Super Mario Odyssey

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  1. cmmather17
    Jan 13, 2018
    9
    This game is incredible. easily the best Mario game since galaxy. I recently got the Nintendo Switch with Super Mario Odyssey, and I loved this game. So, let's see why it's so good.

    Level Design Almost every level in this game is gold. From sand kingdom's sprawling expanses to metro kingdom's hustle and bustle to luncheon kingdom's food -themed delight, every new kingdom holds a new    This game is incredible. easily the best Mario game since galaxy. I recently got the Nintendo Switch with Super Mario Odyssey, and I loved this game. So, let's see why it's so good.

    Level Design

    Almost every level in this game is gold. From sand kingdom's sprawling expanses to metro kingdom's hustle and bustle to luncheon kingdom's food -themed delight, every new kingdom holds a new suprise.

    Mechanics

    Cappy is a wonderful addition to the cast of this game, and as mario's companion, he has a lot of cool moves. my personal favorite is his ability to possess many of the game's enemies. controling timeless enemies like the Goomba, Bullet Bill and Chain Chomp is a blast, and many of the boss fights are desinged with this mechanic in mind.

    Story

    This game's story is pretty basic. Bowser has kidnapped Peach so that he can marry her, and Mario and Cappy have to stop him. over the course of the game he steals many wedding-related items from the kingdoms, such as a ring from the Sand Kingdom, a Dress from the Lake Kingdom, and so on.

