Super Mario Odyssey

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Template:Infobox Super Mario Odyssey is an upcoming platform game for the Nintendo Switch set to release on October 27, 2017. It is the sixteenth title in the Super Mario series, the seventh original 3D Mario title, the eighth 3D Mario title overall, and the sixth 3D Mario title on a home console after Super Mario 3D World. The game has Mario leaving the Mushroom Kingdom to reach an unknown open world-like setting, like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. This new world has been stated to bear resemblances to the real world.

The game's story will involve Mario preventing a forced marriage of Princess Peach to Bowser.

Gameplay

Unlike recent 3D titles such as Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 3D World, which were more focused on platforming, Super Mario Odyssey will return to the explorative open-world gameplay seen in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, where Mario will explore various areas in order to collect Power Moons. Mario will maintain his moveset from previous 3D titles, including the Long Jump, Roll, Ground Pound, Spin Jump, the Triple Jump and the Dive, the last of which hasn't appeared since Super Mario Sunshine. In addition, a new character called Cappy allies with Mario, and takes possession of his cap. Mario can throw Cappy as if he were a boomerang, and it can also "capture" certain objects and enemies to take control of them.

Mario's life meter also returns with three health, similar to Super Mario Galaxy. Additionally, there does not appear to be any lives, as Mario will instead lose ten Coins upon dying. There will also be a new amiibo line based on Super Mario Odyssey, with a formal Mario, Princess Peach, and Bowser, which will unlock more costumes. Other lines are also confirmed to be compatible.

Co-op mode is also confirmed, with player one controlling Mario and player two controlling Cappy.

Confirmed features

Characters

Playable

• Mario
• Cappy

Supporting Cast

• Princess Peach
• Captain Toad
• Pauline, serving as the mayor of New Donk City
• Jaxi, a jaguar-like statue found in Tostarena that comes to life when ridden
• Sphinxes, omniscient statues that block certain pathways until a riddle is answered

Villains

• Bowser
• The Broodals, a quartet of rabbit wedding planners that were hired to plan Bowser's wedding
  • Topper, a short egg-shaped Broodal in a green suit
  • Harriet, the only female Broodal in the group who wears a purple dress
  • A stocky Broodal in a blue suit physically similar to Morton
  • A tall, lanky Broodal in orange suspenders

Non-playable characters

• Koopa Troopas (found in Tostarena)
• Rabbits
• New Donkers (found in New Donk City; one is found in the Sand Kingdom)
• Tostarenans, skeletal townsfolk overwhelmed by ice in their region (present in Tostarena Town; one is found in New Donk City)
• Steam Gardeners, robotic teapots that water the flowers in their region (present in Steam Gardens)
• Fork-like beings in chef attire (present in Mount Volbono)
• Birds exclusive to each region
  • Pigeons (found in New Donk City)
  • Green birds with yellow underbellies resembing vireos (found in Tostarena)
  • Little Birds (found in Steam Gardens)
  • Red birds resembling scarlet macaws (found in Fossil Falls)
  • White birds wearing top hats (found in Bonneton)
• Sheep wearing sombreros (present in Tostarena)

Enemies

Goombas (found in New Donk City, Tostarena, Steam Gardens and Mount Volbono) Micro Goombas (found in Tostarena) Goomba Towers (found in New Donk City and Steam Gardens) Sherms, small top hat-wearing tanks that spit bullets (found in New Donk City) Chargin' Chucks (found in New Donk City) Urban Stingbies, mosquito-like variants of Stingbies (found in New Donk City) Bullet Bills (found in New Donk City and Tostarena) Bill Blasters (found in New Donk City and Tostarena) Cheep Cheeps found in an unclear underwater area Lakitus (found in Tostarena)

Fishin' Lakitus (found in Tostarena) Spinies (found in Mount Volbono) Moe-Eyes, living moai statue heads with feet and sunglasses (found in Tostarena) Chinchos, small purple creatures with star eyes (found in Tostarena) Glydons (found in Tostarena) Fire Piranha Plants (found New Donk City) Poison Piranha Plants (found in Steam Gardens) Big Piranha Plants (found in Steam Gardens) Piranha Plant Bouquet Uproots, flower pots with extendable leglike brambles (found in Steam Gardens) Fuzzies (found in New Donk City and Steam Gardens)

Hammer Bros that wear chef hats and throw frying pans (found in Mount Volbono) Fire Bros (found in Mount Volbono and Steam Gardens) Lava Bubbles (found in Mount Volbono) Magmatos (found in Mount Volbono) Sentry Beam- or Ring Burner-like robots T-Rexes (found in Fossil Falls and Steam Gardens) Chain Chomps (found in Fossil Falls) Burrbos (found in Fossil Falls) Small, colorful hedgehog-like creatures (found in New Donk City and Fossil Falls) Frogs (found in Bonneton)

Certain enemies will wear different gear depending on the area they are found in.

