There's no point in arguing: Super Mario Odyssey is Phil Brown's only choice for game of the year. Yep, the first Nintendo icon somehow headlined the finest game of 2017. Bet ya didn’t see that coming!
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.
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.
When so many good games are released in a single year there is bound to be a lot of contention about which is actually best. Its actually a good sign that there are so many contenders.
I could certainly see the argument for it, but as we all know Zelda has pretty much sucked all those Awards up this year. However, I certainly would not have been mad if Mario had received Game Of The Year. It's a great game and very much just as deserving. You couldn't go wrong with either one. Nintendo really hit it out of the park this year!
Just beaten the 2nd boss and it's definitely something special. Love it
Played both Zelda and Mario, don't see why they are considered the heavenly mana by the critics. IMO, Zelda unfairly got the awards, because Mario was more engaging to me than Zelda and at least played I Mario till the end of the campaign, each new area having new enemies, new obstacles, new abilities etc, basically having a sense of suspense of what I'll get to see next. They are good games, but I didn't feel any sort of attachment to the game. My personal GOTY is Nier: Automata, followed by Hollow Knight, Persona 5, Nioh, Prey and Yakuza 0.