Captain Toad: The Grounded Tale

Captain Toad: The Grounded Tale is a 3D Puzzle Platforming game released for the Nintendo Switch,Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Fusion consoles in 2020, the game is a crossover between the Captain Toad and Undertale series of games.

Story

It's a regular day in the Mushroom Kingdom, which means that the Toad Brigade are out searching for treasure again, after a long walk, Toadette discovers a large mountain in front of them as the Birgade goe to it, little do they know it's the mythical Mount Ebott, a mountain which said to house Monsters trapped inside for thousands of years. After going inside the mountain, they discover a large hole in the middle of it, as Toadette goes to inspect it, a large, thorny vine latches onto her foot trying to pull her down, Blue, Yellow, and Green attempt to pull her up, only to get pulled down as well, Captain Toad starts to panick as he watches his friends helplessly fall into the hole, soon enough, Toad does a deep sigh before jumping in, only for a bunch of vines to break his fall, Captain Toad then hops off the vines and lands on a flowerbed.

After visiting the catacombs, Captain Toad walks into a small patch of grass, suddenly, a smiling golden flower plucks out from the dirt, the Flower introduces himself to him as Flowey the Flower, and says he can help him survive the Underground, after a quick tutorial, Flowey shows him a few Friendliness Pellets and says they are "special power-ups," when Captain Toad goes to touch them, however, he turns into his small form, Flowey then calls him an idiot and surrounds him with Friendliness Pellets while laughing maniaclly, just then, however, the pellets suddenly dissapear, and a fireball knocks Flowey out of the way.

Captain Toad meets Flowey

Toriel then reveals herself and gives Captain Toad a mushroom to heal himself,he asks her what happened to his friends, in which she replies that she hasn't seen any toads around and suggests that they might've been caught by Flowey already. Toriel says not to worry about it, though, and takes Captain Toad's hand into the Ruins, as the game truly begins.

DLC

A DLC for the game called "Lightners and Darkners," was released soon after Captain Toad: The Grounded Tale was released, to learn more about it, click here

Items

Image	Description
	Pluck Patches: Pluck Patches are found in nearly every stage, pulling it up using B will reveal an item
	Turnip: Gained from Pluck Patches, pressing B while holding it will make you throw it, killing monsters that come in contact with it
	Carrot: Found in Pluck Patches, unlike Turnips, they'll fly in a straight line rather than jump in an arc
	Bob-omb: Gained from Pluck Patches, it'll sit on the ground after being thrown before exploding, killing all monsters nearby
	Coin: Coins can be found in nearly every stage, try to collect as many as you can!
	Question Block: Question Blocks will be floating in the air, hitting it will make you gain an item, though due to Captain Toad not being able to jump, you must either throw something at it or touch it
	Super Pixax: Gaining one of these guys wiill make you destroy pretty much everything in front of you for a limited time.
	Mushroom: Getting one of these as Small Captain Toad will change him back to Captain Toad
	Golden Mushroom: These things are usually found in hidden areas, collecting one of these will give you 50 coins
	1-UP Mushroom: Usually found in hidden areas, collecting one of these will grant Captain Toad an extra life
TBA	Veggie Holder: Throwing a vegetable on this will cause something to happen.
	Power Moon: These are found in ecret secret areas, collecting one of these will give Captain Toad 3 extra lives
	Invincibility Mushroom: Usually given to Captain Toad when he's having a tough time in a level, getting one of these will make you invincible to attacks (while not killing enemies)
	Stick: Found from Pluck Patches, Captain Toad can press the Y button to swing it around as a melee attack, pressing B will make Captain Toad throw it in a high arc, works great on dogs.
	Soap: Comes from Pluck Patches, throwing this will make it slide across the ground, pushing away monsters before exploding into bubbles, stunning them.
TBA	Spear Shield: Given in certain levels or boss battles (usually related to Undyne in a way.) And will protect Captain Toad's front.
	Turnip Launcher: Once you get onto these, Captain Toad can fire an endless ammount of Turnips at everything.
	Double Cherry: Collecting one of these bad boys will clone you.
	Super Gem: 3 of these are hidden in every stage, collect them to unlock stages.

