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  1. Aug 28, 2023
    7
    This is the first Mario game I’ve enjoyed since I was a kid. I loved they made Mario in 3D. Typical Mario story but I enjoyed traversing the different levels within the game. Solid Mario game!
  2. Aug 27, 2023
    7
    A fine game but I must admit that all the 10/10s sometimes leave me wondering if I’m wrong when it comes to Mario games. Very fun but not a “perfect score” kinda game for me.
  3. Aug 18, 2023
    7
    Very charming, very addicting, very well-made. It was cool to experience a 3D Mario made in HD, 60fps, and modern lighting. The problem is that about 97% of this game was not challenging at all.

    Out of 880 moons, maybe 15-20 put up a challenge. Moons lying everywhere: In the dirt, in the grass, under rocks, buying them with coins (why?). Not many moments that raise your blood pressure.
    Very charming, very addicting, very well-made. It was cool to experience a 3D Mario made in HD, 60fps, and modern lighting. The problem is that about 97% of this game was not challenging at all.

    Out of 880 moons, maybe 15-20 put up a challenge. Moons lying everywhere: In the dirt, in the grass, under rocks, buying them with coins (why?). Not many moments that raise your blood pressure. Even the special level was a long string of easy segments. The hard-mode bosses is what should've been the normal.

    Mario's movement is the most mistake-forgiving and easy to execute to date. Controlling creatures with the cap was great, but so many missed opportunities to do cool challenges with them.

    Balloon World also punishes you for being too good. People don't bother with hard balloons because the risk-reward and ranking system favor the easy ones.

    Overall it's GREAT if you consider it more of an adventure game that won't scratch that action-platforming itch. This Mario game is more Zelda-like than Breath of the Wild, which went the survival crafting route. Devs will change a franchise to a completely different genre and get praised for "innovating".

    In the end, Odyssey is accessible for the Animal Crossing audience and recommended for beginners. Mario 64 remains KING.
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  4. Aug 12, 2023
    7
    Overall I found the game pretty enjoyable, but honestly I was expecting for something more for a game ranked as good ad Breath of the wild. The story is nice and the levels are fun to explore, but in the end I found it too short and also a bit repetitive.
  5. Aug 7, 2023
    6
    Mario Odyssey has the foundation of a really good Mario-game. It has the best movement/controls in the series, and it's actually insane what you can do with just Mario. There are some areas that take advantage of this, however, the game largely focuses on the new capture mechanic and exploration rather than Mario's movement and platforming. Most people have found this to be a positiveMario Odyssey has the foundation of a really good Mario-game. It has the best movement/controls in the series, and it's actually insane what you can do with just Mario. There are some areas that take advantage of this, however, the game largely focuses on the new capture mechanic and exploration rather than Mario's movement and platforming. Most people have found this to be a positive change, but a lot of the captures are very simplistic in their design and often designated to a specific area. They are intended as solutions to the game's mostly easy platform challenges, and trying to beat these without the use of captures is way more fun for me, than playing the game the way it was intended.

    Because it's more of a sandbox-like Mario like 64 and Sunshine, you are mostly searching larger hub-worlds for moons, the game's main collectible. Most of these areas are pretty flat and empty in their biggest areas, the biggest offender easily being the sand kingdom. There's 999 of them, and it's very easy to stumble upon one randomly. In the base-game, there's significantly fever available, but it's still fairly easy to meet the required amount for story-progression. Many moons are found in the bit scarce platforming challenges and side-rooms, but even more can be obtained through methods such as buying them from a shop, ground pounding boxes or are simply in plain sight. This is a problem because it becomes the bulk of the games content. If you just want to progress in the main game, it becomes really short, because the main objective never takes that long to beat, and the moons that are fun and challenging to get are easily missed, because players are likelier to find and grab many of the game's insanely easy moons. Especially since many of the easier methods of obtaining moons repeat themselves throughout the kingdoms. This is why it fails were 64 and Sunshine succeed, because in those games, the levels would vary in how you progress through them and obtain each individual collectible. Odyssey rarely does this, and when it does it's usually only for a boss.

    The best parts of this game for me were the later sections of Bowser's kingdom and the Moon kingdoms, because while they were more linear, they provided are more consistent and rewarding sense of progression. That and Metro, in which way more moons felt unique and fun too obtain, and the main area was way more fun to move around in due to it's more vertical layout.

