Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Switch - The DF Tech Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- The arrival of a new first-party game for Nintendo Switch is always a special event, and the combination package of Super Mario 3D World and Bowser's Fury is no exception. The games are excellent and the technology is fascinating - as John reveals.
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In Bowser's Fury the seagulls have cat ears. GOTY.
This is exactly the insightful comment I needed. Buying it today!
Katakis1 I'll allow it
Seems about right, box has a Nintendo logo on it +3/10 so even a 6 becomes a 9.
Off topic but I see u with that ATCQ pfp
@@ozark5247 🤙
As someone who completed 100% the game on Wii U i can warmly recommended this one to switch owner , especially if you play it with someone!
I'm gonna try for 100% completion on the Switch 🤠
This is true! It’s an absolute masterpiece and quite possibly in my top three favourite games of all time!
@@NinBendo1 if it's a masterpiece then what is super Mario galaxy and odyssey?
Of course you would. Nintendo users love getting bent over by Nintendo
3D World alone: Good
3D World 2 player co-op: Great
3D World 4 player co-op: Oh no
Thank god, Cat Mario can climb while it’s raining.
dont tell link
Lol
That's the only thing I didn't like in BOTW since I had to spend the time waiting for the rain to stop instead of playing the game.
@@geminijinxies7258 well even if you didnt like it its a good mechanic that means the world actually affects the gameplay
@@geminijinxies7258 I agree, when it rains in BOTW you're abilities are diminished by like 50% but I still love the game.
Holy shit, 8 years ago? 0o
Wow, time surely flies by fast.
Mario Sunshine was released almost 20 years ago, how does that make you feel? 😂
@@JochoPorocho I can accept Jr. High being 20 years ago. But almost a decade since the Wii U? That seems fast.
7.
@@JochoPorocho it bums me out.
Seven years and three months to be more exact.
Wow, a DF analysis as soon as the embargo lifts? That's a treat!
So it is! There's some banging music in Bowser's Fury isn't there... 👀
@@mateogoron So they say 😁
Embargo regarding what? Can you give me a quick catchup.. Would appreciate it.
@@vivid8979 The review embargo for 3D World + Bowsers Fury lifted yesterday, at which time DF released this video ;) .
Embargo?
The "shadow issue" noted with the boxes appears to be related to the type of box. Watch at around 6:10 when Mario hits the POW block and they all change the shadows no longer show the striped effect.
At 14:20 you helped me understand how to get that cat coin, so thanks Digital Foundry 🤣👍🏻
Man, this soundtrack for Bowser’s Fury is a banger.
I agree. Awesome melodies and arrangements in perfect harmony. A future classic!
It is awesome but it gets a bit repetitive sadly. I already played a few hours and the music you hear in the video is pretty much what you will hear the whole time.
The photo mode is the Next-Gen Benchmark !!
Switch 2/Nintendo’s next console: Can it run Bowser’s Fury Photo Mode?
Yuzu benchmark
That's weird how Bowser Fury is 30 fps for handheld. I would not have expected Nintendo to do that, especially because Odyssey ran great
Odyssey its a fully Open World game as Bowser Fury?
Bowser's Fury is fascinating and bizarre in the most Nintendo way possible, I love it. I wonder if it's just one small little experiment (there are many in Nintendo's vast history) or a preview of something bigger in the future
Nintendo is trash
Never had a Wii U so the switch version is a welcome surprise. Will be getting this on Friday no questions
Same here. I've enjoyed picking up all the Wii U ports on the Switch, and appreciate they're giving this one some extra love.
You won’t be disappointed!
I think 3D World is the most fun I've had with a Mario game since Mario 64 - I feel like it was received less warmly than I thought it deserved the first time. Glad so many more people will have a chance to experience it. I absolutely adored it on Wii U, and can't wait to get my hands on it again - and Bowser's Fury looks more than just a nice bonus.
People will still just ignore 3D World and focus on Bowser's Fury (which I didn't like much at all), because it's the new thing, even if they haven't played the original before.
NPCs do be like that.
