image=[[File:Captain Toad Treasure Tracker US box final.jpg|200px]]<br>North American box art

|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD Tokyo]]

|release='''Original release:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|November 13, 2014|USA|December 5, 2014<ref name="CT:TT Release date announced">{{cite|url=www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/07/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-us-release-date-announced|author=Karmali, Luke|title=''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' US Release Date Announced|publisher=IGN|language=en-us|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref>|Europe|January 2, 2015<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo UK|language=en-gb|url=youtu.be/MZ8T0u1n4Bc|title=Nintendo Direct Presentation - 05.11.2014|date=November 5, 2024|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref>|Australia|January 3, 2015<ref>{{cite|language=en-au|url=x.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/532099180559605760|title=#CaptainToad: Treasure Tracker arrives on #WiiU on 03/01. Yep, 3rd January! Trailer: <nowiki>http://</nowiki>youtube.com/watch?v=oKGpWtLt4tw&list=UUAGRhXIbnKPNVf1JvwafawQ|author=Nintendo of Australia|date=November 11, 2014|accessdate=July 2, 2024|publisher=Twitter}}</ref>|Italy|January 9, 2015<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/it-it/Notizie/2014/dicembre/Captain-Toad-Treasure-Tracker-data-di-lancio-posticipata-al-9-gennaio-943397.html|title=Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: data di lancio posticipata al 9 gennaio|date=December 12, 2014|publisher=Nintendo of Italy|language=it|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref>}} '''amiibo bundle:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|March 26, 2015<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/amiibo/set/index.html|title=amiibo セット商品 {{!}} 任天堂|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref>}}'''[[Nintendo Selects#Wii U|Nintendo Selects]]:'''<br>{{flag list|Europe|September 30, 2016}}

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A [[Reissue#Ports|port]] of the [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|same name]] was released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] on July 13, 2018.

[[File:Captain toad intro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Wingo lifting Toadette and the Power Star.]]

[[Captain Toad]] and [[Toadette]] are out treasure hunting, climbing a structure to get a [[Power Star]]. They soon after notice feathers falling from the sky when [[Wingo]], a large bird who is described as "a lover of all things shiny", grabs the star. Toadette attempts to retrieve it while Captain Toad is temporarily knocked over. Wingo makes off with both the star and Toadette, leaving the Captain on his own. Captain Toad must then go through stages collecting Power Stars to reach Wingo and save Toadette.

Once Captain Toad reaches Wingo's fortress, they fight, and after Wingo is defeated, Toadette is rescued and they continue treasure hunting. However, Wingo returns to steal their treasure again and ends up capturing Captain Toad, allowing Toadette to journey on a solo adventure. After another long journey, Toadette saves him, although immediately afterward Wingo reappears, captures Toadette again and blows Captain Toad away.

The Captain awakes in a dark cave, where he finds another Power Star snatched away by Wingo. Toad pursues to a large mine. Meanwhile, Toadette escapes Wingo and goes off to reunite with Captain Toad, though is captured again soon after. Wingo then takes her to the same tower, while Captain Toad arrives. After a final fight, Wingo is truly defeated, and the two Toads ride off in a minecart as the credits play.

After the credits, Captain Toad notices a [[Green Star]] falling through the sky, and chases after it, leaving Toadette in the minecart. The opening scene of ''Super Mario 3D World'' plays, though after Mario and the others enter the [[Clear Pipe]] to chase [[Bowser]], the Green Star falls in as well, with Captain Toad climbing into the Clear Pipe to chase after it, leading into the events of ''Super Mario 3D World''.

[[Captain Toad]] controls similarly to The Adventures of Captain Toad, being unable to [[jump]]. However, he can instead pull on [[Pluck Patch]]es, patches of grass which can contain items such as [[coin]]s, power-ups, or [[turnip]]s, which can be thrown at enemies in a ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' fashion. The camera can be rotated in any direction to view the stage at different angles.

The main goal of the game is to reach the one [[Power Star]] in each stage; the player must do so by navigating each stage and solving puzzles to reach them. Unlike The Adventures of Captain Toad, the levels have no time limit and score feature. Instead, the game keeps track of the highest number of coins earned in each level and the time taken to complete each level. Each stage also has 3 [[Super Gem]]s (similar to the [[Green Star]]s of ''Super Mario 3D World'') to collect, as well as a bonus objective that appears after beating the stage, in which the player must clear the stage while performing a certain task (collecting a certain mushroom, taking no damage, defeating certain enemies, etc.).

