Editing Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

{{about|the game for the [[Wii U]]|information about the version for the [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]]|[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)]]|information about the level from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' of the same name|[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (level)]]}}

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|released='''Original release:'''<br>{{released|Japan|November 13, 2014|USA|December 5, 2014<ref name="CT:TT Release date announced">[http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/10/07/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-us-release-date-announced]</ref>|Europe|January 2, 2015<ref>[http://youtu.be/MZ8T0u1n4Bc Nintendo Direct Presentation - 05.11.2014] YouTube. Uploaded by Nintendo on November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.</ref>|Australia|January 3, 2015<ref>[https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/532099180559605760 Twitter post] Nintendo of Australia. Retrieved November 11, 2014.</ref>|Italy|January 9, 2015<ref>https://www.nintendo.it/Notizie/2014/dicembre/Captain-Toad-Treasure-Tracker-data-di-lancio-posticipata-al-9-gennaio-943397.html</ref>}} '''amiibo bundle:'''<br>{{released|Japan|March 26, 2015<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/amiibo/set/index.html Page showing off the Japanese ''Super Mario'' line "amiibo + game" bundles] on the Japanese amiibo website]</ref>}}'''[[Nintendo Selects#Wii U|Nintendo Selects]]:'''<br>{{released|Europe|September 30, 2016}}

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'''''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''''' is a puzzle platform game for the [[Wii U]], and the prequel to ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. The game is based on [[Captain Toad's Adventures]] stages from ''Super Mario 3D World'', but features extensive depth and variety, and the game's plot revolves around [[Captain Toad]] and [[Toadette]] collecting [[Power Star]]s while attempting to stop a large, scavenging bird named [[Wingo]] from stealing them. This is the second game to have a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] as the main protagonist following ''[[Wario's Woods]]'', released twenty years prior.

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.

[[Captain Toad]] controls similarly to The Adventures of Captain Toad, and is unable to [[jump]]. Instead, he can pull on [[Pluck Patch]]es, patches of grass which can contain items such as [[coin]]s, power-ups, or [[turnip]]s, which 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.

The game received [[amiibo]] functionality in an update released in March 2015<ref name="update support">[http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14467/p/431/c/793 How to Update ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''] on the Nintendo Support website. Retrieved March 20, 2015.</ref>. Scanning the Toad amiibo takes the player into a game of Hide and Seek on the current stage, in which the player must find a hidden 8-bit Toad (called "[[Pixel Toad]]") by tapping it on the Wii U GamePad<ref name="CTTT Wii U amiibo site">[http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/line-up/#/captain_toad ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' on the official North American Wii U amiibo webpage]</ref>. The player can only play the hide and seek game on a given stage after clearing it.

Tapping any other amiibo gives the player 1-Up Mushrooms<ref name="CTTT Wii U amiibo site"></ref>, though they can only give the player so many before they can no longer be used, and the player must wait to use them again.

===Playable===

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! {{color-link|Captain Toad|red}} !! {{color-link|Toadette|pink}}

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| [[File:Img-adventures-captain-toad.png|90px]] || [[File:Toadette CaptainToadTreasureTracker.png|125px]]

*[[Hint Toad|Blue Toad]]

*[[Yellow Toad (Toad Brigade)|Yellow Toad]]

*[[Banktoad|Green Toad]]

*[[Sprixie Princess|Green Sprixie Princess]]

[[File:Flaptor.png|thumb|upright=0.85|Flaptor, one of the new enemies in this game.]]

*[[Flaptor]]

*[[Piranha Sprout (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)|Piranha Sprout]]

*[[Mud Trooper]]

*[[Stumper]]

*[[Mummy-Me]]

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|-

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*[[Ant Trooper]]s

*[[Biddybud]]s

*[[Big Boo]]s

*[[Big Piranha Plant]]

*[[Blurker]]s

*[[Boo]]s

*[[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s

*[[Bullet Bill]]s

*[[Cat Goomba]]s

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*[[Chargin' Chuck]]s

*[[Charvaargh]]s

*[[Cheep Cheep]]s

*[[Conkdor]]s

*[[Fire Bro]]s.

*[[Fire Piranha Plant]]s

*[[Fuzzy|Fuzzies]]

*[[Goomba]]s

*[[Goomba Tower]]s

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*[[Hammer Bro]]s.

