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Super Mario Odyssey what it is:
Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. An installment in the Super Mario series, the story follows Mario as he sets on a globe-trotting journey to save Princess Peach from his nemesis Bowser, who plans to marry her. In contrast to the linear gameplay of prior entries Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World, the game returns to the primarily open-ended, exploration-based gameplay previously featured in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. The game also introduces Cappy, a spirit that possesses Mario's hat and allows him to take control of other characters and objects.
Development began immediately after the completion of Super Mario 3D World in 2013. Various ideas were suggested during development, and to incorporate them all, the team decided to employ a unique, sandbox-style of gameplay. Unlike the casual-oriented 3D World, Odyssey was designed to specifically appeal to the series' core audience. The game was released worldwide on October 27, 2017, and received universal acclaim from critics, with many calling it one of the best games in the series.
Explore incredible places far from the Mushroom Kingdom as you join Mario and his new ally Cappy on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure.
Use amazing new abilities—like the power to capture and control objects, animals, and enemies—to collect Power Moons so you can power up the Odyssey airship and save Princess Peach from Bowser's wedding plans!
Thanks to heroic, hat-shaped Cappy, Mario's got new moves that'll make you rethink his traditional run-and-jump gameplay—like cap jump, cap throw, and capture. Use captured cohorts such as enemies, objects, and animals to progress through the game and uncover loads of hidden collectibles. And if you feel like playing with a friend, just pass them a Joy-Con™ controller! Player 1 controls Mario while Player 2 controls Cappy. This sandbox-style 3D Mario adventure—the first since 1996's beloved Super Mario 64™ and 2002's Nintendo GameCube™ classic Super Mario Sunshine™—is packed with secrets and surprises, plus exciting new kingdoms to explore.
Explore astonishing new locales like skyscraper-packed New Donk City to your heart's content, and run into familiar friends and foes as you try to save Princess Peach from Bowser's dastardly wedding plans.
Find something interesting? Toss your cap at it and see what happens! There are lots of fun and surprising ways to interact with your surroundings.
Be sure to bring any coins you find to a Crazy Cap store, where you can exchange them for decorative souvenirs for the Odyssey and new outfits for Mario! Some destinations have very exclusive dress codes, after all…
Hand a Joy-Con™ controller to a friend to enjoy simultaneous multiplayer: Player 1 controls Mario while Player 2 controls Mario's new ally Cappy.
Use Snapshot Mode to freeze time while playing the game and take screenshots that you can customize using various options and filters. Screenshots can be shared via social media or uploaded to PCs and smart devices* using all of the Nintendo Switch™ system's built-in screenshot tools.
A special edition Nintendo Switch™ hardware bundle will launch alongside the game. This special edition includes a download code for the full game, red left and right Joy-Con™ controllers, and a Super Mario Odyssey™ themed Nintendo Switch carrying case.
Game Details
Platform Nintendo SwitchRelease Date Oct 27, 2017
No. of Players 2 players simultaneous
Category Action, Platformer
PublisherNintendo
DeveloperNintendo
Cartoon Violence
Comic Mischief
*microSD card required; sold separately.
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REVIEWS
Best of Show
-- Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2017
Best Console Game
-- Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2017
Best Action/Adventure Game
-- Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2017
AMIIBO
This game is compatible with amiibo.
Just tap in an amiibo accessory to score new characters, game modes, or other perks!
© 2017 Nintendo
Key Features of Super Mario Odyssey:
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Nintendo has always been the best in the business at creating brilliantly creative open world and sandbox playgrounds. Placing its moustachioed mascot at the helm of its greatest titles, each new entry carries with it the greatest of expectations. So how does one compete with oneself? If you’re Nintendo, you create a love letter to everything that has come before, and that’s exactly what it’s done with Super Mario Odyssey, potentially the greatest in the series to date and a true successor to Galaxy.
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It’s been a while since Mario has run wild in a sandbox, and Odyssey manages to capture what made Super Mario 64 such a treasure: the love for each Kingdom. While 3D World and the various 2D offerings had entertaining but isolated levels, the decision to return to a sprawling playground proves masterful, as it once again allows the personalities of the worlds to shine. And each can rival those we saw all the way back in 1997.
