Blue Toad (character)

Blue Toad is a Toad who made his first appearance in New Super Mario Bros. Wii as a playable sidekick for Mario. Throughout the game, Blue Toad along with his friends venture through the Mushroom Kingdom while avoiding various obstacles in order to rescue Princess Peach from the evil King Bowser and his children.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Blue Toad, supposedly nicknamed Bucken-Berry by Nintendo developers and Yvan by IGN forum members, appears as the fourth playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. He first is seen at Peach Castle where he can be seen enjoying the festivities for Princess Peach's birthday party along with fellow guests: Mario, Luigi, and Yellow Toad. However the party was soon interrupted by the Koopalings and Bowser Jr. who arrive with a disguise as a large birthday cake and using this disguise, they had managed to fool the heroes and kidnap Peach. This starts Blue Toad's adventure as he quickly follows the Mario Bros. and Yellow Toad to stop the Koopalings.

Unlike other Toads, Blue Toad is shown to be extremely brave as he teams up with the Mario bros. on their mission to save Princess Peach from Bowser and his children. To save her, the heroes venture through many different worlds. Throughout his adventure, Blue Toad along with his friends meet many of the countless minions that Bowser Jr. had sent to stop the heroes. Despite this, Blue Toad and co. had still managed to keep on going and eventually they even come to the point of battling the Koopalings themselves. Upon defeating Kamek and Bowser Jr. in the final world, they soon come upon Bowser's Castle where the princess was held captive. From there, Blue Toad along with the other heroes would have to fight the evil King Bowser himself and upon defeating him, the heroes would be able to save Peach. Upon rescuing her, each of the heroes (including Blue Toad) would get a kiss from princess as a thanks for saving her. In the cinematic ending of the game, Blue Toad along with Yellow Toad and Luigi can be seen descending from the sky in hot air balloons. After Luigi allows Mario and Peach to ride his balloon, he is soon left behind when Peach and Mario take off when he was waving to the Toads. However, Blue Toad happily invited Luigi to ride in the balloon that the two Toads were riding in.

Throughout the game, Blue Toad is shown to be able to wear all of the Power Ups that are available in the game, including the new Propeller Suit and Penguin Suit. He also has access to all of the original Power Ups including the Fire Flower. He is also able to perform certain abilities such as the Ground Pound and the Spin Jump.

Personality
In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Blue Toad is shown as a courageous character, who is able to venture alongside the Mario bros. on their dangerous mission to save Princess Peach from Bowser and his minions; a force that most Toads tend to be afraid of. He is also shown to be kind and compassionate as seen in the ending of the game where he happily invites Luigi to ride in his and Yellow Toad's hot air balloon after he had been abandoned by Mario and Peach.

Powers and Abilities
Throughout the game, Blue Toad is shown to play very similarly to Mario due to the fact that his stats are balanced just like the plumber. While possessing the same legendary jumps as Mario, he is also shown to use similar techniques as well including the wall jump, ground pound. He is also able to maximize his jumps by using a spin jump. Unlike the Mario Bros. however, Blue Toad (along with Yellow Toad) are shown to have a unique triple jump; the two Toads perform a high jump similar to a cartwheel while facing one side of the screen. Blue Toad is also shown to be quite strong, being able to carry items much larger than his own size (such as a barrels). He is also capable of picking up, carrying and throwing other characters (such as Mario) with ease.

Blue Toad is also capable of using the various power-ups in the game allowing him to use their special effects. Much like the other characters playable in the game, he is shown to be skilled in riding Yoshis.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

 * European Official Site Bio: "As loyal servants to the Mushroom Kingdom throne, there's no way the Toads are about to sit back and watch Bowser and Co. bring their unsavoury schemes to fruition. Toads have aided Mario on plenty of adventures in the past, but this time around they're not just letting Mario know the princess is in another castle - they're coming along for the ride!"

Trivia

 * Yvan, the name IGN forum members refer Blue Toad as, is 'navy' spelled backwards.
 * Nintendo supposedly named him Bucken-Berry.
 * Toad's sprite in Super Mario Bros. 2 appears in the same color scheme as Blue Toad. This was due to the 3 color limitations of the NES. This shortcoming was remedied in remakes of the game, such as Super Mario All-Stars.
 * Due to his simple appearance, Blue Toad is often confused with other generic members of his species in different games such as in Super Mario Sunshine.
 * Blue Toad along with the other heroes of New Super Mario Bros. Wii were shown as some of the featured characters in the Nintendo 3DS tech demo. He was riding a Pink Yoshi similarly to the game's box art.