More importantly, it’s a ridiculous amount of fun to experiment with who and what can be captured. It’s incredibly intuitive and very easy to master. To throw him you simply press Y or flick the right Joy-Con. Almost any enemy you see and plenty of NPCs and inanimate objects can be capped by throwing Cappy at them. Get the lingo right.Ĭapturing is such a wonderful mechanic you get the feeling Nintendo was kicking themselves for not thinking of it sooner. Cappy’s clearly a ghost and him and Mario are clearly possessing beings to take advantage of their abilities. Super Mario Odyssey is all about capturing. Marooned in a strange ghostly kingdom, Mario meets Cappy and the pair decide to work together to rescue Peach and Cappy’s sister Tiara. In the kerfuffle Mario’s cap is ruined and Bowser escapes on his airship. Mario steps up to put a stop to Bowser’s insanity but is swiftly dealt with by the Koopa King’s brand new headgear. He’s decided that he’s going to force Peach to marry him. But this time, he’s gone extra creepo-stalker. In the cutscene, we find out that Bowser has once again kidnapped Peach. If Nintendo ever decided to get into the animated motion picture game, they’d do just fine. The visual fidelity, brightness and colours leap from the screen and the movement is silky smooth, fluid and spot-on. Once you’ve started, you’re treated to an absolutely striking cutscene introducing the story. Everything about Super Mario Odyssey seems designed to get you into the game and playing it as quickly as possible. On booting it up, there’s a minimalist quality to the menus and options. Super Mario Odyssey is uncharacteristically sleek and streamlined for Nintendo. That’s nearly 29 years ago and nearly 29 years later Mario and Nintendo have still got it. The first video game I ever played was Super Mario Bros. It’s hard to even describe how exciting it is to finally be able to play a brand-new Mario game again. While there are still a handful of big-name games to be released this year, Super Mario Odyssey is the perfect cherry on top of an amazing year of gaming. It’s hard to believe that Super Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild both came out this year. 2017 has seen it release hit after hit after hit. I’m not sure what’s been put in the water over at Nintendo, but whatever it is it’s working. It’s easily one of the best games this year and this generation. Not only is Super Mario Odyssey one of the best Mario games of all time. It’s a gambit that’s paid off handsomely. I’ll bet nothing was off-limits when trying to figure out how to create Super Mario Odyssey. “AND we fill it with realistic looking people that make Mario look super creepy!” “What about if we made New York City, but we called it New DONK City!” I can just imagine the brainstorming sessions… The entire concept is absolute madness but in a good way. Super Mario Odyssey feels like Nintendo deciding to have some fun.

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