    Conclusion

    I'd say this game is very, very good. the only problem that I have with it is that it's maybe a little too easy, and by that I mean the actual story part of the game is a little to easy, but that's about it. thanks for reading my review. bye!    … Expand
  2. Gavsonmeleck
    Jan 13, 2018
    10
    Just how HOW do you do it nintendo make MY FAVORTE GAME OF ALL TIME all the kingdoms are good add are not regular old mario level such as the cascide kingdom its a grass world... WITH DINOSAURS!!! Buy it now NOW
  3. GameCompleters
    Feb 24, 2018
    10
    I bought this game a couple of days ago and as soon as i picked it up i couldn't stop playing it. This is the first Mario Game i have ever played except Mario kart and absolutely enjoyed it, finishing the game today! I recommend buying a switch just for this game its that good!
  4. ttoraddora
    Jan 17, 2018
    10
    Another one of the Nintendo Mario games that every Mario fan must have in their game collection.
  5. yongsteryan
    Jan 18, 2018
    10
    love this game so much 75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75love this game so much 75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters75 chracters… Expand
  6. Ninotaku51
    Jan 18, 2018
    10
    Super Mario Odyssey is not only a game that mixes the whole history of this great video game franchise and makes it a modern classic like Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Galaxy, but they also knew how to exploit the gameplay of the game and take it to maximum. It is a mandatory game for people who want to release a Nintendo Switch before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Mario KartSuper Mario Odyssey is not only a game that mixes the whole history of this great video game franchise and makes it a modern classic like Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Galaxy, but they also knew how to exploit the gameplay of the game and take it to maximum. It is a mandatory game for people who want to release a Nintendo Switch before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It is one of the best games in history where any type of player can enter this magnificent Mario odyssey.… Expand
  7. JAMESSKEY
    Jan 18, 2018
    8
    I don't really play a lot of Mario games but my sibling got a switch for Christmas with Odyssey so I thought I would try it out. It is now one of my favorite platformers to play. It has so many things to do in this game like looking around for power moons in a world to power the up the odyssey to get to the next world, having a thing to find and see like minigames secrets a new encounter,I don't really play a lot of Mario games but my sibling got a switch for Christmas with Odyssey so I thought I would try it out. It is now one of my favorite platformers to play. It has so many things to do in this game like looking around for power moons in a world to power the up the odyssey to get to the next world, having a thing to find and see like minigames secrets a new encounter, coins to get some stuff in the world like new costumes for Mario. I will say it is a bit, easy especially for adults but for kids, I'm sure it will be a bit challenging for them. If you have a switch this is a must buy.… Expand
  8. Grease
    Jan 28, 2018
    10
    Super Mario really takes us back to when Mario was known as the king of gaming. Recently with 3D world and 3D land Mario took a bit of a dip with creativity but his comeback has never been more glorious. I feel like mario odyssey is a general mix of 64, sunshine and galaxy (the true mario classics). Mario odysseys plot hasn't changed in the fact that you are still rescuing Princess PeachSuper Mario really takes us back to when Mario was known as the king of gaming. Recently with 3D world and 3D land Mario took a bit of a dip with creativity but his comeback has never been more glorious. I feel like mario odyssey is a general mix of 64, sunshine and galaxy (the true mario classics). Mario odysseys plot hasn't changed in the fact that you are still rescuing Princess Peach but nevertheless nobody plays mario for the plot anyway. Odyssey takes the standard platform genre and turns it into a sandbox styled environment. Mario will travel the globe going to numerous kingdoms of willd and abstract themes such as the luncheon kingdom which is a rainbow delicacy world or the seaside kingdom where the oceans are made of fizzy water. Each kingdom is PACKED with creativity and charm and most of them are giant. Some kingdoms are smaller and has less exploration value such as the cascade and lake kingdoms but the majority are gigantic. The main motive for travelling to these worlds is that Bowser is collecting possessions and relics from these kingdoms to use at the wedding where he will be officially married to the princess and Mario must go on a wild chase through each kingdom trying to catch his "minions". This is another thing that the game does extraordinarily well the koopa kids are scrapped and no longer exist and have been replaced by "the broodals" a play on words of "the brutals" and "Bride" and are the head party planners of the wedding. It's genuinely lovely to see a new type of mainline enemy because lets be honest, we all knew that the koopa kids were getting really old really fast. The boss fights however are the very standard 3 hit phase bosses we find in many games but especially mario. Each boss must be hit 3 times and each one of them will make the boss battle harder but the chances of you dying are slim, the bosses are really easy, granted this is a kids game but there's a difference between easy and a complete pushover (which they were) however some kingdoms have a regional boss that can only be found in that kingdom aside from the broodals such as a giant squid or mechanical flower machine??? Like I said the creativity in this game is astronomical so the bosses are bound to be creative. Although they are easy there is a certain post game activity where you will fix this problem. The game isn't meant to focus heavily on story. instead it focuses on exploration and diving (quite literally!) into every nook and cranny of the kingdom, if you want to rush through the story you can do it in an hour, but that's if you are properly speed-running, the game WANTS you to explore so if that's not your thing you may find the game disappointing. Aswell as a game of endless creativity, new enemys and boss battles and reminiscing to the days or classic Mario, Odyssey has the biggest move set ever in a Mario game, the amount of tricks and parkour you can play around with in this game is mind blowing. To list a few: Dive, roll, cap jump, cap dive, cap roll, ground-pound-jump, twirl, double jump, and many many more. The main attraction however is the brand new capture ability which REALLY puts the cherry on the cake, early in the game a hat creature from the cap kingdom takes control of marios cap after it gets shredded to pieces creating basically a living mario hat. Throwing your hat at an enemy will allow you to essentially dive into their body and take control of them. As you can imagine this opens tons of possibility's! You can be a bullet bill to soar through the skies, play as a hammer bro or goomba, swim through lava as a lava bubble and my personal favourite is that you can be dinosaur and rampage through the lands of cascade kingdom! The games main collectables are called power moons and they are used to power up the odyssey (your ship) there are absolutely tons in each kingdom and in some there are even over 100 to collect, there are a grand total of 999 moons to collect which are even more than korok seeds in zelda so there's plenty to do there. Another collectable are regional coins which are different designs for each kingdom, you can use these to purchase stickers or souvenirs for the odyssey. Collecting regular coins allows you to buy outfits for Mario including some really nifty original styles in the post-game. Talking about post-game, the post-game has huge value, probably one of the biggest I've seen. Most of the moons dont become available until after the ending is unlocked and a few more tricks and appearances become available including some new kingdoms which is a delight because in a game as short as odyssey you need tons of post-game value which is delivered well. There is a mode called snapshot mode where you can freeze the game and take wonderful pictures with countless filters which can then be used for mobile or desktop backgrounds.
