Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

 Wii U
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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 479 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 413 out of 479
  2. Mixed: 40 out of 479
  3. Negative: 26 out of 479
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  1. 2ruffles
    Apr 8, 2023
    9
    The main reason why I got this game was because the gameXchange I went to had no Super Mario Bros U (Wii U) discs that worked. I legit went through all of 4 of them within the store and they did not work, but I wanted at least 1 Mario game for my Wii U and Captain Toad was next on the shelf
    I DID NOT regret it.
    Captain Toad has fun and occasionally challenging puzzles, and a whole slew    The main reason why I got this game was because the gameXchange I went to had no Super Mario Bros U (Wii U) discs that worked. I legit went through all of 4 of them within the store and they did not work, but I wanted at least 1 Mario game for my Wii U and Captain Toad was next on the shelf
    I DID NOT regret it.

    Captain Toad has fun and occasionally challenging puzzles, and a whole slew of content even after you beat the game, which advertises the game that comes after it being : Super Mario 3D World.
    I truly enjoyed this game.    … Expand
  2. Azeemo99
    Feb 12, 2023
    10
    Cut from the same cloth as 3D World, it expands greatly in both ideas and difficulty throughout its 64 stages across 3 episodes. And like all of the legendary 3D Mario games, it never sits on one concept for too long, instead it strings you along its ingenious puzzles and jumps from idea to idea in levels of brilliant sizing, where secrets are hidden in every corner and the next diamond isCut from the same cloth as 3D World, it expands greatly in both ideas and difficulty throughout its 64 stages across 3 episodes. And like all of the legendary 3D Mario games, it never sits on one concept for too long, instead it strings you along its ingenious puzzles and jumps from idea to idea in levels of brilliant sizing, where secrets are hidden in every corner and the next diamond is never far away. Like 3D World, it isn't at all difficult but its charm, artwork and whimsical ambience makes for a title that is nonetheless extremely easy to fall in love with. I'd maybe go as far to say that this is an even better title, with much more of its own identity whereas 3D World felt like a modded Mario Bros game when I first played it.… Expand
  3. hector_bcn98
    Nov 6, 2022
    8
    Aunque pueda parecer un videojuego menor, tiene una propuesta muy original que ya se mostró en 3D World. Muy buen juego que mezcla cierto plataformeo, haciendo que cada nivel sea un puzzle por sí solo. Imprescindible de la plataforma pese a que su duración es sensiblemente menor a la que pueden ofrecer otros del género.
  4. Firat1351
    Nov 29, 2021
    10
    Ein kleines meisterwerk das spiel macht so viel spaß und für ein spin off echt gut hoffe es kommt ein 2ter teil
  5. grimreapersims
    Oct 16, 2021
    8
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  6. Skyplayer1507
    Sep 3, 2021
    7
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  7. Frost_Cube
    Jan 30, 2021
    8
    The BEST game for all ages of 2014! This game screams charm and never lets go for its almost 100 stages! If you love Mario games, puzzle or platforming games, or games like Pushmo and Crashmo, this is the game for you! It's a game I can play with my 6 year old and 4 year o
  8. ChesterField
    May 1, 2020
    8
    Mandatory for wii U, although a bit short and simple in my opinion. However, scenarios with the quality of nintendo very beautiful and diverse. 100% recomended.
  9. CB186
    Jan 5, 2020
    8
    This is a great little game based off the levels in Super Mario 3D World. The story and boss fights are very clever, being based around Captain Toad's inability to jump. The boss fights are fantastic but I really wish there were more.
    Toad and Toadette control very nicely and the game uses the features of the Wii U gamepad in clever ways. The touch screen and gyroscope are used on    This is a great little game based off the levels in Super Mario 3D World. The story and boss fights are very clever, being based around Captain Toad's inability to jump. The boss fights are fantastic but I really wish there were more.
    Toad and Toadette control very nicely and the game uses the features of the Wii U gamepad in clever ways. The touch screen and gyroscope are used on multiple occasions including very fun, but slow paced mine cart levels in which you through turnips at enemies, coins and blocks.

    Beating a level in Captain Toad is easy but completing a level can be much harder. You may have to find a hidden item, collect a certain amount of coins or defeat all the enemies. This adds replay value and extends play time for the completionists out there.

