Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

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This article is about the Nintendo Switch port of the Super Mario 3D World game. For more information on the game's original Wii U version, see Super Mario 3D World.

Template:Infobox Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is an expanded port of Super Mario 3D World for the Nintendo Switch, released on February 12, 2021 as part of the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. It features a standalone story known as Bowser's Fury, which takes place in an open-world-styled area called Lake Lapcat and involves Mario and Bowser Jr. cooperating to stop Fury Bowser. The Super Mario 3D World game also supports local wireless and online play, both of which were absent from the original version.

The game is subject to two 35th Anniversary-related My Nintendo missions, both of which are necessary to complete for the wave 2 prizes: The first involves buying the game itself (whether physically or digitally), and the second involves finding five hidden stickers on the official site, four of which are the cast in Cat outfits, and one of which is a Super Bell.

Super Mario 3D World

New playable characters

Characters	Description
Toad Brigade	When playing the Captain Toad's Adventures levels in multiplayer, the additional players will play as members of the Toad Brigade, who all share the same attributes as Captain Toad. Player 2 plays as Hint Toad, Player 3 plays as Banktoad, and Player 4 plays as Yellow Toad.

New power-up

Image	Transformation	Description
Invincibility Bell	White Cat Mario	If a Cat Mario amiibo is scanned, an Invincibility Bell spawns in front of Mario, transforming him into White Cat Mario. It has the same concept as White Tanooki Mario, granting him invincibility while in this form, but Mario can use the abilities of Cat Mario.

List of changes

The updated graphics

Gameplay

• amiibo functionality has been added.
• The players' movement speed has been increased. All characters are approximately 30% faster than in the original game.
  • Certain levels such as Conkdor Canyon have had some changes to their level objects to accommodate for this change.
  • On the World Map, the player's walk speed is also increased.
• Players can climb higher when in their Cat forms.
• The game now has four save files, rather than three.
• As in Super Mario Odyssey:
  • Save files are saved, loaded, and copied in the same manner.
  • Players can now roll in midair, similar to the dive.
  • Players can perform a roll or Ground Pound Jump immediately after landing from a Ground Pound.
  • Players now fall through upright Warp Pipes when performing a Ground Pound through the center from above. Similarly, players now enter sideways Warp Pipes immediately when rolling through the center without their momentum being interrupted. The sped-up variant of the Warp Pipe sound effect from Odyssey is reused upon entering Warp Pipes these ways.
• Multiplayer mode now supports both local wireless and Nintendo Switch Online connections. Up to two players can play on a single system in local wireless mode.
• Captain Toad's Adventures can now be played with up to four players, unlike the original game where it was single-player only. For these levels, additional players play as the Toad Brigade members. The first player can also choose between Brigade members.
  • Similarly to normal levels, the game ranks the players' points in multiplayer in the Captain Toad levels as well, though the winning player does not get a crown.
• As with the Nintendo Switch version of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker:
  • Due to the lack of a microphone on the Nintendo Switch console, Propeller Platforms have been replaced in every level where they appeared; they are replaced by Lifts in Captain Toad Goes Forth and Puffprod Peaks, invisible clouds in Blast Block Skyway, and Touchstones in Captain Toad's Fiery Finale.
  • In TV mode, gyroscopic pointer controls replace the touchscreen controls of the Wii U version, which are activated by pressing . An emblem of the character controlling the pointer is present. Touchscreen controls are still used in handheld mode.
  • The pause menu now features the ability to retry a course, rather than having to return to the world map to do so.
  • Captain Toad's headlamp can now defeat Boos and Peepas.
• Due to the discontinuation of Miiverse, the stamps are now used as decorations in a new Snapshot Mode, which is similar to the one seen in Super Mario Odyssey.
  • Also due to Miiverse's discontinuation, Miis no longer appear on the overworld or when revisiting a cleared stage.
• If the player dies after collecting a Green Star or a stamp, they will keep it instead of having to collect it again. This does not apply to Captain Toad's levels.
• Switching between the map, course list, and stamp chart is now done by pressing the L and R buttons, rather than buttons on the screen.
• Cutscenes can now be skipped.
• Green Shells can no longer be occupied idly; the shell always slides in the direction the user is facing when entered. They also move faster than in the original game.
• Fireballs move faster and cover a longer distance. They also have a slightly different angle when thrown.
• Side Somersaults can now be performed while walking.
• Bouncing off of an enemy while Long Jumping will result in the character doing another long jump, rather than a standard jump.
• In order to hold onto other players or grabbed objects, the player no longer has to hold ; pressing the button again is required to throw the object/player.
• Luigi Bros. can only be unlocked by defeating Meowser in The Great Tower of Bowser Land of World Bowser; having New Super Luigi U save data on the system no longer unlocks it from the beginning.
• The range for throwing objects has increased.
• Performing handstands atop trees now has varying distances with directional inputs.
• When handstanding, characters turn clockwise if the player holds right, and counterclockwise if they hold left. In the original version, this was reversed.
• The claw dive now continuously dives until the player touches the ground, similarly to Super Mario Maker 2, though it will still stop at extremely long distances.
• When crouched on a slope, characters will remain crouched for about one second before beginning to slide down it, rather than sliding the moment they touch the slope.
• When jumping while facing a wall with no directional input, characters will now slide against the wall, enabling them to Wall Jump.
• After exiting a level, the player has control immediately, as the game now saves in the background.

