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About
Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D platform game, a part of Nintendo’s Super Mario series.
Story
The game follows Mario on his quest to save Princess Peach from her forced marriage with Bowser. The game starts with Mario fighting Bowser on its aircraft. Bowers knock Mario off the ship and shreds his cap into pieces. Mario awakens in the Cap Kingdom inhabited with hat-like spirits and befriends one of them named Cappy. It turns out, Bowser also kidnapped Cappy’s sister Tiara, and now the heroes must chase Bowser through several kingdoms to save Peach and Tiara.
Gameplay
The gameplay of Super Mario Odyssey draws inspiration from Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. The game consists 17 levels (named as “kingdoms”). In most of them, your goal is to collect a certain amount of Power Moons. Collecting enough of them allows the player to progress to the next kingdom. Some moons can be found in different parts of the level or acquired as a reward for completing certain tasks or challenges. The Mario’s moveset mostly resembles that of Super Mario 64 and includes wall jumps, triple jumps, somersaults, long jumps, rolling on the ground. The main new gameplay feature is that Mario can throw his hat to create temporary platforms, grab objects, attack enemies, or possess them. Possessing enemies gives you new moves and sometimes is necessary to reach certain parts of the level.
System requirements for Nintendo Switch
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Super Mario Odyssey reviews and comments
Wanted to play this since it’s launch and now 6.5 years later I was finally able to! Don’t really know what else to say than point out the obvious - this game is amazing, like every other 3D Mario game! I’m not sure about this new approach to collecting though. I’m a fan of collect-a-thons and collecting moons was highly addictive and satisfying, however I also miss when a 3D Mario game had a lot of stages and I mean A LOT. There is a lot of content too, so not a big deal - the worlds are not massive, but still feel like a joyful playground. Especially with new Cappy’s mechanic. So much to see in those worlds and the music is also good! The approach to story was a breath of fresh air. I remember it was weird seeing Mario be so expressive when this game just came out and thankfully his game is why it’s the norm to have him like this now! And also a very colorful art-style to accompany it!
The only downside is post-game content. I enjoy collecting but not as hunting for something. Basically I like when stuff is pointed out to collect and Odyssey has problems with it. There were countless times when I were lost on how to get a specific moon, which eventually is why I haven’t completed this game 100% and I doubt I will. Still, that means whenever I’d want to play some Mario again, I can always go back to this game!
Is this the best 3D Mario game? No, Galaxy still holds this name for me but it’s 2nd best. Is it a good 3D Mario game? Absolutely and you should buy it even for full-price! Especially if you’re like me and your favourite genres are 3D Platformers and Collect-a-thons.