Wingo

Wingo is the main antagonist in the game Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. It is first seen stealing a Power Star from Captain Toad and Toadette. Wingo flies away while Toadette holds on to the star, thus capturing her. Its design is inspired from either crows or magpies, both species of birds which are stereotypically depicted as interested in shiny objects.

History

Wingo debuts in the opening level of Episode 1, where he ambushes the two Toads as they approach a Power Star, and after which claims it for his own. Captain Toad is stunned at the attack, while Toadette grabs on to the star in a last minute attempt to reclaim it. Wingo, however, makes off with the star, claiming Toadette in the process.

Wingo, does not reappear until the end of Blizzard on the Star Express (save for a few cameos in interstital pages). Here he abducts Captain Toad and drags him off to Wingo's Watchtower, where a battle soon begins.

Wingo drops the captain infront of the tower, urging him to climb it. As the Toad begins to do so, Wingo attempts to blow him off and into the abyss with it's stellar windstorm attack. Eventually, Toad fires off to the top of the tower via a clear pipe cannon, and a battle begins which results in his defeat.

Despite seemingly being destroyed, Wingo reappears at the start of Episode 2. Here, he acts the exact same way, only abducting the Captain for revenge, as Toadette is now to journey after him. Unlike in Episode 1, Wingo does not manually bring the adventurer to his tower, but waits there for her to eventually arrive.

Wingo is taken by surprise from Toadette, as it did not appear to hinder her, and she met up with Toad relatively easily, with a little bit of hindrance from various enemies. However, Wingo does manage to abduct Toadette once again, as she manages to save Toad, knocking him far away.

Toad reawakens in Episode 3 in a very dark cave. Wingo taunts him with Toadette, and cruelly steals a star from beneath his eyes. However, Wingo's lust for treasure causes him to release Toadette to gather treasure for him, despite her escaping.

Wingo is pursued by the two Toads, both trying to find eachother, to level 27, where he abducts Toadette for the third time, although Captain Toad witnesses this. He promptly sets off to the final level where he battles Wingo once more

Boss Fight

Wingo will be fought in the ending of episodes 1 and 3. It first appears teleporting around the tower in four directions, using its windstorm attack to knock Toad off. However, the true boss fight starts when the Captain uses the nearby Clear Pipe Cannon to reach the gold hoard on top of the tower.

Wingo has two primary attacks, with the addition of a third in its rematch. He will constantly teleport around Captain Toad, using his windstorm attack, which Toad must either run against or hide behind the indentations that block the wind. Alternatively, Wingo will summon three Giant Turnips that fall upon Toad.

Toad must defeat Wingo by throwing these large turnips back at him. After two hits, Toadette will assist in the fight by throwing either a 1-UP Mushroom or a Super Mushroom depending on Toad's health. After the final hit, the Giant Turnip will be lodged in Wingo's beak, forcing it to swallow the turnip whole. This results in a massive weight gain, and causes Wingo to fall out of the sky, although the repercussion knocks Toadette and the Power Star back on the platform.

A few changes are made in the remake. First of all, the indentations used to fend from the windstorm attack are destroyed, forcing Toad to run against the wind. Wingo also can use lightening based attacks now, electrecuting portions of the stage.

Trivia

• Wingo's turban has a feather that highly resembles a Cape Feather.