Unknown

• Cookatiel, a pink Wingo-like bird in chef attire (present in Mount Volbono)
• White ghosts wearing black hats (present in Bonneton)

Bosses

• The Broodals
  • Harriet (found in Tostarena)
  • Topper
  • Blue Broodal (found in Steam Gardens)
• Mechawiggler (found in New Donk City)
• An Olmec head-like being with disembodied hands, similar to Eyerok (found in Tostarena)

Items and objects

Local Coins (ローカルコイン), 100 of which are found in each area City Coins (New Donk City) Pyramid Coins (Tostarena) Bolt nuts (Steam Gardens) Polygonal turnips (Mount Volbono) ? Blocks Beanstalks Boom boxes Bouncy flowers that make Mario Spin Jump Brick Blocks Binoculars Bubbles Checkpoint Flags

Coins Coin Blocks Coin Rings Coin Stacks Crates Doors Empty Blocks Grand Moons Ground-Pound Switches Hearts Hidden Blocks Lever Switches Life-Up Hearts

Lifts Moon Shards / Moon fragments (similar to Silver Stars) Power Moons P Switches Rainbow Notes Safety Bars Rockets Sand Geysers Seeds Turnips Treasure chests Warp Pipes The Odyssey, Mario's ship

Hats & Outfits

Hats

Name	Official Description	Notes
Mario Cap	A red hat that has seen its fair share of adventures.	The player begins the game with this hat equipped.
Black Fedora	Perfect for business, business-casual, casual, or casual business!	This hat is available in New Donk City at the Crazy Cap Shop.
Sombrero	Traditional Tostarenan hat. Keeps the sun out of your eyes and just plain fun to wear.	This hat is available in Tostarena Town at the Crazy Cap Shop. It is a homage to Qix.
Explorer Hat	Just because the territory is uncharted doesn’t mean your head should be uncovered.	This hat is available in Fossil Falls and Steam Gardens at the Crazy Cap Shop. It is a homage to Mario's Picross.
Wedding Hat	-	A white marital top hat with Mario's insignia. It is only obtainable through amiibo.
A chef's toque	-	This hat is a homage to Yoshi's Cookie.
A golfer's cap	-	The cap is white with red stripes and a red rim. It is a homage to Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course and NES Open Tournament Golf.
A snorkel with a pair of goggles	-	The goggles' lenses are Cappy's eyes.
A blue football helmet	-	The helmet is similar to the headgear worn by Chargin' Chucks.
Builder Helmet	Whether you're building or inspecting, you gotta keep your head safe.	This hat is a homage to Super Mario Maker.

Outfits

Name	Official Description	Notes
Mario Suit	This tried-and-true outfit has weathered many adventures.	The player begins the game with this outfit equipped.
Black Suit	You can wear this outfit just about anywhere – it always looks good.	This outfit is available in New Donk City at the Crazy Cap Shop.
Poncho	Traditional folk dress of the Tostarena region. Keeps the sun off and the breezes on.	This outfit is available in Tostarena Town at the Crazy Cap Shop. It is a homage to Qix.
Explorer Outfit	Clothes that keep you comfortable even in the deepest heart of the wilderness.	This outfit is available in Fossil Falls and Steam Gardens at the Crazy Cap Shop. It is a homage to Mario's Picross.
Wedding Outfit	-	A white marital suit. It is only obtainable through amiibo.
A chef's uniform	-	The outfit is a homage to Yoshi's Cookie.
A golfer's uniform	-	The uniform consists of white overalls with red stripes and a blue shirt with white stars. The outfit is a homage to Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course and NES Open Tournament Golf.
A wetsuit	-	The wetsuit is white with blue, horizontal stripes. An orange tube surrounds Mario's waist, and orange flippers replace his boots. The outfit appearead in a 2016 Club Nintendo calendar.
A blue football uniform	-	This outfit is similar to the uniform worn by Chargin' Chucks. The jersey's number is "64".
Builder Outfit	The perfect outfit whether you're constructing or inspecting the construction work of others.	The uniform consists of a yellow shirt and red overalls. It is a homage to Super Mario Maker.

