Toad's Christmas Adventure (2008)

Developer: Darkdata
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Genres: Platform
Main story: about 12 hours
Completionist: about 2.1 hours

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

A charming Christmas-themed Mario hack where Toad navigates a frozen North Pole to rescue Toadette from Santa's evil brother.

festiveplatformerholidayfamily-friendlyfan-madenostalgic

About

Santa’s evil brother has stolen Toad’s little sister (Toadette) and toad’s gift! You have to play though the frozen North Pole of the Mushroom Kingdom to save them! TCA is a hack featuring level changes, animation, and a bunch of assembly hacks to change the game into something new. This hack has the same level of difficulty as the original Super Mario Bros, and I do hope you can enjoy it without savestates. There is a catch however, since it is only a short game (4 levels) you only start off with one life. However, there are lives scattered though all 4 levels.

Screenshots

More games like this

More by Darkdata

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.