    Overall, this game is great, charming and an excellent addition to the Mario universe.    … Expand
  10. curzon_dax
    May 12, 2019
    8
    Pretty good for a puzzle game. Difficulty isn't enormous, but neither is it too easy, a relatively good balance.
  11. SonicSpeedo92
    Oct 5, 2018
    10
    This game is an absolute blast with its well designed puzzles, beautiful visuals, unique locales, and a good challenge for beginners and pros alike! I highly recommend this underrated gem.
  12. BaconHD
    Apr 12, 2018
    9
    ¿Que fez ni que[inserte juego de puzle]? esto si que es un juegazo muy recomendable
  13. ViniOfficial
    Mar 31, 2018
    9
    O jogo que melhor usou o GamePad no Wii U, com puzzles maravilhosos, trilha sonora otima, esse... sem duvida é o melhor jogo de puzzles que ja joguei, alem de ter uma otima história!
  14. loic01
    Mar 7, 2018
    9
    Grandiose jeu, qui avec ses défauts comme le jeu est petit, toad ne peut pas sauter a une excuse un peu près valable. Les défauts faont que ce n'est pas LE JEU mais avec tant d'idées, je le note comme Super mario odyssey par ces **** défauts et l'histoire répétitive mais je lui pardonne des idées magiques qui parfois sont mal développés et lui aurait mérité un 8/10 par l'ancienneté du JeuGrandiose jeu, qui avec ses défauts comme le jeu est petit, toad ne peut pas sauter a une excuse un peu près valable. Les défauts faont que ce n'est pas LE JEU mais avec tant d'idées, je le note comme Super mario odyssey par ces **** défauts et l'histoire répétitive mais je lui pardonne des idées magiques qui parfois sont mal développés et lui aurait mérité un 8/10 par l'ancienneté du Jeu (2015) par rapport a Suepr Mario Odysssey (fin 2017). Des prouesses technologiques et fantastiques dans des niveaux où l'on ne peut pas sauter! A reproduire nintendo!! 9/10!!… Expand
  15. FreedomFighters
    Feb 27, 2018
    8
    I'll be completely honest with you guys: when this game was first shown off at E3 2014, I thought Nintendo was joking. I had no idea Nintendo was going to be making a full-fledged new Captain Toad game and I was kinda convinced that it would be alright, but nothing great. And then I remembered who we're talking about: Nintendo, the one company that seems to be pretty good with surprisingI'll be completely honest with you guys: when this game was first shown off at E3 2014, I thought Nintendo was joking. I had no idea Nintendo was going to be making a full-fledged new Captain Toad game and I was kinda convinced that it would be alright, but nothing great. And then I remembered who we're talking about: Nintendo, the one company that seems to be pretty good with surprising people. And they definitely did that with "Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker."
    The game is absolutely fun, visually beautiful, features solid character development (even for a Mario game), and the one thing Nintendo is known for when it comes to games: great level design. The level design in this game is extremely clever and it reminds me of why Nintendo dominated for most of the 90s. There's also plenty of challenge here and some reason to go back, which is more than some "one-and-done" games tend to do.
    Unfortunately, the game is not perfect. Though the challenge is good, it can be a bit TOO challenging at points, and the game will start to feel like it's overstaying its welcome a little bit.
    Even so, the game's positives highly outweigh the negatives and "Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker" is a great game that Wii U owners should definitely pick up.
    Final rating: 8 out of 10 "Great"    … Expand
  16. jeanphilt
    Jan 15, 2018
    9
    My oldest daughter is currently 3 years old and she watched me playing a few games so far on Wii U, Nintendo Switch and even PS4. Captain Toad is the one she liked the most. The goal is simple : catch the star. It's pretty rare that I finish a game and that I think : "oh no, it's already over". The game never really felt repetitive, a few levels were similar but in general, the levels wereMy oldest daughter is currently 3 years old and she watched me playing a few games so far on Wii U, Nintendo Switch and even PS4. Captain Toad is the one she liked the most. The goal is simple : catch the star. It's pretty rare that I finish a game and that I think : "oh no, it's already over". The game never really felt repetitive, a few levels were similar but in general, the levels were quite different.… Expand
  17. Jeff10ct
    Nov 26, 2017
    10
    I absolutely LOVE this game. It's such a unique take on strategy/adventure games. You actually have to use your brain instead of just running around beating up/killing other characters. Definitely worth the time and money!
  18. Sausage22
    Nov 7, 2017
    8
    Capitan toad in his own logic game, it's really fun to search for all these stars. High quality, and cute game with a lot to unlock and see. At first glance nothing special, at second wow this is amazing. Classic Nintendo.
  19. MannWithNoEyes
    Oct 27, 2017
    4
    Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a unique puzzle game weighed down by a stiff control scheme and bland, basic puzzles. The issues of this game surface a few levels after the game starts. These first puzzles do a great job establishing all the mechanics, but have very little depth to them, and as the game progresses, they hardly get more involved. I do not hate easy games, however puzzleCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a unique puzzle game weighed down by a stiff control scheme and bland, basic puzzles. The issues of this game surface a few levels after the game starts. These first puzzles do a great job establishing all the mechanics, but have very little depth to them, and as the game progresses, they hardly get more involved. I do not hate easy games, however puzzle games in which the puzzle has very little depth or nuance are unappealing. This main problem wouldn't be so much of an issue in my opinion if the puzzles were made with an open-ended nature in mind. I enjoy some of the easier puzzles in puzzle games because they're so approachable and can be solved in a myriad of different ways. The puzzles in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker almost all amount to moving the camera to find an object that was invisible previously, then using that object to progress. These can hardly be called puzzles, because there is no input by the player. There are occasional levels that consistently avoid this problem, but the vast majority of levels unfortunately use this tactic quite a bit, and as a result can get stale fast. There are, however, things about this game that I enjoyed. I thought the artstyle was beautiful. The more childish, plump, and nonthreatening enemy designs are complimented perfectly by the toy-like levels with the artstyle from Mario 3D World. When the game presents interesting puzzles instead of the puzzles which mostly rely on camera movement, the game can be really fun. Unfortunately, however, there are not enough creative moments such as these to make up for the overall basic puzzles and level design, so I'm going to give Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker a 4 out of 10. It certainly has appeal, but for me, the appeal is too niche to recommend unless you really like easy puzzle games.… Expand
  20. Raxumotra
    Jul 29, 2017
    9
    Another beautiful game from Nintendo, must have if you enjoy 3D puzzles and enjoy hours of fun game play and challenging puzzles and adventure. Please enjoy all video games.
  21. wee3200
    Apr 4, 2017
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a puzzle game, Captain Toad are easy to break through the story, and it required some time to earn most of the stars, It's enjoyable for child or adult.
    The stage in chapter 1 to chapter 3 are fun, i very like it.