Kingdoms

Currently, there are six known locations, which are known as Kingdoms. Each kingdom will be based on a real-world location (e.g. Metro Kingdom's main area, New Donk City, is based on "New York City"). Bowser will be after various items in each of the kingdoms, which all tie to his preparations for his wedding.

Nintendo has stated that there are more Kingdoms that haven't been revealed yet.

Image	Name	Description and areas	Wedding item
	Metro Kingdom	New Donk City, a city with many references to the Donkey Kong series Main Street, a big street in the middle of the city New Donk City Hall Plaza, the area just near the city hall New Donk City Hall Auditorium, a room in the big building where Pauline's band gathers Outdoor Café, a place on the left of the city Helipad, an area next to the big building Mayor Pauline Commemorative Park, a park situated on a platform next to the city Construction Site, an area with various girders.	?
	Sand Kingdom	Tostarena, a cold desert with several glaciers and some "bus stops" where Jaxi sits Tostarena Town, a colorful town inhabited by the skull characters Tostarena Ruins, a ruins area with midair platforms Moe-Eye Habitat, an area inhabited by Moe-Eyes The Inverted Pyramid, an upside-down pyramid Desert Oasis, a frozen oasis Ice Cave, an underground area with ice platforms and crushing pillars A vast bottomless pit under the ground with Poisoned Water pathways, which can be accessed and traversed by Jaxi	Wedding Ring
	Wooded Kingdom	Steam Gardens, an area with a forest surrounded by mountains and a glassy wall Iron Road, a set of red iron buildings Deep Woods, a spooky-looking dark forest where a T-Rex resides	Flowers
	Luncheon Kingdom	Mount Volbono, a colorful area filled with crystal-like food and produce inhabited by the fork creatures	Stew
	Cascade Kingdom	Fossil Falls, a prehistoric world with realistic dinosaurs	?
	Cap Kingdom	Bonneton, a misty world whose black, white and gold color scheme and hat theme match the interior of the Odyssey	?
	A water themed Kingdom		?

Development

Official infograph showing the recognized difference between the progression-oriented, and the more sandbox-exploration style of the 3D Super Mario series. Or as put by Miyamoto, "casual" and "core" games. Super Mario Odyssey is considered to be the latter.

As part of the "Treehouse Live" event on January 13, 2017, Shigeru Miyamoto was hosted as a special guest, and interviewed for the Super Mario Odyssey segment. When asked about "coming home" to the Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine style of gameplay, Miyamoto explained that when he was developing Super Mario 64 with Yoshiaki Koizumi, they realized that the title would be more directed towards the "core gamer", rather than the casual, pick-up-and-go gamer. After Super Mario Sunshine, their focus reshifted to more accessible, casual gamers, hence encouraging them to make Super Mario Galaxy.

Then in recent years, we made Super Mario 3D World and even though that's a 3D game, it's a little more accessible to everybody. And so speaking of casual gamers, we have Super Mario Maker out, and we also have Super Mario Run. So when we thought about making a Mario for Switch, we wanted to make it [...] something a little bit more on the core side, that people who like action games can really get into.

Miyamoto discussed how the 3D camera in Super Mario 64 worked very well, as it had the joystick as well as the C buttons to adjust the automatic camera. Super Mario Sunshine had the C stick in order to "control the camera freely", although they received feedback that the camera control was "a little bit difficult". With later 3D titles such as Super Mario Galaxy, the minimal control of the camera also attracted some negative feedback. Miyamoto added that it's "very difficult to find the right balance".

With Super Mario Odyssey, we made sure that the camera controls are really really smooth and easy to use, and the Switch controllers can really serve to that. [We] really made a sandbox-style game that's really easy and feels good to control.

With all the different ideas that Miyamoto received from other, "younger" developers and programmers, some actually worried him about how well Mario would "fit in" to these different worlds, although he was "open minded" to all ideas that were presented. Miyamoto also sought more senior developers and staff teams who had been involved in past 3D Mario titles, such as Yoshiaki Koizumi, in order to really "go back to the roots" of Super Mario Sunshine.

Vocal Theme: Jump Up, Super Star!