*[[Magikoopa]]s

*[[Mine]]s

*[[Para-Biddybud]]s

*[[Peepa]]s

*[[Piranha Creeper]]s

*[[Piranha Plant]]s

*[[Shy Guy]]s

*[[Spike]]s

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*[[Spike Bar]]s

*[[Spike Ball]]s

*[[Spinner]]s

*[[Stingby]]s

*[[Walleye]]s

*[[Volcanic debris]]

|}

[[File:Draggadon.png|thumb|100px|Draggadon, one of the bosses.]]

*[[Draggadon]]

*[[Wingo]]

*[[Gold Draggadon]]

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!width="25%"|[[Super Mushroom]]

|[[File:Super Mushroom Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|100px|link=Super Mushroom]]

|Turns the player into their [[Super Mario (form)|Super form]], and otherwise gives the user 10 coins.

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!width="25%"|[[Double Cherry]]

|[[File:Double Cherry Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|100px|link=Double Cherry]]

|Creates a clone of the player that copies their movements.

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!width="25%"|[[Super Pickax]]

|[[File:Pickaxe CTTT.png|100px|link=Super Pickax]]

|Temporarily allows the player to defeat any enemy and break [[Brick Block]]s.

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!width="25%"|[[Invincibility Mushroom]]

|[[File:Mysterious Mushroom Captain Toad.png|100px|link=Invincibility Mushroom]]

|Makes the player invincible for the entirety of a level.

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===Other===

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*[[1-Up Mushroom]]s

*[[? Block]]s

*[[Blinking Block|Beep Block]]s

*[[Brick Block]]s

*[[Cannon]]s

*[[Mine Cart]]s

*[[Clear Pipe]]s

*[[Coin]]s

*[[Coin Stack]]s

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*[[Dash Panel]]s

*[[Donut Block]]s

*[[Flip Panel (platform)|Flip Panel]]s

*[[Turnip|Giant Turnip]]s

*[[Gold Mushroom]]s

*[[Green Star]]s

*[[Key]]s

*[[Key Coin]]s

*[[Ladder]]s

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*[[Lift]]s

*[[Mystery Box]]es

*[[P Switch]]es

*[[Piranha Plant (item)|Piranha Plant]]s

*[[Pluck Patch]]es

*[[POW Block]]s

*[[Power Star]]s

*[[Propeller Platform]]s

*[[Pull Switch]]es

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*[[Rock Block]]s

*[[Spinwheel]]s

*[[Super Gem]]s

*[[Turnip]]s

*[[Turnip Cannon]]s

*[[Touchstone]]s

*[[Warp Pipe]]s

*[[Warp Box]]es

|}

''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' features 79 stages (referred to as "mini-universes"<ref name="CT:TT Direct Trailer">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t05E3dZmWkE Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Direct) Trailer]</ref>). The game is divided into various "episodes," with their own plots, as well as containing a number of different stages played as each character. Each stage also features a challenge that can be completed for an extra bonus.

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!colspan="5"| [[Episode 1]]

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!colspan="5"| [[Episode 2]]

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!colspan="7"| [[Episode 3]]

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!colspan="6"| [[Bonus Episode]]

The idea of ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' came to director Shinya Hiratake as a dream.<ref>[http://www.gonintendo.com/s/241799-captain-toad-treasure-tracker-originally-starred-link-idea-was-initially-shot-down GoNintendo: ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' originally starred Link, idea was initially shot down]. Retrieved at December 12, 2014</ref> 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 from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' because the heavy backpack would have prevented him from jumping. After ''Super Mario 3D World'' was released, Miyamoto encouraged production of a full game around the concept.<ref>[https://www.ndw.jp/post-529/ 『進め！キノピオ隊長』開発スタッフに訊く 発想探求ツアー！ （2015年1月号より）.] Retrieved at July 17, 2021</ref>

The Wii U version of the game received an update on March 19, 2015, adding amiibo support to the game. An amiibo prompt was added to the menu screen by pressing {{button|wiiu|Plus}}, allowing players to scan the Toad amiibo to play Hide and Seek with [[Pixel Toad]], while any other amiibo give the player 1-Up Mushrooms.<ref name="update support"></ref>