    I understand that not everybody is going to share this opinion, since a lot of people like exploring every corner of the map. But i personally have a lot more more fun tackling a more constant barrage of obstacles that the level-based 3d Mario games like Galaxy or 3d World provide. Still, Odyssey is good game at it's core, with amazing presentation and charm. You can get a lot of fun out of this game, but for me, that fun is short-lived and mostly derives from things the game doesn't intend for me to do.
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  6. Aug 1, 2023
    7
    Ich finde nicht, dass dieses Spiel das perfekte Mario Spiel ist, wie jeder sagt.
    Jedoch gibt es einige Punkte, welche ich sehr gut an dem Spiel finde.
    Grafik: Für die Switch eines der schönsten Spiele. Gameplay: Flüssig und ohne Probleme. Soundtrack: Schön und erinnerunswert. Negativ: Story: Wiederholt sch immer wieder. Länge: Man hat das Gefühl, das Spiel in 3 Stunden durchspielen zu
    Ich finde nicht, dass dieses Spiel das perfekte Mario Spiel ist, wie jeder sagt.
    Jedoch gibt es einige Punkte, welche ich sehr gut an dem Spiel finde.
    Grafik: Für die Switch eines der schönsten Spiele.
    Gameplay: Flüssig und ohne Probleme.
    Soundtrack: Schön und erinnerunswert. Negativ:

    Story: Wiederholt sch immer wieder.
    Länge: Man hat das Gefühl, das Spiel in 3 Stunden durchspielen zu können.
    Schwierigkeit: Alle Welten sind zu einfach, bis auf die finstere Seite und die Stockfinstere Seite des Mondes.
    Belohnungen: Monde kann man an jedem Eck von jeder Welt finden.
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  7. Jul 16, 2023
    7
    If like me, you grew up during a time where Saved by The Bell was a hit tv show, and Liverpool FC actually won league titles, then you'll be more familiar with the all time popular game Mario Bros. Which has through the years evolved into a game people of all ages can enjoy.

    So what does Mario Odyssey offer what other Mario games do not? Well the first most notable is the new 2 player
    If like me, you grew up during a time where Saved by The Bell was a hit tv show, and Liverpool FC actually won league titles, then you'll be more familiar with the all time popular game Mario Bros. Which has through the years evolved into a game people of all ages can enjoy.

    So what does Mario Odyssey offer what other Mario games do not? Well the first most notable is the new 2 player feature, which allows players to enjoy the Mario experience with friends and family! The setup is that similar of Mario Sunshine which was an absolute ground breaking game in the series, and a much improvement on the big seller Mario 64.
    The special ability to over take enemies like Hammer bro, Goomba, Bullet bill and even a T-Rex...... A FRIGGIN' T-REX!!! An ability introduced into the game makes it really enjoyable to play, and it's good to see from Mario Sunshine that Nintendo EDP have come up with innovative ways to keep Mario fresh with a change of ideas by involving these abilities as apart of a story.

    Now I use the term "story" loosely as Mario doesn't really have a story, well a good one anyway. Now if like me you're thinking "who buys a Mario game for the story?" then I can level with you, but the fact that they have tried to implement a story (and a weak one at that) tells me that they didn't really take in consideration how weak it really was. It's so unnecessary, that you don't even need to pay any attention to it, the ending is only stupid anyway.

    It's far from an amazing game, but if you want fun and easy game time, then this is a certain purchase for you.
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  8. Jun 6, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kinda overrated tbh, I mean good game, but story is mid and predictable. Playing the main antagonist was cool, but that‘s it. Expand
  9. Jun 4, 2023
    5
    The most overhyped game I have ever played. It is fun, but it is far from a great experience. It’s also way too self-congratulating.
  10. May 17, 2023
    6
    Nothing special, it's a Mario game just like any other. you can jump, run, explore and collect some moons
  11. May 13, 2023
    6
    I honestly didn't see the level of innovation in level design that I did in Mario Galaxy here, nor is the atmosphere nearly as good.

    Sure it moves back to a Super Mario 64-esque level design where theres plenty of neat little activities to do in a large area. And Mario's movement is also really good. That said, theres not much challenge here, less so than even 3D world and Galaxy. You
    I honestly didn't see the level of innovation in level design that I did in Mario Galaxy here, nor is the atmosphere nearly as good.

