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Super Mario Odyssey

2017 3D open-world platformer video game developed by Nintendo

Super Mario Odyssey is a Nintendo Switch 3D platform video game released on October 27, 2017.[1] It is part of the Super Mario series. It received a lot of positive ratings and is one of the highest-rated games of all time. It had sold 20 million copies as of December 31, 2020.[2]

Super Mario Odyssey
Developer(s)Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s)Nintendo Edit this on Wikidata
Director(s)Kenta Motokura
Producer(s)Yoshiaki Koizumi Edit this on Wikidata
Composer(s)Naoto Kubo
Shiho Fujii
Kōji Kondō Edit this on Wikidata
SeriesMario
Super Mario Edit this on Wikidata
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseOctober 27, 2017
Genre(s)Platformer
Mode(s)Multiplayer
single-player
co-op mode Edit this on Wikidata

Story

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Bowser and the Broodals, a group of rabbits, kidnap Princess Peach and Tiara, and take them to Bowser's airship. Mario comes to rescue Peach, but he fails, being launched towards the Cap Kingdom. However, his hat stayed on the ship, Bowser stepped on it, and it flew to the back of the ship and ripped.

But a hat named Cappy grabs a piece, and he flies to Mario to team up with him. Cappy uses the piece to look like Mario's old cap. The two go and collect Power Moons, and in the Cascade Kingdom, they find a ship named Odyssey, making it work with Power Moons. The two climb aboard and chase Bowser, as they travel to various kingdoms. They fight bosses along the way and collect Power Moons to reach more areas.

They meet up with Bowser on the Moon in a cathedral, and Mario fights with him. Mario wins, but the battlefield breaks. Mario "captures" Bowser using Cappy, allowing Mario to take over Bowser. Peach and Tiara jump on Bowser's shoulder and escape the cavern. Bowser goes to propose to Peach again, and so does Mario. Peach rejects them both and gets on the Odyssey with Tiara and Cappy. Mario rushes to the Odyssey in time, leaving Bowser on the Moon.

Gameplay

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Super Mario Odyssey is a game where you control Mario as he travels through different worlds called "Kingdoms" in a hat-shaped ship named Odyssey. Mario’s goal is to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser, who wants to marry her against her will. The game has Mario exploring these Kingdoms, similar to how it was in Super Mario 64. In each Kingdom, Mario needs to find and complete tasks to get Power Moons, which power the Odyssey and unlock new Kingdoms. There are checkpoint flags scattered around that let Mario quickly travel back to them. Some levels have "flat" zones where the game switches to a 2D side-scrolling style, like in the original Super Mario Bros.

Awards

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List of pre-release awards and nominations
Year Awards Category Result Ref.
2017 IGN's Best of E3 Best Platformer Won [3]
Best Nintendo Switch Game Won
Game of Show Won
Game Critics Awards Best Action/Adventure Game Won [4]
Best Console Game Won
Best of Show Won
Destructoid's Best of E3 Best of Show Won [5]

Reception

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Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic97/100[6]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid9.5/10[7]
Edge10/10[8]
EGM10/10[9]
EurogamerEssential[10]
Famitsu39/40[11]
Game Informer9.75/10[12]
GameRevolution     [13]
GameSpot10/10[14]
GamesRadar+     [15]
GamesTM10/10[16]
Giant Bomb     [17]
IGN10/10[18]
Nintendo Life          [19]
Nintendo World Report10/10[20]
Pocket Gamer     [21]
Polygon9.5/10[22]
Shacknews9/10[23]
USgamer     [24]
VideoGamer.com10/10[25]

Super Mario Odyssey got great reviews and is one of the top-rated games of all time, according to Metacritic as of 2023.

Andrew Webster from The Verge said the game works well on the Switch, letting players enjoy long or short play sessions. He compared collecting "Power Moons" to finding hidden mini-dungeons in Breath of the Wild. However, he found the motion controls frustrating and preferred regular controls. The game’s 2D Mario segments were compared to puzzles in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and VentureBeat noted that the game is similar to the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

References

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  1. ↑ "Super Mario Odyssey for Nintendo Switch". Nintendo.
  2. ↑ "IR Information : Sales Data - Top Selling Title Sales Units". Nintendo Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  3. ↑ "Best of E3 2017 Awards". IGN. Ziff Davis. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ "2017 Winners". Game Critics Awards. July 2017. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ Makedonski, Brett (June 23, 2017). "And Destructoid's E3 2017 Game of the Show was..." Destructoid. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Super Mario Odyssey for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ Carter, Chris (October 27, 2017). "Review: Super Mario Odyssey". Destructoid. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ Cite error: The named reference edge_review was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  9. ↑ Schaefer, Emma (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey review". EGMNow. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ Welsh, Oli (October 27, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey review". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  11. ↑ Cite error: The named reference famitsu was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  12. ↑ Reiner, Andrew (October 26, 2017). "A Clever Tip Of The Hat – Super Mario Odyssey – Switch". Game Informer. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  13. ↑ Tamburro, Paul (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey Review – A New Era". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  14. ↑ Brown, Peter (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ Loveridge, Sam (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey review". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Super Mario Odyssey". GamesTM. No. 193. Future plc. November 2, 2017. p. 64.
  17. ↑ Ryckert, Dan (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey Review". Giant Bomb. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  18. ↑ McCaffrey, Ryan (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey Review". IGN. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  19. ↑ Whitehead, Thomas (October 26, 2017). "Review: Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  20. ↑ Koopman, Dan (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  21. ↑ Mundy, Jon (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey review – The wildest ride on Switch". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  22. ↑ Kollar, Philip; Frank, Allegra (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey review". Polygon. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  23. ↑ Mejia, Ozzie (November 6, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey Review: Cap-tain Marvelous". Shacknews. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  24. ↑ Oxford, Nardia (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey Review: Gotta Capture 'em All". USgamer. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  25. ↑ Ahern, Colm (October 26, 2017). "Super Mario Odyssey review". VideoGamer.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
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