In these instances, he will not back down until you find a Cat Shine to damage him. However, once you've collected a large amount of Cat Shines, he'll start appearing with the sky turned fiery-red.

Fury Bowser will always retreat from his attacks after around a minute and a half.

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is being controlled by a friend, it's possible to jump off of Bowser Jr.

Docile creatures like the wandering cats will turn into fury shadows when Fury Bowser appears - steer clear of them or they might damage you!.

Fury Bowser may be a big threat when he invades as you're trying to explore, but he can also summon new platforms to get you to areas you normally couldn't access easily, and make even make some Cat Shines easier to get.

Don't touch the ooze! Even Plessie will disappear if you jump and land in the stuff, but if you are swimming on Plessie and run into it head-on, you can bounce away from goop without taking damage.

Plessie can dive into the water by tapping Y, and if you jump right as Plessie breaches up, you can engage in a massive jump boost.

Once you unlock Plessie after fighting Fury Bowser for the first time, you'll find Plessie will appear near you wherever you go, just look around to the nearest shoreline or body of water.

You can use this at high places to rapidly gain coins and powerups!

Certain secret spots hold a Lucky Bell, a bronze-like version of the Cat Bell that turns Mario into a statue when ground pounding, giving you coins every inch he falls.

Hold the D-Pad up, and he'll automatically toss you the last selected powerup!

You can press Up on the D-Pad to quickly cycle through to whatever power-up you'd like Bowser Jr.

He's also point out invisible blocks and spots in the ground to pound for secrets! will also helpfully point out grafiiti he can color in with his brush (tap the screen or hold down R to select a target using gyroscope controls) to reveal powerups. If you don't see any, or aren't told what the next Cat Shine is, head back to the nearby Giga Bell and return, and the island should update for the next Cat Shine by then.

Each island can undergo slight changes after you get a Cat Shine.

If playing alone, you can set Bowser Jr's helpfulness to stay out of the way at all times, or sometimes assist in attacking enemies near you.

While you may be familiar with how Super Mario 3D World looks and controls, you'll find that Bowser's Fury has many different features and abilities not found in any other game mode:

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