climb up walls for a short distance and offers up both a melee attack and aerial dive. Aside from making (almost) everyone look a little *too* adorable, the Cat Suit lets Mario and Co. First up, is the obvious one: the Cat Suit. It wouldn't be a Mario game without a new power-up or two, and Super Mario 3D World has several. There's even a fifth character you unlock, but I won't ruin the surprise there. 2 - Mario is your all-rounder, Luigi has the wiggly high jump, Toad runs faster than everybody, and Peach can float. Before any level, you can choose to play as Mario, Luigi, Toad, or Princess Peach, and they retain their special traits from Super Mario Bros. Unlike most Mario games, 3D World allows you to select a character to play as, and gives you a healthy smack from the Nostalgia Hammer by doing so. I know, hindsight is 20/20, but Super Mario 3D World is Nintendo at the top of its game, filled with vibrant, creative worlds, an absolutely phenomenal soundtrack, and gorgeous graphics. This is the game that the WiiU should have launched with.

If you told me earlier this year that in the midst of two next-gen console launching, my favorite game of the fall was going to be from Nintendo, I would have called you insane.

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