Super Mario 3D World has been out for a few months now. Naturally, many people have learned the ins and outs of this challenging platformer to varying degrees of success. Whether you’re struggling with jumping or need some help with obstacle avoidance, I’ll teach you what it takes in order to perform these tasks like a pro!
The “super mario 3d world + bowser’s fury manual” is an in-depth guide to the controls of a game called Super Mario 3D World. The guide includes diagrams, tips and tricks, and more.
Super Mario 3D World, like many of the Nintendo Switch’s greatest first-party titles, debuted on the Wii U before being re-released on the far more popular system.
The 3D platformer is back with a fresh element that deserves to be its own game. Bowser’s Fury allows players to take on a kaij-sized, sludge-covered Bowser and explore the mechanics of Super Mario 3D World in a new manner.
There’s a lot to the Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury controls, with numerous distinct ways to play and a slew of various power-ups to collect. So, here’s everything you need to play the games.
The left analogue is designated as (L) and the right analogue is denoted as (R) in this Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury controls tutorial (R). L3 or R3 denotes pressing an analogue to activate its button. Up, Right, Left, and Down are the buttons on the d-pad.
Dual Joy-Con controllers are common in Super Mario 3D World.
These are the Super Mario 3D World controls you’ll need to know if you’re utilizing a double Joy-Con controller setup, such as with a charging grip or in handheld mode.
Action | Controls are shared across both Joy-Cons. |
Move | (L) |
Dash | Y / X + (L) |
Move the camera around. | (R) |
Jump | B / A |
Crouch | ZL / ZR |
Make use of the Touch Cursor | R |
Touch Cursor Reset | L |
Restart the camera | L |
Reserve an Open Item | Up |
Item Reserve – Navigate | Right / Left |
Choose an item from the Reserve list. | A |
Hold Item | YES (near an item) |
Item to be thrown | YES (while holding an item) |
Spin | Anticlockwise rotation (L) |
Spin Jump | A (while spinning) |
Crouch and leap | B, ZL, ZL, ZL, ZL, ZL, ZL |
Ground-Pound | ZLZLZLZLZLZ (while in midair) |
Jump from a pound to a pound on the ground | B, ZL (in mid-air), ZL (in mid-air) (when you hit the ground) |
Long Jump | ZL + B (L) forwards |
Roll | ZL + Y |
Long Rolling Jump | A (while rolling) |
Rolling in the Air | Y + ZL (in midair) |
Somersault to the side | (L) forwards, (L) to the left, (L) to the right, (L) to the left, (L) to the right, (L) to the |
Wall Jump | A (while touching a wall in midair) |
Amiibo is a kind of amiibo that may be used | Left |
Snapshot Mode is activated (solo only) | Down |
Stamps may be added (in Snapshot Mode) | Touchscreen / R |
Stamps must be removed (in Snapshot Mode) | R (hold) when swiping away from the screen |
Take a picture (in Snapshot Mode) | Button to Take a Screenshot |
Open Map | – |
Pause the menu. | + |
Dual Joy-Con Special Controls in Super Mario 3D World
From the cat outfit to the multiplayer maneuvers, Super Mario 3D World has a variety of power-ups, so here are the controls to utilize them all. Although some of the power-ups mentioned below are designated as ‘Mario’ power-ups, they may be utilized by any character.
Action | Controls are shared across both Joy-Cons. |
Cat Claws | Y |
Pounce of the Cat | ZL + Y |
Dive With A Cat’s Claw | In mid-air, press Y (hold). |
Climbing Cats on the Wall | Tilt (L) when in mid-air contacting a wall |
Fire Mario throws a fireball | Y |
Mario’s Boomerang Throw Mario’s Boomerang Throw | Y |
Attack of the Tanooki Mario | Y |
Downward Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki | In mid-air, B (hold) |
Entering the Bubble as a Two-Player | L + R |
Pick-up Friend for Two Players | YES (next to friend) |
Throw Friend is a two-player game. | YES (while holding friend) |
Ground-Pound Synchronized | At the same moment as the other players, press ZL in mid-air. |
Plessie Uprising | (L) |
Jump Plessie | A / B |
Submerge Plessie | Y |
Super Jump Plessie | To submerge, press Y, then A/B as soon as Plessie appears. |
Plessie, dismount | ZL |
Standard controls for Super Mario 3D World’s single Joy-Con
In Super Mario 3D World, the button will be shown as a direction and a letter, such as Left/X, to signify the controls on each side of the Joy-Con.