 

The game received [[amiibo]] functionality in an update released in March 2015.<ref name="update support">{{cite|url=en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14467|title=How to Update ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo Support|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> Scanning the Toad amiibo takes the player into a game of Hide and Seek on the current stage, in which the player must find a hidden 8-bit Toad (called "[[Pixel Toad]]") by tapping it on the Wii U GamePad.<ref name="CTTT Wii U amiibo site">{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20141230162608/http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/line-up#/captain_toad|title=''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''|publisher=Nintendo of America|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> The player can only play the hide and seek game on a given stage after clearing it.

 

Tapping any other amiibo gives the player 1-Up Mushrooms,<ref name="CTTT Wii U amiibo site"></ref> though they can only give the player so many before they can no longer be used, and the player must wait to use them again.

 

===Playable characters===

{|class="wikitable" width=25% style="text-align:center"

|width="50%"|[[File:Img-adventures-captain-toad.png|x200px]]<br>'''{{color-link|red|Captain Toad}}'''

|width="50%"|[[File:Toadette CaptainToadTreasureTracker.png|x200px]]<br>'''{{color-link|hotpink|Toadette}}'''

|image1=[[File:Brigade toads CTTT.png|200px]]

|name1=[[Toad Brigade]]

|description1=The extended Toad Brigade return from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', here they consist of [[Hint Toad|a blue Toad with glasses]], [[Yellow Toad (Toad Brigade)|a sleepy yellow Toad]] and [[Banktoad]]. They make cameo in certain levels, and interact with Captain Toad or Toadette when either get near them.

 

===Other===

*[[Mario]]

*[[Luigi]]

*[[Princess Peach]]

*[[Toad]]

*[[Bowser]]

*[[Mole (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)|Mole]]

|name1=[[Flaptor]]

|firstlevel3=[[Mummy-Me on Flip Panel Footpath]]

|image4=[[File:CTTT Piranha Sprout.png|100px]]

|name4=[[Piranha Sprout (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)|Piranha Sprout]]

|description4=Small, orange, [[Mole (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)|Mole]]-like [[Piranha Plant]]s that can sprout out of the ground to spit [[bomb]]s at the player. After that, they bury back into the ground. They can be defeated by plucking them while they are buried.

|lastlevel4=[[Mummy-Me Maze Forever]]

|image5=[[File:Stumper.jpg|100px]]

|description5=Brown, stump-like enemies with a wooden spike on three sides and a smiling face on the front. They are immune to all attacks, but the player can walk on the top of their stumps to pass by them.

|firstlevel5=[[Stumper Sneakaround]]

|lastlevel5=[[Toad Brigade to Magikoopa Keep!]]

{{content appearances

|image1=[[File:Ant Trooper Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|x70px]]

|name1=[[Ant Trooper]]

|image2=[[File:Biddybud SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name2=[[Biddybud]]

|firstlevel2=[[Blizzard on the Star Express]]

|lastlevel2=[[Biddybud Snow Stroll]]

|image3=[[File:Big Boo SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|firstlevel3=[[Bizarre Doors of Boo Mansion]]

|description4=Bill Blasters are cannons that shoot [[Bullet Bill]]s or [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s. They cannot be destroyed.

|lastlevel4=[[Toad Brigade to Bullet Bill Base!]]

|image8=[[File:Bull's-Eye Bill CTTT.png|x70px]]

|description8=Bullet Bills that follow the player.

|image9=[[File:Bullet Bill SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name9=[[Bullet Bill]]

|description9=Bullet Bills are bullets that shoot out of [[Bill Blaster]]s in a straight line.

|name10=[[Cat Goomba]]

|description10=Cat Goombas are [[Goomba]]s with a cat appearance.

|image11=[[File:Chargin' Chuck Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|x70px]]

|image12=[[File:Charvaargh SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name12=[[Charvaargh]]

|image13=[[File:Cheep Cheep SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name13=[[Cheep Cheep]]

|image14=[[File:Conkdor Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|x70px]]

|lastlevel14=[[Conkdor Canyon]]

|image15=[[File:Fire Bro SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|description15=Fire Bros. are Koopa enemies that attack by throwing fireballs.

