Toad and the mushroom people were first seen in the game Super Mario Bros. The Wii U title Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker cast Captain Toad into the spotlight thus, marking it as the first game in 20 years since Wario's Woods to have a Toad as the main star as well as the first title to have Toad as the titular character. 2) returns as one of the playable characters in Super Mario 3D World. Toad himself (in a blue palette in reference to his original sprite from Super Mario Bros. The 2 Toads (yellow and blue) return as playable characters later on in New Super Mario Bros.
Such a case included the 2 Toads (yellow and blue) who were featured as playable characters along with Mario and Luigi in New Super Mario Bros. Despite this, Toads also play the role as heroes in some games.
The Toads usually play assisting roles in the Mario franchise and its action games, such as Toadsworth introduced in Super Mario Sunshine and the Toad Brigade association in Super Mario Galaxy. Another common point of most Toads is their traditional vest. The most prominent trait of a 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. In Mario franchise, there are also some other individual Toad characters (e.g., Toadette, Toadsworth and Toadbert). In other words, Toad (Kinopio) is a member of the Toads (Kinokos / Mushroom People). However, in Japan, the species name is sometimes called Kinoko-zoku ( キノコ族), literally "Mushroom People" (which is an alternate name used in earlier localizations, along with "Mushroom Retainers"). While Toad is the name of an individual, it also refers to an entire species (much like Yoshi and Birdo). 2, Wario's Woods, Super Mario 3D World, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. He is usually seen as a non-player character (NPC) who provides assistance to Mario and his friends in most games, but there are times when Toad(s) takes center stage and appears as a protagonist, as seen in Super Mario Bros. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, he is portrayed as a citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom and is one of Princess Peach's most loyal attendants constantly working on her behalf. Toad ( Japanese: キノピオ, Hepburn: Kinopio) is a fictional character who primarily appears in Nintendo's Mario franchise.