    In general odyssey is a switch mustbuy, great exploration, outstanding creativity and an absolute joy to play keeping you hooked for ages    … Expand
  9. Ashtoon
    Jan 24, 2018
    10
    An absolutely stunning title from our lords nintendo if this was with the launch of switch it would be more popular than it is now
  10. Fruggstrix
    Jan 25, 2018
    10
    After 100%ing this game, you just want more of it. Every aspect is so finely tuned that it even surpasses Galaxy, my favourite game of all time.
  11. IndieCrit
    May 19, 2018
    10
    One of THE best Mario games, heck, even the best! The movement was smooth and felt extremely satisfying, it was easy to pick up, held plenty (if not too much) moons, and there was no shortage of things to do. While some kingdoms were better than others, and some outfits were dull, and some linear sections, this is still a fantastic game.
  12. Zedloof
    Jan 30, 2018
    10
    Mario Odyssey is a masterpice! if someone told me to choose witch video game you would call art i would point to Super Mario Odyssey.
  13. jcvandan
    Feb 15, 2018
    10
    Awesome, joyous, beautiful. It's probably the best Mario game ever made. I would have loved a hard mode which had very high moon requirements for progressing to the next world which would have encouraged more exploration before I finished the story and lost the will to continue searching for them. I got a bit burned out on it when I first played it, as I hammered it for 2 weeks solid.Awesome, joyous, beautiful. It's probably the best Mario game ever made. I would have loved a hard mode which had very high moon requirements for progressing to the next world which would have encouraged more exploration before I finished the story and lost the will to continue searching for them. I got a bit burned out on it when I first played it, as I hammered it for 2 weeks solid. However I had a break from it for a while, and now a few months after finishing it I still find myself playing it 2 or 3 times a week for an hour or so to get some more moons and it still isn't boring. Quite possibly the perfect video game.… Expand
  14. Pokebrand
    Jan 31, 2018
    10
    This game is the best in the series. That is really hard to say but I just love it. There is a LOT of content to play through out the game. And the story is beautiful. All in all this game is a 11/10 (but i cant only do 10/10 so.)
  15. HwmTorqueJr
    Jan 31, 2018
    10
    This game is my favorite Mario game! I don't know where to start, The new mechanic Captures were great, You could be a frog to a T-Rex! The story was great, and I could not believe all the Easter eggs and references to other games. Overall i would say GET THE GAME.
  16. ThatOneStickFig
    Feb 1, 2018
    9
    Overall, this game was great, the graphics are great, the game-play is smooth, and none the less, it's an open world Super Mario game. It's a Super Mario 64 fanboys dream come true, other than the fact that you need to press two buttons to dive, The only thing that I would improve on the game, if I was in charge of it, would be to add some actual plot, the only reason why this review is aOverall, this game was great, the graphics are great, the game-play is smooth, and none the less, it's an open world Super Mario game. It's a Super Mario 64 fanboys dream come true, other than the fact that you need to press two buttons to dive, The only thing that I would improve on the game, if I was in charge of it, would be to add some actual plot, the only reason why this review is a 9, is that this game lacks any previous story whatsoever, all we know is that Mario got hit off a airship by Bowser, and now Mario landed in the Cap Kingdom and Mario met Cappy. I would love to see some actual plot from one of these types of games. I do enjoy just running around different kingdoms and trying to jump from x position to y position to see if it's possible, and it is fun, but after you have collected every single power moon in the game, that's all you can really do, besides starting a new game. This game does have its replay values though. If you have a Nintendo Switch, Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey are a must have. I think overall 2017 has been a great year for Nintendo, and I would love to see more games like this come out for the Switch.… Expand
  17. otawiso
    Feb 20, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You MUST play this game!! I LOVE how Mario controls!! I also like the way that bast on the environment
    things can change so for example on the moon it switches to low gravity. Play this game even if you don't like Mario.    … Expand
  18. funnelcakemylad
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    By far the best Mario game out there. It gives you a huge sense of adventure and discovery, and it lets you know you can do anything you want. Even after beating the game, you just don't want to stop. And Nintendo always rewards you for finding a lot of secrets in the kingdoms. The grand total of Power Moons is 880. And that is insane for a Mario game. There's so much variety. It's evenBy far the best Mario game out there. It gives you a huge sense of adventure and discovery, and it lets you know you can do anything you want. Even after beating the game, you just don't want to stop. And Nintendo always rewards you for finding a lot of secrets in the kingdoms. The grand total of Power Moons is 880. And that is insane for a Mario game. There's so much variety. It's even fun to move in this game as you can do a lot of tricks while you make your way through each level. This game is definitely worth a try. Many people say it's amazing. And they are dang right.… Expand
  19. GreenM
    May 11, 2018
    7
    On the surface Mario Odyssey might seem to be the best 3D Mario game ever made. It's a return to the sandbox style Mario games like 64 and Sunshine, where you get to explore many worlds while making use of Mario's diverse set of moves and abilities to overcome any platforming obstacle in your way. The game looks absolutely gorgeous and runs smoothly, whether you play the game docked or inOn the surface Mario Odyssey might seem to be the best 3D Mario game ever made. It's a return to the sandbox style Mario games like 64 and Sunshine, where you get to explore many worlds while making use of Mario's diverse set of moves and abilities to overcome any platforming obstacle in your way. The game looks absolutely gorgeous and runs smoothly, whether you play the game docked or in handheld mode. The soundtrack and overall game feel are also up to Nintendo's usual high standard of polish.
    That said, I don't share the sentiment of Mario Odyssey being the best 3D Mario game. I think it's honestly one of the weaker ones for several reasons:

