Super Mario Odyssey is Almost Upon Us

If there’s one thing we can count on out of the Super Mario series, it’s that every console release in the series will take some kind of bold risk with the franchise, assuring that we get a fresh take and are never left playing the same game.

The Super Mario series has come a long way since its inception on the NES as one of the 2D platforming genre’s most influential and important games to this day. First Mario developed various abilities over the course of his 2D adventures, then boldly jumped into a sandbox-style 3D world in Super Mario 64. Later, we got out worlds turned into literal worlds, where we explored on multiple mini-planets causing our perception to be tested in Super Mario Galaxy.

Bowser has never looked spiffier!

Now, in Super Mario Odyssey for the Nintendo Switch, we will explore another sandbox-style game using the unique abilities of his new cap. Namely, the ability to ‘capture’ things and thus become those things. Between Cappy’s crazy abilities, worlds filled with secrets and surprises, a co-op mode and more, we can expect to have a grand time.

Being able to capture a T-Rex is speaking to our inner child.

The best part of all this? Super Mario Odyssey is slated for an October 27 release on the Nintendo Switch, meaning we don’t have much longer to wait before we can enjoy what looks like another timeless Mario adventure. While you wait, check out the trailer below and a bunch of cool pics that gives us a peek into what’s to come. I’ll see y’all in New Donk City!

- Teepu

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