|firstlevel15=[[Battle Tower Blitz]]

|lastlevel15=[[Beep Block Sky Plaza]]

|image16=[[File:Fire Piranha Plant SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|firstlevel16=[[Shy Guy Shadow Den]]

|image17=[[File:Fuzzy SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name17=[[Fuzzy]]

|description17=Fuzzies are black, furry creatures that function as obstacles.

|firstlevel17=[[Clear Pipe Puzzleplex]]

|lastlevel17=[[Shadow-Play Alley]]

|image18=[[File:Goomba Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|x70px]]

|name18=[[Goomba]]

|name19=[[Goomba Tower]]

|image20=[[File:Hammer Bro SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|description20=Hammer Bros. are Koopa enemies that attack by throwing hammers at the player.

|firstlevel20=[[Drift-Along Canyon]]

|image21=[[File:SM3DW Swim Ring Goomba Artwork.png|x70px]]

|name21='''[[Innertube Goomba]]'''

|firstlevel21=[[Floaty Fun Water Park]]

|image22=[[File:Magikoopa Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|x70px]]

|name22=[[Magikoopa]]

|description22=Magikoopas are enemies that fire spells to damage the player.

|image23=[[File:Para-Biddybuds Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|x70px]]

|name23=[[Para-Biddybud]]

|image24=[[File:Peepa SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|description24=Peepas are Boo-like enemies that move in a set pattern, blocking a path.

|firstlevel24=[[Spooky Specters at Shadow Manor]]

|lastlevel24=[[Ghost Gallery Gambit]]

|image25=[[File:Piranha Creeper SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name25=[[Piranha Creeper]]

|description25=Piranha Creepers are [[Piranha Plant]] variants with long stems. They move around in a certain pattern and shorten their stems when attacked.

|name27=[[Shy Guy]]

|firstlevel27=[[Plucky Pass Beginnings]]<br>(red)<br>[[Shy Guy Heights]]<br>(blue)

|lastlevel27=[[Toad Brigade to Mushroom Mesa!]]<br>(red)<br>[[Mummy-Me Maze Forever]]<br>(blue)

|image28=[[File:Spike Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|x70px]]

|name30=[[Spike Ball|Spiked ball]]

|image31=[[File:No image.png|x70px]]

|name33=[[Walleye]]

|description33=Walleyes are [[Wallop]]-like enemies that try to block the player.

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|image1=[[File:Draggadon.png|100px]]

|description1=A large dragon that appears as the boss for [[The King of Pyropuff Peak|Episode 1-10: The King of Pyropuff Peak]], [[Draggadon's Revenge|Episode 2-9: Draggadon's Revenge]], and [[Mummy-Me at Pyropuff Peak|Bonus Episode-11: Mummy-Me at Pyropuff Peak]]. In his battles, he can release fireballs. After defeating him in Episode 2-9, Toadette can ride him on his head in the intermediate stage.

|image2=[[File:Gold Draggadon.jpg|100px]]

|description2=A golden variant of Draggadon that releases faster fireballs. He appears in [[Secret of the Golden Realm|Episode 3-13: Secret of the Golden Realm]]. Like Draggadon, Toadette can ride on him.

|description3=A gigantic bird that serves as the main antagonist of the game. In the story, he steals [[Captain Toad]] and Toadette's Power Star, and kidnaps Toadette. In Episode 2, he also kidnaps Captain Toad. He can be defeated by throwing giant turnips at him.

 

|image1=[[File:CTTT 1-7 Picture.png|100px]]

|lastlevel1=[[Shy Guy Shadow Den]]

|firstlevel2=[[Spinwheel Bullet Bill Base]]<br>(orange)<br>[[Bullet Bill's Touchy Trials]]<br>(blue)

|lastlevel2=[[Mummy-Me at Pyropuff Peak]]<br>(orange)<br>[[Bullet Bill's Touchy Trials]]<br>(blue)

|image3=[[File:CTTT Draggadon'sRevenge.png|100px]]

|description3=Lava that rises up.

|image4=[[File:CTTT DriftAlongCanyon.png|100px]]

|description4=A liquid hazard that can cause the player to instantly lose a life.

|firstlevel4=[[Drift-Along Canyon]]

|lastlevel4=[[Ghost Gallery Gambit]]

|image5=[[File:GhostGalleryGambit.jpg|100px]]

|firstlevel6=[[Trick-Track Hall]]

|image1=[[File:Super Mushroom Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|100px]]

|name1=[[Super Mushroom]]

|description1=Turns the player into their [[Super Mario (form)|Super form]], and otherwise gives the user 10 coins.

|image2=[[File:Double Cherry Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|100px]]

|name2=[[Double Cherry]]

|description2=Creates a clone of the player that copies their movements.

|image3=[[File:Pickaxe CTTT.png|100px]]

|name3=[[Super Pickax]]

|description3=Temporarily allows the player to defeat any enemy and break [[Brick Block]]s.

|image4=[[File:Mysterious Mushroom Captain Toad.png|100px]]

|name4=[[Invincibility Mushroom]]

|description4=Makes the player invincible for the entirety of a level.