Pauline with her band.

Main article: Jump Up, Super Star!

A unique aspect of this title is a vocal main theme, sung by Pauline. The song is big-band jazz style, and details an adventure across the worlds from this game, with Pauline referring to herself as Mario's "1-Up Girl".

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Super Mario Odyssey.

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  Mario and a Steam Gardener dancing to music from a boombox.

Media

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References to other games

• Donkey Kong: The location New Donk City looks to be a throwback to Mario's early origins as Jumpman. There are steel girders that resemble the ones seen in this game, and the taxi cabs have license plates reading "1981-ND", referencing the year Mario and Donkey Kong made their debut. The name New Donk City is also a reference to Donkey Kong himself. Pauline can also be found here, who originated from this game. The melody from the 25m theme can be heard halfway through the vocal theme song. The bassist can also be heard playing the 25m theme when Mario first finds him. Also, the sound effect played when Mario jumps over a barrel in the game can be heard at the end of the aforementioned riff.
• Super Mario Bros.: Several parts of the game allow Mario to walk within walls from a 2D perspective, uses sprites and sound effects from that game, as well as altering the stage music to an 8-bit variation.
• Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course: One of Mario's outfits originates from this game.
• Super Mario Bros. 3: The music that plays in the slots minigame room is an arrangement of the minigame music from this game.
• Qix: The Sombrero and Poncho originates from the Game Boy version of this game.
• Super Mario World: A piano remix of this game's overworld theme can be heard on radios in New Donk City.
• NES Open Tournament Golf: One of Mario's outfits was iconically used in this game.
• Yoshi's Cookie: One of Mario's outfits originated from the NES version of this game.
• Donkey Kong Country series: Characters' names from this series appear as street signs all over New Donk City such as Diddy Kong, Cranky Kong, Rambi the Rhino, Expresso the Ostrich, Squawks the Parrot, Dixie Kong, Tiny Kong, and King K. Rool.
• Mario's Picross: The Explorer Hat and Explorer Outfit originates from this game.
• Super Mario 64: The structure of the kingdoms in Odyssey carry-over what was established in 64, such as the lack of a time limit and having areas change each time the player visits them, based on what the player previously completed. Super Mario Odyssey is considered a spiritual successor to both Super Mario 64 and Sunshine. Mario relies on a Health Meter rather than Mushrooms. 64 first introduced utilizing variations of Mario's Cap as power-ups. The number on Mario's football jersey is "64".
• Super Mario Sunshine: Super Mario Odyssey is the first 3D main series game since Super Mario Sunshine to feature open sandbox-style levels, as well as Mario's Dive move. Additionally, Mario can once again sidle while grabbing on a ledge. Mario retains his Spin Jump move as well.
• Super Mario Galaxy: The animation of Mario and Cappy getting a Grand Moon is similar to Mario getting a Grand Star in this game. The low health buzzer sound also plays when Mario is low on health. The Ground-Pound Switches that first appeared in this game also reappear. Captain Toad, together with the Toad Brigade theme, appears in the game. The Life-Up Heart functions exactly like the Life Mushroom from this game. Mario's idle animation of falling asleep is similar to this game.
• Super Mario 3D Land: The white birds from the game return in the Wooded Kingdom.
• Super Mario 3D World: Some of the elements and sound effects are reused in this game. Cat Mario's Costume Mario sprite from Super Mario Maker can be seen on the side of one of the skyscrapers in New Donk City and a building in Tostarena, and Cat Peach's sprite can be seen behind the right black-colored wall in the New Donk City Auditorium. Captain Toad's design in Super Mario Odyssey was first introduced in this game.
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: The Jaxi maze in Tostarena uses the same arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. underground theme from this game.
• Super Mario Maker: The Builder Helmet and Builder Outfit originate from this game. A sprite of Costume Mario's Cat Mario costume can be seen on the side of one of the skyscrapers in New Donk City and a building in Tostarena, and a sprite of the Cat Peach costume can be seen behind the right black-colored wall in the New Donk City Hall Auditorium.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スーパーマリオ オデッセイ[?] Sūpā Mario Odessei	Super Mario Odyssey
Chinese	超級瑪利歐 奧德賽 (Traditional) 超级马力欧 奥德赛 (Simplified) Chāojí Mǎlìōu Àodésài	Super Mario Odyssey

External links

• Japanese website
• American website
• European website
• Official Twitter page