Captain Toad's Joined by Toadette in Treasure Tracker as European Release Date is Confirmed

I didn't think this game could get any more adorable and then they add Toadette and completely prove me wrong.

This is rather weird, but we are getting the game in Portugal a week earlier, January 2. Does this means we are finally not Europe any more!? >_<

I probably won't be getting this.

Japan launch is November 13, 2014, fix that infobox of your on the right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BapVf3fVN6Y

This game looks amazing. Can't wait.

Looks so good.

Wish it was out before xmas, but January will do I suppose.

The inclusion of the Cherry powerup is going to lead to some awesome levels I'll bet. Wonder if there will be any other powerups included.

I pre-ordered this ages ago, but I am unsure how good a January release in Europe be in terms of sales.

i love toad.

All of my yes, can't wait to play as Captain Toadette.

@FragRed

Right after christmas. People will have received vouchers and money. There's a reason there are always huge sales in January after xmas.

I'm not saying a pre xmas release wouldn't have been better. I'd have liked it this december, but it's clear they're pushing Smash Bros and Amiibo for xmas. Other games can wait, apparently.

So much yes!

£10-20 purchase for me.

So weird they couldn't get this ready for Christmas. I'll be getting it but maybe not day 1, but it would have been a perfect Christmas game.

2:21 Are they promoting the use of your own greasy finger instead of the Gamepad's stylus to interact with the touch screen!?

This along with Bayonetta 2 are my most anticipated games of the year/Jan 2015. For me this is perfect antidote when a change of pace is needed after the chaos in MK8, Smash & B2.

Very pleased we have a release date but...9th Jan?? A week after everyone has gone back to school, college, uni & work??? Very strange.

@Jazzer94 Retail is $39.99 I believe.

I'm buying it, I really think it's going to be awesome.

I wonder if she's part of a great co-op or even online co-op plot - though I wouldn't bet on it.

I can't get over how much this has expanded on those side missions from SM3DW. Everyone was questioning if this was a cheaper $20-30 title when it was first revealed, but now it just looks like it's bursting with content with fantastic level and gameplay design.

Got this preordered for my son. It's going to be his Christmas present since it releases Dec 5th where I am from.

This looks fantastic,just like the Nintendo of old.For those who are doubting it's value as a retail release I think you'll be pleasantly surprised come December.

Awesome. I love Toadette and she makes sense here.

TOADETTE!!!! AWESOME!!!
Now I am hyped for this getting pre-order now

Nice, would make a great Christmas present.

@Porky BestBuy.com is showing it as a 59.99 pre-order still.
If it does go to 39.99. I will for sure pick it up day one.

@Shiryu That's because you are under Nintendo of Iberia (Nintendo Ibérica). And due to festivities it means that the game can still release the game during our holiday shopping spree.

So it was pushed back to January, only to be released immediately after Christmas?

@Porky Look at the region the article relates too.

Captain Toad can't jump, his backpack is too heavy.

That's just pure martketing genius right there, get the games onepossible flaw right out in the open.

An dat first I htought Toadete meant mutliplayer co-op, but then I thought she's Crystal in Starfox Adventiures. Probbaly mor eth elater.

This may have started as a minigame, but had this come out before SMG everybody would be talking about how innovative this game looked. I'm sold, and we haven't even seen what the amiibo do yet. May wiat to play it until then, but I'm sold none the less.

OMFG this trailer is freaking awesome! Better than SM3DW in terms of camera angle! And it's only 40$ game right? Can't wait! I wish it'll be release sooner in EU so I can play with my kid while in Christmas vacation.

@OzKat - Amazon US is $39.99. I added it to my wishlist Sept 21 at $59.99 but it says the price dropped 33%

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KWF38AW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2I24LKXYQNECG&coliid=I1INKXKICP9OEB

Also Newegg (may be a US only website)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16878190417&cm_re=captain_toad-[/em]-78-190-417-_-Product

And even Gamestop:

http://www.gamestop.com/wii-u/games/captain-toad-treasure-tracker/117536

TRU still has it $59.99 but they've been very anti-Nintneod of late anyway.

@Jazzer94 It's currently £40 but it may go down to £32 like Hyrule and DK did. If its over 70 levels £32-40 seems like a fair price to me.

They used Sprawling Savannah's gorgeous music theme for the trailer! Makes me think this game probably will have as much of an outstanding soundtrack as 3D World had.