Aesthetic

• The game's graphics have been slightly updated.
• The UI has received minor changes:
  • The Item Storage has been revamped with a dark translucent circle and new button icons.
  • The UI for lives and coins lacks the "×" icon between the images and numbers.
  • The interior shadows have been removed.
  • The UI is smaller than in the original game.
• If the final Green Star in a Captain Toad's Adventures course is collected as a small Toad, they will do the victory pose with their mouth opened instead of closed.
• Stamps' pictures are now colored instead of black and white, and are more spread out on the stamps page.
• In some shallow pools of water, such as the beginning area of Pipeline Lagoon, characters will walk on the seafloor instead of floating on the surface of the water. While doing so, the camera stops following their movement.
• Button prompts are red with white characters, instead of white with red characters and outlines.
• When entering Captain Toad levels, the loading screen is red with dark red spots instead of white with red spots.
• The typeface used for menus and general text has been changed from Seurat Pro B to Rodin NTLG Pro DB, which belongs to the same font family as the typeface used in Super Mario Odyssey and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
• For the English version only, the game will always show the American namings and spellings for all subjects, rather than having different namings and spellings for certain subjects depending on the game's or console's region.
• The pause menus have been given a different appearance.
• A light source on top of the broken Koopa Chase in The Great Tower of Bowser Land does not appear.
• The Clear Pipe at the end of the swimming section in Champion's Road becomes invisible when within the body of water.
• The cat scratch attack has a new animation when used underwater.
• All characters have a brief start-up animation when beginning to walk.
• In the original version, jingles in the following pitches play after collecting each Red Coin in a group of eight: C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G.. This is changed to a more natural progression: C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G.

Bowser's Fury

As a bonus addition to the port, Bowser's Fury was added as a side mode to the game, starring as its own standalone adventure.

Story

Mario finds a trail of black paint just outside the castle.

This story begins with Mario strolling down a path in front of Peach's Castle during a bright day, near the very same spot where the characters find the broken Clear Pipe at the beginning of the main story. Mario notices small puddles of black goop and darts after them, eventually stopping at a piece of black graffiti in the form of Shadow Mario's logo. The graffiti expands, creating a portal Mario falls into, taking him to a new and unfamiliar place - Lake Lapcat.

Shortly after Mario lands, he encounters Bowser, who has become much larger and more powerful, known for a majority of the game as Fury Bowser. He finds a Cat Shine in the area, clearing the goop off a nearby lighthouse. Fury Bowser is damaged, if very slightly, by the beam, curls into his shell, and retreats to the middle of the lake. At this moment, several of the first islands to be explored in the game rise out of the water.

Mario falls into the portal transporting him to Lake Lapcat.

