Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is an upcoming game for the Wii U planned to be released the holiday season of 2014. The game is based off The Adventures of Captain Toad, but there is added depth and variety. A trailer has been released with its announcement.

Gameplay
Captain Toad controls the same as in The Adventures of Captain Toad minigames from Super Mario 3D World, and cannot jump. He can pick plants from the ground which usually have coins or turnips, but can sometimes have Diamonds. These act similar to Coin Blocks in Mario platformers, as they can contain a single coin or 10 coins that the player must pull in a time limit. The turnips can be thrown at enemies in a Super Mario Bros. 2 fashion. The camera can be rotated in any direction to view the stage at different angles. Each stage will also have 3 diamonds, similar to Green Stars, and a stamp to collect.

The game is also planned to have amiibo functionality.

Playable

 * Captain Toad

Enemies

 * Biddybuds
 * Boos
 * Cat Bullet Bills
 * Cat Goombas
 * Goombas
 * Goomba Towers
 * Magikoopas
 * Para-Biddybuds
 * Piranha Creepers
 * Piranha Plants
 * Shy Guys
 * Walleyes
 * A new stationary wood-like enemy with spikes on its side which blocks the path it is on.

Bosses

 * An unnamed dragon boss who lives in a volcano

Items and objects

 * ? Blocks
 * Brick Blocks
 * Cannons
 * Carts
 * Clear Pipes
 * Coins
 * Coin Stacks
 * Diamonds
 * Ladders
 * P-Switches
 * POW Blocks
 * Power Stars
 * Stamps
 * Turnips
 * Warp Pipes
 * A pickaxe which can be used to destroy Brick Blocks

Stages

 * 1) Walleye Temple: Steal the Star!
 * 2) Minecart Summit: Throw the Turnips!
 * 3) Magma Mountain: Time to Climb!
 * 4) Mystery Mansion: Doorway Drama!
 * 5) The Star Express Sneak Attack!
 * 6) Mushy Monument Mayday!
 * A stage outside of a tower with Piranha Plants, Magikoopas and Clear Pipes. There is a locked door.
 * A water stage with swimming Goombas and Warp Pipes.
 * A cave where Captain Toad can use a pickaxe, Brick Blocks and Piranha Creepers.

References to other games

 * Super Mario Bros. 2: Turnips and sprouts on the ground return.
 * Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door: One level set on a train resembles the Excess Express.
 * Super Mario Galaxy: Captain Toad returns from his debut in this game.
 * Super Mario 3D World: This game is based on The Adventures of Captain Toad, first featured in this game. The games have similar graphics. The format on the top left of the screen is almost identical. Many mechanics from this game return, and the startup music from this game is reused from his levels in the game.

Trivia

 * This is the second game to have a Toad as the main character; the first game was Wario's Woods, released twenty years prior.