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Captain Toad Was Almost a Zelda Game

While Captain Toad had his own mini-game in Super Mario 3D World, Shinya Hiratake, co-director of the upcoming Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, actually envisioned the game's concept as part of a very different Nintendo series: The Legend of Zelda.

Hiratake reportedly liked the idea of a platformer that focused on puzzle-solving and outlawed jumping altogether, but couldn't imagine any Super Mario characters being unable to jump. Link from The Legend of Zelda series, however, seemed a perfect fit.

The team showed a tech demo to Miyamoto, who shot the idea down as a Zelda title, but incorporated it as a mini-game in Super Mario 3D World, using Captain Toad (weighed down with a heavy backpack) as the star. Now Captain Toad is getting a whole game devoted to the diorama-like treasure hunting antics, leaving us to imagine how the game might've looked had they stuck with the Zelda theme.

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jesusraz 16.11.2014#1

That's quite intriguing! So the way to get around it was to weigh Toad down with a heavy backpack...genius! Clever Miyamoto Smilie

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Flynnie 16.11.2014#2

I do like Captain Toad as an IP, I'm surprised that Toad hasn't been included in smash bros to be honest. I really thought he stood a chance this time around.

My lack of imagination can't see this as a zelda title somehow, but could have had mini temple puzzles finding shards of triforce and pushing blocks and the like.

Besides who said link can't jump? People have not played Zelda 2 Smilie

jb 16.11.2014#3

Would be neat if they included some Zelda-themed DLC for Cap' Toad. I bet they will..!

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Insanoflex 16.11.2014#4

jb said:
Would be neat if they included some Zelda-themed DLC for Cap' Toad. I bet they will..!

it does have amiibo support...
never know.

Supa_hyped 16.11.2014#5

im glad thet they opted to go with toad. with the mk8 dlc, hyrule warriors + the mm announcement, for me, that would be too much zelda right now.

Flynnie 17.11.2014#6

That's a good point, there isn't a Toad amiibo announced yet but it has amiibo support.

i just wondering if crossing over everything will just wear the novelty out?

crackedthesky 17.11.2014#7

I don't see much of a risk of wearing characters out. So far they're doing a pretty good job making these cameos unique. For example, Link in Mario Kart is not Link in Super Smash. He's been given a physically altered appearance to keep in line with MK's art style, he's kart-bound, etc. Link in Captain Toad would most likely be an almost chibi-level of super-deformed, they'd probably use child Link, the game would probably resemble something like the Zelda minigame from Nintendo Land on a smaller and more third-person scale, etc.

Basically, it's one thing to have Link appear in both Super Smash and Soul Calibur; something like that is cutting it close, but having characters appear in vastly different forms in vastly different games seems a lot less likely to get old, to me.

Plus, they have to make Amiibo a worthy purchase. Skylanders and Disney Inifinity have the bonus of every single figure working with most of the games on any system. Nintendo has many figurines but only one system (with 3DS support arriving next year) but no clear vision on what the future connectivity will be. For example, what can the Mega Man Amiibo do outside of Super Smash? There hasn't been a new Mega Man game in years. Do I have to wait for a new Fire Emblem game for the Marth, Ike, Lucina, and Robin Amiibo to work with anything?

There's the Hyrule Warriors route, where every one is compatible but doesn't necessarily do anything special, and having a place to use them at all is welcome, but now and then Amiibo need to do something special to justify the purchase.

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