After daycare, since a few weeks , my 3 yo keeps telling me that she wants to see the "mushrooms" so once a day I play for about half an hour. She understands that the goal is to catch the stars and she likes to choose the next map. Personally, I enjoy the game and I would have played anyway alone.

There's adorable, and then there's Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. This is a game where you have to guide the interminably cute Captain Toad through perfectly formed vignettes that you rotate and inspect in order to solve the family-friendly puzzles that are put in your way.

Beautiful visuals; Endearing characters; Fun puzzles; Perfect for on-the-go

Docked mode isn't as intuitive as undocked; Very gentle increase in challenge; Relatively short

Treasure Tracker still feels close to unique, and gains new life on both of Nintendo's current systems. Switch is very much the better choice, but 3DS is by no means a bad option. Still smart, prettier than ever and, in retrospect, genuinely important as part of Nintendo's modern history, is a rare...

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker offers very little for those who have played it before, but if you've never have played before then you're in for a treat. Treasure Tracker might look adorable on the surface but under lurks a fun and innovative puzzler, one that might just be better played on your own...

In 2014 Nintendo took those Fez-like bonus stages that were included in the terrific Super Mario 3D World and fleshed-out the idea by giving the sentient fungi their own proper 3D puzzle game in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker .

Available exclusively on Nintendo Switch It hurts to be revisiting Captain Toad on . Back when it released on Wii U in 2014 I enjoyed its simplistic but engaging gameplay; finding an adorable game that overflowed with charm.

Puzzles are unique and varied; A visual delight; Plenty of content

Clunky controls get in the way; Lacking in terms of new content; Missing levels from original release

Nintendo seems intent on recycling the strong first-party titles that were originally released on Wii U, bringing them to the Nintendo Switch, and it's easy to see why. Their previous console had lots of quality software, but only a fraction of the potential audience on Switch ever got to experience...

When I initially played through Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker on the Nintendo Wii U, I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel that it'd be better suited to a portable console the whole way through.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is an absolute joy to behold, from its cute visual styling and delicious soundtrack and audio utterances from the main characters, to the expertly crafted self-contained stages, jam-packed with smart puzzles to solve and a plethora of goodies to uncover.

Much like Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze before it, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was a true gem on the Wii-U that simply didn't get the recognition it deserved due to the system's relative scarcity in the gaming marketplace.