Action | Controls for a single Joy-Con |
Move | (L) |
Dash | (L) + (L) + (L) + (L) + (L) + ( |
Jump | Right/X or Down/A |
Crouch | SL |
Make use of the Touch Cursor | SR |
Reserve an Open Item | Up/Y |
Item Reserve – Navigate | Right/X and Left/B |
Choose an item from the Reserve list. | Down/A |
Hold Item | B/Left (near an item) |
Item to be thrown | B/Left (while holding an item) |
Spin | Anticlockwise rotation (L) |
Spin Jump | A/Down (while spinning) |
Crouch and leap | Down/A, SL (hold), SL (hold), SL (hold), SL (hold |
Ground-Pound | SL (Simple Language) (while in midair) |
Jump from a pound to a pound on the ground | Down/A (in mid-air), SL (in mid-air) (when you hit the ground) |
Long Jump | SL + Down/A (L) forwards |
Roll | Right/X + SL |
Long Rolling Jump | A/Down (while rolling) |
Rolling in the Air | SL + B/Left (in midair) |
Somersault to the side | (L) forwards, (L) to the left, (L) to the right, (L) to the left, (L) to the right, (L) to the left, (L |
Wall Jump | A/Down (while touching a wall in midair) |
Pause the menu. | -/+ |
Special controls for the single Joy-Con in Super Mario 3D World
Here are the Controls for a single Joy-Con for the many special move and power-ups available in Super Mario 3D World on the Nintendo Switch. Some of the power-ups are named ‘Mario’ power-ups in the table below, but the controls are the same for the other characters.
The controls displayed may be used with any Joy-Con, and the translated buttons are supplied. The bottom of the four buttons, for example, is labeled Down/A, designating the controls for the left and right Joy-Cons.
Action | Controls for a single Joy-Con |
Cat Claws | Left/B |
Pounce of the Cat | SL + B/Left |
Dive With A Cat’s Claw | Left/In mid-air, B (hold) |
Climbing Cats on the Wall | Tilt (L) when in mid-air contacting a wall |
Fire Mario throws a fireball | Left/B |
Mario’s Boomerang Throw Mario’s Boomerang Throw | Left/B |
Attack of the Tanooki Mario | Left/B |
Downward Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki | In mid-air, down/A (hold) |
Entering the Bubble as a Two-Player | SL + SR |
Pick-up Friend for Two Players | B/Left (next to friend) |
Throw Friend is a two-player game. | B/Left (while holding friend) |
Ground-Pound Synchronized | Press SL at the same moment as the other players in mid-air. |
Plessie Uprising | (L) |
Jump Plessie | Right/X or Down/A |
Submerge Plessie | Left/B |
Super Jump Plessie | Left/B to submerge, and then Right/X or Down/A just as Plessie surfaces |
Plessie, dismount | SL |
Bowser’s Fury Controls are shared across both Joy-Cons.
You’ll gain access to all of Bowser’s Fury Controls if you use a twin Joy-Con controller setup and play as Mario.
Action | Controls are shared across both Joy-Cons. |
Move | (L) |
Dash | Y / X + (L) |
Move the camera around. | (R) |
Jump | B / A |
Crouch | ZL / ZR |
Bowser Jr. should be contacted directly (touch cursor) | R |
Cursor movement | Directions of motion |
Bowser Jr. should be instructed. | R |
Instruct Bowser Jr. on how to use Spin Attack. | Y |
Touch Cursor Reset | L |
Restart the camera | L |
Reserve an Open Item | Up |
Item Reserve – Navigate | Right / Left |
Choose an item from the Reserve list. | A |
Hold Item | YES (near an item) |
Item to be thrown | YES (while holding an item) |
Spin | Anticlockwise rotation (L) |
Spin Jump | A (while spinning) |
Crouch and leap | B, ZL, ZL, ZL, ZL, ZL, ZL |
Ground-Pound | ZLZLZLZLZLZ (while in midair) |
Jump from a pound to a pound on the ground | B, ZL (in mid-air), ZL (in mid-air) (when you hit the ground) |
Long Jump | ZL + B (L) forwards |
Roll | ZL + Y |
Long Rolling Jump | A (while rolling) |
Rolling in the Air | Y + ZL (in midair) |
Somersault to the side | (L) forwards, (L) to the left, (L) to the right, (L) to the left, (L) to the right, (L) to the |
Wall Jump | A (while touching a wall in midair) |
Cat Claws | Y |
Pounce of the Cat | ZL + Y |
Dive With A Cat’s Claw | In mid-air, press Y (hold). |
Climbing Cats on the Wall | Tilt (L) when in mid-air contacting a wall |
Fire Mario throws a fireball | Y |
Mario’s Boomerang Throw Mario’s Boomerang Throw | Y |
Attack of the Tanooki Mario | Y |
Downward Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki | In mid-air, B (hold) |
Plessie Uprising | (L) |
Jump Plessie | A / B |
Submerge Plessie | Y |
Super Jump Plessie | To submerge, press Y, then A/B as soon as Plessie appears. |
Plessie, dismount | ZL |
Amiibo is a kind of amiibo that may be used | Left |
Snapshot Mode is activated (solo only) | Down |
Stamps may be added (Snapshot Mode) | Touchscreen / R |
Stamps must be removed (Snapshot Mode) | R (hold) when swiping away from the screen |
Take a picture (Snapshot Mode) | Button to Take a Screenshot |
Open Map | Right / – |
Pause the menu. | + |
Bowser’s Fury two-player Controls for a single Joy-Con
Bowser’s Fury may be played in two-player mode, with one player controlling Mario and the other controlling Bowser Jr. These are the controls you’ll need to know if you’re using a single Joy-Con each, with the buttons specified for both the left and right Joy-Con, such as Right/B for the left/right Joy-Con.