Monsters

Monster	Description
	Froggit: A lonely frog that dwells in the Ruins, they slowly hop along a set path, not really caring about Captain Toad.
	Whimsun: A shy moth-like monster that flies around, when you go under it, it gets extremely shy and falls to the ground, not knowing it can hurt you, if you appear in a higher or just as high place as him while he's flying, he'll get scared and run away. (not counting as a death)
	Ruins Thwomp: A large thwomp that guards the Ruins, standing under it for too long will cause it to try and crush you, proven by the dust under it. You can also stand on it's head to go to higher platforms.
	Moldsmal: Moldsmals slowly walk around, when they spot Captain Toad, they'll chase them, though slowly, basically the Ruins' anwser to the Goomba.
	Loox: They are mostly harmless from afar, however, when you get near, Loox will try to charge itself into you using it's horns
	Annoying Dog: At first, it'll make it seem that a colelctible (usually the star or a key) will be easy to collect, however, just as you try to get it, the Annoying Dog will swoop in and absorb it, running away from you, you must chase it around and grab it to get it back
	Vegetoid: They'll attempt to act like turnips to pull, however, when Captain Toad plucks it up, Vegetoid will appear and jump in front of him and chase him, look at the differences between roots to tell the difference
	Parsnik: They are a much harder version of Vegetoid, like them, they'll act like a Turnip in order to lure Toad in to pluck them, when they pluck them, however, he'll bite him and instantly give damages, he also chases Toad much faster.
	Migosp: They'll be seen dancing around and being themself, usually guarding a Super Gem or Key, when another Monster comes near, he'll start chasing you.
TBA	Napstaboo: These shy ghosts will slowly chase after you, however, once you look at them, they'll get shy and stop in place, making everything awkward, shining your light on them can make them temporarily go away
	Snowdrake: Snowdrake will be seen flying or standing around, when they spot you, they'll fling their feathers at you as projectiles
TBA	Chilldrake: A harder version of Snowdrake, Chilldrake can fire 2 feathers at a time that have slight homing capabilities, he also flies/runs faster
	Ice Cap: Underground Spinies, they'll walk around and chase you when they get close, however they're icy hat prevents aerial attacks, better think of something else.
	Jerry: Everyone knows Jerry, Monsters around him move twice as quicker.
	Gyftrot: When they spot you, they'll attempt to ram into you using their antlers.
	Doggo: Doggo stays in his hut, if he peaks out, don't move an inch! If he sees you move, he'll rapidly throw knives at you until you are out of his sight.
	Lesser Dog: They'll run after you and swing their swords, for each swing, Lesser Dog's neck will extend, the longer his neck, the slower he is, he can also build snowdogs for you to walk across.
TBA	Chiby: A cute little weeb girl riding Fang Blaster, she'll move the cannon around while it fires fangs at you
	Dogi: These puppy-loving pals will aalways come together and throw axes at you in an arch. If Dogamy is defeated before Dogeressa, then the female dog will run away, if Dogeressa dies before Dogamy, Dogamy will chase them.
	Woshua: These guys will mostly stay at the top of hills and throw soap bars at you, they don't instantly hurt you, but they'll push you away.
	Aaron: A large, muscular mermantuar, they'll attempt you punch you which launches far, when they punch a blue, white, or orange ghostly fist will home in on you, stop for blue, duck for white, and move for orange.
	Temmie: hOI! Dis i de... TeMMIE!!!1!!!!11 Tems can VibrAte in PlaCe at furst, butt when Dey spot u, deyl start 2 chAse you!!1111!! OWOOWOWOWOOWWOOOOOOOOOOOO
TBA	Long-Legged Tem: Dis id De LUNG LEGGED TEMY!!!!111!!! Dey act lik Regular Temmys, accept da fact dat thEWy hav a Lunger hit bux!
TBA	Face-Flinging Tem: Dis is Da FACE FLINGIN TEM! Dey fli arund in der lil buxes and Fling der faces at u!!!!!1!! WOH!!!!!!111!!!!1 Okay, dats all de tems :)
TBA	Goner Kid: They'll show up and follow you, copying your every move, touching him will hurt you
	Dummy: A ghost possessing a dummy, it'll try to trick you into thinking it's a normal dummy, however, when you get close, they'll reveal their true form, chasing after you and firing scribbles at you
