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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker |OT| rrrrready for adventure!
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This is a lovely game and I'm really enjoying it. With that said, just a couple of minor quibbles:
一I understand the desire to simplify with the zoom button having only one extreme degree of zoom, but for those of us without massive TVs the basic zoom level is a bit too zoomed out. I'd like a middle ground option. It could always be toggled on/off if it could bother people.
Pretty much my only complaint as well. Still, loving the animation, music, and puzzles.
Early on? No. Its very easy.
Later? Depends on the person and spatial reasoning skills.
Puzzlers are hard to quantify. I don't find any puzzle game based on geometry very difficult, I don't find this game very difficult either. Some levels have given me pause and the time-attacks can be an actual challenge of execution with deduction. But I also didn't come into this expecting some sort of head-crushing complexity, I came for the adventure.
TheSpaceBetween
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Played through the first chapter in one sitting. This game is just what I need. Toad's running animation is adorable. Clever level design as expected from EAD Tokyo. I'm not really sure what the point of playing through some of the levels from 3D World with Captain Toad is... They weren't built for Captain Toad's mechanics at all.
BriareosGAF
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Daughters are playing it now while I assemble the new PC (booted first time, huzzah).
- "So how is the game so far?" "It's either too easy or too hard."
- "What about how it looks and the music?" "It's... pretty awesome."
As someone watch it I find the amount of time my eldest is spending looking at the game pad pretty odd, somehow the player not looking at the same visual as the observers disconnects the game experience in a way I haven't seen much before in the Wii U titles.
Just played two levels, three starred both first time, didn't get the bonus objective on either. Very cute and nice little bite sized segments early on. I love seeing all the SMB2/Doki Doki Panic characters and elements, SMB2 was a very big game for me as a kid.
Looking forward to playing more in the coming week, if I can tear myself away from Warlords of Draenor.
- "So how is the game so far?" "It's either too easy or too hard."
- "What about how it looks and the music?" "It's... pretty awesome."
As someone watch it I find the amount of time my eldest is spending looking at the game pad pretty odd, somehow the player not looking at the same visual as the observers disconnects the game experience in a way I haven't seen much before in the Wii U titles.
Just played two levels, three starred both first time, didn't get the bonus objective on either. Very cute and nice little bite sized segments early on. I love seeing all the SMB2/Doki Doki Panic characters and elements, SMB2 was a very big game for me as a kid.
Looking forward to playing more in the coming week, if I can tear myself away from Warlords of Draenor.
They're definitely trickier than 3D World but you won't find yourself unable to progress. The fact that I've finished it and plan to 100% it must mean it's very easy for a puzzle game lol. I was crushed by Pushmo. Really though Captain Toad is more platformer than puzzler. It's all about navigating the terrain of moving/falling platforms filled with enemies and collectibles.
I also must reiterate that I don't understand where the control problems are coming from. I can count on one hand the amount of times I noticed the gyro and it never caused me to die or fall or any significant inconvenience. Just keep your hands fairly steady like you would in any game, and in the screen tapping sections it's probably best to look at the gamepad more often than not.
It's sad how inactive this thread is,
Pushmo can get obscenely hard. Some of the puzzles in Pushmo World utterly destroyed me, haha.
djSyndrome
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It's incredibly smooth on our 46" LCD. I mean, Nintendo games are normally polished, but they've spent the spare horsepower to animate a lot of little things I wouldn't have expected.
My daughters (9 and 11) have been taking turns since last night. Think they're about ready to proclaim it their GOTY.
Visuals are damn impressive.
Gyro camera is weird at first, but once you take control of the game (analogs) is no biggie.
The option to turn it off should be patched. It doesn't make sense to even use it as puzzles get more complicated and start using the touchscreen.
Lovely game. Enjoyed this sidegames in 3D World, so this was a no brainer. It also makes me itch for more 3D World.
Gyro camera is weird at first, but once you take control of the game (analogs) is no biggie.
The option to turn it off should be patched. It doesn't make sense to even use it as puzzles get more complicated and start using the touchscreen.
Lovely game. Enjoyed this sidegames in 3D World, so this was a no brainer. It also makes me itch for more 3D World.
Skellig Gra
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Loving it so far. Not sure the point of the bonus levels? Is it just for the sake of
?
walking through the SM3D levels
HeisenbergLannister
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Only in Chapter 2, but I already want a DLC pack of nothing but more cart riding levels.
I have been stumped for a few seconds on a couple of puzzles before feeling like a dumbass when I figured it out. Sure some of the "Dark Souls" hardcore people will shun this game because the difficulty isn't very high, ala Kirby Epic Yarn. Just like with that game, if I'm having fun, I couldn't care less about the difficulty.