Shortly thereafter, Mario finds a panicking Bowser Jr., who informs him more or less of what has happened. Pantomiming by showing him a picture he painted of his father and painting it black with his Magic Paintbrush, along with the paintings shown in the end credits, suggests this all began with Bowser Jr. painting his father and the black paint corrupting him, similarly to the events of Paper Mario: Color Splash. Bowser Jr. proceeds to explain that both he and his father are in trouble, reluctantly asking Mario to help him, clarifying this would not happen under normal circumstances. Mario agrees to do so, with Bowser Jr. nearby at all times for the rest of his adventure.

For much of the remainder of the game, Mario must simply recover Cat Shines from available islands. After several minutes, Fury Bowser rises completely out of the lake and goes on a rampage for some time before returning to his passive state. Mario may stop his rampage by collecting a Cat Shine and lighting the corresponding nearby lighthouse. After collecting certain amounts of Cat Shines, Mario unlocks Giga Bells, allowing him to transform into Giga Cat Mario during Fury Bowser's next rampage. During this time, a massive amount of Fury Bowser's health can be drained, with Mario being required to do this at least once throughout his entire adventure. Every time Fury Bowser's health is completely drained, he sinks into the lake, causing several more islands to rise out of the water before this process repeats. A minimum of fifty Cat Shines are required to defeat Fury Bowser and beat the game.

The final time he is defeated, Fury Bowser expels all of the black paint inside of him before slightly shrinking and getting blown out of the water. At this, he turns into a still very large version of Bowser, albeit missing pupils, serving as the true final boss of the game. He summons the three Giga Bells, fusing them together into a crystal ball. With the help of Plessie, Mario must launch the crystal ball into Bowser multiple times before he is finally defeated.

Mario and the kittens strike a victory pose in synchronization.

Falling from the sky, now in his true form, Bowser lands near Bowser Jr. and a few colorful kittens. They both become excited; however, after Bowser notices Mario, now in his Cat Mario form, he becomes angered and attempts to attack him as Bowser Jr. holds him off. Once he is dragged away, Bowser Jr. pauses and threatens Mario himself before leaving. Mario shrugs before being fondled by the kittens. They jump and freeze in the air, as it is revealed the ground on which the scene took place was actually the back of Giga Cat Plessie, the form Plessie took after collecting all three Giga Bells simultaneously. The credits then roll, featuring various paintings by Bowser Jr. that depict the story from his perspective.

Once the player resumes the game, Bowser Jr. tells Mario that he was relaxing with Bowser on the lake until the latter turned back into Fury Bowser, requesting that Mario collect more Cat Shines to help turn him back. Bowser Jr. then grants Mario the ability to warp to islands he has already visited to thank him for his help and marks the locations of Cat Shines on the map. From this point on, Plessie becomes Cat Plessie and gains the ability to carry kittens on its back. If all one hundred Cat Shines are collected and the final boss is then beaten again, an additional painting by Bowser Jr. is shown after the credits; following this, Mario's Cat form changes to look like Giga Cat Mario (albeit much smaller), and Bowser Jr. becomes a cat variant of himself, both of these being visual changes. Fury Bowser's appearance is also tweaked, as the orange sections of his spikes, belly and eyebrows all turn white.

Gameplay

The game revolves around freeing every island from Fury Bowser by recovering Cat Shines from the paint-covered lighthouses. At random time intervals, Fury Bowser emerges nearby from the Fury Sun. When this happens, the weather becomes stormy and he terrorizes the surroundings of the island through large beams of fire and meteors falling from the sky. Additionally, he drops many spikes from the sky around the islands, which can be used as platforms. The kittens also become black and start attacking Mario. Bowser will fall back into slumber either after a brief period of time or if a Cat Shine is collected. Giga Bells are situated in three different areas of Lake Lapcat, also fallen into slumber by the dark goop, and can only be activated by collecting a certain amount of Cat Shines. When this happens, Mario can touch the bell while Fury Bowser is awake to become Giga Cat Mario, who is then able to fight Fury Bowser and force him into slumber, allowing Mario access to more islands. Lake Lapcat is a vast open-world setting that is gradually unlocked as more locations are freed from the paint associated with Fury Bowser, extending the sandbox concept of Super Mario Odyssey. Mario can run around the island, climb up the lighthouses, and go between islands quickly by riding Plessie, who teleports around the water in order to stay close to Mario. Every island makes usage of Mario's different power-ups and abilities.