@@steel5897 good grief you're a downer
You can use the touchscreen on the Switch in handheld mode when playing the levels that use touch, to avoid having to use that cursor
Bowser's Fury in particular has some of the best Mario music period. Almost every track during the adventure is freaking amazing.
Love that Bob deinterlacing Easter egg.
Thank you for playing nicely in the comments.
What’s the lore?
@@mbsfaridi Bob from RetroRGB
@@SDMasterYoda Thanks!
Bowser's Fury is a triumph in concept and execution. I love the Kaiju idea and open ended design. The future of 3D Mario is looking very bright indeed.
Bowser's fury looks like a cross between Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario Odyssey 🤔
Played it a bunch and it honestly takes the bad parts of both and only a little bit of the good. 3D World is like the opposite of Odyssey in that it has incredible platforming level design but pretty limited mechanics, Odyssey has incredible mechanics but awful level design. Bowser's Fury takes Odyssey's open, weak level design and marries it with 3D World's limited control scheme and mechanics. Plus, I play 3D World to get AWAY from the collectathon nonsense, so the inclusion is particularly insulting to me.
Not a great fan of it, but the original game is still amazing.
@@steel5897 here’s the thing Odyssy takes more from 64 and sunshine with open levels and multiple moons in a single area
@@steel5897 you think Odyssey has bad level design? It is by far the best 3d mario game as of now in my opinion. Great controls, mechanics, soundtrack and levels to me. Bowsers fury looks a lot more like. Nintendo decided "hey open world helped BOTW I wonder how Mario fans would like Open World Mario?" I personally do not like the thought of open world Mario unless it is some Mario and Luigi Superstar saga that is an RPG.
@@Gravy1255 are you really saying that Boringssey is better than the 2 Galaxy games?
@@PurpleSlays yes lol. I much prefer Odyssey and never once found it boring. In fact I found it more fun, the cappy functionality made it fresh and the controls were a lot more fluid. Plus the boss fights were fun and entertaining (big dragon anyone? Final escape when Mario take control of Bowser? Mario swimming in stew?) The soundtrack was also a bop at all times. I love all 3D mario games though so.
Holy hell Retro Bob popping up with a TOASTY really got me... I did not expect that at all. Well done.
When bowser fury boss music starts playing, thought it was one winged angel for a moment xd
Oh the nostalgia from the ps2 memory card screen...
Now I'm always going to see the weird shadow on the boxes! Thanks Digital Foundry!
Me too! That's distracting.
14:18 Haha that failed fling. I know the feels.
"a more powerfull version of the hardware" you mean the switch ProfeSsiONaL!
The New Super Switch Pro U
It's coming... My bank account can't justify it though. :(
Switch Pro coming this June or September or November
Much more likely than "Switch Pro" with Nintendo are:
"New Switch"
"Switch Advanced"
"Switch Deluxe"
Maybe even "Switch 2"
I'm cettain they wont use a competitors naming scheme for their own product.
Just play it on PC, it emulates perfectly.
Great analysis John. I'm really looking forward to playing this!
Wow nice analysis and review. How did you capture the switch footage when it’s undocked to measure the FPS?
I think it would be very interesting to see a Mario game where the castle can transfigure itself and you literally stay in the same fixed location but the location itself changes...
Nice idea
4:52 - I was not prepared for this 🤣
man, my OCD kicks off seeing all those blocks and coins left untouched
You'd love NicoBBQ's no coin runs of Mario games.
Man, it must take you a loooong time to beat the game! Not that that's a bad thing
@@maxington26 At least I need to die trying to get to one lol
Can't wait to try out Bowser's fury 🙂
A Hyrule Warriors analysis would be super interesting!
13:02 "..a solid *porch* to the switch."
That's deep bro...
We want Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Switch.
This game was so underrated, I honestly loved 3D World and even preferred to the exploratory 3D Mario games like Odyssey and 64.
TOASTY! God damn it I love when @RetroRGB Bob shows up randomly! Great job guys!
