It wasn't long before I was throwing Cappy at everything. By holding down the attack button, you can also make Cappy spin in place, which lets you jump on him as a makeshift platform. I spent my first few minutes with the game learning how to accurately throw Cappy around. Of course, such a new mechanic has a bit of a learning curve. It's the sort of thing that makes Mario Odyssey feel completely fresh.ĭuring my hands-on time with the game, I was always curious to see what sort of power a new enemy could give me, as well as how it fits into the puzzles that you need to complete to finish every level. The cap system is reminiscent of the suits we first saw in Mario 3, except this time you're ripping power directly from your enemies. That opens up entirely new types of scenarios: Possessing a Goomba lets you create towering stacks of them, while capturing a fire monster lets you easily swim through molten lava. Mario can throw it to attack enemies, but what's truly new is that it also lets you "capture" enemies to control their bodies. Unlike the round, self-contained worlds from the Galaxy games, every world in Odyssey feels rich and expansive.Ĭappy, a magical hat who replaces the plumber's battered old hat, is the co-star of Super Mario Odyssey. This time around, though, the environments are much bigger than before, with plenty of nooks and crannies to explore. Tostarena, in the Sand Kingdom, has a whopping 69.Īcquiring a moon can be as simple as reaching the top of a building or as difficult as defeating a boss.Super Mario Odyssey continues the legacy of Mario 64, a game that will forever be remembered as a pioneering 3D platform. Bonneton, in the Cap Kingdom, has fewer than 20 - still plenty considering that at least a dozen of those are more puzzle than collection. There are a few exceptions, like doors that won't open until certain conditions are met, but they're rare.Įach kingdom differs in how many moons (the "Odyssey" equivalent of stars in "Super Mario 64") there are to collect. You're given a big open world with a set number of collectibles you can collect as you wish.
In this way, "Odyssey" follows the structure of "Super Mario 64" almost exactly. Since this is a Mario game, no special powers are required to get anywhere - everything you can see, from the very start of a kingdom, is something you can access or solve immediately. A dozen different paths immediately drew my attention, and it was hard to know where to go first. Upon landing in each kingdom, I was overwhelmed by stuff to do. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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