Super Mario 3D World

Super Mario 3D World is the latest platformer game in the Super Mario 3D series. The game revolves around the newly added multiplayer and the cat suit/power-up. The game was announced at Nintendo Direct 2013 and was on demo at E3 2013. The game was released on November 22, 2013.

Multiplayer
Super Mario 3D World is the first game in the Super Mario 3D series to include multiplayer. Playable characters are Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Blue Toad. Their abilities are similar to those from the original Super Mario Bros. 2. Mario has the standard run and jump capability. Luigi jumps higher with a flutter kick. Peach can float in the air, and Blue Toad runs faster than the rest.

Playable Characters
Playable Mario Luigi Peach Toad Captain Toad Rosalina

Enemies

 * Ant Trooper
 * Banzai Bill
 * Biddybud
 * Big Ant Trooper
 * Blockstepper
 * Blue Lava Bubble
 * Boo
 * Boomerang Bro.
 * Brolder
 * Cat Goomba
 * Chargin' Chuck
 * Charvaargh
 * Conkdor
 * Fire Bro.
 * Flopter
 * Fuzzy
 * Galoomba
 * Goomba
 * Goomba Tower
 * Hammer Bro.
 * Horned Ant Trooper
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Kuribon
 * Lava Bubble
 * Micro-Goomba
 * Piranha Plant
 * Snow Pokey
 * Spike
 * Splorch
 * Splounder
 * Stingby
 * Venus Fire Trap
 * Winged Dry Bones

Bosses

 * Boom Boom
 * Boss Brolder
 * Bowser
 * King Hisstocrat
 * King Ka-Thunk
 * Meowser (Final boss)
 * Motley Bossblob
 * Pom Pom
 * Prince Bully
 * Queen Hisstocrat

Others

 * Plessie
 * Sprixie
 * A Piranha Plant that falls alseep, which can be picked up to eat other enemies.

Power Ups

 * Super Mushroom - Makes you grow a size.
 * 1-up Mushroom - Gives an extra life.
 * Starman - Makes invincible and extremely fast.
 * Fire Flower - Makes fire balls shoot from your palms.
 * Lucky Bell - Makes Mario and his friends turn to Statue Cat Mario.
 * Super Leaf - Spin nearby enemies, flutter through the air.
 * Super Bell - Climb onto walls, pounce on enemies and slide on ground.
 * Double Cherry - Doubles the character.
 * Boomerang Flower - Throw boomerangs to knock out enemies.
 * Cannon Box - Shoot cannonballs to knock out enemies and bosses.
 * Mega Mushroom - Makes Mario grow giant.
 * Goomba Head - The player dons a Goomba mask to avoid being detected by enemies
 * Ice Skate - In the first level of World 3, the player can get an Ice Skate from Skating Goombas.

Worlds

 * World 1
 * World 2
 * World 3
 * World 4
 * World 5
 * World 6
 * World Castle
 * World Bowser
 * World Star
 * World Mushroom
 * World Flower
 * World Crown

Bonus Stamps

 * 1) First Sprixie princess: Go in the Sprixie House in World 2.
 * 2) Second Sprixie princess: Go in the Sprixie House in World 3.
 * 3) Third Sprixie princess: Go in the Sprixie House after beating Fire Bros. Hideout #1 in World 4.
 * 4) Fourth Sprixie princess: Go in the Sprixie House after beating Bob-ombs Below in World 5.
 * 5) Fifth Sprixie princess: Go in the Sprixie House in World 6.
 * 6) Sixth Sprixie princess: Go in the Sprixie House after beating Red Hot Run in World Castle.
 * 7) Seventh Sprixie princess: Go in the Sprixie House after beating Footlight Lane in World Bowser.
 * 8) Cat Mario climbing: Go in the Sprixie House in World Star.
 * 9) 8-bit Mario: Go in the Sprixie House in World Crown.

5 Star File

 * Star 1: Beat the level The Great Tower of Bowser Land.


 * Star 2: Get every green star from World 1 to World Flower.


 * Star 3: Get every stamp from World 1 to World Star.


 * Star 4: Reach the top of every flagpole.


 * Star 5: Complete every level as all five characters.

Shiny Stars
Complete every level without the use of the Invincibility Leaf.

Year of Luigi Add-Ins
The game had quite a few references to the Year of Luigi. For example, there are some hidden 8-Bit Luigis scattered around the levels. And a 8-Bit Luigi that appears in the lower right corner of the screen, when tapped, will allow the player to play a special game called Luigi Bros. The game itself is a remake of the NES game Mario Bros..

References to Other Games

 * Super Mario Bros. - Most of the soundtrack consists of remix versions of the main theme for Super Mario Bros. Also, the second major level of the game includes an underground level.
 * Super Mario Bros. 2 - During the Slot Machine levels, the theme heard while in there is a remix version of the character select screen from this game. Also, Princess Peach's flutter jump ability returns in this game. The Subcons resemble a Sprixie Princess in this game.
 * Super Mario Bros. 3 - Whenever a player enters a Toad House, the same theme (albeit remixed)  from this game plays whenever a player is in it. When a player dies, the death music is this one instead of the ones from other games.

References to Later Games

 * Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: Some pieces of music return here.

Trivia

 * Super Mario 3D World was released on the same day as Mario Party: Island Tour and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds in the U.S.
 * Super Mario 3D World currently features more power-ups in one game than any of the other Mario games with 19 power-ups.
 * This game is one of few Mario games where the main plot doesn't revolve around rescuing Princess Peach since she is a playable character in this game.