    1) The controls are quite weird. It's not like they're dysfunctional, it's rather that they are a bit underutilized. Mario Odyssey essentially only makes use of 3 buttons. A jump button, a button that lets you throw cappy and the ground pound. Each of these functions is for some reason tied to multiple buttons, which deprives the game of having a more fluid control scheme. Whereas Mario 64 lets you dive with just the press of a button, Odyssey makes you combine the attack and ground pound buttons, which just feels unnecessarily clunky, especially when you want to swim faster under water. This game also felt the need to lock a huge amount of moves behind motion controls (which are absolutely terrible in handheld mode and very uncomfortable for anyone who doesn't play with the joycons separately). This could've easily been solved by utilizing the buttons of your controller more efficiently.

    2) It's way too easy. And I don't mean to be condescending by using this cookie-cutter criticism that always gets thrown around. I don't really play single player games to have difficulty, that's what multiplayer games are there for. I do think that Odyssey took it a bit too far though. Mario games are usually a comfortable ride, but get really hard after you're done with the main game. Odyssey never gets to that harder point. The last challenge level of the game was something that I breezed through without dying once....maybe it's because Mario can cover huge distances by diving into your cap in midair and maybe it's because I played Mario 3D World a few months prior, where the last level took an eternity to beat because the platforming challenges couldn't be bypassed so easliy.

