You can use the touch screen on the GamePad to interact with hidden coins and blocks and reveal them. Or you can activate the gyro camera controls on the touch screen, which you can use to look around in the game, much like you would look around in Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Sunshine with the camera controls in that game.

3D World finds a much better reason for gamers to utilise their GamePad functionality as well. While three others can control Luigi, Princess Peach and the mushroom-like Toad via Wii remotes, the last is able to rub the screen of their tablet to reveal secrets dotted around each stage. Whether through hidden coins or invisible platforms, players utilising it are given good reason to interact with the environment rather than simply rushing to the finish line.