Super Mario Odyssey review
It’s the relentlessly brilliant variety that elevates Odyssey above and beyond any recent platformer you can care to mention, and a fair few other Mario games as well. Racing towards a distant flagpole is all very well, but this feels like a proper 3D affair in the same way that Super Mario 64 did two decades ago. Only now you can play it wherever you please thanks to the Switch’s portable charms. So yeah, Super Mario Odyssey is an incomprehensibly fun video game. One that’s big and silly and totally essential if you’ve already got a Switch sitting at home. Not only does it show off what Nintendo’s new console is capable of, but it reminds you why Mario has endured for so long now: roaming free with the fella around the vast new kingdoms just feels great. Not yet indulged in a Switch? Odyssey is good enough to have you reconsider. I mean... Mario as a T. rex: what more excuse do you need?
Huge worlds to explore; Jam-packed with invention; Cappy changes how you play;
A bit easy at first;