![]() At first it all feels too familiar: You once again play as Mario, this time joined by Toad, Luigi, and Peach (and later Rosalina) in madcap four-player co-op adventures, progressing through a string of colorful overworlds and their inventive sub-levels in order to thwart the menacing Bowser. Yet, this unique melding of perspectives allows Super Mario 3D Worldto continue to stand apart from its peers in 2021. Instead, the game served as a natural next step of the ideas first laid down in the daintier Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS, blending the concept of a 2D and 3D Mario game together and giving this creative core a HD lick of paint. We of course eventually got this with Super Mario Odyssey, but the truth is that Super Mario 3D World never promised to be that kind of leap forward. This may sound surprising considering that all Nintendo fans seemed hungry for back then was the next proper evolution of 3D Mario platforming. Originally released on the Wii U in 2013, Super Mario 3D World hasn’t lost any of its charm in the eight years since. ![]() It’s an apt way to cap off the plumber’s 35 th birthday celebrations. And while this new side experiment may not quite be enough to encourage returning players to undertake a second playthrough, newcomers finally have the chance to play one of the most underappreciated Super Mario gems on Nintendo Switch. Nintendo obviously knows this, having gone so far as to include the never-before-seen Bowser’s Fury expansion as a bonus for players already familiar with the wonders of Super Mario 3D World. Getting a new Mario game, even one ported from a previous generation, always feels like opening a present on Christmas morning.
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