Gaming Boulevard wrote:
I must be honest here, Super Mario Odyssey caught me off guard. I was convinced that no Super Mario could top Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Galaxy but I was wrong. Super Mario Odyssey is the perfect Super Mario game on the market and dares to innovate without ever losing the heart of a Super Mario game. Fans will recognize the thousands of winks towards the older Super Mario games while newcomers will play the perfect game right from the start. Mario goes on a crazy journey in Super Mario Odyssey and takes you with him. You'll sometimes feel very small in new Kingdoms while other places will make you feel king of the world. What all Kingdoms have in common, however, is the fact that all of them will make you happy to be there. If a game manages to do this, it's no surprise it deserves my perfect score, I score I don't give that easily. Hats off to you Mario, you did it again!
Super Mario Odyssey was the Nintendo Switch’s debut for the franchise, and we saw our red-hatted friend don a new piece of gear that doubled as his new sidekick, Cappy. With so many characters getting some prominent screen time, Luigi felt completely uninvited to this party. That’s why we can’t help but think that Nintendo has something special cooked up for him in Super Mario Odyssey 2.
I hope they move on from Odyssey. It is my least favorite 3D Mario game. If felt shorter and a huge step down from Mario Galaxy 1 & 2.
I was happy for a more free roam 3D Mario, it's been forever since there was one like this, but I agree Galaxy 2 was a better game. Galaxy 1 I didn't like as much oddly.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Last week Nintendo held this year's surprisingly packed not-E3 Direct; with a full schedule for this year and a vague promise of a console successor next year, it's very possible that we've now seen our final Nintendo Switch Direct, or at least one with major first party reveals. That makes this a good time to sit back and reflect on a generation of Direct moments, from the shocking and surprising, to the joyous and exhilarating - and, quite often, all at once."
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.
My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.
All these 10s 😮