Super Mario Odyssey thread of real 3D Mario is back.

[Rich!]

Aw yes, Amazon JP just charged me for my preorder!

Hyped as fuck now. They'll send me the code at midnight JST/4pm GMT tomorrow just in time for getting home from work 

[Tasty]

I still need to get a Switch

Yes you do.

[Eel O'Brian]

This is the only game that kind of makes me regret trading in my Switch.

[Tasty]

This is the only game that kind of makes me regret trading in my Switch.

[Eel O'Brian]

Bought it on a whim to play Zelda and MK8. Ended up not liking Zelda that much. Traded it in for 95% of what I paid for it and the games, so it was like a rental. Gonna wait for a slight revision and let the game library build up some more.

[regenhuber]

This is the only game that kind of makes me regret trading in my Switch.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Switch is life

[Rich!]

oh yes! I've got my code from amazon japan, preloading now.

I've been on absolute blackout on this game, so I don't actually know the details - but how does the two player mode work? Is it something simple enough I can give a joycon to my daughter and she'll be entertained with? For what it's worth, she's 5 and she's played through Turtles in Time and Sailor Moon SNES with me numerous times

[sinxtanx]

preloading 

and the best thing is nothing can stop me from playing this all weekend, not even a fire
thank you Nintendo for making the Switch portable so that I may keep playing in the event of a fire

[Rich!]

preloading 

and the best thing is nothing can stop me from playing this all weekend, not even a fire
thank you Nintendo for making the Switch portable so that I may keep playing in the event of a fire

but what if your switch is the cause of the fire from playing it so much?

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yeah, I'm taking my switch to work tomorrow just in case I have to stay longer than 4pm.

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[CurseoftheGods]

hope this is great

i have been waiting for a sm64 sequel for 20 years

[Aeptia]

I only have 4 friends on Switch. Who's happy to add me?

Now if someone could tell me how you add people....

[Rich!]

I only have 4 friends on Switch. Who's happy to add me?

Now if someone could tell me how you add people....

Friend code sharing

seriously. PM me yours, I guess.

[Jenkem]

Best Buy doing a midnight eastern launch, adjusted for your time zone


  TOMORROW FAM

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

 

[Makai]

Got it a day early. 

Mario 64 is unplayable, though.

[H.I.V.E.]

Preloaded waiting. Had physical pre ordered but told that arrives after the weekend... So digital then I guess selling the cartridge.

[Let's Cyber]

Less than 18 hours now.

[bork]

The Japanese version should unlock in less than three hours now.

...Unless they end up locking out anyone outside the region and we all have to wait until midnight EST instead.  :'(

Pretty sure this one will show as purchased in all region shops, so if you preloaded the American version, you should be able to delete it and preload the Japanese version instead if you want to try getting it early.

[nachobro]

Played it this past weekend to completion with my friend when I was on vacation. Game is legit amazing, best Mario I've ever played (my previous favorite being SMW). I spent 120 hours on BOTW and was ready to declare it game of forever but Mario honestly blows past it. It has the bouncing around to different areas inside bigger worlds like Galaxy with the good parts of exploring huge zones like Sunshine and 64, but getting the moons feels more like Korok seeds in BOTW since you can get them for a lot of different little tasks.

Getting my copy on Friday and I can't wait to replay the whole thing. Game is gorgeous, has fantastic music, clever puzzles, and so much to explore and check out with little minigames and fun side things. Plus the postgame content can get really fucking hard if that's what you are looking for.

[Brehvolution]

This is the only game that kind of makes me regret trading in my Switch.

How long did you have it before you traded it in? I'm thinking about getting one, but now I'm wondering if I should hold off. 

[AdmiralViscen]

[bork]

The game unlocked on the J-eShop and I played it for a bit during my lunch break.  It.  Is.  SO.  GOOD.    Even with some waggle-crap in the controls, it's still excellent and feels so much better to play than 3D World did.  I can see this topping Zelda BoTW for sure.

[Eel O'Brian]

This is the only game that kind of makes me regret trading in my Switch.

How long did you have it before you traded it in? I'm thinking about getting one, but now I'm wondering if I should hold off. 

About a month.

[Let's Cyber]

Played it this past weekend to completion with my friend when I was on vacation. Game is legit amazing, best Mario I've ever played (my previous favorite being SMW). I spent 120 hours on BOTW and was ready to declare it game of forever but Mario honestly blows past it. It has the bouncing around to different areas inside bigger worlds like Galaxy with the good parts of exploring huge zones like Sunshine and 64, but getting the moons feels more like Korok seeds in BOTW since you can get them for a lot of different little tasks.