''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' received generally positive reviews. Much of the praise was directed towards the limited focus on just Captain Toad and Toadette, as well as the game's concept, but minor criticism amounted to some technical issues and the designs of some levels. The game currently holds a score of 81 on Metacritic based on 78 reviews,<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/captain-toad-treasure-tracker Metacritic score for ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''.] ''Metacritic''. Retrieved May 18, 2018.</ref> as well as a score of 81.01% on GameRankings based on 54 reviews.<ref>[http://www.gamerankings.com/wii-u/805615-captain-toad-treasure-tracker/index.html GameRankings score for ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''.] ''GameRankings''. Retrieved May 18, 2018.</ref>

 

Marty Silva of IGN gave the game an 8.2/10, criticizing what he believed to be an over-reliance of the GamePad at times, stating "The problem here is that it's controlled both through the right stick and the GamePad's gyrosensor, and the sensor can't be turned off, so I found the camera spinning out of control whenever I moved my wrists. Also, if you're playing only off the GamePad, messages and touch-screen prompts have a tendency to pop up and really obscure your view at important moments." Otherwise, he was praising of the game, mostly to the charm, visuals, and sense of discovery.<ref>Silva, Marty. [http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/01/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-review Review: ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'']. (December 1, 2014). ''IGN''. Retrieved May 21, 2018.</ref> Arthur Gies of Polygon gave the game of 8.5/10, and was similarly critical of camera issues, claiming they "transcended my crankiness and felt like actual problems", but praised the characters' "outrageous cuteness", remarking "Nintendo games explore their root mechanics thoroughly, finding fun through solid execution and exploration of the idea. Using that as a verb, ''Captain Toad'' Nintendos. It Nintendos hard."<ref>Gies, Arthur. [http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/1/7312633/captain-toad-treasure-tracker-review-wii-u Review: ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'']. (December 1, 2014). ''Polygon''. Retrieved May 21, 2018.</ref> Chris Carter of Destructoid gave the game an 8/10, and was also similarly praising of the limited focus on Captain Toad and Toadette, stating "No other Mario characters are jumping out and stealing the spotlight here -- it's just the two aforementioned characters and their thirst for treasure that fuels the game." He was, however, critical of a few levels, and for what he opined as little to offer for players who did not like puzzle platformers.<ref>Carter, Chris. [http://www.desructoid.com/review-captain-toad-treasure-tracker-284007.phtml Review: ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'']. (December 1, 2014). ''Destructoid''. Retrieved May 21, 2018.</ref>

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|align="left"|''"Treasure Tracker takes the core concept of Captain Toad and runs wild with it. It’s a smart, adorable puzzle game that presents some awesome locales and really rewards you for taking the time to unpack them. Despite the control issues and menu problems, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker proves that you can still be great without being Super."''

|align="left"|''"For anybody else, Captain Toad's weird little experiment would be an afterthought. But Nintendo's exercise in digging has found something pretty special — an action puzzle game that succeeds on charm and smarts, rather than reflexes and spectacle."''

|align="left"|''"Captain Toad is an experience that doesn't attempt to really wow you, but instead delivers consistent puzzle experiences at a rapid pace. There's more Nintendo could have done with it, but it is a puzzler in its purest form, and that will be more than enough for people who wanted more of the titular hero after playing the bonus games in 3D World."''

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*''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'': The music that plays when using a Super Pickax is an arrangement 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. [[Retro Ramp-Up]] is based on the [[25m|first level]] from this game.

*''[[Super Mario World]]'': [[Wingo]] has a feather on his hat that resembles the [[Cape Feather]]. During the fights against Wingo, Toadette will throw Toad a [[Super Mushroom]], similar to Peach in the final battle with Bowser. [[Key]]s have a close resemblance to the said item's in-game sprite, even lying horizontally.

*''[[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. [[Flip Panel (platform)|Flip Panel]]s make a reappearance as well.

*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'': ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' uses a modified engine based on this game. The core gameplay is based on Captain Toad's Adventures levels 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''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB-jj1Kx5UA&list=UUfAPTv1LgeEWevG8X_6PUOQ</ref>

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*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/akbj/#/top Official Japanese Website]

*[http://captaintoad.nintendo.com/ Official North American Website]

*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/Captain-Toad-Treasure-Tracker-1348071.html Official United Kingdom Website]

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