Can't wait for my pre order to arrive this Friday. I have been super hyped about it since the days when I was playing it on my 3DS XL.
All the speed runners flocking to the Switch version in droves
Awesome! This does make me wish that Nintendo would add an option for "max performance" even when undocked. I'm okay with half the battery life if it means better undocked performance.
Lol
I guess "max performance" and "460 mhz" is a textbook oxymoron.
Max performance from Nintendo = 2 FPS boost (periodically)
I absolutely respect Nintendo for giving Digital Foundry a review code
Pffft the retrorgb bob when bob deinterlacing came up made me laugh 😂
wow I'm surprised about the changes, I didn't expect an open-world experience.
Bowser’s fury is an addition, not a change.
I wish there was an option for a performance mode in handheld mode for browsers fury. Even if it meant using a dynamic resolution to improve framerate
I don't think people would like to play in 480p mode though.
@@neoasura depends i suppose doom wolfenstein and doom eternal hang around that resolution and while blurry, still look good enough on switches small screen
Seems like they made the right compromise. You can't have a game look really crappy. Makes the brand look bad. But I get your point, they could have given you the option in settings perhaps. It just proves the Switch needs to be updated. It worked great for very simple games but they need a pro version or something new to expand what they did this gen.
Amazing how good Nintendo games look (and sounds) after years! Timeless.
the photomode is sick, love how it ups the graphics too
Photo mode has the best framerates too
Are you guys going to look at pikmen 3 deluxe?
Leave it to John to completely sell me on Bowser's Fury. I was gonna wait to purchase this one, but now I'm a lot more interested.
Ive beaten bowsers fury and can confirm its fucking incredible
Right, I just pulled the trigger on it myself. After watching this I couldn't wait anymore!
Good analysis, but at what resolutions does 3D World typically run at in portable mode? You only mentioned topping out at 720p. Does it generally look jaggy as with Odyssey in portable mode?
Bought, played this 8 years ago with my niece and nephew. 2021 "Here we go!" again!
Bowser’s Fury looks insane. Crazy how they included it when it could’ve been a full game on its own. First ever fully open world Mario too and they didn’t even promote it like that.
They included it because it's only like 5hrs long to beat, and 10hrs to 100%, sadly. If it was 3x as long, this could easily be sold on its own as a standalone title.
@@MikooOnTH-cam They're probably just testing the grounds for the next big Mario game
@ I really hope so bowsers fury is absolutely amazing and I love it
Clean the brown from off your lip I’m sure it smells
We are getting our first Nintendo thats bundled with this game and Im excited, looks really cool.
I remember when got my first Nintendo!!!
Thanks for the analysis! I'll definitely be picking this up when I have the chance.
Does going into system settings and limiting the docked res to 720 eliminate the flickering caused by the upscaling?
Wasn't going to pick it up but you've changed my mind.
This looks amazing!
I played this game a bunch on Wii U almost 100 percented it but it has been awhile and I’m very excited to play it again with bowsers fury !
The interlacing imo is a very cool idea to keep 60fps stable
6:35 man I love that raytracing in portable mode
I'm waiting people to see "Mount Magmeow" area and come back to this video :)
FPS drops like crazy the game slows down badly.
Yeah, having played the game HOLY COW, this video is understating it severely
I didn't notice it in Mount magmeow (maybe due to it being an incredible level), but the plateau with the bell next it dips harddd
"I'm waiting people"
The game also has strange resolution issues in places like World Castle in standard 3D World.
I love watching these videos just because they point out stuff I could care less about. In reality I wouldn’t even notice.
Can’t wait on pick this up. Never owned on Wii U.
Funny to see a Mario that has such traditional linear design have a new side mode with the most experimental open world gameplay we've seen from the series.
So funny
You can say anything about Nintendo but damn they're good at taking care of their franchises.... my god...
You mean like they keep bringing out remaster after remaster after remaster at the same price with most of the times only a slight resolution increase and some updated controls?
@@ElephantTrap No he means refining and bringing updated controls and increase in resolution to a game that almost no one played on a console that almost no one owned, and making a large install base visit it again with not just the base game but an expansion as well.