	Moldbygg: Moldbyggs will try to lure you into thinking they are a normal Moldsmal, however, when you get near, they'll reveal their true form, they'll slowly follow you while firing small jelly spores at you.
TBA	Pink Napstaboo: These guys will fly around in a set path, if Captain Toad shines his light on them, they'll temporarily turn into platforms
	Moldessa: These girls will slop around, if you come into view, they'll clone themselves into tiny versions of themselves by flinging part of their slime at you. These tiny moldessas are okay to kill.
	Vulkin: Vulkins will slowly walk around and fire 4 lava rocks in a random direction.
	Lasers: These machines will fire a blue or orange beam ahead of them, you must walk threough orange lasers without stopping and stop whenever a blue laser touches you, they can be turned off with the press of a button, throwing a Turnip at them will also temporarily turn them off
TBA	Kawaknight: A self-defense robot made by Dr. Alphys to protect herself, unfortunatley, she accidently wiped their hardrive and replaced them with anime. When they spot you, they'll fire 3 bouncy kitty heads which bounce off walls.
TBA	Instant Noodler: Another self-defense robot made by Alphys, they'll attempt to trap you in noodles and throw chicken bites at you
	Tsunderplane: These kawaii airplanes will flay in a straight direction, not because it likes you or a-anything, going near them will cause them to fluster and spin out, you must do this to avoid making the planes possibly collide with an object and explode, adding to your death counter
TBA	MTT-Brand Bullet Bill: These bullets will fly in a straight direction and can be defeated by jumping on them or by a turnip. This is one of the few enemies that can be killed without raising the deaht counter
TBA	MTT-Brand Bob-omb: These fabulous bombs will drop in from the sky and chase after Captain Toad before exploding, this is one of the few enemies that it's okay to kill.
TBA	Weebox: An anime-loving tox-box, they'll attempt to crush you using their many faces in a set path, though, there is one side, their mouth, which cannot crush you, this is where their weak point is.
	Migospel: Migospels will bounce on a ball, when they spot you, they'll kick it towards Captain Toad, bouncing on the ground a few times before exploding into fireworks.
	Pyrope: Pyropes will bounce along, if Captain Toad is in view, they'll fling bombs at him.
	Final Froggit: A harder version of Froggit, when they spot you, they can hop much farther and faster, they also sometimes spawn in a homing fly as a projectile
	Whimsalot: These are much harder versions of Whimsun, they can fall much faster than there regular counterparts, they are also braver, and don't get scared if you are about as or higher than them, in fact, they'll throw small spears at you.
TBA	MTT-Brand Bullet Bill EX: These fancy bills will be fired by MTT-Branded Bullet Bill Cannon EXs, they fly much faster than the normal ones and also home in on you. They are OK to kill
TBA	Miniton: Small versions of Mettaton that float in from the sky with umbrellas and fire yellow hearts at you, these are okay to kill.
	Astigmatism: These are harder versions of Loox, they will fire fast moving lasers at you if you are afar, however, if you get close, they'll stop.
	Madjick: Madjicks will flaot around and chase you when you get close, up to 3 orbs will also be with them, they always know where you are and slowly home in on you, going through walls, the only way to get rid of them is by killing Madjick
	Knight-Knight: These will be sleeping in an area, try not to make too much noise or they will wake up and fire large, homing laser balls at you.
	Memoryhead: Only seen in the True Lab, Memoryheads usually appear out of nowhere in groups and block off an enterence, shining your light on them will make them temporarily dissapear
	Reaper Bird: Reaper Bird's head will pop out of vases or pipes and attempt to slam onto you, throwing a Turnip or touching it will make it stunned.
	Snowdrake's Mother: Snowdrake's Mother will slowly slop around chasing you, occasionly firing homing feathers that freeze you.
	Endogeny: This mutilated pup will always know wehre you are and chase you around, going through walls, throwing a turnip in it's hole will make it stop in place, throwing a stick will also make it fetch it.