    But what i dislike is after finish the main story, the bonus stage are base on Super Mario 3D Land, because the stage are not designed for Captain Toad so when i playing some of the bonus stage it actually kinda boring for me.

    Anyway, still the good choice for Wii U games.    … Expand
  22. carlinos
    Mar 21, 2017
    9
    fun fun fun, its the resume of Captain Toad,a beautiful game, diferent than everyting else. Smart puzles, fairy long, and a bit easy is its weak point.
  23. PressStartGamin
    Feb 16, 2017
    9
    I haven't played Super Mario 3d World so i hadn't tasted the sweet sweet goodness that is Captain Toad Treasure Tracker but once i had i couldnt look away and had to keep on playing.

    Its refreshing to see puzzle ganes coming back with a bang. I am a huge Nintendo fan who was just a little behind with the WiiU, when i got the system i got this game with it and nothing else and i couldn't    I haven't played Super Mario 3d World so i hadn't tasted the sweet sweet goodness that is Captain Toad Treasure Tracker but once i had i couldnt look away and had to keep on playing.

    Its refreshing to see puzzle ganes coming back with a bang. I am a huge Nintendo fan who was just a little behind with the WiiU, when i got the system i got this game with it and nothing else and i couldn't have been happier.

    With tight controls, fantastic asthetics, beautiful music, gorgeous graphics and addictice gameplay this game is absolitely fantastic, i gave it a 9 as for a 10/10 the game has to be perfect but this is possibly the closest thing to perfect i have played in a long time.

    Play this game, you wont be disappointed.    … Expand
  24. LinkTriforce
    Jan 3, 2017
    10
    es un juego hermoso, con un apartado tenico excelente, ademas el juego funciona a 60PFS estables lo cual le da un mayor valor, ademas de que elimina ese mito de que los juegos de Mario son faciles, si bien no es un jeugo dificil si hay algunos retos en lso cuales tendras que detenerte a pensar, tiene una dificultad decente en pocas palabras, ademas el apartado artístico y el diseño dees un juego hermoso, con un apartado tenico excelente, ademas el juego funciona a 60PFS estables lo cual le da un mayor valor, ademas de que elimina ese mito de que los juegos de Mario son faciles, si bien no es un jeugo dificil si hay algunos retos en lso cuales tendras que detenerte a pensar, tiene una dificultad decente en pocas palabras, ademas el apartado artístico y el diseño de niveles es posiblemente el mejor que hay en WII U y delos mejores en esta generacion, tambien se explota de buena maner la ternura que proporciona el personaje de TOAD, haciéndolo ver como un personaje cariñoso y muy adorable en todo el juego que hace que te le alegres gracias a las expresiones del tierno personaje llamado Toad, un gran juego, le doy 10, de 10 y espero con ansias na segunda parte en la nintendo switch… Expand
  25. BaronMonaco
    Oct 30, 2016
    7
    Toad gets its own game after a long wait and joins the family of legendary platformers made by Nintendo (Mario, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Wario, Yoshi, etc;) how does this new hero fare ?

