Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a puzzle platform game for the Wii U. It was released on November 13, 2014 in Japan and on December 5, 2014 in North America; and it is planned to be released on January 2, 2015 in Europe, January 3, 2015 in Australia, and January 9, 2015 in Italy. The game is based on The Adventures of Captain Toad stages from Super Mario 3D World but features extensive depth and variety. This is the second game to have a Toad as the main protagonist, with the first game being Wario's Woods, released twenty years prior.

Story

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
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's 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.

Gameplay

Captain Toad controls the same as in The Adventures of Captain Toad and cannot jump. He can pick plants from the ground which usually have coins or turnips but can sometimes have Super Gems. These plants can sometimes act similarly to Coin Blocks in Mario platformers, housing either a single coin or 10 coins that the player must pull in a time limit. The turnips 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. Each stage also has 3 Super Gems (similar to Green Stars) to collect. Unlike The Adventures of Captain Toad, the levels have no time limit. Instead, the game keeps track of the highest number of coins earned in each level and the time taken to complete each level. The main goal of the game is to reach the one Power Star in each stage. After a stage is completed, an objective will appear which is required for 100 percent. This objective can be finding a certain mushroom, defeating certain enemies, etc.

The game intends to include amiibo functionality.[1]

Characters

Playable

Captain Toad Toadette
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Draggadon is also playable in a cut-scene, but due to the player having limited control, he is not directly considered a playable character.

Supporting

Other

Enemies and obstacles

New

Artwork of a Flaptor.
Flaptor, one of the new enemies in this game.

Returning

Bosses

Draggadon
Draggadon, one of the bosses in game.

Items and objects

Power-ups

Other

Stages

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker features 74 stages (referred to as "mini-universes"[15]). The game is divided into various "episodes", with their own plots, as well as containing a number of different stages played as each character[8] Each stage also features a challenge that can be completed for an extra bonus.

Episode 1
The Secret Is in the Stars The Chase to Pyropuff Peak The Hunt for the Great Bird's Lair Onward, Captain Toad!
Plucky Pass Beginnings Double Cherry Palace Piranha Creeper Cove Pop-Up Prairie Town
Shy Guy Heights
Walleye Tumble Temple Spinwheel Library Drop-Road Dash
Touchstone Trouble Mine Cart Tunnel Throwdown Briny Bowl Swimming Hole Bizarre Doors of Boo Mansion
Mushroom Mesa Spinwheel Bullet Bill Base Turnip Cannon Jungle Blizzard on the Star Express
The King of Pyropuff Peak
Operation Rescue Toadette
Wingo's Watchtower
Episode 2
The Captain Gets Toadnapped Onward, Toadette! Farewell, Pyropuff Peak On the Trail of the Great Bird
Chute Scoot Slopes Floaty Fun Water Park Spinwheel Cog Ruins Midnight in the Wandering Woods
Stumper Sneakaround Drift-Along Canyon Windup Stairs Double Cherry Spires
Mine Cart Sunset Rundown Sliding Slab Shuffle Up 'n' Down Terrace Bullet Bill's Touchy Trials
Sinister Street Signs Spooky Specters at Shadow Manor Clear Pipe Puzzleplex Spinwheel Sky Fort
Draggadon's Revenge
Operation Rescue Captain Toad
Battle Tower Blitz
Episode 3
The Search for Toadette The Search for Captain Toad Captain Toad's Trials Toadette's Tribulations
Rolling Inferno Stumpy Springs Sanctuary Multi-Vator Mayhem Shy Guy Shadow Den
Seesaw Sizzle Biddybud Snow Stroll Flip Panel Footpath Razzle-Dazzle Slider
Beep Block Sky Plaza Cagey Condor Caper Rock Block Badlands Poison Canal Cannon Run
Pickax Cave Plummet Up 'n' Down Desert Secret of the Golden Realm Fright Train Fight
Mine Cart Ruins Rumble No Sleep at Magikoopa Keep
Reunited at Last? The Ultimate Treasure
Retro Ramp-Up Twisty-Turny Planet Ghost Gallery Gambit Wingo's Whackdown
Touchstone Turmoil Color Crate Carousel Trick-Track Hall
Deep-Space Gyromajig Magma Road Marathon Scalding Scaffold Sinkhole
Bonus Levels
Expedition to the Sprixie Kingdom Toad Brigade, Move Out! Curse of the Mummy-Me! Memories of Our Adventures
Super Bell Hill Toad Brigade to Mushroom Mesa! Mummy-Me on Flip Panel Footpath Episode 1 Prologue
Conkdor Canyon Toad Brigade to Trick-Track Hall! Mummy-Me on Drop-Road Dash Episode 2 Prologue
Shadow-Play Alley Toad Brigade to Bullet Bill Base! Mummy-Me at Pyropuff Peak Episode 3 Prologue
Clear Pipe Cruise Toad Brigade to Magikoopa Keep!
Keep On Tracking, Captain Toad! Unlimited Coins Galore
Mummy-Me Maze Forever Coins Galore
More Coins Galore
Even More Coins Galore

References to other games

  • Donkey Kong: The music that plays when using a Super Pickax is a remix of 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. There is also a stage based upon this game.
  • Super Mario Bros. 2: Turnips and sprouts on the ground return, Shy Guys appear as basic enemies, and various buildings draw from the design of Wart's castle.
  • Super Mario World: Wingo has a feather on her hat that resembles the Cape Feather. During the fights against Wingo, Toadette will throw Toad a Super Mushroom, similar to Peach in the final Bowser battle.
  • Super Mario 64: When playing in a Coins Galore level, a remix of the slide theme of this game plays.
  • New Super Mario Bros.: This game's lava level music is partially covered.
  • Super Mario Galaxy: Captain Toad and the Toad Brigade return from their debut in this game, along with their iconic sound track. Also, the Starshroom appears in the ending credits if the game is beaten twice. The Starshroom appears secretly in Episode 1's Gold Galore if the player rotates the camera. It is seen in the distance.
  • Super Mario 3D Land: A cover version of this game's beach level music appears.
  • New Super Mario Bros. 2: The Gold Mushroom returns as an item.
  • Super Mario 3D World: This game is based on The Adventures of Captain Toad, first featured in this game. Many mechanics from this game return, as well as cover versions of several tracks from this game. Super Bell Hill, Conkdor Canyon, Shadow-Play Alley, and Clear Pipe Cruise return as stages. Also, 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.[16]

Gallery

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amiibo

This game has been confirmed to include functionality with amiibo, Nintendo's series of NFC enabled figurines.[17] However, upon the release of the game, it does not have any indication that it has amiibo support, neither on the box nor in the game itself. Despite this, amiibo support has been confirmed be added at a later date through an update in 2015.[18]

Development

The idea of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker came to director Shinya Hiratake as a dream.[19] 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 because the heavy backpack would have prevented him from jumping. After Super Mario 3D World came out, Miyamoto encouraged production of a full game around the concept.

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