Stages

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Tale

Image	Description	Mission	Gem 1	Gem 2	Gem 3
	Level 1, Welcome to the Ruins: A large stage with the Star resting at the highest point, Captain Toad must hit some buttons using his feet, enemies, or Turnips to get here.	Collect 10 coins!	In the window pictured left, throw a turnip through it to uncover a hidden switch, revealing the 1st gem	Make the Wimsun flip the slam switch to lower the wall between the 1st staircase, get him to slam on the switch again and quickly get on the wall before it's lowered to raise up onto a ledge with the 2nd gem	Open the door leading up to the staircase to the star, quickly run off the switch and get inside the small opening in the doorway to find the last gem
TBA	Level 2, Thriving Thwomps!: This level is a somewhat linear level, with the main focus being the Ruins Thwomps, the player must avoid the thwomps trying to crush them while also avoiding Froggits and Looxes	Collected the star without setting off a thwomp!	There is a brick that is colored slightly lighter than the rest and is poking out a bit, throw a Turnip at it to press it, opening a nearby door and revealing the 1st gem	In the area where you first meet Loox, go up to the second floor and trigger the Ruins Thwomp near the Loox, then, quickly get on top of the thwomp and quickly run up the wall to behind the Loox, quickly grab your gem and walk on some invisible glass back to the top.	Near the end in the area with the Star, carefully climb around the little temple to the back to find invisible glass, walk across it until you find a small platform with a Super gem, after you collected it, go inside the Warp Box back to the star's location.
TBA	Level 3, Spiking Difficulty: This area takes inspiration from teh Spike maze from the beginning of the Ruins in the original Undertale. the player must carefully walk across the spikes and not step on the stuck ones, while also avoiding Whimsuns and Ruins Thwomps.	Collected the star without taking damage!	In the second spike maze, walk near the waterfall and walk into it to find a hidden alcove with the 1st Gem.	Next to the row of Ruins Thwomps is a small spider bake sale, talking to them will make the mask for a turnip to fill with spiders, bring a Turnip from the stage to the spiders to gain a Super Gem	In the final Spike Maze, walk near the edge of the waterfall and drop down to the ledge on top of it, then enter the secret alcove with the final gem
TBA	Level 4, Annoying Dash: The stage takes place in a linear path with Dash Panels, drop blocks, and Ruins Thwomps, with the star right in front of you, however, when you go and try to get it, the annoying dog shows up and absorbs it and starts a chase, you must use the dash panels to try and get teh dog.	Collected the star in a minute!	The first gem takes place after the beginning of the level in the first section of drop blocks, drop down to a hidden platform with the Super Gem in front of a pipe, enter the pipe to go back to the start	The gem will be floating in the start of the second section with normal blocks, throw a Turnip at it to collect it	In the final section with Drop Blocks, drop down on the final block to find a hidden Warp Box, taking you to another Annoying Dog chase section in a enclosed box, catch the dog to get the final gem, after that, you are automatically warped to the start of the stage
TBA	Level 5, Crackling Tile Chaos: The main gimmick of this stage is the cracked floor tiles, when Captain Toad steps on one of these, he'll fall down and have to get back up using stairs, the player must get through the stage avoiding the breaking floor tiles to win	Didn't break more than 3 tiles!	In the second section with cracked tiles, go down the left one and make your way to the stairs up back to the section, keep your eyes out for a hidden enterence and enter it to find the Super Gem	In the 1st cracked tile maze, fall down the the bottom floor and walk to the left section of the leaves, walk on a clump of leaves to fall down into a hidden room, where you'll find a bunch of coins and the second gem	In the final section with the cracked tile maze, carefully walk to the edge to find a invisible glass pathway, walk across it until you find the final super gem far away, bring a Turnip from the beginning of the stage and throw it at the turnip to get your final gem

Chapter 1 Boss
Napstablook: A shy and sensitive ghost that was laying in your path, he got scared after Captain Toad woke him up and started a fight with him, his attacks include: Shooting tears that home in on you Shooting a large blast of tears in one direction Becoming a blue flame and moving from one area to another Flying up into the air and dropping tears from below Becoming Dapperblook and throwing his hat at you like a boomerang To spare him, the player must shine your light on Napstablook until he temporarily fades away, and must repeat it 2 more times To kill him, you must throw turnips at him whenever he turns into a blue flame, because he is a ghost, he would'nt actually take damage, although he's just trying to be nice by lowering his HP bar