    Sure it moves back to a Super Mario 64-esque level design where theres plenty of neat little activities to do in a large area. And Mario's movement is also really good. That said, theres not much challenge here, less so than even 3D world and Galaxy. You can even complete 999 stars just by buying infinite with money. You sort of have to make your own challenge with speedruns or the annoying multiplayer game.

    Anyway I think this game is mediocre at best and is a reflection of Nintendo's declining game design.
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  12. Sep 10, 2021
    5
    Good as many have said before. The game is beautiful and there is great gameplay but the praise ends here.
    The game is totally repetitive, I found even the worlds really small and without saying that the bosses are ridiculously easy.
    Basically the game is all about collecting moons... if you are under 13 go ahead.
  13. Mar 19, 2023
    5
    It's absolutely unbelievable, so vibrant, and so much fun. My daughter and I absolutely love the adventure. Worth every penny. If you are thinking about buying it don't think just do and you will have one of the greatest gaming experiences of your life.
  14. Mar 6, 2023
    7
    Big step into the right direction, back to Collectathon-Glory after years of only "course-clear" games.

    Controlling Mario never felt this good. It takes skill and training to master all of his moves and making use of them to explore hidden areas in the game is a lot of fun. The Worlds are finally a little bit more imaginative again conceptwise instead of falling back into
    Big step into the right direction, back to Collectathon-Glory after years of only "course-clear" games.

    Controlling Mario never felt this good. It takes skill and training to master all of his moves and making use of them to explore hidden areas in the game is a lot of fun.

    The Worlds are finally a little bit more imaginative again conceptwise instead of falling back into stereotypes, although there is still a little room for improvement (even weirder concepts for worlds would be amazing). Also the amount of worlds to explore with 10 kingdoms in total (not counting boss-platforms, tutorial worlds, etc) is fairly short, especially compared to other games in the series.

    The music and graphics of the game are straight up amazing though. Very few Switch Games look and sound this good. Not much room for improvement here!

    What I didn't like however was that the main-collectable in this game, "Power Moons", are a little too abundant to be exciting to collect. You receive Power-Moons for anything: Ground-Pounding on a shiny spot, planting a fruit, sitting on a bench... You can easily bypass huge chunks of levels including bosses(!) by just farming Power-Moons and then moving on to the next world. (Some players even reported accidentally skipping bosses due to this issue). The Game's Power-Moon-Counter doesn't even let you collect all the Power-Moons, since it will stop working once you hit 999 Moons. It would be nice to see the number of main-collectables be reduced and have them be a little bit more meaningful again in the next game.
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  15. Feb 14, 2023
    7
    At best, the game is decent.

    At worse, it's very repetitive.