@@ElephantTrap did you even watched the video? there's an entire new game mode attached to the remaster of the will U game.
As I Pokemon, F-Zero and Star Fox fan, I strongly disagree with you.
@@roniksharma3569 this game is an exception for nintendo, everything he said was true.
I'm guessing the sound track in the beginning was from the bowser boss battle.
The dark, stormy parts where King Koopa emerges are begging for HDR.
By the way, why was there no mention of the added dive move?
3d world is criminally underrated
It was hugely praised when it came out, but for some reason people think of it as a "pretty good" game nowadays. It's still as great as ever, one of the best Mario games out there.
it sold nearly 6 million copies and was Wii U's second best selling game lol
@@GustavoMaciel people are now doing the same thing with Odyssey. They used to praise the game, but nowadays, they recognize the flaws and just called it a “pretty good game”.
The game is insanely small in size on switch. Only ~3GB and that's including bowser's fury. I'd have expected atleast 5GB+
Well, you have 32 GB Memory versus 1 TB on ps5 and Xbox, so ita Fair. By the way, Power resolution texture and other stuff Like stereo only audio can reduce file size drastically
Nintendo are great at making their games small file size.
Nintendo is the best when it comes to optimize/compress games
@@jonathanmatos714 definitely
@@nicolagiampellegrini3411 PS5 got 825GB , Xbox series X got 1TB.
I am definitely playing Bowser's Fury at a relaxed pace because I'm several hours in, only have nearly 30 shines, and still need the map to get around to each section of the lake.
Must I use the touchscreen when playing in handheld or will a button + gyro work?
I know. It's not a big deal for most people but I'm OCD about fingerprints on the screen.
Can't remember the last time DF covered a Nintendo game. Completely skipped Age of Calamity.
To be fair, the new console launches were always going to dominate - there's only four of them so they can't do everything.
@@Zveebo Not really since I think they use to upload more frequently couple of years ago.
@@mbsfaridi chill
@@lynnlynnson4921 Why, what happen?
Why would Digital Foundry cover Nintendo games??
Those giant Mario sections remind me of the ending of og God of war
Reminds me of Katamari
Mario locked at 30fps in portable mode? Ouch... This is the time I'm glad I choose the classic Switch over the Switch Lite...
@Anxiety_timmy but it literally can't do 60 portably because the software won't allow it
"Overall i think it(speed) is a nice change and it does improve the pacing of the game". My god, finally someone who just said if it's good or bad for the gameplay, until now i could only find comparisons, but i was doubtful if it was an improvement since i supposed the game was designed with the slow speed in mind. Thanks for the direct and honest opinion.
i almost 100% the game on Wii U, but it has been a while since I've given it a new playthrough. this is perfect especially considering there's another game alongside it
Foreal I wasn’t planning on picking this up because I already have it for the Wii U but now I’m going to!
Why can't portable mode just run with 540p or 480p in order to reach 60fps? Seriously, 480p on a small screen doesn't look that bad.
Will pick this one up, looks like a lot of fun to play.
Love the photomode memes lol
All I want is a new Metroid or Metroid remasters.
There were rumors of the Prime Collection coming to Switch with reworked controls, maybe before Prime 4 to hype it up a bit and refresh players on the lore.
@CyberCyborg: Hell yeah I want metroid so bad!
Don't worry, we've got Prime 4 to look forward to in 2025
Super mario: Breath of the Meowser!
Adding to my collection!
7:07 music gave me straight Sepheroth vibes.
Who is Sepheroth?
“It’s a case of classic Nintendo really, the game targets 60 frames per second and you will receive 60 frames per second.”
-Stares in Links Awakening Remake.
He means Shigeru Miyamoto era
I think that game wasn’t developed by Nintendo
That was developed by Grezzo
Technically it's still 60fps, if anything you should be staring at Breath of the wild but that was meant to be 30 fps.
Ah yes because the framerate made Zelda completely unplayable. Oh hang on, no it didn't!
