Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U)

Indiana Toad and the Raiders of the Power Star

Finally, back on consoles and we got a spin-of of Super Mario 3D World and the first game staring Toad (which I know of). This game was released in 2015 (in Europe that is) and it took me one year to finish it, ending at the end for some reason. I guess more urgent games to play occupied the console for a bit. Why I bought it I don't remember either. Now that I think about it, maybe it was due to no other games and I stopped playing this game in February when the New 3DS and Majora's Mask 3D was released and due to better performance and gameplay I played more 3DS. It doesn't really matter so on with the game.

Pictured: The Toad brigade. The only one doing anything useful is the blue one.

Captain Toad and Toadette is looking for treasures and stumbles upon a Power Star, but it belongs to the evil bird Wingo and... that is a ridicules name. Toadette grabs on the Power Star and is more and less kidnapped. Don't worry, they will switch it around during the course of the game. The game is divided into 3 books with several courses where either Captain Toad or Toadette has to find the Power star, 3 crystals hidden in the level and a secret objective that you might or might not be able to do on the first run. The only means of attack is falling on them, throwing a vegetable on them or lure them in a stage hazard. And you can't jump. Boo's you can defeat with your headlamp and that is pretty much it. Sometimes there is what would be call a boss stage... although it isn't much fighting and still puzzle solving. I only recall Wingo being the only "boss" you had to fight by throwing vegetables at him. So why wasn't Wart part of this game? He hasn't done anything since Link's Awakening so maybe give him some slack.

The last of the Toad brigade and the most useful one after the captain

Anyway, this was a spin-of of Mario 3D World, but as the ending shows, this is set before that game. That makes this a prequel. All in all it's a fun game that makes you think, especially if you are gonna 100 % with finding all crystals, do all side missions and I think there is a time trial as well. So it will keep you occupied for a while. And basically the only reason to play is the puzzle. The story is just a framing device and there is no actual words spoken or written, but it works for what it is. Graphics are nice and the music, if not outstanding at least gives the right atmosphere depending on the stage. Well that's that. Wonder what game I should play now.