Super Mario Odyssey
Travel through kingdoms with Mario and Cappy, collecting Power Moons to power the Odyssey airship. Capture creatures and objects to use their abilities, including a plant's stretching legs for reaching high places.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.6 / 10
About this game
Mario and Cappy set out across different kingdoms to stop Bowser's wedding plans for Princess Peach. You explore three-dimensional spaces and collect Power Moons that power the Odyssey airship. Cappy's capture ability lets Mario control certain enemies, animals and objects, putting their capabilities to work as part of the journey. A captured long-legged plant can stretch upward to reach high places, giving you a concrete reason to examine what a creature can do. Exploration also involves noticing clues: some shimmering objects conceal Moons, while people you meet can offer hints or invite you to minigames. Local two-player play divides the adventure into distinct roles, with one player controlling Mario and the other Cappy.
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Super Mario is Nintendo’s platform-adventure series, first launched in 1985. Mario and his friends leap through the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond, exploring colorful worlds and tackling playful challenges. Mushrooms, coins, pipes and surprising power-ups make every adventure full of discoveries.
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For players who enjoy discovering what a borrowed ability makes possible.
Capture may turn curiosity about a creature into a new way to navigate a kingdom. Moon clues and conversations with inhabitants offer additional reasons to inspect surroundings, while local co-op gives Mario and Cappy separate responsibilities.
Strengths
- Borrowed abilities can give environmental exploration a tangible problem-solving angle.
- Visual Moon clues and character hints may reward players who like looking beyond their immediate route.
Weaknesses
- Players wanting identical co-op roles may find the Mario-and-Cappy division less suitable.
Who it is for: Players interested in transformation-based movement, collectible clues and local cooperation with different roles.
Play notes: On Nintendo Switch, two-player play uses TV or tabletop mode; the second player controls Cappy.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Power Moons connect exploration to airship progression, while hints and minigames offer different investigative leads. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Using a captured plant's reach to solve a height problem may appeal to players who like discovering movement through transformation. | Reviewed | 9.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Changing Mario's form into a creature with a visibly different movement ability may make transformation itself part of the appeal. | Reviewed | 9.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The verified Mario/Cappy roles and TV or tabletop requirement make the local co-op setup a meaningful fit consideration. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- 2017
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third PersonCollection-richExplorationLocal Co-opHub WorldReplayable
- Supported game languages
- Simplified ChineseGermanFrenchJapaneseSpanishEnglish
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: E
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2017
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com