Chapter 2: Your New Home

Image	Description	Mission	Gem 1	Gem 2	Gem 3
TBA	Level 6, Lair of Leaves: This stage's gimmick is the leaves, the stage is mostly just a large room with various leave puzzles scattered around below, fall through the cracks to uncover the solution to puzzzles, this stage also introduces Vegetoids and Migosps	Didn't break more than 3 tiles!	In the first leaf puzzle, go to the bottom floor and turn the camera around to the corner, in which you'll find the 1st gem	In the second Leaf Puzzle, throw a turnip at a broken door to find a room with some candy in it and the 2nd gem	Near the end of the stage is a locked door, find the key from the beginning of the stage and put it in the lock to find the final gem
TBA	Level 7, Spooky Blooky Wave: This stage's main gimmick is Napstablook and the Napstaboos, the stage is a basic square-shaped area with 3 floors, with the 3rd floor containing the star, however, the catch is that Napstablook will sometimes be shooting tears at you, Napstaboos are also a problem	Didn't take any damage!	There is an area blocked off by tear blocks, make Napstablook fire tears at these blocks to destroy them and find the 1st gem	In the 2nd floor, a Super Gem can be seen on a window ledge, throw a Turnip through the window to collect it	In the 3rd floor, teh area where the star is in had tear blocks behind it, make Napstablook shott it to uncover the last gem
TBA	Level 8, Secret Slimes: This area takes place in a dark temple-like area, with Moldsmals and Whimsuns all over the place, sneak around the monsters and find the key to beat the level	Didn't get noticed by monsters!	In the 1st room, there is a couple brick blocks on the ground, make the whimsun smash into the mto uncover a hidden basement where you'll find the gem	In the 3rd hallway, throw a turnip at the slightly cracked wall to uncover a hidden ladder, climb it to reach a hidden floor where you must get rid of some Napstaboos, rewarding you with a gem	In the final area with the key, throw the key at both torches to put them out and uncover the last gem
TBA	Level 9, Beep Block Bonanza: This stage's gimmick are the beep-blocks, you must get to the end of the stage without falling down in order to win	Foound the hidden Golden Mushroom!	Inside one of the Beep-blocks in the 2nd section is a Super Gem, throw a turnip at it to collect it	Throw some turnips at the Turnip Holders near a door to make it open, enter the Warp Box to find a hidden area where you must get to the end of the stage quickly, winning will grant Super Gem	In the end of the section, wait until the beep-blocks turn green, walk around teh Star and quickly walk across the beep-block behind it for the final gem
TBA	Level 10, The root of the Ruins: In this stage, you are climbing a giant black try with red leaves, climb to the top of the tree in order to find the star	Didn't take any damage!	Halfway through the 1st section is an unreachable branch with a Super Gem on it, throw a turnip at it to collect it	At the beginning of the second section is a hole with tons of leaves blocking it, throw 3 turnips at the wall to get rid of them to find Napstablook sleeping in there with the second Super Gem	While dodging the cherries in the final section of the level, get a Bomb and blow up one of the flimsy branches of the tree, this should reeal a secret area with the last gem
	Level 11, Welcome Home!: This stage takes place in Toriel's house, you must unlock the passageway into the basement in order to find the star	Beated the level in 2 minutes!	In Captain Toad/Frisk's bedroom, hop onto the bed and wait to sleep, after you wake up, a Super Moon should be in the middle of the room	In Toriel's room, throw a Turnip at the closet to open it and find the 2nd gem	In the living room, throw some soap from the kitchen into the fire to be able to access the final gem

Chapter 2 Boss
Toriel: The caretaker of the Ruins and the motherly figure to Captain Toad, she is blocking the exit of the Ruins and enterence to Snowdin to keep you safe, she attacks you by: Making fireballs fall down from the ground Flinging fireballs at Captain Toad Making a giant hand swoosh away, creating 5 fireballs that home in on Captain Toad Making a giant fireball launch from Torial and land in the middle of the stage, exploding into 20 tiny fireballs that bounce around the stage before exploding Having fire burst out from the ground, indicated from the area getting red In order to spare her, the player must wait it out and not hurt Toriel, eventually, she'll trust you and end the fight by giving you a star To kill her, you must pluck the turnips that occasionly spawn when one of Toriel's fireballs hit the ground and throw it at Toriel 10 times.

Chapter 3: Welcome to Snowdin!

Image	Description	Mission	Gem 1	Gem 2	Gem 3
TBA	Level 12, Goodbye Ruins!: This stage takes place in a sqaure-shaped stage, the player must dodge the Icecaps and Snowdrakes and get to the goal	Didn't get hit!	In the first area, throw a turnip at the rock near the exit of the Ruins to find a hidden passageway containing hte 1st gem	In Sans' hut, look inside of it to find the 2nd gem	Before getting to the star at the end of the stage, throw a carrot at the small opening on the wall to collect the last gem
TBA	Level 13, Papyrus's Electric Maze: This stage is a somewhat-linear area filled with trees and snow, the main gimmick here is the electric mazes Papyrus has set up, touching one of the electric poles will electrocute Captain Toad, while avoiding the Gyftrots, Snowdrakes and Jerries	Didn't get hit!	In the 1st electric maze, there is a small patch of snow near the top,pluck it to reveal the 1st gem	In the wall is a door, throw 3 turnips at it to break it open to find the 2nd gem and the secret page	In the final area with the spinning electric maze, carfully get to the bottom side to find a hidden glass pathway and collect the final gem
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