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Over the course of various puzzles there may be certain objects that need to be touched to make them move, or it may be necessary to freeze an enemy in place. Due to this, using the Switch Pro Controller can feel clunky as a pointer, making the use of the Joy Con practically a necessity.

When playing this way there would be a pointer on screen, controlled using the inbuilt gyroscope within the controller. The solution Nintendo came up for lacking a touch screen when docked is a pointer system. Therefore, changes had to be made for Switch. Here, the touchscreen is only accessible when playing portable. You had minecart levels that showed the action on screen while giving a first-person perspective on the gamepad where you could throw turnips using gyroscopic controls. You had gears you turned on the touchscreen, with touch also used to move platforms and freeze enemies in place. It made great use of the Gamepad and dual screen on Wii U in a way that realised the potential of the controller. There’s a baseline story involving Captain Toad trying to save Toadette from Wingo, a giant bird which took her away due to her desperately clinging to a star they found on an adventure together, but the story is basically irrelevant, since the puzzles are the focus here. It saw Captain Toad having to traverse around a set of detailed and carefully crafted dioramas that double as puzzles you had to work through, collecting gems hidden within before reaching a star at the end. Which is why it’s so disappointing to say that this port fails to recapture the charm, despite being ostensibly the same game, due to how the port has been handled.Ĭaptain Toad was very much a Wii U game, perhaps more so than most of Nintendo’s titles on the device.

It managed to expand on the small side-levels found within Super Mario 3D World into a full experience with new mechanics and ideas. Back when it released on Wii U in 2014 I enjoyed its simplistic but engaging gameplay finding an adorable game that overflowed with charm. It hurts to be revisiting Captain Toad on Nintendo Switch.

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