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We awarded the Wii U version of Super Mario 3D World a 9.6/10 in our review, saying it's "marvelous, and its constant variety and fantastic light-hearted co-op play proves that Nintendo still knows exactly how to tweak the Mario formula in fun ways." Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury will arrive for Switch on February 12, and you can preorder it right now. amiibo will also go back on sale, and offer special activations while playing Bowser's Fury specifically. Also tagged with Play Super Mario 3D All-Stars will feature Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy, as well as Super Mario 3D World. Summary: Super Mario 3D World once again unites Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toad for an all-new adventure fusing the unique platforming gameplay of Super Mario 3D Land with the cooperative gameplay of New Super Mario and the special team powers of Super Mario 2. Get it at Amazon - 59.99 Get it at Best Buy - 59.99 Get it at Nintendo eShop (digital) - 59.99 Currently, the game is only available in physical form at Best Buy, but I expect it to pop up at the other big online retailers sometime today. New Cat Mario and Cat Peach amiibo will be released alongside the game, and will offer "in-game enhancements" in both Super Mario 3D World, and Bowser's Fury. To celebrate Nintendo's 125th anniversary, we're spending time with some of the best games The Big N ever made. Preorder Super Mario 3D World + Bowsers Fury. 3D World itself will be available as it was on Wii U, albeit with added online multiplayer for up to four players. The courses on show definitely look to be on the tougher side - although it's not clear yet if this is designed as an endgame experience for 3D World. That's in order to stop an inky new form of Bowser, who has "become gargantuan and lost all control" - whose appearances are accompanied by full-on metal music and very bad weather. Summary: Two solid platformers in one neither of which approaches the franchise's most dizzying heights. That trailer also shows off a giant version of the game's Bell power-up, which seeming turns our hero into a gigantic version of Cat Mario.