The soundtrack of the game, partly recorded by a big band and an orchestra, comes from the pens of the Mario composers Mahito Yokota and Kōji Kondō. Kōichi Hayashida and Kenta Motokura, the creative minds behind 3D Land, acted as project managers. The aim of the game is to free the fairy princesses kidnapped by Bowser.Ī team from the Nintendo studio EAD Tokyo, most recently of about one hundred, developed Super Mario 3D World over a period of about one and a half years. The main theme of the game is the new cat transformation. The basic game principle is similar to that of its predecessor 3D Land and consists of maneuvering the character through numerous three-dimensional, linear levels to the goal. In addition to the series protagonist Mario, the characters Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, and, as the secret character, Rosalina are used. As the first 3D game in the Super Mario series, 3D World offers HD graphics and, in addition to single-player, also a simultaneous multiplayer mode for up to four people.