Playable characters

Character	Description
Mario	The only character from the Super Mario 3D World cast who is playable in Bowser's Fury and the central playable character in this mode. He controls identically to how he does in the main story and can utilize the game's power-ups and stage gimmicks to collect Cat Shines.
Bowser Jr.	In single-player, Bowser Jr. acts as an AI-controlled partner; the player can choose how much he should help them in the pause menu's options, or can choose for him not to help them at all. Alternatively, he can be controlled by a second player. He cannot use power-ups, but he flies in his Junior Clown Car and can use his Magic Paintbrush to attack enemies or paint on surfaces with question marks to reveal items. Additionally, he can use a Ground Pound attack to defeat enemies from above. He can also collect items for Mario (besides Cat Shines), and he produces items the player selects from the Item Storage. In single-player, the player can use the cursor with the touch screen or gyro to send Bowser Jr. to any location on the screen, and he will use his paintbrush once he reaches his destination. However, he will teleport to Mario if he goes too far away from him. After all 100 Cat Shines are collected and the final boss is then beaten again, Bowser Jr. transforms into a cat variation of himself, with his Junior Clown Car also gaining whiskers, though these are merely aesthetic changes.

Supporting cast

Character	Description
Kittens	The residents of Lake Lapcat. If Mario approaches them while not in his Cat or Lucky Cat form, then they will flee; however, if he is in one of these forms, then they will be affectionate towards him and follow him. If Mario picks one up, then it will scratch in front of itself, which can be used to attack enemies. If Mario mounts Plessie while holding a kitten after defeating the final boss at least once, then it will ride alongside him. If a kitten comes into contact with water or lava, then it will instantly teleport back to its original location. When Fury Bowser is awake, kittens become corrupted and attack Mario.
Calico cat parent	A larger cat who is a parent of calico kittens, which have gone missing. There are three of them, one for each Giga Bell. If Mario brings all of the kittens back to their parent, he will be rewarded with a Cat Shine. Like the kittens, the parents become corrupted when Fury Bowser attacks.
Plessie / Cat Plessie	Plessie from the Super Mario 3D World adventure reappears in this mode, where it has the ability to dive, which allows it to avoid low-hanging obstacles, or perform a high jump if it jumps right after diving. After collecting the three Giga Bells at the end of the final boss battle, Plessie becomes Giga Cat Plessie and permanently stays as Cat Plessie after the main story is completed.
Toad Brigade	After completing the main story, Toadette appears next to a tent on Fur Step Island and asks Mario and Bowser Jr. to find Captain Toad, Hint Toad, Banktoad, and Yellow Toad around Lake Lapcat, who will each give a Cat Shine when found. Each Toad Brigade member will then celebrate at the camp with Toadette.

Enemies

New

Image	Description
Fury Cats	All kittens and calico cat parents become corrupted when Fury Bowser attacks Lake Lapcat. They chase Mario upon sight and can damage him upon contact. They can be stunned if Mario or Bowser Jr. attack them. They revert to normal when Fury Bowser leaves.
Fury Shadows	Dark, goop-covered variations of Luigi that Mario must chase to get a Cat Shine, much like Shadow Mario in Super Mario Sunshine. They must be hit three times to defeat them, and every time they are hit, they transform into a spiky black goop ball and dash away.

Cat variations

While Bowser's Fury does not introduce many new enemies, the enemies that come from Super Mario 3D World are seen with cat-like features, such as cat ears, fur, paws, and a tail, though unlike the Cat Goombas in Super Mario 3D World, these cat appearances are only aesthetic changes, without gaining any differing abilities (the only exceptions to this are Cat Bullet Bills, which still home in on the player like their Super Mario 3D World counterparts). As such, the Cat Goombas in Bowser's Fury behave like regular Goombas, and have their standard brown coloring. The only enemy that does not have a cat appearance is the Baddie Box, though it is merely an enemy-spawning object rather than an actual enemy.