    Not saying it's bad, but I'm sure as hell not saying it's the best either. Not by a long shot.
  16. Feb 12, 2023
    7
    Kinda boring but sometimes fun, I don't think it's too cool and the lore is a snoozefest.
  17. Feb 12, 2023
    7
    The game gives moons way too easily, hindering their value and the overall enjoyment, and some kingdoms are way too basic, still great gameplay, music, and a lot of creativity. A good game, just not my favorite
  18. Jan 15, 2023
    7
    A bit easy and grindy. Uninspired and empty in comparison with the Galaxy games. A bit of a dissapointment. Mario controls ace, as expected, and the hat/capture mechanics were interesting but that’s about it for me. A pitty.
  19. Dec 2, 2022
    6
    Yeah, it's cute I guess. I have no nostalgia for Mario, so I was hoping this game would be what made me see what all the Nintendo fanboys saw, the way that BotW made me accept that Zelda could be interesting, but to me, it's just a typical platformer. I get that they hardly make platformers anymore, but that's because a game about jumping challenges just doesn't capture the marketsYeah, it's cute I guess. I have no nostalgia for Mario, so I was hoping this game would be what made me see what all the Nintendo fanboys saw, the way that BotW made me accept that Zelda could be interesting, but to me, it's just a typical platformer. I get that they hardly make platformers anymore, but that's because a game about jumping challenges just doesn't capture the markets interest anymore. Give Mario a gun, then we'll talk. Expand
  20. Nov 30, 2022
    7
    Pretty fun Mario platformer that has a lot of diversity. Felt a bit easy but it is a kid's game so didn't expect dark souls level difficulty.
  21. Nov 23, 2022
    6
    Odyssey = 6/10
    ............................................................
  22. Oct 8, 2022
    6
    This game definitely isn't a Masterpiece, it isn't even better than 64, actually it barely manages to be better than Sunshine, why? Let me explain: for starters, the game presents itself as a spiritual succesor to 64 and Sunshine but it actually resembles more the Galaxy games (in a bad way), because it's main mission moons function almost always the same as a mission in Galaxy (and evenThis game definitely isn't a Masterpiece, it isn't even better than 64, actually it barely manages to be better than Sunshine, why? Let me explain: for starters, the game presents itself as a spiritual succesor to 64 and Sunshine but it actually resembles more the Galaxy games (in a bad way), because it's main mission moons function almost always the same as a mission in Galaxy (and even the level design is basic at the level of a world in that game but lacking its difficulty) + you can grab some other moons on the way (that resemble the blue coins from Sunshine A LOT), and guess what, you get moons here for everything, a moon that is just floating in a random place that's incredibly easy to reach is worth the same as a main mission moon or a challenge moon (and even those aren't really challenging), and that just makes getting them rather a hassle than a satisfactory reward, so, if you go completely straight forward and ignore all these moons that aren't really worth your time, the game would be one of the shortest of all, to the point that it's got some of the shortest worlds out of all 3D Mario games (also most of it's worlds actually resemble a level from galaxy more than a world from 64, since almost all are just a series of platforms and/or get from point A to point B). But if instead you decide for some reason to 100% complete it, then you're in for an unsatisfactory LONG game with tons of trash moons and wasted potential, because odyssey actually succeeds in some things like:
    -Movement, Mario's moveset in this game is by far the best ever seen, but that's just even more frustrating because the game never elaborates on this or gives you more than 2/3 challenges that actually take some skill (2/3 out of 820 moons!!).
    -The soundtrack is really good.
    -It's got some fun little details like the fact you can dress Mario in many ways and personalize the odyssey.
    -And of course it looks nice graphically.
    But other than that, with all of it's flawed content, this game is an amalgamation of ideas that never elaborate enough on themselves and at the end you only get a "tutorial version" of them, as i said, lots of wasted potential.
    But well, at the end the game itself isn't awful even with all those flaws, it just feels like a lackluster and doesn't live up to past 3D Mario games, i hope the developers acknowledge all these flaws for the second game or whatever, because at it's best this game is kind of a seven or eight, although i'm gonna give it a six cause its score is highly inflated by probably kids that are experiencing their first open world game or weird adults that are too blinded by nostalgia.
    If this is your first 3D Mario game or your first open world game experience i recommend you to try other games to see what i mean.
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  23. Sep 28, 2022
    7
    Mario Odyssey is a fun, uplifting game. It is especially fun when you have a kid to play it with (my nephew was around 7 at the time we played it). It’s a good looking game that plays well. Players can “get good” with using the hat to help Mario leap and bound through the worlds.

    It’s not really a game I’ve enjoyed playing by myself though. And I’m not big on hunting for all the moons,
    Mario Odyssey is a fun, uplifting game. It is especially fun when you have a kid to play it with (my nephew was around 7 at the time we played it). It’s a good looking game that plays well. Players can “get good” with using the hat to help Mario leap and bound through the worlds.

    It’s not really a game I’ve enjoyed playing by myself though. And I’m not big on hunting for all the moons, so I’ve found myself playing other games. I beat the game with my nephew and we played for a while after it was beaten, but once you move on, there’s not much reason to come back. Lots of people love the game though, and the praise they shower it with is earned. To me, it just isn’t fun without a kid enjoying it with you.

