Super Mario Odyssey (2017) Online

As a young man who did not grow up with Nintendo, I never really cared that much about any 3D Mario game. I did play my fair share of 8 bit and 16 bit classic Mario games with emulators, and I think each of them are fantastic. I heard so much praise for almost all 3D Mario games and for good reason, as they looked fun, but with other games like Ratchet and Clank, Sonic The Hedgehog (the good ones, obviously), Crash Bandicoot, Spyro The Dragon, etc., I never really saw the point to invest my time to get and actually play a 3D Mario game. But, oh my god, how blind I was. This game is just fantastic. The visuals are amazing, each kingdom is full of life and looks amazing, the gameplay is just right, the boss battles are creative and fun, the Mario/Cappie mechanic is genius and adds a lot enjoyment to this game, the throwbacks to classic Mario are done well, the moon collecting works great and adds a lot of replay value, and the music is also great. This is seriously one of the best games I've ever played and I honestly feel really bad for not playing an earlier 3D Mario game, as, yes, this is the first 3D Mario game I've played so far, and if this is the standard for how Mario games are now, then I'll make sure to always pick a copy up, because this game alone might be better than most 3D Sonic games I've played, which is saying a lot, since I played those first. This game is fantastic and now I am excited to see what Nintendo has in store for future Mario games, because this game is one of the best I've played so far and is a masterpiece from Nintendo. I recommend anyone who has a Nintendo Switch to play this game, because even if you're not that huge of a Mario fan (like me before I played this game), this game will most likely turn you into one with its overabundance of enjoyment and overall excellence. This game is just amazing and an overall masterpiece from Nintendo.

Super Mario Odyssey is a meta-celebration of the world's most famous video game character and one that relishes in the history of Nintendo itself. There are callbacks to games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (with the church on the Moon Kingdom), and even a world in the game that's one giant homage to Super Mario 64: in that case it's the Mushroom Kingdom and its many easter eggs calling back to that game. Heck, the Snow Kingdom is somewhat reminiscent of a level in Banjo Kazooie (from former Nintendo company Rareware) and some of the Crash Bandicoot games. Heck; even New Donk City feels like a sterilised version of the Grand Theft Auto parody of New York, Liberty City. And New Donk is just as fun as Liberty City.

Odyssey is a massive game; when you finish the main story there's still so much stuff to do. It rewards you for sticking with the game through to the finale. It rewards you for traversing hard-to- reach territory and you can even progress through the 'story' in a non-linear way, reminiscent of other open world games that Mario Odyssey not only builds on, but arguably improves on as well.

If there was no real reason to buy a Nintendo Switch before, even with the amazing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to add to Odyssey, well now we have the Mario game the world's been eagerly awaiting. And it does not disappoint.

The game is just everything I wanted in a game. With it's amazing capture ability. You can get a moon not the intended way. With 52 captures. The visuals are just outstanding. Levels are just perfected. You can change clothes you couldn't do that in any mario game. Music is just beautiful. They say there is no perfect game well this game is a perfect game. I would rate it 11 out of 10.

This is the biggest Mario game I've ever played. It's a blender combination of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2. It has fantastic environments with graphics I'd never expect in a cartridge that's smaller than a DS cartridge.