This and RE 8 are the only games I’m currently looking forward to
BOTW 2 and Prime 4 too...eventually...when they come out...if they even will.... :(
I have a few Monster Hunter Rise, Bayonetta 3, No More Heroes 3, Shin Megami Tensei 5, the new Ratchet and Clank
For me it's those, and Hitman 3, as I am saving that game for when I'm able to get a Ps5.
ff14 and this are the games the currently intterest me. re8 look cool too.
I hope they dont abandon the Mario & Luigi games. I recently bought all of them for the DS/3DS and they're such good games. I hope they make a new game for the Switch
Cant wait! 24 hrs to go before I can play it. I already pre-purchased this on EShop.
Switch would be awesome with a 3060 inside
I loved this game on the Wii u but I won’t pay full price I’ll wait :(
Yeah don’t get it if you already have it- unless you really, really want to play Bowser’s Fury. I personally have never played this game so I picked it up.
I just need Wind Waker remastered for switch now 😭
Or skyward sword
Can we have new game no more remaster please just stop this stupid trend
Go play the original on original hardware
@@legros731 Yeah go pull out that old gamecube and hope you still have the right cables and rearrange your setup to play the one old game you want. Barely know a few people that still have their wii on the side of their tv at this point, let alone consoles 3 generations ago
@@MrNuclearturtle still got all this and it work perfectly juste like mi n64 snes amd genesis
By the way a Wii will play GameCube game and if you mod it you can install retroarch and have all your retro game on one console
Or just use emulation its fucking free and you can play any game you want if you are too lazy to plug 2 cable lol
Fuck cheap remaster
@@MrNuclearturtle emulators are a thing you dork
Touch still works in handheld mode right?
3D world is one of the few Mario’s I missed out on. I can’t wait to dust off the switch to play it.
Love this on the Wii u, looking forward to the Switch 🙂
The Wii?!
WII U
@@juancamilonunezserrano9540 same thing
@@Dandus_TF whoops 🤣
@@juancamilonunezserrano9540 My mistake 😄
I would assume some of the issues in Bowser's Fury comes from them still using the 3D World engine, which wasn't meant to be used like this originally.
Actually it seems Bowsers Fury was made from the ground up. Even movement is different in Bowsers Fury. in the main game you're stuck to 8 way directional movement but in Bowsers Fury you have the whole 360 degrees. Many other little changes seem to suggest this as well.
Just wanted to point out that RDR2 was made in an engine originally made for a Table Tennis game 🙃
@@yogurtgaminglol and Dragon Age was made in an engine that was created for first person shooters
I thought Bowser’s Fury is running on an optimized version of the Odyssey engine
@@yogurtgaminglol COD up until MW 2019 was running on a engine based on id Tech 3
I've noticed that the framerate takes more and more severe dips after collecting 50 shines. Not sure why this happens...
Was on the fence since I had this on the Wii U (which was eventually sold). But your review convinced me...I’m buying this again for the Switch.
Lol loser
What about the performance with overclock?
I watercooled my switch and i can reach 70 fps it’s fucking amazing
I thought this would be a cashgrab , but damn this looks really good
same. XD
Really? The image quality is worst than on wii u!
@@eloisecole3579 I'm glad It's 60fps 🙂
It's a 3 hours sidegame for $60. It is a cash grab lol
@@eloisecole3579 It is literally not, in any case. Even if you're talking about the image reconstruction artefacts - that's something you won't notice in motion - plus, it's a result of boosting the resolution from 720p to 1080p. If you force the Switch to run in 720p, it will look identical to the Wii U version.
Another great analysis!
That flicker is usually an artifact of temporal AA.
01:05 You've got these mixed up. Newer, improved version of something should be on the right.
**embargo lifts**
Me: alright, imma need to dedicate my morning to watching reviews now
On the Wii U, you could blow on the screen and reveal secrets. I wonder how they changed this on the Switch.
I still blow my Switch for fun
I told myself I was gonna wait a few months before buying but I guesse it's day one for me! Looks really cool