Constantly adjusting itself to try and keep you and the rest of the gang on the screen, the camera works tirelessly, but does a more than admirable job of keeping everyone in view. While you'd expect the larger levels, and the switch to 3D to make co-op more awkward, it's a testament to how well the game's been done that you'll never have to touch the camera yourself. Of course, it you still feel the need to stir thing up, you can still pick your friends up and chuck them off the nearest cliff - but that would be mean. In a nice bonus, the added dimension actually makes it slightly easier to play together in co-op, too, as rather than accidentally jumping on your friend's head and sending them plummeting to their doom, as used to happen in New Super Mario Bros all the time, you now have room to simply jump and land next to your friends, rather than on them, helping prevent any awkward moments. Whether you're donning the aforementioned cat suit and scrabbling up every wall in sight in the hope of finding a secret passage, chasing a rogue bunny through the level in the hope of claiming his green star, or making use of light and shadow to spot the baddies in the underground levels, 3D World is anything but repetitive. While the goal may still be to get from one end to the other, collecting coins, bouncing on baddies, and finding the three collectable stars in each level as you go, each world feels much more open than in the games that have come before, and there's so much more variety, so much more to see and do, and so many things that'll leave you with a massive grin on your face that even coming a cropper never feels too frustrating. The game's newest power-up is the cat suit, here modelled by Princess Peach, which lets you claw at enemies rather than jump on them, run up vertical walls, and even scoot straight to the top of the flag pole at the end, netting you a cool 10,000 points. With one player using the GamePad, and the rest needing only Wii Remotes, it's easy to get set up and playing. While Mario is an all rounder, Luigi can jump higher than the rest, Toad is slightly faster, and Peach has been designed for beginners, with a slightly slower run, and the ability to hover in air making jumps that much easier to time. With a selection of Peach, Luigi, Mario, and most importantly, the slightly annoying blue mushroom-thing Toad, each character has been tweaked ever so slightly to give them a different feel. Taking everything that made New Super Mario Bros great, and building on it, Mario 3D World arguably works better than any co-op Mario game that's come so far - and considering how great the Wii's New Super Mario Bros was, that's a pretty high accolade.Įven the choice of characters is more interesting this time round. While much here will feel familiar to those who've played the previous Mario games - it's still more fun in four player co-op, there's still a mad dash to the flag pole at the end of the level, and there's still regular mini-Bowser koopaling boss fights spread throughout each world - Super Mario 3D World is much, much more than an incremental upgrade. How many Harry Potter characters can you name from their PS1 renditions?. The Ultimate Mario Quiz: How well do you know Nintendo's famous plumber?.Play quizzes, win prizes! Test your knowledge with our quizzes, and you could win £/$/€20 of PSN/XBL/eShop/Steam credit!
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