    If you’re a Mario fan, this is the Mario game to get on the Switch. If you’re looking for a game to play with a young kid, then I honestly can’t think of a better game than this one to do just that.
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  24. Sep 21, 2022
    7
    Leider ist bei mit der Charme der Mario Spiele verflogen. Die Plattforming Passagen, die Story, die Sammel Orgien, irgendwie hat das alles vor 25 Jahren deutlich mehr Spaß gemacht. Mit dem Kauf einer Nintendo Konsole nach zig Jahren dachte ich, dass mir diese Spiele erneut sehr viel Spaß bringen.
    Aber bisher jedes Spiel welches die italienischen Brüder zierte brachte mir insgesamt keinen
    Leider ist bei mit der Charme der Mario Spiele verflogen. Die Plattforming Passagen, die Story, die Sammel Orgien, irgendwie hat das alles vor 25 Jahren deutlich mehr Spaß gemacht. Mit dem Kauf einer Nintendo Konsole nach zig Jahren dachte ich, dass mir diese Spiele erneut sehr viel Spaß bringen.
    Aber bisher jedes Spiel welches die italienischen Brüder zierte brachte mir insgesamt keinen bzw. nur wenig Spaß. Ich denke, dass ich nicht mehr die Zielgruppe bin. Daher für mich leider nur enttäuschende 7 Punkte.
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  25. Aug 26, 2022
    7
    I still do not understand the review's scores. It is very short with very little ambition, and it is way too easy. Finished the main story in about 8 hours with a little more than 250 moons, not a bad game, but it looked like just a demo of Super Mario Galaxy...
  26. Jul 30, 2022
    7
    This game is really good. The soundtrack is amazing! Though, after completing the game, I do not feel like playing it anymore, and that is why it only gets 7/10. The difficulty is balanced even for Nintendo Switch newcomers and this was my first game I played on a Switch.

    If you want to just casually play the game, I think it is a fine 10-13 hour long experience. If you are going for
    This game is really good. The soundtrack is amazing! Though, after completing the game, I do not feel like playing it anymore, and that is why it only gets 7/10. The difficulty is balanced even for Nintendo Switch newcomers and this was my first game I played on a Switch.

    If you want to just casually play the game, I think it is a fine 10-13 hour long experience. If you are going for collecting 100% of the power moons, I think it is something around 25 hours. I really want to collect all of them, but simply there is no point for doing it. Most of the power moons are simply lying around in the open, which makes them easy to find, but absolutely not rewarding at all. Take Cat Shines in Bowser's Fury for example. They are always locked away behind some kind of a challenge (such as riding Plessie, chasing down a rabbit, chasing shadow Luigi, general platforming on islands...), they are challenging to get and feel rewarding. In Super Mario Odyssey, that is no longer the case.

    The other thing about Power Moons is that there are way, way too many. That amount is absolutely unnecessary, and could have been lowered by 250 at least. Most of the moons are in the open anyway. There are around 850 unique moons to collect around the kingdoms, but the rest is locked away, because you have to buy the remaining 149 moons from shops for coins. Not only that it is an extremely lame decision, but you can buy the moons indefinitely, allowing you to reach the 999 goal (100%) with not much effort. Just buy tons of Moons. And if someone does so, you are not going to feel like collecting actual moons anymore, because you simply have the golden Odyssey sail, no point in doing it. Not mentioning that some of them make absolutely no sense. Why would some idiot even make a parking lot for motorbikes on a roof with only one single spot and even give you something for parking there? How did they expect citizen to regularly reach there!

    Nintendo's idea about purple coins is absolutely ridiculous. There is no way to find every purple coin in the game without looking for them, there is no way to buy a hint like for Power Moons. Now you might be thinking, that they are around Power Moons to find. Well, yeah, good point, but not really the greatest. There is always a chance that someone may miss some while going for the moons, either because they just want to play the game or miss them by accident. If that happens, what are you going to do? Do all moons again to traverse most of the kingdom one more time only to miss them again, or look them up on YouTube? All collectibles in all games which force the player to look them up on YouTube are bad collectibles, and purple coins cannot save themselves from being crap, that is how Nintendo created them.

    I really like that you can dress up Mario in some costumes, most of them look really really good. Some of the outfits grant you access to specific areas through the game and certain characters have some reactions when talking to them with a specific outfit. Most of them are really expensive, though, especially those ones unlocked later on (prices go up to 9999 coins for one item!!!), and they are absolutely unnecessary. Could have been lowered to 75% price.

    A big plus is that the game has lots of post-game content. If you completed the game on 100%, you still can kill some time playing Luigi's Balloon World, which is fun, if you don't encounter hackers, but that's a story for another time.