    3)The Worlds and exploration. Too many worlds are way too small. Especially the cloud kingdom and the one you fought the dragon in. On top of that, the exploration is rather tedious, especially in the endgame. Anyone who enjoys to literally kick every stone and check out the entire outer edge of each world will love this aspect, but everyone else will probably end up getting quite bored because the worlds all have very unoriginal filler content. ''Go carry 4 acorns across the entire map and wait for a moon to come out // race against these koopas twice // catch those bunnies again // take the dog for a walk and hope that he finds a moon etc''. And I know that in 3D collectathons, the main collectible is there to give the player a sense of progress, while also unlocking more stuff as the game goes on...but Mario Odyssey stops rewarding the player way too soon, so collecting the remaining moons in the endgame turns into quite the chore. The only moons that were constantly fun to get, where the ones inside these self-contained challenge rooms. That's where all the good level-design resides in. Everything that has to do with exploring the worlds itself is very lackluster however, since all you do is just run around...and that's sadly not even an exaggeration.

    I've collected 887 moons in my first file and I often attempted speedruns of the game. Anyone who has a switch should get this game. It didn't get anywhere close to reaching its potential, but it's still a great time for anyone who doesn't necessarily wants to 100% the game.    … Expand
  20. Daviswag
    Feb 4, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is one of my favorite Mario games of all time. This is actually competing with Galaxy 1 as my favorite and I thought that would never happen. Each kingdom in this game is absolutely great to explore. Nintendo still uses the traditional grass, snow, and lava level, but it has a twist this time. (Spoilers ahead) In the Moon Kingdom, you explore the surface of the moon and then you enter a cave which is the lava part of the level. This is inside of the moon or the core of it. Mario controls the best by far out of any Mario game yet. This is a small adjustment, but Mario can now turn while in a long jump. This is a great speedrunning game.… Expand
  21. danted
    Feb 4, 2018
    10
    uno de los mejores juegos que e jugado en mi vida. Muy divertido con mundos muy variados y muy diferentes a los normales de Mario. Mario se controla muy bien y es muy divertido hacer maniobras. muy largo (la istoria principal no es muy larga pero tener el %100 si que lo es). en general no es muy dificil pero cuando terminas la historia (spoiler si no queres leerlo son nada mas el siguienteuno de los mejores juegos que e jugado en mi vida. Muy divertido con mundos muy variados y muy diferentes a los normales de Mario. Mario se controla muy bien y es muy divertido hacer maniobras. muy largo (la istoria principal no es muy larga pero tener el %100 si que lo es). en general no es muy dificil pero cuando terminas la historia (spoiler si no queres leerlo son nada mas el siguiente parrafo)

    si consegis 250 lunas hay un desafio muy dificil y luego si conseguis 500 lunas hay otro desafio todavia mas dificil (terminan los spoilers)

    muy buen juego lo recomiendo    … Expand
  22. Kfel17
    Jun 17, 2018
    10
    Odyssey looks like a straight successor to the Mario 64 and Sunshine line of sandbox 3D Marios, but it is much more than that. Naturally, it evokes, honors, and is sometimes directly inspired by the games that came before it in its characters, music, and mechanics. But it also has new things to say as well, like fusing classic-style 2D gameplay with the 3D world and using a completely newOdyssey looks like a straight successor to the Mario 64 and Sunshine line of sandbox 3D Marios, but it is much more than that. Naturally, it evokes, honors, and is sometimes directly inspired by the games that came before it in its characters, music, and mechanics. But it also has new things to say as well, like fusing classic-style 2D gameplay with the 3D world and using a completely new possession mechanic to add constant variety to Mario’s abilities and exploits.

    That possession power, embodied by Mario’s new sidekick/headwear Cappy, is Odyssey’s big new idea. In keeping with Nintendo’s decades-long tradition of charmingly nonsensical storylines, he’s a hat with a soul, and he’s teamed up with Mario in order to rescue his sister Tiara who… wait for it... has been kidnapped by Bowser along with Princess Peach. (I said it was charming, not original.) Cappy’s power allows you to possess many other characters by throwing Mario’s hat at them, which bizarrely slurps Mario’s physical body inside of the enemy and gives you full control over their powers. Cappy’s also used as a jumping pad and a weapon, sparing Mario’s tuchus from an untold number of butt-stomps this time around (though you can still do that, if you wish). Many of the cleverest and most smile-inducing possessions are best left to be discovered for yourself, but whether it was thrashing about as a huge, realistic-looking T-rex in the prehistoric-themed Cascade Kingdom or becoming a lowly Goomba but then making a stack of Goombas 10-tall to win over a hard-to-impress Lady Goomba, Odyssey mixes up the gameplay in surprising ways in each of its 16-plus worlds. Throughout the entire campaign, you’re using new creatures in new, game-changing ways on a regular basis.