And yes, this game is almost too cute for words. I'm very curious to read the reviews.

@ricklongo I listened to the new music from the levels on the Japanese site, and it doesn't seem to feature the live-musician production values found in 3D World, MK8 (and even Galaxy 1+2).

This is looking great. January suits me just fine as I've still got plenty to be playing before then. On the content side of things 70+ levels is more than enough I think!

@PALgamer Aw right!

This game looks much better than expected, and is clearly a day 1 buy for me 9 january.

Lovely to see Toadette get a starring role finally.

Am I weird to be more excited for Bayonetta 2 and Captain Toad then Smash?

Looks great, Nintendo need more games like this.
Mario Kart and Smash are good, but they need games like this to draw their themes and material from. Without fresh first party adventure games, future Smash Bros would have exactly the same roster as it has now.

Epic. I can see myself 100%ing this game and wanting DLC lol.

@PALgamer So, we'll have it in Spain for "Reyes" holiday?

This looks awesome, can't wait!!!!

@Action51 No!

@Action51 I'm in the same boat dude.

On my birthday!! thanks nintendo

My heart sank when toadette got carried away and set up the "save the princess" goal once again. But then she's playable! Yes! Something about the way she is designed in Mario Kart 8 made me really notice how awesome she is. SO glad she is starring alongside Captain Toad.

The amount of content is pretty awesome. I imagine the stages aren't super repayable as these kind of games rely on the discovery and puzzle solving quite a bit, but 70 stages PLUS plenty of action and secrets means 2 play-throughs at least is likely.

The game looks like a tremendous value at $40 and I'm pre-ordering this one for Xmas (sorry to those who can't )

This is a new IP. Sure, it's Captain Toad from Mario but in a brand new gameplay scenario. I hope it's successful as it certainly has great appeal to me. Can't wait.

@rjejr
The backpack-too-heavy thing is smart. Now what about his running speed?

@OneBagTravel
Right, DLC plus Amiibo. This one might have legs. DLC is the perfect reason to start at a lower price too. Nintendo seems to have a win-win approach to DLC — except for the heavy advertising of said DLC in Mario Kart 8. Not a fan of that.

@jariw To be honest, it doesn't really need an orchestral / live musician production to be memorable, just great compositions and arrangements. Some of my favorite soundtracks of all time, including Donkey Kong Country 2 for the SNES, feature synthesized music.

@Action51 No. I'm the same way.

@Peach64 This!!

Toadette playable??? Finally??? Definately buying now!!! YES!!!

Is there a reasonable number of types of level in this ? I have only seen the 3D World like levels and that mine cart thing. If there is decent variety I might get it.

Am I the only one who hates Toadette?
Of all the Mario Kart Characters she annoys me the most.
I mean come on: Her plaits are rows of mushrooms. ^^

@Emblem For me from trying the game it feels like a £10-20 purchase.

The Captain Toad HYPE is real!

@Jazzer94 Yeah, I wouldn't pay more than 20 for a demo either.

It looks great. It seems to offer much more than I originally expected. I'm definetly getting this one.

I miss the Nintendo Directs.

@Ebitwomaru Si, pa Reyes xD
https://twitter.com/NintendoES/status/520529355404230656
That's what it says on twitter (and Shiryu mentioned). It releases on the 2nd of January, you got few days to purchase it for the "Three Wise Men"!

@PALgamer So Miyamoto prefers the "Three Wise Men" holiday instead of Christmas! He's more Spanish than I thought... haha.

First Toad game since 1994

@aaronsullivan - "But then she's playable!"

But is she co-op playable? The eShop doesn't list # of players for Captain Toad (though admittedly that line is inconsistent across Wii U's eShop) and SM3DW was multiplayer so... I'm wishful hoping thinking The 2nd player would be limited to no camera control and such but they've made games w/ much less 2nd player input than that, like SMG.

amiibo AS DLC is what I'm thinking. Being a puzzle game my wife says this game has no replay value. But Toad can't jump. Mario can jump. And Link has a sword. And Samus has her arm canon. If people are willing to pay $20 for 2D Mario games to play as Luigi just b/c he can jump a little higher, what about replaying this as Mario or Link or Samus or Pitt or Starfox? Maybe 1 of them can even run fast

@Jazzer94 Fair enough, I just thought you were pricing it at £10-20 based on the earlier rumours that the game was only 20 or so levels. This trailer has made me more interested in it then I was before but i'm not sold yet.