===Support items===

|image1=[[File:Turnip.png|100px]]

|name1=[[Turnip]]

|description1=Vegetables found in pluck patches. It can be used to throw at enemies.

|image2=[[File:GiantTurnip CTTT.png|100px]]

|name2=[[Turnip|Giant Turnip]]

|description2=Large variants of Turnips.

|image3=[[File:Piranha Plant Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|100px]]

|name3=[[Potted Piranha Plant|Piranha Plant]]

|description3=These are a potted variation of Piranha Plant that the player can hold. They eat enemies they come in contact with and collect items.

|description1=When collected, 1-Up Mushrooms grant the player an extra life.

|description5=Green Stars are used to unlock some levels. There are only exclusive to the ''Super Mario 3D World'' levels.

|image1=[[File:Key Coin SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name1=[[Key Coin]]

|description1=When five Key Coins are collected, a [[Warp Box (With Key)]] turns into a regular [[Warp Box]].

|image2=[[File:P Panel SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name2=[[P Panel]]

|description2=P Panels are orange panels that, when a group of them are all pressed simultaneously, release a Super Gem.

|image3=[[File:P Switch SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|image4=[[File:PluckPatch.png|x70px]]<br>[[File:PluckPatchAssist CTTT.png|x70px]]

|name4=[[Pluck Patch]]

|description4=Plants that can be pulled, which releases various items and power-ups.

|image5=[[File:PullSwitch.png|x70px]]

|name5=[[Pull Switch]]

|image6=[[File:WheelPanel CTTT.png|x70px]]

|description1=? Blocks contain power-ups or coins, which are released when the block is hit or ground-pounded.

|image1=[[File:Dash Panel SM3DW Prima.jpg|x70px]]

|name1=[[Dash Panel]]

|description1=Dash Panels are pads that, when walked on, make the player travel at fast speeds for a short time.

|image2=[[File:Snake Panels SM3DL.png|x70px]]

|description2=Form temporary pathways when activated.

|image3=[[File:Yellowplatform.png|x70px]]

|name3=[[Lift]]

|image4=[[File:SM3DW Multi-Vator.jpg|x70px]]

|description4=Multi-Vators are Lifts that are activated when stood on by a certain number of characters.

|image5=[[File:SM3DW Propeller Platform.jpg|x70px]]

|description5=Propeller Platforms are Lifts that, when the player blows into the mic, follow a predetermined path before returning to their starting point. These objects are replaced by Lifts in the [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|Nintendo Switch port]] of the game due to the system's lack of a mic.

|image6=[[File:CTTT TouchstoneTrouble.png|x70px]]

|description6=Touchstones are platforms that change position when touched on the [[Wii U#Wii U GamePad|Wii U GamePad]].

|image7=[[File:Rolling Inferno.jpg|x70px]]

|description5=Mystery Boxes are [[Warp Box]]es that warp the player to a bonus area.

|description6=When entered, Warp Boxes teleport the player to another area of a level.

|description7=Warp Boxes (With Keys) are locked Warp Boxes that the player cannot enter. Once all five [[Key Coin]]s of an area are collected, the corresponding Warp Box (With Key) turns into a regular Warp Box.

|image1=[[File:Captain Toad on ladder CTTT.png|x70px]]

|name1=[[Ladder]]

|description1=Used to reach high areas.

|image2=[[File:TurnipCannon CTTT.png|x70px]]

|name2=[[Turnip Cannon]]

|description2=Fires turnips once activated.

''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' features 79 stages (referred to as "mini-universes").<ref name="CT:TT Direct Trailer">{{cite|date=November 5, 2014|author=GameXplain|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=t05E3dZmWkE|title=Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - 70-Levels Trailer (Nintendo Direct)|publisher=YouTube|language=en|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> The game is divided into various "episodes," with their own plots, as well as containing a number of different stages played as each character. Each stage also features a challenge that can be completed for an extra bonus.

