17 Facts About Captain Toad

1. Captain Toad makes a few cameo appearances via the video series The Cat Mario Show that feature on the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U's eShop.

2. Captain Toad stars in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker as the primary protagonist.

3. Captain Toad makes a reappearance in Super Mario Odyssey as a non-playable character while wearing the same outfit as in Super Mario 3D World and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.

4. Captain Toad is seen in a series of courses throughout Super Mario 3D World known as The Adventures of Captain Toad.

5. Captain Toad appears as the self-proclaimed captain of the Toad Brigade.

6. Captain Toad earns his own starring role in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, which revolves around a tale of the hard-working Toad going out of his way to stop a massive bird from taking away both his treasure and his friend Toadette.

7. Captain Toad is a character who first appears in Super Mario Galaxy.

8. Captain Toad can use Super Pickax to clear out enemies and obstacle blocks, that is similar to the hammer in Donkey Kong.

9. Captain Toad looks like a small man with a mushroom-like hat.

10. Captain Toad is not the sole player character in the game.

11. Captain Toad ranked in the seventh slot on GameDaily's top 10 Nintendo characters that deserve their own games list; the site explained that he has a strong appeal that Nintendo has yet to tap into.

12. Captain Toad appears in the sequel, Mario Super Sluggers, again as a team member along with other differently colored toads.

13. Captain Toad has appeared in many of the various Mario spin-off games.

14. Captain Toad appears in Super Paper Mario in 3 aspects of the game.

15. The most prominent trait of a Captain Toad is its large head that resembles a mushroom in shape and color—historically speculated as them wearing a mushroom hat, but eventually ruled out by Japanese video game designer Yoshiaki Koizumi.

16. Captain Toad must then go through stages collecting Power Stars to reach Wingo and save Toadette.

17. Captain Toad explores clever 3D diorama-like levels, walking around while the player rotates the camera and tries to guide him to the goal.