@rjejr

Sorry to burst your "I want a second Gamepad" bubble

This is from Nintendo's website:

System Wii U
Release Date Dec 05, 2014
No. of Players 1 player
Category Puzzles, Strategy
Publisher Nintendo
Developer Nintendo
Price: $39.99

So there is no 2 player mode, unless they want to patch it in the future. I disagree about having foreign characters as they would have to tinker with every level to take advantage of each of those characters' skills.

I'm trying to cancel a few pre-orders, and this one was on the line to get it later, but I guess Toadette just put it safely ahead of some others...

Meh, had it released in time for Christmas I might have been interested, but I''m more interested in other games~

9th January, does this really make any sense Nintendo? Of course this means the next few months will be Nintendo pretending the only game that exists is Smash Wii U...

@sinalefa - I didn't expect a 2nd Gamepad for this, they're saving that for Splatoon A Pro or even a Wiimote and nunchuck could move a 2nd player around. I've seen my kids play enough 2 player now - Hyrule Warriors and Lego Marvel - w/ 1 using the tv and 1 the Gamepad to realize there is a lot you can still do w/ only 1 Gamepad, even in a game like this. Those train levels w/ Toadette playable reminded me a lot of SM3DW.

As for the amiibo needing different levels design, and "jump" being built into the game engine, I realize it's a long shot, but what else are the amiibo supposed to do? Do you realize they come out in just 6 weeks - SIX WEEKS - from today in the US and the only game we've seen them in is SSB U? That's it, game play in only 1 game, for $12.99 NFC toys that start selling in 1 1/2 months from today. And they really don't do all that much in SSB U from what I can tell, you don't even control them they are CPU controlled. (I could be wrong on that but that's what I've seen so far.) I do expect them in MK8 by the Nov DLC but we still haven't seen what they do yet. New racers would be an obvious guess, but some people have already paid for Link, and Mario is already in it.

I'm glad we got dates, some Captain Toad, and even a B2 demo this week, all that's left is amiibo gameplay, SSB U modes and 3DS as Wii U controller in SSB and I'm all good for 2014. Next week I guess. (2015 I'm planning on taking it relatively easy.)

@Peach64
Agreed. It's pretty pathetic that Europe is getting a month after Christmas. It will surely decrease the sales for the game.

I live in NA so it will be a nice Christmas gift.

@rjejr

I guess Smash U is the only game to have Amiibo functionality right out of the box, and even then who knows when all 40+ figures will be released. So far they have only announced around 25% of the roster as toys.

So my bet is that the Amiibo functionality for CT and MK8 will be announced in 2015.

@rjejr
Co-op would be awesome, but every video clip showed only one or the other not both. Also, it would require completely different puzzle design to make it fun. Maybe with DLC.

I'm with you on the Amiibo functionality in this game, though. Can't really think of what the purpose would be. :/ As for them just popping in and playing in place of Captain Toad or Toadette. Not sure how that would work. Maybe they just put on the heavy backpack and the miner's light and have slight differences? Maybe they show up in the game in different ways or give you bonuses or hints? Unlock some sort of DLC that you would otherwise pay for? That's all I've got so far.

Pre-ordered

Adorable!

I suppose this could get destroyed in the Christmas rush by bigger name games so maybe that's why it's being held back. I guess Smash Bros is Nintendo's big one.

Why no mention of amiibo?
Glad to see I called Captain Toadette being in the game

I'll be getting it for sure, either for Christmas or I'll pick it up after the holidays. The Captain Toad segments of Mario 3D World were some of my favorite parts of the game.

Wow, just wow. It looks really good. It's great in Spain we give presents on january 6th and not on Christmas day

If this isn't just any Toad, but Captain Toad, this shouldn't be just any Toadette, but a special Toadette with a title. But what title?

Toadette!

@DarkCoolEdge is that little Christmas for yous? We sorta do the same in Ireland.

Hi Spain!

@DarkCoolEdge is that little Christmas for yous? We sorta do the same in Ireland.

Hi Spain!

I would get this day 1 but Mario Kart, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 1 and 2 and of course Smash will already have my money. And that's just on the WiiU platform. Too many games. Not enough time.