    Tanks are an absolutely ass capture. No, seriously. When playing while capturing a tank, you will feel that it is really off. They are so slow and aiming is painful as hell. The crosshair moves at different speeds on Y and X axis, meaning it is really hard to aim (and obviously, you cannot change it!)

    Also a good thing to ask, why do the characters behave like absolute idiots? I understand that it is a game for kids, but keep in mind that adults and teens play as well. Some of the characters say absolute trash and feel like they have vacuum in their brain. They also made Pauline a gold digger (she does not like cheap nice umbrellas, but likes expensive purses instead LOL).

    The very last two post game kingdoms are not kingdoms and have no reason to exist in the first place. They are not kingdoms, but doors to challenge rooms (one to a boss rush and the second one to a super long and tight section with no checkpoints). They just randomly added couple Moons to one of them to make them seem less empty and left them to rot there, but that did not help. They should have been in the last kingdom of the main story and just opened up after you reached all requirements to access them. With one being significantly emptier than the other, there are more almost completely blank kingdoms around the game. What a wasted opportunities they were, what a pity. Story moment, then random Moons and then bye.

    The game is extremely awesome. But it still has a lot of flaws, preventing it from being perfect.
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  27. Jul 26, 2022
    7
    extremely fun, very enjoyable experience! lacks some memorability and story but it's a mario game, what can you expect
  28. Jun 22, 2022
    6
    I´ve been a Mario fan since its inception in the early 80s and loved most of the mainline games, huge fan of the first 3 super mario games for the nes, loved the snes one and yoshi´s island and certainly felt mario64 was a masterpiece. Wasn´t too keen on Sunshine but like it for what it was, and feel both Galaxies are masterpieces, top of what Mario could be, Mario 3d World as wellI´ve been a Mario fan since its inception in the early 80s and loved most of the mainline games, huge fan of the first 3 super mario games for the nes, loved the snes one and yoshi´s island and certainly felt mario64 was a masterpiece. Wasn´t too keen on Sunshine but like it for what it was, and feel both Galaxies are masterpieces, top of what Mario could be, Mario 3d World as well consider it a REALLY fun game specially the after credits levels. Ok I say all that so you know I know my mario and feel SAD to give this one such a low score, which I´m feeling actually generous because this game was the epitome of BOREDOM, levels practically have no platforming or reason to be all the game is just hunting those moons which more than half are a chore to get without any real skill, is like if in zelda breath of the wild, all you did in the damn game was getting the korok seeds, yes, is that boring, I can´t believe people gave this game 9s and 10s is really mediocre, the 6 points I give are just for the visuals, music and all the neat little ideas that weren´t really exploided well, otherwise I would give it a 10 like MOST Marios out there, really dissappointed of this. Expand
  29. Jun 7, 2022
    6
    This game felt pretty short and 'lightly' done -- which is good in a way, it doesn't overstay... but also felt pretty expensive for the time considering comparable games. I'm also not a huge fan of Switch controls, which feel like toys compared to the old consoles, and almost every difficult bit in this is down to.
  30. May 19, 2022
    7
    es un juego graficamente y artisticamente muy buenos para la consola en la que esta.
    la historia es simple pero no es mi queja tampoco por que en muchos juegos de mario que me gustan tambien tienen una historia simple.
    pero jugablemente me parecio un poco repetitivo y en alguinas partes aburrido
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Universal acclaim - based on 114 Critic Reviews

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  1. Dec 3, 2024
    90
    While it was difficult to imagine how Nintendo could top previous 3D Mario adventures, Super Mario Odyssey is nigh-on perfect in almost every way. With the help of Cappy, Mario has never been as fun to control, reaching new heights and, in the hands of a skilled player, accomplishing impossible skips. You need only pick up a controller to see why this is the best modern Mario game ever.
  2. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2018
    100
    The best entry to the best platforming series is so ridiculously huge it’s like a theme park made of theme parks. It’s a wonderful tribute to Super Mario 64, but it’s not a lazy homage. Super Mario Odyssey draws inspiration from the superb classic to top it and everything that came after it. [13/2017, p.38]
  3. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Jan 7, 2018
    95
    Perhaps no past Mario game has ever elicited so many smiles as this, and even if every other winning aspect of its design were set aside, that reality alone would make it a masterpiece. [Issue #31 – January/February 2018, p. 39E]