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Updates on Super Smash Bros. Wii U, amiibo, and Captain Toad



Never one to be overlooked, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was a critical and crowd favorite during the E3 Expo video game trade show in June. The game launches Dec. 5 at a suggested retail price of $39.99 and lets players take control of intrepid explorer Captain Toad as he sets off on adventures like exploring a haunted house or escaping a smoldering volcano. Even though Toad characters have appeared in video games since the original Super Mario Bros. game on NES, this is the first time that one of them gets top billing. The game will also support select amiibo figures in 2015.

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Wii U - Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Trailer

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker demo spotted at Best Buy



If you head on over to your local Best Buy, you may spot a demo for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. It comes with three levels – two standard courses, and a third one featuring the dragon boss previously shown in trailers.

Source: Nintendo Everything

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^Those "70 mini-universes" aren't all separate levels... They're hiding something, aren't they?!

^Probably. Who knows? ^^

Wii U - Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Mini-Universes Galore Trailer

Toads Are Confirmed To Be Genderless And Toad and Toadette Are Not Siblings

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker producer Koichi Hayashida has cleared up the confusion regarding the Toads. Hayashida says that the Toads are a genderless race and that Toad and Toadette aren’t siblings and they aren’t romantically involved. If you’re interested here’s what he had to say on the subject of Toad and Toadette.

“This is maybe a little bit of a strange story, but we never really went out of our way to decide on the sex of these characters, even though they have somewhat gendered appearances,” Hayashida said. “But I think what I can say is that Toadette and Toad are not siblings — perhaps it would be more accurate to say they are adventure pals. And that’s certainly true here [in Captain Toad].”

Hayashida clarified that Toads are not mushrooms at all, but the resemblance and nomenclature is too uncanny not to wonder. “This particular riddle might stay unsolved,” Hayashida said. “That’s one of the great mysteries of the Mario universe.”

Source: My Nintendo News

I think I prefer to say toads a guy and toadettes a girl or that becomes a little weird