Very nice- I knew this game was gonna be great. Don't understand why people doubted, I mean, Nintendo always delivers the goods. People can say what they want about Nintendo when it comes to hardware power, western 3rd party support and quite a few other issues, but one thing you do not question Nintendo on is the quality and value of their games. You just don't question it.

@JaxonH

Well people question it ALL the time...and then games like Destiny, Ryse, Watchdogs, and Shadowfall all get punished by Metacritic...then they people don't question Nintendo's quality for a while

This game looks great though. I love that Nintendo is FINALLY showing more love by making fan-favorite characters playable. I've loved Toadette since Paper Mario TTYD and I think she's a great inclusion in this game.

Now if we could only get Daisy in a non-sports type of game...

@aaronsullivan - I know we discussed it ad nauseum yesterday, but did you know Disney Infinity 2.0(I'm guessing it's the Toy Box ed) is listed to DL on the Wii U eShop for $19.99. It's 14GB. I've already DL the first 1 for 10GB so who knows, if we ever come across a used portal maybe I'll buy in some day

@R_Champ: "Now if we could only get Daisy in a non-sports type of game..." I totally agree. I like Daisy, & Rosalina both. Both characters need to be added into main Mario titles. Perhaps even if expected, Daisy could be who Luigi rescues, or like Rosalina, Daisy doesn't need rescuing. Just a thought to run w/.

@Everyone_Else: This is looking good! Might have to tell "Santa" I've added this to my Christmas "list". Gameplay looks (really) great for a puzzle game. (Edit: My family might be able to play this, & I totally dig that!) Christmas day, I might unwrap, & find this, & Smash! Who knows Not counting Christmas day itself, or the day we're currently on(as I never do count the target calendar date, or day we're currently on), there are 75 days (left) to Christmas, & 47 days (left) to Thanksgiving! Also of note, there are 41 days til Smash on WU!

Wow! Just wow! Smash 3ds, Shantae AtPC, Gunman Clive 2, Smash WU, Capt Toad TT! What a loaded ending to a year! Q4... just loaded.

Lastly, speaking of Christmas, all these e-Shop titles, people should hold off until Thanksgiving, & Christmas, perhaps even after as well. Nintendo may very well do another e-Shop card sale @ Best Buy, Target, &/or elsewhere anywhere around before Thanksgiving til after Christmas, to maybe even in the new year! Just a thought to run w/!

Might get it but I think it's too much for $40. I'll just wait for the reviews and stuff.

9 Januari. Check!

For nintendo fans saying they want more nintendo directs, it's clear they didn't watch all that nintendo treehouse livestreaming which is way more thorough than directs (and on youtube) to be claiming they haven't seen much from this game.

And people saying toad is too slow or can't jump...that's the challenge of the game! Sigh.

@feelthesarcasm Sure they did show a fair amount of Captain Toad at E3 but after that it was pretty much next to nothing outside of a few trailers. You may remember that the treehouse team ragequitted after about 10 minutes of the most recent stream noting that of course that stream they played Mega Man 7 for much longer.

At first, I thought the claw was Bowser's.

30 years old and not ashamed to say i am very excited by this game.

Shame the uk release date is January as most people in the uk have no money in January which will probably effect the sales. Games released during november/ December have a very high sales but the sales period inbetween Xmas and new year do exceptionally well. (Xmas gift money)

Every game would benefit from more Toadette. She is quickly becoming my favorite female Mario character, and is a regular on my Mario Kart roster.

Well I don't pre-order any more. So whether I get this on day 1 depends on what else is out at the time, and given the time of year probably not much. There are many games out this and next month which I'll be catching up on until after the new year. I may wait for a price drop if it's not compelling enough by comparison.

Hope it sells like crap in Europe, so Nintendo might finally learn how to release all of it's games simultaneously worldwide.

Can't wait for this, day one purchase for me. Not pleased about having to wait a whole month after the US but it'll give me something to look forward to playing in January at least. I'm more hacked off about Europe having to wait an extra fortnight for Super Smash Bros U to be honest.

Those character animations are just A grade Nintendo goodness <3

@readyletsgo No, the tradition here is to give them that day as a conmemoration of the arrival of the three kings to Belen to give Jesus their presents.

But we celebrate Christmas as all christians. It's just not that usual to give presents thay day.