    Odyssey’s inspired integration of 2D gameplay – complete with Super Mario Bros.-era 8-bit art – deserves special mention. Entering into a pixelated pipe in the 3D space transports you to a side-scrolling 2D challenge that takes place on the surface of an object in the world, almost like Link’s 2D transformation in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Most of these sequences aren’t too long – I wished they were longer, in fact – but each blends pure, weapons-grade retro gameplay with numerous other callbacks while still mixing things up in ways they never appeared in those original games, such as flipping gravity or wrapping the 2D scene around the corner of a 3D object. They bend the rules so far they go beyond even the most ambitious creations we saw in Super Mario Maker. It’s also super fun seeing Mario’s new costumes get translated into the old 8-bit art style. My favorites include the aviator suit and the retro-colored builder outfit, for no other reason than them being fun looks for the veteran plumber, but you can also mix and match hats and outfits to your heart’s content.

    Of all the disparate lands Mario visits in his Odyssey, the urban-themed Metro Kingdom is my favorite. We’ve never seen anything like its semi-realistic look of New Donk City in a Mario game before. Not only do its urban obstacles allow for some kinetic platforming – bouncing off of the hoods of cars and flinging yourself off of city poles, for instance – but tucked-away minigames like an RC car race and a jump-rope challenge are great diversions. All the while, the sheer artistic contrast between the city and Mario’s consistently cartoony look and proportions have already generated interesting discussions about who – or more specifically what – Mario actually is. (Was “plumber” just a euphemism for some kind of goblin all along?) The end of the New Donk City portion might, in fact, be the very peak of the pleasure that Odyssey delivers on a consistent basis. Its conclusion is a literal celebration that doubles as a figurative one; Odyssey is pure joy that seems to understand and relish that about itself. On that note, I strongly recommend playing on a TV whenever possible. It’s not that it plays poorly in handheld mode – it runs perfectly smoothly at 60 frames per second in either mode, although there are no touchscreen controls even in minigames where they’d have made sense. The drawback to playing on the go is that the tiny screen doesn’t do nearly as good a job of showing off the scope and detail of the characters and worlds, such as the funny faces Mario makes when performing certain actions and the tiny 8-bit icons hidden on some walls. (Toss Cappy at them to get a quick gold-coin reward!). Of course, it’s every bit as good a game in handheld mode.
    Overall Super Mario Odyssey is a brilliant adventure and love letter to the series that made Nintendo a household name.    … Expand
  23. aztimh
    Feb 5, 2018
    10
    An absolutely stellar game with outstanding music, clever design and puzzles. 10/10
  24. TaMere
    Feb 7, 2018
    6
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  25. Shadow87645
    Feb 6, 2018
    9
    Years I have waited for Nintendo to return to the sanbox gameplay-style that I loved so much in Super Mario 64,And they've Finally done it and exceded all my expectations, the Graphics are drop-dead beautiful it could give the other systems a run for their Money,They've expanded on 64's style and added so many things,i cannot find a flaw for this game,I would give it a 10 but I won't giveYears I have waited for Nintendo to return to the sanbox gameplay-style that I loved so much in Super Mario 64,And they've Finally done it and exceded all my expectations, the Graphics are drop-dead beautiful it could give the other systems a run for their Money,They've expanded on 64's style and added so many things,i cannot find a flaw for this game,I would give it a 10 but I won't give 10's to any Game it may change later IDK, but the variety of what Mario can hit with his cap and transform into makes the replay value so high,It was about time Mario used Vocals and they blew me away with "Jump up,Superstar"… Expand
  26. ItzJustMax
    Feb 7, 2018
    10
    When I saw the mario odyssey trailer at the switch presentation in January 2017, I thought it looked repulsive. He's standing next to realistic humans, that's gross. Another Mario sh!t show. Then the odyssey trailer at E3 2017 came out. Then I become curious. As more and more footage was shown, I was finally sold. I pre-ordered the game.