This first table of controls is for the singe Joy-Con use of Mario, with the second table further down denoting the Bowser Jr. Controls for a single Joy-Con in Bowser’s Fury.
Mario’s Adventure | Controls for a single Joy-Con |
Move | (L) |
Camera | (L) + (R) + (X) |
Restart the camera | L3 |
Dash | (L) + (L) + (L) + (L) + (L) + ( |
Jump | Right/X or Down/A |
Crouch | SL / SR |
Reserve an Open Item | Up/Y |
Item Reserve – Navigate | Right/X and Left/B |
Choose an item from the Reserve list. | Down/A |
Hold Item | B/Left (near an item) |
Item to be thrown | B/Left (while holding an item) |
Spin | Anticlockwise rotation (L) |
Spin Jump | A/Down (while spinning) |
Crouch and leap | Down/A, SL (hold), SL (hold), SL (hold), SL (hold |
Ground-Pound | SL (Simple Language) (while in midair) |
Jump from a pound to a pound on the ground | Down/A (in mid-air), SL (in mid-air) (when you hit the ground) |
Long Jump | SL + Down/A (L) forwards |
Roll | Right/X + SL |
Long Rolling Jump | A/Down (while rolling) |
Rolling in the Air | SL + B/Left (in midair) |
Somersault to the side | (L) forwards, (L) to the left, (L) to the right, (L) to the left, (L) to the right, (L) to the left, (L |
Wall Jump | A/Down (while touching a wall in midair) |
Cat Claws | Left/B |
Pounce of the Cat | SL + B/Left |
Dive With A Cat’s Claw | Left/In mid-air, B (hold) |
Climbing Cats on the Wall | Tilt (L) when in mid-air contacting a wall |
Fire Mario throws a fireball | Left/B |
Mario’s Boomerang Throw Mario’s Boomerang Throw | Left/B |
Attack of the Tanooki Mario | Left/B |
Downward Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki Mario Tanooki | In mid-air, down/A (hold) |
Plessie Uprising | (L) |
Jump Plessie | Right/X or Down/A |
Submerge Plessie | Left/B |
Super Jump Plessie | Left/B to submerge, and then Right/X or Down/A just as Plessie surfaces |
Plessie, dismount | SL |
Pause the menu. | -/+ |
In Bowser’s Fury, player two has access to the Bowser Jr. controls.
Bowser Jr. is a character in the game Bowser Jr. | Controls for a single Joy-Con |
Move | (L) |
Camera | (L) + (R) + (X) |
Restart the camera | L3 |
Warp | SL + SR |
Attack | Left/B |
Fly Up | Down/A |
Pause the menu. | -/+ |
On Super Mario 3D World, how do you start multiplayer?
Before entering one of the game worlds, press R on a dual Joy-Con controller or SR on a single Joy-Con to bring up the Local and Online multiplayer choices from the course selection screen.
On the following page, you may choose to connect to other Nintendo Switch devices through ‘Local Wireless Play’ or over the internet via ‘Online Play.’
On one Nintendo Switch system, press + (or – on one of the single Joy-Cons) to bring up the menu, choose ‘Controllers,’ and then connect the controllers for local co-op, two-player fun.
How to start Bowser’s Fury’s two-player mode
To invite a buddy to play as Bowser Jr. in Bowser’s Fury, go to the menu by pressing + (or – on one of the single Joy-Cons). After that, go to the ‘Controllers’ menu and connect the two single Joy-Cons. Bowser Jr. will be controlled by player two, while Mario will be controlled by player one.
In Super Mario 3D World Plus Bowser’s Fury, how can you adjust the camera controls?
You’ll be able to move the camera around with select Super Mario 3D World controller types. The camera controls are set to ‘Normal’ by default. If you wish to flip the horizontal or vertical camera controls, hit +, choose ‘Options,’ and then slide left or right to invert camera controls.
In Bowser’s Fury, you can also change the camera sensitivity via the Options section of the Pause the menu..
In Super Mario 3D World Plus Bowser’s Fury, how do you save your game?
You must go to the menu (+), pick ‘Save Files,’ and then hit the ‘Save’ option to save your progress in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. You may also load previously saved games or delete ones you don’t wish to preserve from the Save Files box.
Now that you’re familiar with all of the Super Mario 3D World controls, you can begin setting up your controller with either Joy-Con setups.
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