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Super Mario Odyssey

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    It's Mario so it's going to be great, but I can't be the only one to get a whiff of Sonic Adventure off the city levels, right?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,394 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    It's Mario so it's going to be great, but I can't be the only one to get a whiff of Sonic Adventure off the city levels, right?

    I hope not, Sonic Adventure is rubbish (sorry Dreamcast fans, it is).

    Also this is 100% running on the Xenoblade X/Zelda BotW engine. Looks very like it and I've a knack for guessing engines. Could mean levels that are a lot more open and massive.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,324 ✭✭✭chrislad


    It's Mario so it's going to be great, but I can't be the only one to get a whiff of Sonic Adventure off the city levels, right?

    I thought the same when I saw the real people. Hopefully, there's a reason for it. It's a Mario game. It's been a long, long, long time since there's a been a Mario game that's been terrible [I should point out I'm referring to the platformers], and I certainly doubt it will approach Sonic levels of chronic disappointment and disgust.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    New in-game Super Mario Odyssey footage showing Mario's moves

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTvAQcQo3iE


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    I think the city levels look quite different and fresh to be honest. People have called for Mario games to switch it up a bit over the past few years and this looked refreshing to be honest. Being made by Tokyo EAD too so I've no reservations that this will be another high quality game.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,282 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    I retract my statement from the switch thread, this is not sonic adventure come again more like Jet Set Radio with a hint of Crazy Taxi, all in all it looks awesome, nice to see Mario home in New York, Bob Hoskins is smiling somewhere.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Ace Attorney


    stolen from reddit.

    Super Mario Odyssey coming Holdays 2017 :D

    C2BkUO6VIAAiYOc.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,130 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    It's not even the idea of Mario being in New York that I don't like, it's just really really ugly. The rest of the game looks fantastic too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,738 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    I'm pretty excited for Super Mario Odyssey especially given how different it seems from previous Mario games.

    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I'm excited because it looks like a change from the Mario 3D World/Land games, as good as they were they weren't a patch on the Galaxy titles.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭Ridley


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I'm excited because it looks like a change from the Mario 3D World/Land games, as good as they were they weren't a patch on the Galaxy titles.

    Fair point, I thought, from someone elsewhere on the interwebs that 3D World was more of a sidestep than one forwards. Odyssey does seem to be going for The Next Mario in a way 3D World didn't. Though I guess after Galaxy there may have been a conscious decision to ride on nostalgia to avoid unfair comparisons.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Super Mario Odyssey ANALYSIS - Reveal Trailer (Secrets & Easter Eggs)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e53zdoadv0


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,997 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    I'm really hoping the realistic models end up on the cutting room floor and we're seeing them in some sort of beta-reveal video ten years later. It is jarring to the point of being creepy, a la the aforementioned Sonic stuff.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The problem for Sonic wasn't the setting but the terrible gameplay in the 3D levels, a problem that is ongoing.
    Mario titles have been the master of the 3D setting, so I trust the storytelling to take care of the "realistic" environment the little plumber finds himself in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,591 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    My hat is off to you sligeach, yours a veritable treasure trove of info.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,656 ✭✭✭C14N


    sligeach wrote: »
    New in-game Super Mario Odyssey footage showing Mario's moves


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTvAQcQo3iE

    Having just played through Galaxy 2 recently at Christmas, this looks like it has much stronger gravity and much lower jumps. He seems to fall very quickly and both the long jump and triple jump look quite small compared to past versions.
    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    The problem for Sonic wasn't the setting but the terrible gameplay in the 3D levels, a problem that is ongoing.
    Mario titles have been the master of the 3D setting, so I trust the storytelling to take care of the "realistic" environment the little plumber finds himself in.

    While the terrible gameplay was certainly a big part of what made them so bad, I don't think there's any denying that a lot of the 3D Sonics' modern day meme status comes from the world it was set in. Whether it was Adventures 1&2, Shadow the Hedgehog or Sonic 06, the fact that it was the cartoon animals in a fairly gritty, grey, real-world setting populated mostly by realistic humans and with incredibly self-serious plots definitely factored into what made them so enduringly goofy.

    I'm really not a fan of the city sections in the new game myself. Visually, it just looks like a step into uncanny valley. I assume it functions as a sort of hub world, but it just doesn't suit like the hubworld in Sunshine that was full of cartoony Delfinos. That said, it's a Nintendo Tokyo first-party Mario game, so I have little doubt the gameplay itself will be anything less than brilliant. If I have to hold my nose for the city sections, it won't be the end of the world, and maybe it'll even win me over with more context and gameplay.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    The city area sends to be Donkey Kong themed a touch, "New Donk City", Dixie Street and Diddy Mart... Anyone think the kongs may make cameo appearances, or is it just referential?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The Delfino scenes upset people at the time, not nearly as much as the bulk of Sonic Adventure or it's sequel... Big the F-ing bloody Cat...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,656 ✭✭✭C14N


    sligeach wrote: »
    Super Mario Odyssey ANALYSIS - Reveal Trailer (Secrets & Easter Eggs)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e53zdoadv0

    Looking at this, it becomes quite clear that I was wrong in assuming the city would act as a hub world. It's clearly just a normal level; you can even see a checkpoint in the square in front of the Empire state building. It was also strange to see how small the city really was. Not as small as the one in Sonic Adventure, but definitely not as big as it looked at first glance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Be great if in the real world we see a lookalike of Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo. Maybe even have a few notes from Almost Unreal playing.