    Oh my god. This game is so good that we don't    When I saw the mario odyssey trailer at the switch presentation in January 2017, I thought it looked repulsive. He's standing next to realistic humans, that's gross. Another Mario sh!t show. Then the odyssey trailer at E3 2017 came out. Then I become curious. As more and more footage was shown, I was finally sold. I pre-ordered the game.

    Oh my god.
    This game is so good that we don't deserve it.    … Expand
  27. Zeezia
    May 4, 2018
    10
    Super Mario odyssey is one of those games that WANT you to do whatever you want. There are 836 moons in the game. You only need about under 200 moons to beat the game. Spoilers ahead! After you beat the game cubes in every kingdom appear (not the 3 post game kingdoms) and if you hit them even MORE moons come out. Super Mario Odyssey is a unique 3D Mario adventure like no other. There areSuper Mario odyssey is one of those games that WANT you to do whatever you want. There are 836 moons in the game. You only need about under 200 moons to beat the game. Spoilers ahead! After you beat the game cubes in every kingdom appear (not the 3 post game kingdoms) and if you hit them even MORE moons come out. Super Mario Odyssey is a unique 3D Mario adventure like no other. There are 13 kingdoms with so much to explore. Games like Fortnite and other gun games have nothing on Odyssey. It’s truly the best and most supreme Mario experience since Super Mario Galaxy.… Expand
  28. UchihaBawb
    Feb 12, 2018
    8
    Fun - That's exactly how I would describe this game.
    Nintendo have managed to create another Mario which pulls from it's past and makes the fan-boy in me excited with the prospect of further Mario titles to come (I hear there is free DLC coming which might include a brother!).
    There is enough challenges in this game to feel a sense of fulfilment once you complete a level, collect that    Fun - That's exactly how I would describe this game.
    Nintendo have managed to create another Mario which pulls from it's past and makes the fan-boy in me excited with the prospect of further Mario titles to come (I hear there is free DLC coming which might include a brother!).
    There is enough challenges in this game to feel a sense of fulfilment once you complete a level, collect that damn seemingly elusive moon or beat a boss. However, there is also a real urge to do one better by collecting more items or coins to unlock outfits for your favourite protagonist. Who knew that Mario would become the fashion icon he is in 2017/2018? And who knew parading him in these outfits would bring simple joy?
    I played this game and I smiled a lot throughout and it had me thinking, I cannot remember the last time I played a single player game (please do not count having a friend play as cappy as multiplayer, it isn't, it's torture) where I actually laughed out loud as much or even just smiled.
    Well done Nintendo, all that is missing is a better multiplayer mode and larger levels. It's a game that ended too soon on the first play through.    … Expand
  29. Audile
    Feb 10, 2018
    8
    Si te gustan los plataformas te encantara, sino nada del otro mundo, juego muy facil y corto, y eso de que si buscas todos los coleccionables y demas se alarga mucho, yo un juego quiero que dure por la historia o las misiones , no por recorrerme los mundos 40 mil veces en busca de coleccionables...
  30. The_Gaming_Guy
    Feb 10, 2018
    10
    This is a very fun game however it only took me 17 hours to beat playing causally for all it was hyped up to be i honestly thought it would take closer to 40 hours even though it only take 15-20 hr it is still very fun and i recommend if you have a switch buy and play it
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#2 Best Switch Game of 2017
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#2 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2017
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#2 Most Shared Switch Game of 2017

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97

Universal acclaim - based on 114 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  1. Pocket Tactics
    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.
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  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]
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