Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario 3D World is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U in 2013. It is the sixth original 3D platform game in the Super Mario series and the sequel to Super Mario 3D Land (2011) for the Nintendo 3DS.
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD Tokyo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Koichi Hayashida Kenta Motokura |
| Producer(s) | Yoshiaki Koizumi |
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| Programmer(s) | Hideyuki Sugawara Norihiro Aoyagi |
| Artist(s) | Daisuke Watanabe Rikuto Yoshida |
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| Series | Super Mario |
| Platform(s) | Wii U Nintendo Switch |
| Release | Wii U
Nintendo Switch
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| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Players control Mario and his friends attempting to rescue fairy-like creatures called Sprixies from Bowser, who invades the realm known as the Sprixie Kingdom. The gameplay is similar to previous Mario games, with players progressing through levels to reach Bowser. It features a character selector as well as introducing a power-up called the Super Bell, which turns the player into a cat, enabling them to climb walls and use a scratch attack. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, an enhanced port bundled with the game Bowser's Fury, was released for the Nintendo Switch on February 12, 2021.
Super Mario 3D World was acclaimed for its level design, presentation, replay value, and soundtrack, though some reviewers criticized its unreliable camera in the multiplayer mode. The game was a financial success, with the Wii U version selling 5.89 million units and the Nintendo Switch version selling 12.38 million units worldwide as of September 2023, becoming the second best-selling game for Wii U and one of the best-selling games for Nintendo Switch. Between both versions, a total of 18.47 million units have been sold worldwide.