Super Mario 3D Land HD for Nintendo Switch

Super Mario 3D Land HD is an HD Remaster and port of the 3Ds game Super Mario 3D Land on the Nintendo Switch. This game was the first game in the 3Ds Legacy Collection, a collection of various popular 3Ds games remastered and ported to the Nintendo Switch. Super Mario 3D Land HD included improved graphics and new features. The port was mostly received well for Improving the games graphics and being the definitive way to play Super Mario 3D Land.

New Features
The port included many new features. Such as the new power ups, the Spiny Shell and Frog Suit. Spiny shell works essentially as it does in Mario Kart. It goes towards some nearby enemies and explodes with a powerful blue boom. The frog suit works the same as it did in other games. The port also included 2 new playable characters unlocked after beating the game once. Blue Toad and Daisy. Blue Toad has the ability to run faster and Daisy can glide. The biggest changes were adding HD Rumble, Huge Graphical upgrades and co-op mode. The co-op mode allows up to 4 people to play. The port also added some mini-game’s in the menu as a bonus, similar to what they did in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Super_Mario_Bros. New Super Mario Bros] for the Nintendo DS. Mini-Games included a Waluigi themed pinball game, A Mario themed memory card game, Hide and Seek, a game in which you have to find Luigi hidden in various pictures. Whack A Goomba, a whack a mole type game where you hit Goombas coming out of warp pipes and Mario Puzzles, a puzzle game with trivia, memory and brain teaser games. Super Mario 3D Land HD added plenty of new features to feel fresh

Graphics
The graphics were heavily improved for the port. The game mostly use the same assets from the original 3Ds game, just with more polygons added to the models to make them look better. The better resolution of the switch screen allowed for full creative freedom. The heavily improved graphics were a main point of praise in reviews. Some said that even though the graphics were pretty good on the 3Ds, but the switch’s capability brings the graphics to a whole new level. Some even want as far as to say that this port is the definitive way to play Super Mario 3D Land. The 3Ds version of the game was soon abandoned