in yet another beautiful open world, this one made up of different islands filled with challenges - and cats. You spend the game accompanied by his son Bowser Jr. With the Switch version, you're now able to do online multiplayer and get some help (or some sabotage) from your friends, though I played it alone and still had an amazing time.ĭodging Bowser's fiery wrath is one of the hardest tasks in Bowser's Fury. When you're in the levels, you're roaming freely in beautifully designed environments with up to four players as Mario, Princess Peach, Toad, or Luigi - Rosalina is unlockable later in the game. The levels with Captain Toad that appear in every world are the most fun - you venture through an obstacle course filled with collectable stars, but without the ability to jump, so you need to strategize. While level progression is linear, you can still wander around the world map to find secret levels and minigames that help Mario on his mission. You are dropped at the beginning of a linear world map and unlock new levels as you beat each challenge, eventually making it to World 8 to defeat Bowser and free the Sprixies, fairy-like creatures he rudely kidnapped and put into jars. SM3DW has the same concept as past Super Mario games. Hours went by in minutes, and suddenly it was 3am and I was falling asleep with my Switch on top of me. It sucked me in so completely that I couldn't tear myself away. I had never played Super Mario 3D World before last Friday, and now it's one of my favorite Mario games - worth it even without Bowser's Fury tacked on. I had never played 'Super Mario 3D World' before last Friday, and now it's one of my favorite Mario games - worth it even without 'Bowser's Fury' tacked on.

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