Super Mario 3D world, New Super Mario Bros U

Another new item, the Double Cherries, creates a clone of the character. Plenty of classic powerups have found their way into 3D World as well, like the Fire Flower, the Mega Mushroom and the Super Leaf, each of which will come in handy throughout the game. It might not immediately strike you as a useful supplement to the ever-expanding list of powers in the series, but as the difficulty ramps up along with the scale of the levels, desperately pawing your way up the side of a cliff might be what saves you from expending another extra life. Platformers typically involve jumping (hence the name), but with the cat suit equipped, climbing suddenly becomes an option for Mario’s team. Not only is the cat suit inexplicably adorable, even when there’s a chubby Italian plumber stuffed inside, it also opens up a entirely new method of traversal.

The most publicized new addition is undoubtedly the best: the cat suit.

Each level feels like a slice of a larger world, populated with Boos, Goombas, Koopas, and Piranha Plants for Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad to stomp on, swipe at, and dispatch by any means necessary.Īnd there are plenty of means with which to handle the out-of-balance villian-to-hero ratio in the Mushroom Kingdom this time around. Super Mario 3D World is the perfect middleground. Over the years, I’ve grown bored with the classic formula, replicated in the New Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario 3D world, New Super Mario Bros U