Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario Odyssey is an absolute gem of a game, showcasing everything that makes Mario games so beloved—innovative gameplay, vibrant worlds, and an incredible sense of fun. As one of the best titles on the Nintendo Switch, it’s a must-play for anyone who loves platformers.What I Love:✅ Innovative Gameplay with Cappy – The introduction of Cappy, Mario’s sentient hat, is a game-changer! Cappy allows Mario to possess enemies and objects, creating fresh gameplay mechanics and puzzle-solving opportunities. It adds a whole new dimension to the classic Mario formula.✅ Expansive, Beautiful Worlds – The different kingdoms are each visually stunning, with creative environments and tons of hidden secrets. From the urban streets of New Donk City to the lush greenery of the Wooded Kingdom, each area feels alive and full of surprises.✅ Freedom of Exploration – The open-world design encourages exploration. You’re rewarded for taking your time to discover all the hidden power moons, making each kingdom feel like a mini adventure of its own.✅ Fun for All Ages – The difficulty is perfectly balanced, offering a challenging experience for seasoned players, while still being accessible for younger gamers or those new to the series.✅ Amazing Music and Soundtrack – The music in Super Mario Odyssey is fantastic, with catchy tunes that perfectly complement each kingdom's vibe. The New Donk City Festival music is a personal favorite!✅ Great Replay Value – There’s a ton of replayability with all the moons to collect, bonus challenges, and secret areas. After completing the main story, you can return to kingdoms to uncover even more content.A Small Note:🔹 The camera controls can sometimes feel a bit tricky during intense platforming sections, but this is a minor issue compared to how well the rest of the game flows.Final Thoughts:Super Mario Odyssey is an incredible game that’s fun, creative, and endlessly rewarding. Whether you’re a longtime Mario fan or just discovering the series, this game is a perfect blend of nostalgia and innovation. Highly recommend for anyone with a Nintendo Switch—it’s an experience you won’t want to miss!

Super Mario Odyssey is easily one of the best Mario games ever made and the fact that it exists is acknowledgement by Nintendo that it can evolve with the ever changing Computer Game landscape. This game doesn't waste any time with lengthy exposition, in the opening moments gaming's most famous plumber is battling a monstrous Top Hat wearing white besuited Bowser atop of a floating Airship as the roaring King Koopa attempts to kidnap Princess Peach, force her into marriage and claim the Mushroom Kingdom for himself.Unfortunately Mario is bested in the opening exchange and his iconic Cap is shredded to pieces by the airships propellers, luckily enough though Mario is joined by a ghostly hat, Cappy, who is the driving force for this title. Cappy can be thrown at enemies as an attack but Odysseys gimmick is that you can inhabit a range of Classic and New Mario enemies throughout the world. In the opening moments of meeting Cappy he is hurled upon a Frog so that you can jump to a higher ledge and I never thought that a Frog wearing a Red Cap and sporting a voluptuous thick black moustache would make me smile, but It did.Nintendo has evolved Mario into an Open World experience which extends far beyond simple Platforming and Action and Adventure, this game works so well because it isn't afraid to take risks, we never thought we would see a Mario Game like this, the plumbers 30 year heritage is honoured and celebrated, it has the openness of Mario 64 and the creativity of Super Mario Galaxy, whether your inhabiting the caterpillar-esque Wigglers, stretching and retracting with a delightful accordion wheeze or the fluent movement of the Cheep-Cheep's swishing underwater each transformation is treated with the utmost of care and consideration and nothing feels superfluous, every aspect feels fantastic.For Me personally everything about Odyssey, from Mario's tiny facial expressions to the up tempo infectious music throughout the game everything feels meticulously crafted and presented, the painstaking amount of detail in this game is remarkable and appreciated. The visual variety and diverse worlds are as good if not better than anything that come before, you travel between worlds on your Airship named the "Odyssey" which you must power up with "Moons", the eye-popping colours of Tostarena Town back dropped against flame coloured red dunes of the sand kingdom is one of the more fantastical worlds set against worlds rooted in realism like the frantic streets of New Donk City.The amount of Moons needed to progress is minimal, Nintendo keep the main quest of Odyssey relatively brisk giving you the option to fervently search the kingdom your in or explore somewhere new. Having already arrived at Bowsers Kingdom I was a little disappointed as there could be an argument that the main quest is a little on the short side but I imagine after the credits roll there will be plenty of Moons and extra content left to hoover up. The variety, creativeness and imagination in each world is bewildering and this game will be the standard to which others are measured for a long time to come, masterpiece.