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  Big Cat Piranha Plants

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  Cat Biddybuds

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  Cat Blocksteppers

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  Cat Bob-ombs

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  Cat Boomerang Bros.

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  Cat Bullet Bills

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  Cat Bullies

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  Cat Cheep Cheeps

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  Cat Coin Coffers

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  Cat Conkdors

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  Cat Fire Bros.

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  Cat Fire Piranha Plants

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  Cat Flopters

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  Cat Fuzzlers

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  Cat Fuzzies

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  Cat Goombas

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  Cat Goomba Towers

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  Cat Hammer Bros.

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  Cat Ice Skate Goombas

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  Cat Koopa Troopas

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  Cat Magikoopas

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  Cat Para-Biddybuds

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  Cat Piranha Creepers

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  Cat Piranha Plants

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  Cat Rammerheads

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  Cat Skipsqueaks

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  Cat Snow Pokeys

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  Cat Spikes

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  Cat Splounders

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  Cat Stingbies

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  Cat Swim Ring Goombas

Bosses

Fury Bowser	Cat Boom Boom	Cat Pom Pom	Cat Prince Bully	Giant Bowser
Lake Lapcat	Clawswipe Colosseum	Clawswipe Colosseum	Mount Magmeow	Lake Lapcat

Locations

Lake Lapcat is split into three main areas, each represented by a Giga Bell. Each Giga Bell is surrounded by four different islands, with each island containing a lighthouse that is covered in goop. By collecting the first Cat Shine of the island, the goop is removed and the lighthouse's light gets rid of the goop nearby, though after Fury Bowser attacks, they become covered in goop again.

There are a total of 100 Cat Shines in the game, some of which can only be collected after beating the final boss. 60 of them come from the 12 main islands which each contain five Cat Shines, with three being standard missions, one being earned by finding the five Cat Shine Shards hidden around the island, and another earned by having Fury Bowser break some Fury Blocks to reveal it. When all five Cat Shines of an island are collected, a cat variation of Mario's Goal Pole flag will appear on top of the lighthouse, which comes with a spring object. 35 of them come from Lake Lapcat itself, which contains a multitude of Cat Shines that are separately counted from each other. The last five come from a special golden island called the Lucky Isle, which appears post-game in one of five locations during a Fury Bowser rampage, but disappears when Fury Bowser goes to sleep.

Fury Bowser must be fought a total of six times to complete the story. To do so, Mario will need to use one of the three available Giga Bells, though after each fight with Fury Bowser, the number of Cat Shines needed to activate the Giga Bells increases, from 5 to 15 to 20 to 40 and finally to 50 Cat Shines. When the Giga Bell is used to defeat Fury Bowser, the next Giga Bell area will open up, revealing new islands.

On a side note, while Fur Step Island is the first location visited in the game, only the first Cat Shine can be obtained at first, while the other four can only be obtained once the main story is completed.