==Luigi and Rosalina Sightings==

Like with ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' features [[8-bit character|Pixel Luigis]] hidden in various parts of the game, despite not being released in the [[Year of Luigi]]. In addition, a select few levels feature [[8-bit character|Pixel Rosalinas]] as well.

The idea of ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' came to director Shinya Hiratake as a dream.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=RawmeatCowboy|date=November 14, 2014|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20150501120351/https://www.gonintendo.com/s/241799-captain-toad-treasure-tracker-originally-starred-link-idea-was-initially-shot-down|title=''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' originally starred Link, idea was initially shot down|publisher=GoNintendo|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> It originally featured [[Link]] as the hero instead of Mario, as Mario not being able to jump would not make sense. Link would explore in a diorama-style in a tech demo presented to Shigeru Miyamoto. The idea was shot down, though Miyamoto realized a potential with the idea. It was included in ''Super Mario 3D World'', where Hiratake chose Captain Toad from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' because the heavy backpack would have prevented him from jumping. After ''Super Mario 3D World'' was released, Miyamoto encouraged production of a full game around the concept.<ref>{{cite|url=www.ndw.jp/post-529|date=July 21, 2018|title=『進め！キノピオ隊長』開発スタッフに訊く 発想探求ツアー！ （2015年1月号より）|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo DREAM WEB|accessdate=July 17, 2021}}</ref>

===Version 1.1.0===

The Wii U version of the game received an update on March 19, 2015, adding amiibo support to the game. An amiibo prompt was added to the menu screen by pressing {{button|wiiu|Plus}}, allowing players to scan the Toad amiibo to play Hide and Seek with [[Pixel Toad]], while any other amiibo give the player 1-Up Mushrooms.<ref name="update support"/>

''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' received generally positive reviews. Much of the praise was directed towards the limited focus on just Captain Toad and Toadette, as well as the game's concept, but minor criticism amounted to some technical issues and the designs of some levels. The game currently holds a score of 81 on Metacritic based on 78 reviews,<ref>{[cite|url=www.metacritic.com/game/captain-toad-treasure-tracker|title=''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''|publisher=Metacritic|language=en|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> as well as a score of 81.01% on GameRankings based on 54 reviews.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20150220081538/http://www.gamerankings.com/wii-u/805615-captain-toad-treasure-tracker/index.html|title=''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''|publisher=GameRankings|language=en|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref>

Marty Silva of IGN gave the game an 8.2/10, criticizing what he believed to be an over-reliance of the GamePad at times, stating "The problem here is that it's controlled both through the right stick and the GamePad's gyrosensor, and the sensor can't be turned off, so I found the camera spinning out of control whenever I moved my wrists. Also, if you're playing only off the GamePad, messages and touch-screen prompts have a tendency to pop up and really obscure your view at important moments." Otherwise, he was praising of the game, mostly to the charm, visuals, and sense of discovery.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Silva, Marty|url=www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/01/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-review|title=Review: ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''|date=December 1, 2014|publisher=IGN|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> Arthur Gies of Polygon gave the game of 8.5/10, and was similarly critical of camera issues, claiming they "transcended my crankiness and felt like actual problems", but praised the characters' "outrageous cuteness", remarking "Nintendo games explore their root mechanics thoroughly, finding fun through solid execution and exploration of the idea. Using that as a verb, ''Captain Toad'' Nintendos. It Nintendos hard."<ref>{{cite|author=Gies, Arthur|url=www.polygon.com/2014/12/1/7312633/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-review-wii-u|title=Review: ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''|date=December 1, 2014|publisher=Polygon|language=en|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> Chris Carter of Destructoid gave the game an 8/10, and was also similarly praising of the limited focus on Captain Toad and Toadette, stating "No other Mario characters are jumping out and stealing the spotlight here -- it's just the two aforementioned characters and their thirst for treasure that fuels the game." He was, however, critical of a few levels, and for what he opined as little to offer for players who did not like puzzle platformers.<ref>{{cite|author=Carter, Chris|language=en|url=www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-captain-toad-treasure-tracker|title=Review: ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''|publisher=Destructoid|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref>

|[[Wii U]]

|Marty Sliva, [http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/01/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-review IGN]

|8.2/10

|align="left"|"''Treasure Tracker takes the core concept of Captain Toad and runs wild with it. It’s a smart, adorable puzzle game that presents some awesome locales and really rewards you for taking the time to unpack them. Despite the control issues and menu problems, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker proves that you can still be great without being Super.''"

