Super Mario 3D World is a 3D
platformer action game for the
Wii U, released in Japan on November 21, 2013, in North America on November 22, in Brazil on November 26, in Europe on November 29, and in Australia on November 30. It is the seventeenth entry in the mainline
Super Mario series, the seventh 3D
Super Mario title overall, and the fifth 3D
Super Mario title on a home console after
Super Mario Galaxy 2. Being the sequel to the 2011
Nintendo 3DS title
Super Mario 3D Land, the game builds upon the previous installment, following a similar 3D level-design convention inspired from the 2D platformer titles, where players must navigate through a linear-designed level within a time limit to reach a level's
Goal Pole. The game's plot centers around
Mario,
Luigi,
Princess Peach, and
Toad having to rescue the
Sprixie Princesses, the rulers of the
Sprixie Kingdom, from
Bowser.