    Song popped into my head yesterday which made me think of it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,997 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Be great if in the real world we see a lookalike of Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo. Maybe even have a few notes from Almost Unreal playing.

    Song popped into my head yesterday which made me think of it

    Be even greater if they just dumped the creepy real people.

    Please.

    Legit case of heeby-jeebies here.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,693 ✭✭✭Deano7788


    Mr.Saturn wrote: »
    Be even greater if they just dumped the creepy real people.

    Please.

    Legit case of heeby-jeebies here.

    Considering the game is supposed to be pretty much finished, I don't think that's going to happen.

    They don't really bother me to be honest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Super Mario Odyssey - Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2017

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGQHQc_3ycE

    Super Mario Odyssey - Show Floor Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2017

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GQGUGe7kDU

    Super Mario Odyssey - Wooded Kingdom Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2017

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8cyFpns0IE

    Super Mario Odyssey - Sand Kingdom & New Donk City Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2017

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t92phCwLJVw

    Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo Treehouse: Live with Nintendo Switch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIIlrDQTDxw

    Super Mario Odyssey - Developer Diary (Nintendo Switch)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtI6REQTwc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Victor McDade


    Man I can't get that theme song out of my head!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,067 ✭✭✭Gunmonkey


    Man I can get that theme song out of my head!

    Full thing. Damn is it catchy.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Why Super Mario Odyssey Has Captured Our Hearts - Up At Noon Live!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOGL0UsW5uI


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    It really looks superb.
    The hat function, both as a character and in game tool, reminds me of both Luigi's Mansion and Mario Sunshine, and their use of similar items, the Poltergust and the FLUDD


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Victor McDade


    I'd be amazed if this game is anything less than brilliant, I'm sure when Nintendo were planning the Switch they would have wanted this to be a launch title or at least a first-three-months title. For it to be delayed so much, I'm expecting greatness


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach



    The Capture Bubble allows Mario to jump through lava. Shaking the Joy-Con allows you to move more quickly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach




  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I too have glasses and an earring!
    Twinsies!
    However, I have full beard rather than just a moustache... damn...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I too have glasses and an earring!
    Twinsies!
    However, I have full beard rather than just a moustache... damn...

    You know what you've to do right? Off with the beard! :p


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    sligeach wrote: »
    You know what you've to do right? Off with the beard! :p

    Can't be done, the horror that lies beneath...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,591 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    I have sideburns


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Upcoming EDGE magazine Super Mario Odyssey covers.
    IMG_0746.JPG.fc255228caa5f929ec71653e4dee28db.JPG

    The last one is exclusively for subscribers.
    IMG_0745.JPG.d72c34e2ba626e520c9c255b38f738c1.JPG


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach






  • Is there going to be any special editions for SMO?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 EndKore


    Looks Awesome can wait have it pre-ordered


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    New piece of art released on Twitter.

    Which according to Neogaf, confirms that there's at least 7 different worlds within the game.

    http://www.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1390798&page=48

    And they are:

    – Metro Kingdom
    – Sand Kingdom
    – Wooded Kingdom
    – Luncheon Kingdom
    – Cascade Kingdom
    – Cap Kingdom
    – Cheep Cheep Kingdom


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Eggonyerface


    Urgh, I hate the underwater levels


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Nintendo Removes Sombrero-Wearing Mario Super Mario Odyssey’s Box Art
    mario_odyssey_box1.jpg?w=333&h=538&crop&ssl=1mario_odyssey_box2.jpg?w=333&h=538&crop&ssl=1

    https://mynintendonews.com/2017/08/01/nintendo-removes-sombrero-wearing-mario-super-mario-odysseys-box-art/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    It got an E10+ rating by the ESRB in the States. Mario games usually get an E rating (suitable for everyone)

    http://nintendoenthusiast.com/blog/2017/08/02/super-mario-odyssey-gets-e10-esrb-rating/


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Concerning the cover change, it might be some sort of cultural sensitivity thing, though the Mexican themed levels feature heavily in the various videos of MO thus far.
    It's an odd one.
    I wonder what cover we in Europe will get.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    Can't have Mario reminding the yanks of what's on the other side of that giant wall they're building... Although the watery Mario pic won't play well in Europe, too heavy a nod towards the Syrian refugee crisis.

    I'd say its more likely that there are 2 "Mario is wearing a hat in a foreign country" pics that don't convey a depth of gameplay and maybe overemphasize the "Mario goes to real world location x" aspect, which was not universally loved at the last reveal/treehouse


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    They have definitely missed including "Mario goes to some US red neck backwater"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach



    Rough translation: "It is "Bouquet of Pac-n-Flower" which Princess Peach caught in Koppa has in hand. It is decorated with "Bouquet's Flower" and Pink ribbon which is cultivated in the forest country. It is a packed flower that Mario attacks when approaching, but is it familiar to Princess Peach ...?"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    hopefully that's a VERY rough translation. Or someone's been keeping their Babelfish in their bong.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Banjo wrote: »
    hopefully that's a VERY rough translation. Or someone's been keeping their Babelfish in their bong.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,122 ✭✭✭✭sligeach



    Rough translation: "Good morning! It is a basic action "crouching". You can also attack or crouch and walk."


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