Getting my copy on Friday and I can't wait to replay the whole thing. Game is gorgeous, has fantastic music, clever puzzles, and so much to explore and check out with little minigames and fun side things. Plus the postgame content can get really fucking hard if that's what you are looking for.

What did you think of the soundtrack?

[Positive Touch]

please god, grant me the strength to resist spending $400 getting this and a switch this weekend

[nachobro]

What did you think of the soundtrack?

It's really solid. A lot of times the way a world works is there's one "task" to do (get all the pieces of X, beat this boss, whatever) and the music in a level will be at a lower level and a bit subdued. Then when you finish that task and everything opens up, the world music swells and gets so much bigger and louder. It opens up just like the rest of the level. Plus the boss fights all have really sick music that accentuates them and adds to the tension of the fights, especially some of the later bosses. I'm not sure who did the composition but a lot of the tracks, especially in the

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beach and water

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worlds sound a lot like Splatoon music, so I wonder if there was some crossover there.

[nachobro]

Oh for those who care, you do get stuff from Amiibos (mostly hearts/coins/maybe a moon or two, some costumes) but from what I noticed everything you get from an Amiibo you can also get in game with coins or by exploring the level. The Amiibo just lets you get it earlier than you normally would if you just played the game.

[TakingBackSunday]

so how do I buy this and play it on my switch right now

do I just change my region to JP?

[Rich!]

Been playing this for a few hours now

Holy shit this is incredible. And I just turned into a tree. And the music...especially in Wooded Kingdom...  

[blaze]

buying this when I get home. spending the weekend at my bf's. I hope he doesn't mind me ignoring him for mario for two days straight

[Baiano19]

Been playing this for a few hours now

Holy shit this is incredible. And I just turned into a tree. And the music...especially in Wooded Kingdom...  

I heard on YouTube

It's really great. Gonna play in 3 hours, can't wait

[Sho Nuff]

When does this drop on the digital store? GET HYPE

[Tasty]

please god, grant me the strength to resist spending $400 getting this and a switch this weekend

 ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Taking your strength  ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[TakingBackSunday]

someone answer my very important question

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

so how do I buy this and play it on my switch right now

do I just change my region to JP?

If you haven't bought it yet, follow this guide.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/pre-order-mario-odyssey-digitally-for-51-usd-unlocks-8am-pst-10-26-17.476/

Otherwise you have to wait till midnight in the region you bought it from.

[H.I.V.E.]

The reviews amazing but can't finish any don't wanna get spoiled. Soon so soon this wait  :'(

[TakingBackSunday]

so how do I buy this and play it on my switch right now

do I just change my region to JP?

If you haven't bought it yet, follow this guide.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/pre-order-mario-odyssey-digitally-for-51-usd-unlocks-8am-pst-10-26-17.476/

Otherwise you have to wait till midnight in the region you bought it from.

oh, I thought you could simply just switch your region on the device to japan and log into the e-shop to buy the game now

[team filler]

I need to stop being poor so I can play this

[Eteric]

My gamestop will be handing copies out at 11. Existence is pain right now.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Been hearing a lot of complaints about motion controls in handheld mode. Not too sure how serious it really is tho.

[bork]

This is just too good.  Already my GOTY.  Can't get over how well-designed all the worlds are.  I thought that the "open-world" style game play might be bad, but nope...it's perfect.  Worth exploring everywhere to find stuff, too.  And there's even some challenging platform sections!  Loving this.

Been hearing a lot of complaints about motion controls in handheld mode. Not too sure how serious it really is tho.

Turn them off. 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Won't be getting my copy until Saturday 

There was a reddit thread with a screenshot of turning off motion controls but only for the camera. So you can turn them off for the moves too? The Kotaku review made it sound like dual Joycons was by far the preferred control method.

[bork]

I wonder if this game has "maxed out" the Switch's performance levels?  It runs fairly hot, which I haven't noticed when playing other titles.

Won't be getting my copy until Saturday 

There was a reddit thread with a screenshot of turning off motion controls but only for the camera. So you can turn them off for the moves too? The Kotaku review made it sound like dual Joycons was by far the preferred control method.

Oh, for moves I'm not sure.  But I didn't have a problem playing it in handheld mode at all.  Most of the waggle crap is just "shake for faster climbing or flying" and isn't necessary. 

I've been playing the game mainly with a pro controller docked.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Unrelated question: Are your switches loose as hell when docked?  () Mine seems to just float loosely on the USB-C port.

