In 2017 NINTENDO enchanted us with The Legend of Zelda (breath of the wild) and then BOOM! Super Mario Oddyssey, returning to the first designs of Super Mario 64 and creating a cheerful and innovative game with incredible designs and mechanics, just what the franchise needed.

Mario is the main image of NINTENDO, above all others. It has been a reference in 2D platform games and one of the first in 3D, in addition, a game that has left footprints throughout generations in its different presentations, which put pressure on NINTENDO since making a new Mario for this generation of consoles, it would not be an easy task, it should also be incredible, not only could it be a good game and NINTENDO succeeded.

When you start playing, the first thing that surprises you is the freedom that the world of Super Mario Odyssey offers, we can freely explore the whole world that offers the game, therefore, it is called a being of the references of the genre.

The possibility of exploration ends almost entirely with any possibility of monotony since the player has the ability to decide what to do throughout the game. Recalling with a bit of nostalgia come to my mind those deliveries of the saga in two-dimensional maps and screens that had pre-established orders, therefore, this change in terms of freedom of movement is one of the most important points in the game. This proposal of the Nintendo Switch basically offers a platform game of great amplitude.

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This game establishes a before and after for the simple fact of owning a giant open world. In short, fun is guaranteed with these three-dimensional platform.

All that Mario has to offer as a character in itself, allow the interaction with the universe that surrounds it to be great. The universe of the game is divided into "Realms" very different from each other. Each kingdom has its own currency, which we must research and collect in order to buy the exclusive objects that are in the stores of the kingdoms, this possibility opens even more the gaming experience and takes away monotony.

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All kingdoms have a really large size with a lot of secrets that we must discover to complete the game 100%. This makes users eager for the time to explore every corner of every kingdom. In addition to all this, the worlds offer a wide variety of mini-games, puzzles, tests, challenges, against the clock and of course different bosses.

The developers of Super Mario Odyssey, in their quest to evolve and expand the concept of freedom, came up with the definitive Power Up and materialized as co-protagosnista of the game and probably the best Power Up that Mario has had in all his deliveries: Cappy , the hat. Since its inception, our favorite plumber has had a series of costumes that give him a certain skill bonus and his main function has been to be an excuse to take the development of levels a little higher and create maps with more possibilities. In this way, Cappy becomes the key to a freedom never before seen in the saga. Cappy offers Mario the possibility of opting skills of up to 50 different types of enemies, with an agile movement Mario throws his hat and takes control of the skills of the target that impacts, all this without altering the rhythm of the game.

Something that makes Odyssey very attractive is to ask yourself "Can this be captured?" And the answer is "Sure, yes!" Which opens huge possibilities that maybe will not even be exploited 100%. For example, we can turn Mario into Goomba to create towers, in a frog to jump higher, in a fish to dive more, among others.

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Mario always offered freedom and dynamism with his movements and powers, but what has been achieved in this delivery surpasses all of the above.

The difficulty increases gradually, as we become familiar with the movements and skills, new and complex problems arise, therefore, the challenges are guaranteed at all times.

The Oddyssey is the aircraft that transports Mario between kingdoms after the track of Bowser and is powered by Energilunas as fuel, so one of the main missions of Mario in each kingdom is to collect them to advance to the next map, it is important to highlight that it is not necessary to collect all of them since one can advance in the kingdom by achieving a minimum, although the interesting thing is the challenge of collecting them all. Above the story of rescuing Peach, collecting them is our main goal.

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The imagination of the players is an important point in this game in which we will need the tools put into the game by the developers to step on the way to the objectives.

With respect to the controls, they are very well optimized, making the experience with the JoyCon of the switch something quite pleasant. The designers wanted to fully exploit the possibilities of the console and so the classic players can use the Mario control in a traditional way and the NextGen can use the JoyCon separately if they want.

La banda sonora de cada uno de los reinos es espectacular (mucha atención al tema que suena en el tramo final del juego, además de la ya conocida y excelente 'Jump Up, Super Star!'). Bajo el nombre de Super Mario Odyssey Sound Selection, habrá una recopilación que recogerá un total de 12 canciones: Cascade Kingdom, Tostarena, Break Free! (Lead The Way), Shiveria, entre otras.

The conclusion of this game would like to leave it in the hands of professionals and therefore I quoteMeristation.as.com in his publication about the game.

“Here we go, off the rails. Do not you know it's time to hoist sails? It's the freedom you never knew. You do not need suitcases or passages, say the word and I'll be there in a moment. You can say that I take my hat off for you”.

This song has become the best letter of presentation of this Odyssey. It is a song that condenses what the game is: freedom, joy and celebration. Qualities for a title that you have to enjoy slowly, at our pace and taking the time to explore its secrets and get drunk with its radiant presentation.

We have mentioned it repeatedly in this analysis: freedom, freedom, freedom. It is not trivial. It is, in the first place, an explanation of the main feature of the game, which is based on the total recovery of the sandbox concept: a game that does not ask you anything, that does not establish an objective and that really only puts objects in the game. Collect as an incentive to explore and experiment. The fact that there are Moons that you can find simply because you happened and saw them, or the fact that you can buy them in stores in exchange for coins comes to send a message: the Moons do not matter, they are only the vehicle for an end, that is to take full advantage of each world, try everything, go with the most complex parts and enjoy when you can find them all.

On the other hand, although this is not an "objective" element of the quality of the game, you can not deny the powerful effect of the celebration and the constant tribute that is made of the entire saga. In the creativity of Odyssey fit all kinds of characters, mechanics, ideas, moments, melodies and sensations that will take us back to the many unforgettable moments we have lived with the plumber. There are moments that are, simply, to take off the hat (never better said) and that denote the love that the team has put into this project.

It has had to be difficult to raise and develop this game, it seems complicated to have so much range of movement, so many possibilities, so many powers and not to break along the way. Only through a demanding process of iteration is it possible to create something that allows both to be polished at the same time. It is common in the video game that grants a license to open games that allows many things, therefore, because it allows and accepts it as a logical consequence of an expansive design. But Mario Odyssey is allowed to unfold things while creating a solid experience, safe fruit of the teachings of Shigeru Miyamoto when he took the lead in the development of Mario 64, a title that is at the heart of this new adventure.

definitely a great game that gets the most important: surprise and give a new record to the saga Mario, a family but at the same time different and evolved. Those who have the first incursion of the plumber in the polygonal universe as a favorite game will greatly enjoy Odyssey, but in general it is a universal title, which will convince with the same arguments with which Mario 64 did: make the player enjoy each jump , every moment and every surprise.”

Taking into account the conclusion given by the writers ofMeristation I would like to clarify that I am sure that this delivery of Super Mario Odyssey is not close to being the last, on the contrary, it seems to me that this was the "experiment" of NINTENDO, the result was so satisfactory that surely many better things will come for our plumber favorite, I just hope you add a little more difficulty and dynamism to the final bosses.

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