Giga Bell	Locations	Island Cat Shines	Other Lake Lapcat Shines
Lakeside Giga Bell	File:Marioshipwreckarea.png Fur Step Island	Make the Lighthouse Shine Junior's Graffiti Gratitude! Fury Shadow on Deck Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks	Climb to the Shine Shoreside Rabbit Plays Tag Hurry! Dash and Dive! Lost Kitten by the Shore
	Scamper Shores	Make the Lighthouse Shine Fury Shadow by the Shore Key to the Cat Shine Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
	Pounce Bounce Isle	Make the Lighthouse Shine Hurry! Jump High, Jump Fast! Key to the Cat Shine Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
	Fort Flaptrap	Bully the Cat Bullies Blue Coin Bustle Show's Over, Cat Magikoopas Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
Ruins Giga Bell	Slipskate Slope	Make the Lighthouse Shine Blue Coin Bustle Key to the Cat Shine Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks	Ruins Rabbit Plays Tag Go with the Floe Hurry! Slide through the Sky! Dash and Smash in the Clouds Slippery Skirmish Gazing Down at the Islands Hurry! Swim and Slide! Cold Cove Combat Lost Kittens near the Ruins
	Clawswipe Colosseum	Clash with Cat Boom Boom Cat Pom Pom's Counterattack Final Bout with Cat Boom Boom Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
	Trickity Tower	So Close Yet So Far Blue Coin Bustle Hurry! Watch Your Step! Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
	Crisp Climb Castle	Make the Lighthouse Shine Hurry! Fly through the Frost! Fury Shadow on Ice Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
Wasteland Giga Bell	Risky Whisker Island	Fury Shadow Hops to It Feasting on Fuzzies Hurry! Hop behind the Wall! Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks	Footprint Free-for-all Spin, Scramble, Shine On the Floodgate's Edge Hurry! Climb the Falls! Gazing Over the Falls Surprise Prizefight Jump and Thump in the Clouds Lost Kittens in the Wasteland
	Pipe Path Tower	Make the Lighthouse Shine Blue Coin Bustle Key to the Cat Shine Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
	Roiling Roller Isle	Make the Lighthouse Shine Hurry! Hot Cross Run! Key to the Cat Shine Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
	Mount Magmeow	Back Off, Cat Prince Bully! Atop Mount Magmeow Hurry! Steer the Switchboards! Five Cat Shine Shards Blast the Fury Blocks
None	Lucky Isle	First Lucky Shine Second Lucky Shine Third Lucky Shine Fourth Lucky Shine Fifth Lucky Shine

Items

New power-up

Image	Transformation	Description
Giga Bell	Giga Cat Mario	Three Giga Bells, which are a giant variation of the Super Bell, are present around Lake Lapcat, and Mario uses them to transform into Giga Cat Mario, a giant version of Cat Mario that resembles a komainu. Mario transforms into this form to fight against Fury Bowser. They are initially covered in goop and require a certain amount of Cat Shines to free them and use them to fight Fury Bowser. When all 100 Cat Shines are collected and the final boss is then defeated again, the appearance of Cat Mario and Lucky Cat Mario changes to resemble Giga Cat Mario, though this is merely aesthetic and does not change Cat Mario's abilities. This change does not appear in Super Mario 3D World.

Collectibles

Image	Description
Cat Shine	A sun-shaped object with a cat's face on it, similar to Power Stars, Shine Sprites, and Power Moons. They are used to activate the lighthouses around Lake Lapcat and the Giga Bells.
Cat Shine Shard	A medal that takes the shape of a cat's head. On each island, five of them must be collected to make a Cat Shine appear.
Plessie Medal	Medals with Plessie's head on them. They are found within the waters of Lake Lapcat, and when Mario collects one, it will move to a different location, where it will stay for a short amount of time. Once the medal is collected a certain amount of times, a Cat Shine will appear.

New objects

Image	Description
Trigger objects
Red Jump Panel	A giant, red variation of the Jump Panel. They launch Mario much higher than their orange counterparts.
Ground-Pound Switch	A switch that must be Ground Pounded by Mario to activate. When activated, the switch temporarily reveals a path leading to a Cat Shine, which must be collected before the time limit expires.
Key	Keys that have cat ears and can be carried by Mario and used to open the locks on caged Cat Shines.
Blocks and platforms
Fury Block	A block with Bowser's emblem on it. It can only be broken by Fury Bowser's attacks, and on each island, there are Fury Blocks that reveal a Cat Shine.
File:Furyplatform.png Unnamed Fury Bowser platform	Platforms made out of large pieces of wood that are produced by Fury Bowser and plunged into either the ground or walls. Mario can stand on these, and some of them have Mushroom Trampolines on them. They vanish when Fury Bowser stops rampaging. Giga Cat Mario can pick these up and use them to damage Fury Bowser, while the final boss, Giant Bowser, launches them as attacks.
File:Goldrock.png Unnamed golden rock	A giant gold block that resembles a Moon Rock which only appears while Fury Bowser is awake. Fury Bowser can break them with his fire powers to reveal several coins, and after he goes back to sleep, any that are left automatically break and reveal coins. There are usually ? Blocks above them which produce multiple coins and break when the platform itself breaks.
Turning Floor	A rotating cylindrical floor that appears in the tunnels of Slipskate Slope, and rotates in different directions to make Mario more liable to either fall off or run into a wall of spikes.
Transportation objects
Unnamed spring object	An item that Mario can climb and perform a handstand atop, similarly to Trees, before aiming and bouncing off a long distance. If he lands on ground after this bounce, then he will automatically begin running. After all five of the Cat Shines on an island are collected, one of these appears atop that island's lighthouse, albeit with a golden flag resembling a Goal Pole flag with cat ears and Mario's emblem on it.