I have been stumped for a few seconds on a couple of puzzles before feeling like a dumbass when I figured it out. Sure some of the "Dark Souls" hardcore people will shun this game because the difficulty isn't very high, ala Kirby Epic Yarn. Just like with that game, if I'm having fun, I couldn't care less about the difficulty.
Delicious Waffles
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Yeah,
going upside down
Thanks!
They're doable. You don't have to beat the times, just match them.
Forerunner
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Got my copy today, and I'm liking it so far. Just finished level 10, it's a bit on the easy side, but by the looks of the post here it picks up later. Only thing I'm not a fan of is the gyro controls, pretty trash, so I just use the analogs. Definitely glad I purchased it.
mrmickfran
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Chapter 2 Stage 11
Where the fuck is the Golden Mushroom?
Where the fuck is the Golden Mushroom?
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I'm 50% through the game after one evening of play, 100%ing levels as I go. I've died exactly once and rarely need to play any stage more than twice (and only twice because the extra objectives aren't stated on a first play).
I'm enjoying it plenty, but this is looking like a prime candidate for the re-sell pile at the end of the day.
It's easy to get frustrated at Nintendo's insistence on fixing shit that isn't broken for no tangible benefit. If you play upright on the couch, the gyro controls aren't an issue. If you want to utilize off-TV play in bed, well, you can't fucking move around at all lest you screw up your aim on the mine cart stages.
Blowing to move platforms wasn't fun when it was introduced on the Nintendo DS nearly a decade ago. It's not fun in Treasure Tracker. It's never going to be fun. There are at least half a dozen redundant buttons on the controller; one of them could have been mapped to this instead and nothing of value would have been lost.
A bunch of nonsense shoehorned into the game in order to utilize the Gamepad, when it's easy to argue that the experience would be as good or better if I could use anything else. I don't mean to come off too harshly. I knew exactly what I was getting into and am enjoying the game all the same. It's just really easy to complain about these little things because they could be so obviously solved.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
dead threads from the start never pick up.
I completed the second book! The challenge time on Double Cherry Palace was really tough to get.
After you get off the stairs on the same level as the spike and the star turn right. The golden mushroom is down that path.
After you get off the stairs on the same level as the spike and the star turn right. The golden mushroom is down that path.
Jennings
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I've only had time to complete 2 or 3 maps. I didn't realize there was combat in this game until I saw the "Defeat all Enemies" victory condition. Now I'm gonna have to go back and see about raising my coin score.
So far it's a fun game, and I look forward to the added challenge of later levels.
So far it's a fun game, and I look forward to the added challenge of later levels.
TheMoon
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This is exactly why user accounts exist on the console.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Sorry, I'm rather grumpy right now, PAL and all.
That's what I was worried about Not sure if it's worth $40 to me.
Belgian Dude
Member
Wait, Challenge Times? Those aren't the times I took?
Guess I'll be replaying these levels more, haha!
I've still need to 100% Book 3 and do all the bonus levels, but I thought I was finished with the others, haha.
Is it bad I already want a sequel, though? Or at least DLC. Game looks amazing as well and a RPG with this engine would look dope.
TheSlySoul
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That is how I feel. Many Gamepad features are gimmicks.
I was hoping more for Layton style puzzles, but most are easy to normal.
So there is a final level after completing all secret challenged huh?
Guess I will have to try it out.
There are more after you beat the game, but they are really disappointing.
mrmickfran
Member
Thank you thank you thank you.
I'm sorry to hear it. I get daily migraines and I definitely feel more sensitive with some games (like this) than with others. We'll be playing in short bursts as well.
I beat the game! I really didn't expect it to
. Th ending cutscene was super super cute. Overall I absolutely adored the game. There was no level I didn't enjoy playing through. I really, really hope they release new levels through DLC, or make a sequel.
I still have to do the time trials in the third book and after that I'm off to the bonus levels.
be a prequel to 3D World
I still have to do the time trials in the third book and after that I'm off to the bonus levels.
You gotta believe!
That said, something weird with Captain Toad. It's the first 1st party Wii U release of the year that never got around Amazon's Top 10, yet it's out of stock there, which rarely if ever happened with the other releases. Pretty odd, very little supply?
OrbitalBeard
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It's sitting under my Christmas tree : )
How many 3D World stages are there?
For levels that have you touching stuff I balance the gamepad on my knee and use my ring finger for the right stick, middle finger for the run button, and index finger for tapping.
Right after posting that I played 1-4 and you actually do have to move the camera in that one while touching blocks. Suddenly I'm glad I spent a lot of time with that Twister-esque game in Wii Party U!
That would be even tougher. I'm not used to hitting buttons with my pinky.
I wasn't, but I can't extend my thumb onto the touchscreen while pressing ZR anyway. Hands aren't big enough.
Would be a different story with ZL...
evilromero
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Yea, that really surprised me. Very awesome.
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