Things You Should Know Before Starting Mario Odyssey:
Mario Odyssey is out today, and it’s by far the most expansive Mario game I have ever played. After putting more than 60 hours into the game over the past week, I thought I’d put together a list of things I wish I had known about Odyssey going in.
This piece originally appeared on Kotaku UK.
If you are keen to avoid anything that could possibly be considered a spoiler, skip this to be safe—I’ve kept it as spoiler-free as humanly possible, but there’s obviously some low-level info in here.
You cannot get every moon in a world on your first visit, so don’t stress about doing so. You will have a reason to come back later.
On my first playthrough of Odyssey, I stressed about getting as many collectables as possible before letting myself move on. On the very first world in the game, I spent hours searching before checking the list of moons in that world, and seeing as I had collected fewer than half the total available. I felt disheartened, like I had failed to explore properly, and frustrated myself a little trying to find more.
As it turns out, around half of the total stars in each world aren’t even available upon first visit. Basically, don’t stress. Explore as much as you want to, then move on, you will have a great reason to come back later and find the things you missed first time around.
You are eventually rewarded for moons you collect beyond minimum progression.
On my first playthrough of Odyssey, I was honestly more interested in collecting all the level-specific coins than I was collecting bonus moons beyond the number required to progress. Level specific coins could be used to buy exclusive outfits and trinkets, while bonus moons seemed to offer no value. Getting extra in one world didn’t reduce the number needed in the next and there was no overall target I needed to hit before fighting the final boss, so I wasn’t sure what my incentive was for collecting extra moons.
As it turns out, your overall total number of moons does have a purpose. To go into any more detail might spoil any surprises, so I’ll leave it at this: the bonus moons have a role to play later in the game. Knowing this from the start would have made Moons feel like a more valuable reward from the start.
All Challenge Worlds accessed through pipes contain two moons—one standard, one hidden.
Much like Breath of the Wild before it, every isolated challenge room in Mario Odyssey has a standard path of progression, as well as a secret well worth finding. Where Breath of the Wild hid treasure chests in Shrines, Odyssey hides a second moon in each challenge room. One moon will be located near an exit pipe, while the second will be hidden somewhere either difficult to find, or risky and challenging to access. It’s worth getting these when first visiting each challenge room, because the game does not do a good job of reminding you that you missed a bonus moon, and tracking them down 30 hours later is going to be considerably trickier.
There are over 800 moons in Odyssey, almost as many as Korok Seeds in Breath of the Wild, so adjust your play accordingly.
Yes, some moons in Mario Odyssey are hidden behind boss battles, challenge puzzles or NPC quests, but some of them are literally just under rocks, under snow, in trees, or in wooden boxes. Look out for rainbow sparkly glows emanating from areas of the environment, look out for something missing or unexpected, and treat the world the way you did in Breath of the Wild, if you played that. Examine everything that seems odd, and you’ll probably be rewarded.
There are exactly enough world-specific coins in each world to buy all exclusive items, so prioritize buying costumes that help unlock moons.
While in theory you can buy every exclusive trinket in each world, the fact that there are exactly enough coins in each world to buy everything offered means that if you struggle to find just one coin, you’ll be unable to purchase every available shop item. I recommend purchasing costumes first. While they don’t change how Mario controls, each unlocks at least one additional moon in that world, and further moons later on.
If you can see a moon, you have the tools to reach it, with one very specific exception per world.
Mario Odyssey, unlike prior 3D Mario titles like Mario 64, doesn’t tend to put visible moons in the world that you cannot access yet. Any moon you see is attainable straight away, provided you work out how to reach it.
The one consistent exception to this rule is that in each world, you may spot a platform floating high up in the air with a moon on it, seemingly inaccessible, far from other structures on the map. You won’t be able to get to these for a while.
If something already has a hat, you can’t possess it.
This is the golden rule of Mario Odyssey: if something has a hat, you can’t possess it with your own hat. This means that all sorts of animals and characters are wearing cute hats. Sometimes, though, you can knock something’s hat off before possessing it, so give it a go.
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