    Graphically the game takes full advantage of the hardware with great colors that catch the eye, the art direction is mastered but I would have liked more new enemies and most of all more bosses (only two    Toad gets its own game after a long wait and joins the family of legendary platformers made by Nintendo (Mario, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Wario, Yoshi, etc;) how does this new hero fare ?

    Graphically the game takes full advantage of the hardware with great colors that catch the eye, the art direction is mastered but I would have liked more new enemies and most of all more bosses (only two kind in the whole game). There's a nice use of the gamepad which is pretty rare for the Wii U and of course no bugs or glitch like always with Nintendo.

    Gameplay wise there's a great focus on puzzle solving and less on platforming (Toad can't jump) the levels are almost all shape like a cube, which is a bit disturbing and doesn't help to make the world believable. But globally the game is fun and the puzzles are well thought.

    Like all the Nintendo platformers the story is almost non existent and its clearly not an argument for the player but most of all the main flaw of the game is that it is extremely short you can finish the campaign at 100% in 6 hours, add 2 more hours for the extra levels and that's it you can put the game on the shelf.

    In conclusion Captain Toad is a nice introduction to a new gameplay but the lack of diversity and the extreme shortness are two big weight that doesn't make this game advisable for every one.    … Expand
  26. Stlouzilla
    Oct 1, 2016
    8
    Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker may be short and simple, but it more than makes up for it in innovation and charm. This 3D puzzle platformer boasts trademark Nintendo design quality, production, and cuteness-factor.
  27. yiric4
    Aug 18, 2016
    8
    game cute as fkmang but didnt like recycled levels game cute as fkmang but didnt like recycled levels game cute as fkmang but didnt like recycled levels
  28. Dylan01pd2021
    Jul 21, 2016
    7
    Even though Captain Toad's visuals and presentation are extremely well done, I found that the gameplay was rather repetitive at times. I felt like I kept running into the same levels that reused similar mechanics that while although were fun and novel the first few times around, it starts to get a bit boring by the fifth. For example, I found that I kept running into the same mine cartEven though Captain Toad's visuals and presentation are extremely well done, I found that the gameplay was rather repetitive at times. I felt like I kept running into the same levels that reused similar mechanics that while although were fun and novel the first few times around, it starts to get a bit boring by the fifth. For example, I found that I kept running into the same mine cart levels every few pages I happened to complete. As in regards to the gameplay I'd like to take note that I had mixed feeling when utilizing the Wii U gamepad as the controller. Solving puzzles on the Wii U gamepad was lots of fun but the finicky and frankly quite frustrating camera controls had me wrestling with the controller rather than being truly immersed in the cute allies and enemies Captain Toad stumbles across.… Expand
  29. GamecubeLover
    Jul 19, 2016
    10
    I love the character Toad and this game is fun! The graphics and levels are amazing and are also unique. I hope this gets a sequel or toad gets another game!
  30. GameCritque
    Jun 7, 2016
    9
    This game is charming, challenging and has a good price of $40 dollars. This game is easy to learn, hard to master when finding all the collectibles. The gamepad has some basic uses in here and the graphics are great, the marks of a good Wii U games. Want a fun game to play for a while? Get this game!
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81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 78 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 67 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 78
  3. Negative: 0 out of 78
  1. GameOver.gr
    May 1, 2015
    85
    Simplicity is the name of the game here. And with this simplicity Nintendo offers, once again, a great puzzle-platformer suited for everyone.
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  2. CD-Action
    Apr 1, 2015
    90
    As usually Nintendo squeezed every last drop of fun out of a simple idea. [04/2015, p.59]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 18, 2015
    80
    Nintendo has made its first mobile game. Too bad Captain Toad ended up on Wii U. This game would've been perfect on iPad. A puzzle game that has a very compact structure is a common sight on iDevices, but rare on consoles, that are meant to be used in a livingroom. [Feb 2015]
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