Nintendo pulled on my nostalgia strings and did not let up. Perhaps my favorite aspect of this game was when I unlocked a stage that was influenced by 1992's Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo - complete with a remixed rendition of the Mario Circuit theme (above). Like many other Mario games, the story and gameplay are not solely dictated by progressing through levels to rescue the damsel(s), but also by obtaining high scores and collecting green stars (the equivalent of large gold coins in previous games) to unlock stages in some of the later worlds. Overall the combination of the game's controls and camera contained a slight, but minimal learning curve, as the use of shadows and camera placement made the depth of the level sometimes misleading and confusing when aiming jumps - whether it be to land on an enemy or a platform. Instead, the game will place the character inside of a bubble and move them back to the center if they decide to run off-screen. The game's camera is accurate and on-point a large majority of the time, however I did have some issues with it when playing with a group of people, as there did not seem to be any adequate way for it to give a wider shot to view all of the characters when they were not clustered together. Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad all look wonderful in their classic designs. Not since the Super Mario Galaxy sub-series have I seen a Mario game's design so ripe with color and full of depth, thus delivering as much on its spectacle as it does on its gameplay a rare feat. The design of both the overworld and levels are beautiful. In the process of traversing these worlds, there is a lack of any significant cinematic content between worlds and prior to boss battles to stitch the story together a slight disappointment. The journey encompasses over seven different worlds, ripe with different levels and challenges. Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad all journey to the Sprixie Kingdom to rescue them after they witness Bowser kidnapping one of them and escaping through a clear pipe (above). In this case it is plural damsels, the Sprixie Princesses (Princess Peach's sorority sisters) to be exact. Super Mario 3D World's story is one that we are all familiar with, however with Princess Peach as a playable character, there is a new damsel in distress.
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