![]() But with the added Bowser’s Fury alongside, this feels like a well-considered package that can keep Switch owners playing for a long time. Let’s be honest: fans probably would’ve paid full price for a straight re-release of the robust Super Mario 3D World on its own, and it would’ve been worth it. Released at $60, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is priced the same as any other major new Switch game. It’s bright and colorful, and the violence is limited to hopping on enemies’ heads, knocking them out with spinning turtle shells, and other similarly goofy actions. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury carries an “Everyone” rating from the ESRB for “Mild Cartoon Violence,” and there’s nothing here that would shock fans of the Super Mario series. I love the looseness of the approach unlike the timed and sometimes tense 3D World challenges, Bowser’s Fury mostly lets you play at your own pace. Bowser occasionally rages out and transforms the island’s friendly inhabitants into monsters while sending flaming fireballs your way, and sometimes you’ll use a giant cat bell to become a super-sized Cat Mario and battle the enormous foe. It’s not an enormous world-it’s like a super-sized level from Super Mario Odyssey on Switch-but you’re free to skip around between the islands completing the little platforming and collecting challenges. More notably, it all takes place within an open world that you can freely explore at will, almost akin to the way the Switch’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild shook up that legendary series’ own familiar framework. It reuses graphics from 3D World and leans heavily into the Cat Mario idea with adorable feline-themed environmental design, but instead is a fully 3D Mario experience with a controllable camera. It’s a fun hybrid that brings in the best of both 2D and 3D Mario games, and Nintendo puts it to great use in exploring lots of creative and sometimes downright goofy ideas.īowser’s Fury feels like an entirely different game. Otherwise, Super Mario 3D World is a blast to play through, whether you’re going solo or bringing in friends-local or now online in the Switch version-for a more raucous romp. The 2D-meets-3D design occasionally frustrates with awkward camera angles or precise jumping challenges that you don’t have a great view for, but those instances are thankfully few and far between. There are also fun brain-teasing puzzle missions where you play as Captain Toad, rotating the world to figure out the paths to collect all of the green stars. They’re also peppered with unique power-ups, such as a little bell that transforms your character into a cat-complete with pounce attack-or twin cherries that multiply your character and force you to control up to several of them at once. Even within the themed worlds, the individual levels often feel widely different in terms of look, navigation, and challenges. It’s a fun hybrid that brings in the best of both 2D and 3D Mario games, and Nintendo puts it to great use in exploring lots of creative and sometimes downright goofy ideas. What’s similar is the feel and flow of levels, which are more akin to the classic 2D side-scrolling Mario stages in design and navigation, complete with a semi-fixed camera. Super Mario 3D World builds upon the distinctive approach established in Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS but goes much larger and more diverse in its design. Lifewire / Andrew Hayward Gameplay: Refined, enticing platforming All told, it’s an essential package for Mario fans, even if the largest chunk of it is ultimately repackaged. It’s a lively adventure with plenty of variety packed within, and this Switch re-release has something new in store: a small, standalone game called Bowser’s Fury that offers a different take on the 3D Mario experience. ![]() Originally released in 2013, Super Mario 3D World delivered a hugely entertaining entry in the platform-hopping series that paired 3D navigation with compact level designs, plus the ability to play with up to four people at once. Nintendo has arguably saved one of the greatest for the latest: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. The Nintendo Switch’s popularity has made it a new home to some of the Wii U’s best games, and while it may not seem terribly exciting to hail a bunch of ports from one console to another, it is an opportunity to appreciate wonderful games that were overlooked on Nintendo’s middling last-gen platform. ![]() Nintendo provided us with a review code for one of our writers to test.
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