|Arthur Gies, [https://www.polygon.com/2014/12/1/7312633/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-review-wii-u Polygon]

|8.5/10

|align="left"|"''For anybody else, Captain Toad's weird little experiment would be an afterthought. But Nintendo's exercise in digging has found something pretty special — an action puzzle game that succeeds on charm and smarts, rather than reflexes and spectacle.''"

|Chris Carter, [https://www.destructoid.com/review-captain-toad-treasure-tracker-284007.phtml Destructoid]

|align="left"|"''Captain Toad is an experience that doesn't attempt to really wow you, but instead delivers consistent puzzle experiences at a rapid pace. There's more Nintendo could have done with it, but it is a puzzler in its purest form, and that will be more than enough for people who wanted more of the titular hero after playing the bonus games in 3D World.''"

|colspan=2 style="background-color:limegreen"|[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/captain-toad-treasure-tracker 81]

|colspan=2|[http://www.gamerankings.com/wii-u/805615-captain-toad-treasure-tracker/index.html 81.01%]

*''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'': The music that plays when using a Super Pickax is an arrangement of [[Hammer (theme)|the theme]] that plays when Mario collects a [[Hammer]] in ''Donkey Kong''; the way in which the pickaxe is swung is also a reference to the Hammer. [[Retro Ramp-Up]] is based on the [[25m|first level]] from this game.

*''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'': The intro of the Retro Ramp-Up stage theme is an arrangement of the Game Start music from this game.

*''[[Super Mario World]]'': [[Wingo]] has a feather on his hat that is based on the [[Cape Feather]].<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20160428003856/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/replies/AYMHAAACAAADVHivKowdGg|author=Hiratake|publisher=Miiverse|title=(translated) Miiverse post from Hiratake|date=February 16, 2015|retrieved=July 18, 2017|language=en}}</ref> During the fights against Wingo, Toadette will throw Toad a [[Super Mushroom]], similar to Peach in the final battle with Bowser. [[Key]]s have a close resemblance to the said item's in-game sprite, even lying horizontally.

*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'': ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' uses a modified engine based on this game. The core gameplay is based on Captain Toad's Adventures levels first featured in this game. Many mechanics from this game return, as well as covers of several musical themes from this game. Super Bell Hill, Conkdor Canyon, Shadow-Play Alley, and Clear Pipe Cruise return as stages. Also, a slightly re-animated version of the intro from this game can be seen after the credits, revealing that ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' is, in fact, a prequel to ''Super Mario 3D World''.

==Gallery==

Logo EN - Captain Toad Treasure Tracker.png|Logo of the game

Captain Toad TT artwork05.png|[[Captain Toad]]

Toadette CaptainToadTreasureTracker.png|[[Toadette]]

Pickaxe CTTT.png|[[Super Pickax]]

Wingo CTTT.png|[[Wingo]]

CTTT Illustration.png|Main visual

|file1=CTTT Main Theme.oga

|file2=CTTT Coins Galore.oga

Most of ''Super Mario 3D World''{{'}}s staff return, with Shinya Hiratake and Kenta Motokura leading game direction once again while [[Koichi Hayashida]] acts as producer for the first time. The main characters' voices are performed by [[Samantha Kelly]], and general game production is done by [[Satoru Iwata]] and [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].

==Pre-release and unused content==

{{main|List of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker pre-release and unused content}}

Several of the stages shown off during E3 2014 had different names than in the final game; for example, [[Mushroom Mesa]] was originally named "Mushy Monument: Mayday!". The box art was also changed during development. Several enemies such as Flaptors seen in the final game do not appear in the E3 demo.

{{foreign names

|Jap=進め！キノピオ隊長 <ref>{{cite|url=https://www.nintendo.com/jp/switch/ajh9a/pc/index.html}}</ref>

|JapR=Susume! Kinopio taichō

|JapM=Onward! Captain Toad

}}

==References==

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*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/akbj/#/top Official website]

*[http://web.archive.org/web/20150329044142/http://captaintoad.nintendo.com// Official American English website]

*[https://store-jp.nintendo.com/list/software/70070000004862.html Japanese paid additional content (Nintendo Switch)]

{{Super Mario games}}

[[Category:Wii U games]]