Super Mario Odyssey

Platforms

• Nintendo Switch

  Oct 27, 2017

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  9.5

  playscore

  9.7

  70 Critics

  9.5

  40.8K Players

70 critic reviews · 259 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  Handsome Phantom

  10

  Despite it’s one glaring flaw, Odyssey is a masterpiece. It’s clear Nintendo has not only put a lot of love into this game, but also thoughtful consideration into every last detail. It makes sure to pay homage to Mario’s past, but also modernizes the platforming genre. It doesn’t matter if it’s your very first video game, or if you’re a tried and true Mario veteran, Super Mario Odyssey is a classic and will go down as one of the greatest games of all time.

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  ZTGD

  9.0

  There are endless joys to discuss with Super Mario Odyssey. Being a huge fan of Mario 64, this game is a love letter for me. I enjoyed every minute I was playing it and cannot wait until I get some free time to return and continue collecting moons. Switch owners need this game, players without a Switch need to go buy one to play it. Nintendo knocks another one out of the park, and this may very well be their best year of games since the Super Nintendo.

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  Pure Nintendo

  10

  Mario is back in the biggest way possible. Super Mario Odyssey takes what we all know and love about Mario’s adventures and adds its own spin, with new moves, new enemies, and a shopping list of collectibles to keep you going for a very long time. It looks glorious, it plays well, and you’ll be smiling the entire time. If you haven’t already, you need to play this game now.

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  Hey Poor Player

  9.0

  Super Mario Odyssey is an absolute charmer of a production. If we’re going to talk about different types of games, there some games that are the best at being absolutely teeth-gritting hard. There are also games that are the best at telling a story, and making you feel something for the characters and worlds presented. Super Mario Odyssey, meanwhile, is one of the best at just making the player feel good, all the time. Super Mario Odyssey could have used some better dispersal of its lunar objectives, but absolutely sticks the landing when it comes to nonstop positive vibes and creative new ideas that only get better, and better, and better.

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  Shacknews

  9.0

  It's been a long time since I've lost myself in a game to the point that its jaunty tunes are running through my head throughout the work day. Super Mario Odyssey has done that and will continue to do that for a long time. There's plenty to see on this journey, so book a one-way ticket and enjoy the ride.

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  Dual Shockers

  10

  Super Mario Odyssey is by no means a perfect game — or even the best 3D Super Mario platformer — and thankfully the game doesn’t need to be. More importantly, Super Mario Odyssey is a bold re-introduction to 3D Mario and one that is flat-out mandatory in 2017. The game is not the challenging, rigorous exercise found in the series’ past so much as a deep dive into abject fun originality.

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  TechRaptor

  10

  Super Mario Odyssey is easily one of the best games I have ever played, and I’m incredibly jealous that this will be the first time some kids experience everyone’s beloved mustachioed hero. Where it lands in the hierarchy of Mario games, nobody can know quite yet, but I can say with great confidence it will be in the debate of the greatest ever made. Odyssey isn’t just for Mario fans, either; everyone should find some enjoyment in the awesomely fun experience that is Super Mario Odyssey.

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  GameSpew

  10

  Super Mario Odyssey’s unabashed sense of whimsy and charm is all too welcome in today’s modern video game climate. Whereas other titles feel the need to overbear you with endless things to do, people to kill and towers to climb, Mario’s latest globe-trotting adventure is all too happy to keep things simple — and in the most imaginative way possible.

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  Cheatcc

  9.6

  Super Mario Odyssey feels like a new glove that fits like an old glove, the new high point of a decades-long evolutionary process that is so smooth, so finely-tuned, that playing it nearly feels like an extension of yourself. It creeps up on you, the scale and design of it all, in a way that often doesn’t dawn on you just how purely grand it is until you stop playing and reflect on your experience. In a year full to bursting of huge, great games, Super Mario Odyssey stands out by acknowledging what’s cool and works about games today.

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  Game Skinny

  10

  If you own a Nintendo Switch, it would be a mistake to pass up on this pivotal experience. Heck, I'd even consider buying a Switch for this game, if I didn't have one already -- it's that good! Whether you're a fan of 3D Platformers, immersive single-player experiences, or Mario in general, you're in for a real treat here.

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