Like the stars of Super Mario 64, you’ll need to find a certain number of moons to open up the next stop on your journey. To chase Bowser, Mario needs to find “Power Moons,” collectibles scattered around each kingdom to fuel his ship, the Odyssey. While “Super Mario Odyssey” is fun, it can also be forgettable.
It doesn’t quite send Mario hopping across a galaxy of planets like Super Mario Galaxy, but it is filled with interesting, colorful and exotic locales, each with a distinct feel, and some unique challenges. These exploration-heavy platformers transpose the original 2D Mario formula, expanding it into a huge 3D world. Super Mario Odyssey continues the tradition of 3D Mario games, established more than 20 years ago in Super Mario 64.
It’s only once you’ve finished the game’s marginal story, and you venture back into its diverse world, that Odyssey becomes something really worth playing. Beyond a somewhat simplistic rehash of the 20-year-old 3D Mario formula, Odyssey hides a more clever, interesting game that doesn’t really show itself until you’ve dedicated eight or 10 hours to it. The longer you spend with it, though, the better Super Mario Odyssey becomes.
In the early stages of our review playthrough, it rarely stepped out of line to try anything especially new and different.
Odyssey rehashes every Mario trick in the book. Super Mario Odyssey continues the tradition on the Nintendo Switch with a bright, colorful entry that recaptures much of the fun gameplay that makes Mario endearing.īut while the title suggests a daring, adventurous journey, the game itself is much more conservative than the medium-defining Mario games of past generations. In the era of 3D video games, the Mario franchise set a benchmark for platformers with adventures full of clever details, exciting moments, and well-designed mechanics.
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