Differences from Super Mario 3D World

• Bowser's Fury runs at a variable resolution in TV mode, which can drop to as low as 1280x720.
  • In handheld mode, the game runs at 30 frames per second.
• There are no lives in this mode. Instead, a random power-up is given for every 100 coins collected. The player loses 50 coins upon dying, similarly to Super Mario Odyssey.
• The HUD for the coin count is placed in the bottom left corner of the screen rather than the top left.
• Instead of the Item Storage holding one item, Mario can store a maximum of five Super Mushrooms, five Super Bells, five Fire Flowers, five Super Leaves, five Boomerang Flowers, and five Lucky Bells. The ability to store Lucky Bells is not unlocked until later in the game. Pressing up opens the Item Storage menu, allowing the player to choose a power-up; Bowser Jr. then launches the chosen item at Mario.
• The game's camera is fully controllable by the player.
• The game is 1-2 players instead of 1-4 players and does not support online or local wireless play.
• Mario is the only playable character in single-player and the first player's only playable character in multiplayer, with Bowser Jr. as a companion. Bowser Jr. only appears in the Bowser's Fury adventure.
• Mario has full 360-degree movement, instead of being restricted to eight directions.
• Plessie can turn around or stop moving, and can be dismounted at any time.
• Plessie has the ability to dive underwater before jumping. There are also new visual effects for its high jump, and it can be performed in single player, as opposed to Super Mario 3D World, where Plessie can only perform the high jump in multiplayer, and all players must jump at the same time to activate it.

amiibo

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury features amiibo support for all amiibo figures, with Cat Mario and Cat Peach amiibo figures launching alongside the game. The player is granted an item depending on which amiibo is scanned:

• Scanning the Cat Mario amiibo produces an Invincibility Bell that turns Mario into White Cat Mario.
• Scanning the Cat Peach amiibo produces a random power-up.
• Scanning any Bowser amiibo produces a Super Star in Super Mario 3D World and makes Fury Bowser appear in Bowser's Fury.
• Scanning the Bowser Jr. amiibo produces a Super Star in Super Mario 3D World and makes a shockwave appear that knocks out blocks and enemies in Bowser's Fury.
• Scanning any other amiibo of characters in the Super Mario series produces a Super Star in both modes.
• Scanning any amiibo outside of the Super Mario series produces a 1-Up Mushroom in Super Mario 3D World and a Super Mushroom in Bowser's Fury.

Promotion

The reusable water bottle promotion at Target

American retailer Target Corporation launched a promotion where customers who purchase the game at their retail stores receive a free, limited-edition reusable water bottle featuring the game's playable characters in their Cat forms.

In anticipation of the game's release, the NintendoUK Twitter account changed their display name to "Nintendo UK + Bowser's Fury".

The Play Nintendo website features a personality quiz centered on the game's power-up items.

Pre-release and unused content

The pre-release version of the North American boxart

Because Bowser Jr. and Fury Bowser had not yet been confirmed to appear in Bowser's Fury, the Bowser's Fury section of the box art initially only contained the logo, while the section also took up a smaller portion of the box. Because of that, Cat Luigi appears on the pre-release box, but not on the final box.

Update history

Version 1.1.0

Release date: February 11, 2021

• Fixed various issues to improve the overall gameplay experience.

Specific/unlisted changes

• Collecting 100 coins before leaving Fur Step Island will only award Super Mushrooms rather than any item.
• Shell duplication glitch has been patched.

Glitches

• In Bowser's Fury, some unnamed spring objects allow Mario to handstand on them from far below their actual model.

Staff

Main article: List of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury staff

Although the credits list the staff in alphabetical order without specifying their roles like in Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World, the staff includes several staff members from Nintendo Software Technology Corporation, the developer of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series.

