![]() Completed objectives are then checked on the storybook page, and a stamp appears once all objectives are met.Ĭaptain Toad cannot jump, but he can pick-up and use turnips and other tools, like a pickax that defeats the enemies and destroys the blocks in Captain Toad's way for a limited time or a cherry that creates a duplicate Captain Toad. To do so, the player controls Captain Toad (or Toadette) through mazes, platforms and tunnels. The main objective is to reach the golden star at the end of the levels. Each stage has three hidden diamond to collect and one special objective, such as collecting a golden mushroom, avoiding or defeating all the enemies, or gathering a set number of coins, to complete. ![]() On his treasure-seeking quest, Captain Toad visits many different levels to collect diamond, coins and stars.Įach level appears as a page in a story book with specific goals to complete. It certainly has appeal, but for me, the appeal is too niche to recommend unless you really like easy puzzle games.Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a puzzle game featuring Captain Toad of Super Mario Galaxy's Toad Brigade. Unfortunately, however, there are not enough creative moments such as these to make up for the overall basic puzzles and level design, so I'm going to give Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker a 4 out of 10. When the game presents interesting puzzles instead of the puzzles which mostly rely on camera movement, the game can be really fun. The more childish, plump, and nonthreatening enemy designs are complimented perfectly by the toy-like levels with the artstyle from Mario 3D World. There are, however, things about this game that I enjoyed. There are occasional levels that consistently avoid this problem, but the vast majority of levels unfortunately use this tactic quite a bit, and as a result can get stale fast. These can hardly be called puzzles, because there is no input by the player. The puzzles in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker almost all amount to moving the camera to find an object that was invisible previously, then using that object to progress. ![]() I enjoy some of the easier puzzles in puzzle games because they're so approachable and can be solved in a myriad of different ways. This main problem wouldn't be so much of an issue in my opinion if the puzzles were made with an open-ended nature in mind. I do not hate easy games, however puzzle games in which the puzzle has very little depth or nuance are unappealing. These first puzzles do a great job establishing all the mechanics, but have very little depth to them, and as the game progresses, they hardly get more involved. The issues of this game surface a few levels after the game starts. In conclusion Captain Toad is a nice introduction to a new gameplay but the lack of diversity and the extreme shortness are two big weight that doesn't make this game advisable for every one.Ĭaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a unique puzzle game weighed down by a stiff control scheme and bland, basic puzzles. Like all the Nintendo platformers the story is almost non existent and its clearly not an argument for the player but most of all the main flaw of the game is that it is extremely short you can finish the campaign at 100% in 6 hours, add 2 more hours for the extra levels and that's it you can put the game on the shelf. But globally the game is fun and the puzzles are well thought. Gameplay wise there's a great focus on puzzle solving and less on platforming (Toad can't jump) the levels are almost all shape like a cube, which is a bit disturbing and doesn't help to make the world believable. There's a nice use of the gamepad which is pretty rare for the Wii U and of course no bugs or glitch like always with Nintendo. Graphically the game takes full advantage of the hardware with great colors that catch the eye, the art direction is mastered but I would have liked more new enemies and most of all more bosses (only two kind in the whole game). Toad gets its own game after a long wait and joins the family of legendary platformers made by Nintendo (Mario, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Wario, Yoshi, etc ) how does this new hero fare ?
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