[bork]

Seems fine to me.  Mine is stuffed into the dock a bit more thanks to the screen protector.

Also, I know I sound like a broken record singing this game's praises...but it's absolutely brilliant.  I also have found myself often growing bored of a lot of games at times these days, but this title has me already addicted to it and I keep wanting to play more...hard to force myself to stop playing just now.  GOTY for sure.

[benjipwns]

http://play.co.rs/2017/10/review-super-mario-odyssey/

the comments

ATTENTION SEEKER. CLICKBAIT. NO AD REVENUE CAUSE POP-OP BLOCKER. If you don't like hard, go back to freaking 8-bit Super Mario and try speedrunning that within 2 mins. Going to report this review to metacritic. This is CLEARLY a troll review as many people have said. Have fun spending the rest of your life in the 1981 Donkey Kong arcade classic trying to beat the highest score, if nostalgia is what you're looking for. Now go back home to try and hacking other people's PCs, if I didn't already hack yours. GTFO.

I came here just to say that this review is full of shit and should be taken off from Metacritic. Seriously, you gave games such as Fifa high score but gave only 7.5 to Mario O?

What is your agenda anyway? You know that this game will get alot of high score on Metacritic so you wrote this just to get more attention and more click? What a sad website this is. The first and only time that I will visit this.

Dickh...mister, you are not bashed for having an opinion. You are bashed for being an amateur. For some misterious reason your amateurish review and score got on metacritic. Sure, you are a victim and stuff but from a serious reviewer point of view , you are a disaster. How ON EARTH did you get an early copy, is beyond my understanding. You remind me of that idiot who compared borderlands 2 with his narrow vision of shooters, call of duty et all.
Sir, you are a disgrace, I can safely say you have nothing in common with a game's reviewer.

Wait so FIFA 18 got a 88 on this site but Odyssey is 75? This site is complete sh*t

[H.I.V.E.]

This is the best 3d Mario or 3d platformer for thaglt matter I have ever played. Loving it. Was surprised how early it was when they allowed you to become a t-rex which was fucking cool so it was never really a spoiler and it seems so far they managed to save a lot for one to discover, so much that wasn't spoiled. But I did avoid the reviews. For sure worth buying a Switch for.

As for that review above I'm sorry but I can't feel sympathy for anyone that gives high scores for EA fucking FIFA lol

[Jenkem]

http://play.co.rs/2017/10/review-super-mario-odyssey/

AGAINST:
Lack of a healthy challenge.
She's just a little girl.
The content lack of content.

 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Hope to pick this up for cheap at Argos today, think I saw it up for 41 quid.

[Freyj]

Easily the most fun I’ve had with a 3D Mario game since 64. If I didn’t have to get up and start working in 5 hours I’d play through the night.

[sinxtanx]

half an hour in, it's unashamedly perfect

I get two games made specifically for me in a year

[H.I.V.E.]

I also love all the 2d Mario action.

Feels like the game has everything they took all from the past that is great and made it into a single game. Best fanservice.

[Let's Cyber]

This game brehs

 

Small spoilers for the first 3 worlds or so

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In the span of like 60 seconds I went from riding around on a lion in the desert to jumping into the body of flying gecko and gliding around, to being transported through a painting and ending up in New York City New Donk City.

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It feels like playing Little Nemo in Slumberland or something. Everything is so dreamy and surreal.

[Jenkem]

this fucking game keeps throwing new shit at you and never stops

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fishing as lakitu

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[paprikastaude]

http://play.co.rs/2017/10/review-super-mario-odyssey/

the comments

I wonder if the unironic 6 out 5 caused equal furore? 
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/games/reviews/super-mario-odyssey-review-marvellous-mario-embarks-on-his-greatest-adventure-36262391.html

The gaming journalism we deserve 

[benjipwns]

But what defines SMO most is the element of surprise — you’re never far from a laugh-out-loud sight gag, a cheekily hidden secret, rib-tickling encounter or wacky costume change.

Oh Nintendo, you spoil us. Six stars out of five. It’s that good.

[bork]

I spent hours last night in the desert world getting moons.  Could have moved onto the next world, but I was having such a blast that I enjoyed sticking around and finding new stuff to do.  Ended up with 50+ moons before going to the third world...which is crazy, since I generally hate "collectathon" type game play.  But not here...it's fun!


Is it just me, or does the forest world kind of give off a Nier Automata vibe?

[Eteric]

This game makes my cold dead heart feel shit again. So fun!

[CurseoftheGods]

this game is excellent

really feels like super mario 64 2