Nintendo Switch: 10 Most Anticipated Exclusives Of 2021

10. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

The Wii U completes its descent into complete obsolescence as the last great - in fact, the greatest - game of its admittedly limited library arrives for Switch on 12 February.

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Super Mario 3D World is a bit of an oddity, reversing the traditional process by being a bigger console brother to the 3DS' excellent handheld outing Super Mario 3D Land. As with the pint-sized platformer, 3D World uses a fixed, isometric view, so it's a little disorientating for long-time 3D Mario fans, and will be doubly so for those regressing from the absolute freedom of Mario Odyssey. It might feel like a backwards jump for Mazza, but it's still leaps and bounds above just about every other platformer of the generation.

The port arrives with a much welcome 30% movement speed increase and a suitably moody bonus chapter called Bowser's Fury - about which we know almost nothing yet. It'll be nearly four years since Odyssey this February; for the many who missed it the first time, 3D World's Cat Mario and pals should scratch the Mario itch for the time being.

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