Reception

Critical response

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu rated Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury a score of 36/40 (two points lower than the original version's score of 38/40), praising the addition of online play and the Bowser's Fury mode for its added difficulty. Nintendo Life gave the game a positive review, praising both the amount of content in both modes and the additional features to the Super Mario 3D World mode. However, they were critical of the game's slower performance in handheld mode, as well as connection issues in online multiplayer. Despite these criticisms, Nintendo Life awarded Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury an "outstanding" 10/10.

Sales

In the United Kingdom, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury's launch sales were almost three times the size of the Wii U version's launch.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Super Mario 3D World + Bowser& § 39;s Fury.

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  Vertical English logo

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  Mario and Bowser Jr.

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  A Cat Shine

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  Fury Bowser

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  A calico kitten

References to other games

• Super Mario Bros.: In Bowser's Fury, the loading screen features Super Mario Bros.-styled sprites of Mario (in his modern colors), Bowser Jr., Fury Bowser, and Plessie.
• Super Mario Bros. 2: A portion of the music of Scamper Shores references the start of this game's overworld theme.
• Super Mario World: The music that plays when Bowser emerges from the Fury Sun is an arrangement of Bowser's intro in this game's final battle. Plessie Medals slightly resemble Dragon Coins.
• Super Mario 64: The mission "Bully the Cat Bullies" is a reference to the mission "Bully the Bullies" in both the title and the theme of knocking Bullies into lava. There are also missions where Mario must return calico kittens to their parents, similar to the mission "Li'l Penguin Lost". Bowser laughs when Mario dies, just like in this game.
• Super Mario Sunshine: Bowser Jr. is seen wielding his Magic Paintbrush from this game. Mario encounters Shadow Mario's M graffiti on the ground during the intro cutscene. The way Mario chases the Fury Shadows to get a Cat Shine is similar to how he has to chase Shadow Mario to get a Shine Sprite in this game. Likewise, Cat Shines themselves seem to reference Shine Sprites in name and function.
• Super Mario Galaxy: Part of the ending theme of Bowser's Fury includes a short excerpt from "Enter Bowser Jr.!".
• Super Mario 3D Land: Cat Boom Boom's second fight is similar to Boom Boom's fight in Special 4-Airship, as they both take place on top of retractable spikes.
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: Hint Toad, Banktoad, and Yellow Toad are extra characters in the Captain Toad levels, wearing their outfits from this game. Additionally, their level clear animation is similar to their level clear animation from the Toad Brigade levels in the Bonus Episode. Toadette also appears in Bowser's Fury using her appearance from this game.
  • Nintendo Switch version: Instead of using touch controls, the player uses motion controls to control a cursor, similar to this game.
• Super Mario Odyssey: The structure of Bowser's Fury greatly resembles that of this game. Snapshot Mode and the map feature return from this game, and characters can ground pound through upright pipes and roll into sideways pipes to enter them faster. Additionally, Mario's animation when he collects a Cat Shine resembles the animation when he collects a non-story-related Power Moon in this game.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スーパーマリオ ３Ｄワールド ＋ フューリーワールド Sūpā Mario 3D Wārudo + Fyūrī Wārudo	Super Mario 3D World + Fury World
Chinese (simplified)	超级马力欧 ３Ｄ世界 ＋ 狂怒世界 Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu 3D Shìjiè + Kuángnù Shìjiè	Super Mario 3D World + Fury World
Chinese (traditional)	超級瑪利歐 ３Ｄ世界 ＋ 狂怒世界 Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu 3D Shìjiè + Kuángnù Shìjiè	Super Mario 3D World + Fury World
Korean	슈퍼 마리오 3D 월드 + 퓨리 월드 Syupeo Mario 3D Woldeu + Pyuri Woldeu	Super Mario 3D World + Fury World

Trivia

• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is the first Mario game that originated on the Wii U to have amiibo support exclusively for the Nintendo Switch port.

External links

• North American website
• North American game page
• Australian game page
• Japanese website
• Japanese game page
• European game page
• Korean website
• Chinese website