Nintendo has defined that Bowser’s Fury – the brand new standalone journey coming with the Swap launch of Tremendous Mario 3D World – shall be a free-roaming expertise that’s “brief however action-packed”.The brand new Bowser’s Fury web site describes the story of the enlargement: “Mario is distributed to Lake Lapcat, the place the whole lot is cat-themed—and Bowser has gone berserk! Staff up with Bowser Jr. to assist his dad relax on this brief however action-packed standalone journey.”The web site additionally confirms the journey is free-roaming. You will be travelling round Lake Lapcat in quest of Cat Shines – which can allow you to unlock the brand new Giga Bell Energy-Up – and reignite lighthouses to clear darkened areas. That sounds slightly nearer in strategy to Tremendous Mario Odyssey than 3D World’s extra curated programs.

On Twitter, Nintendo added that Bowser’s Fury could be chosen from the Tremendous Mario 3D World title display – it is not an endgame degree, or unlocked by taking part in the Wii U re-release.

The brand new web site additionally confirms how amiibo will work within the enlargement. Utilizing a Bowser amiibo will trigger the brand new Fury Bowser to seem in recreation, and a Bowser Jr. amiibo will unleash “a robust shockwave to knockout close by enemies and blocks”. Different amiibo may also trigger results – certainly one of which can seemingly be to show right into a gold Cat Mario statue, as seen in yesterday’s Overview Trailer (above).We have realized a good bit about Tremendous Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury in the previous few days, together with the addition of a photograph mode, and the way Fury Bowser shall be a timed world occasion within the new journey. Tremendous Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury will arrive for Swap on February 12, and you may preorder it proper now.

We awarded the Wii U model of Tremendous Mario 3D World a 9.6/10 in our evaluate, saying it is “marvelous, and its fixed selection and implausible light-hearted co-op play proves that Nintendo nonetheless is aware of precisely how one can tweak the Mario components in enjoyable methods.”
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