Super Mario 3D World

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Super Mario 3D World is an upcoming 3D platformer action game for the Wii U. It is set to be released in December 2013. It is the fifteenth title in the Super Mario series and the sixth 3D Mario title. The title is an indirect follow-up to the Nintendo 3DS game, Super Mario 3D Land.

Gameplay

The game plays very similar to Super Mario 3D Land, being closely based on the 2D side-scrolling games, while being a 3D platformer, like Super Mario 64 and the Super Mario Galaxy games. This game retains its predecessor's similarity to Super Mario Bros. 3 (with Spikes and the Game Over theme returning from that game), however, many Super Mario World elements are returning as well, such as the Chargin' Chucks and the round version of Goombas. Lives also make a return, but in multiplayer mode, players share their lives. Stages are once again open, yet linear, have a time limit and end by grabbing the classic Flagpole at the end. Green Stars return from Super Mario Galaxy 2, taking the role of the Star Medals from 3D Land.

Power-ups, like the Fire Flower and Super Leaf make a return, along with a new power-up; a bell that grants the player a Cat Suit, allowing the player to lunge at enemies and climb up walls. The can also be used to unveil hidden blocks and objects, as well as stun enemies and platforms, like the Co-Star Luma from Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Boost Mode from New Super Mario Bros. U. The game also supports Off TV Play.

The game features 4-player multiplayer (the first for a 3D Mario game), allowing players to play as Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Princess Peach, each with different abilities, much like they had in Super Mario Bros. 2.

Confirmed features

Characters

Playable and abilities

• Mario: An all-around character.
• Luigi: Has his trademark higher jumps.
• Princess Peach: Similarly to Super Mario Bros. 2, Peach is able to hover in midair.
• Toad: Can run faster than other characters.

Non-playable

• A rideable orange creature that resembles Yoshi and Dorrie
• A pink fairy-like creature resembling a Subcon.
• Bowser (Implied due to his emblem covering the screen upon death)

Enemies and obstacles

Ant enemies Biddybuds Boos Banzai Bills Bullet Bills Chargin' Chuck Firebars Fire Bros.

Fuzzies Goombas Round Goombas Micro-Goombas Piranha Plants Puffy fish enemies Rat-like enemies

Snowman-like Pokeys Spikes Spiked rats Stingbies Venus Fire Traps Large snake creatures (resembling Cobrats)

Bosses

• A giant purple snake-like creature with a king outfit. He is the boss of World 4.

Items

1-Up Mushrooms + Clocks ? Blocks Moving ? Blocks Boost Pads Brick Blocks POW Blocks Cat Bell Checkpoint Flag Clear Pipes

Coins Coin Blocks Question Boxes Coin Stacks Crates Elevators Fire Flowers Flip-Swap Platforms Goal Poles Gold Rings

Green Stars Mystery Boxes Red Coins Red Rings Snowballs Ridable skating shoes Trampolines Warp Boxes Warp Pipes

Forms

• Super Mario (likely default form)
• Small Mario
• Cat Mario
• Invincible Mario
• Tanooki Mario
• Fire Mario
• Frog Mario

Levels

• World 1-5: A water course where the players ride the Dorrie-like creature.
• World 2-1: A grassland with rolling hills and colorful blocks.
• World 4-2: A canyon featuring many Clear Pipes and Fuzzies.
• World 4-Boss: A boss area featuring the snake-like boss.
• World 6-3: A fortress-like overworld with Bullet Bills and Banzai Bills.
• A canyon level with ant-like enemies.
• A bluish underground area with many Boost Pads.
• A snow stage with snowballs and Pokey-like snowmen.
• An ice level with a frozen lake.
• A level with a rising swarm of Fuzzies.
• A desert with Stingbies.
• Ruins with Chargin' Chucks and swinging platforms.
• An area in the sky resembling a Coin Heaven.
• A grassy area made of blocks.

Gallery

Artwork

• SM3DWArtwork.png

  Group art of the game.

• Illustration - Super Mario 3D World.png

  Another version of the group art.

• CatMario - SuperMario3DWorld.png

  Cat Mario

• Gold Bell Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png

  The Cat Bell power-up.

Screenshots

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  All four characters standing idle in a grassland level.

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  Mario running alone in the grassland level.

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  Mario finds a Cat Bell in a Question Block.

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  Luigi in a haunted mansion level with a Boo.

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  Princess Peach in a dirt level with the new ant enemies.

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  The Toad Brigade Captain in some sort of grassy tower level.

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  Princess Peach and a Chargin' Chuck in a ruins-type level.

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  All four characters at the end of the grassland level.

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  All four characters in their Cat form.

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  The new orange dinosaur character.

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  All four characters approaching a glass tube.

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  Mario grabbing the Flagpole top.

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  The snake-like boss surrounded by similar enemies.

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  The glass vacuum tubes.

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  A pool of swarming Fuzzies

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  A Banzai Bill.

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  All four characters sliding in a desert filled with Stingbies.

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  The Pokey-like Snowman.

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  Cat Mario running up a wall while being chased by Round Goombas.

References to other games

• Super Mario Bros.: A bonus room in World 2-1 contains blocks similar to those found in underground areas in this game.
• Super Mario Bros. 2: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toad's abilities are based off of theirs from this game. In addition, Blue Toad is possibly a reference to Toad in the original version of this game, in which his sprite appeared blue.
• Super Mario Bros. 3: The music that plays when the player loses a life is a redone version of said music from this game.
• Super Mario 64: When riding the creature in World 1-5, the music that plays is that of The Princess's Secret Slide from this game.
• Super Mario Sunshine: When Princess Peach has the Fire Flower, her hair is tied-back, similar to her hairstyle in this game.
• Super Mario 3D Land: The game is a direct sequel to this title. They feature similar logos and overall gameplay.

Trivia

• This is the first time that Fire Bros. and Spikes appear in a 3D plaformer game.
  • Also, this marks the first appearance of Chargin' Chuck since Super Mario World (not counting remakes and ports).
• This is the first 3D Mario game to feature a score system.
• This is the first time Princess Peach is playable in a main Mario game since Super Mario Bros. 2, after many years of only appearing as a playable character in spin-offs.
• This is also the second 3D platformer to be a sequel to a past game, the first being Super Mario Galaxy 2.

External links

• E3 2013 Trailer