Super Mario Odyssey

Super Mario Odyssey is an upcoming game for the Nintendo Switch. It is set to be released on October 27, 2017 in North America.

Development
This game was announced during the Nintendo Switch Presentation on January 12, 2017.

Gameplay
Super Mario Odyssey has gameplay similar to previous 3D Mario games, specifically Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario 64 DS.

The game is structured in an open-world setting, similar to that found in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. He gets around using what seems like a hat helicopter. He retains many of his moves from the 3D games, such as the Long Jump, Roll, Ground Pound, Triple Jump, and Dive.

It is shown that Mario has some new techniques, including one where he can throw his hat and use it as a platform. The hat can also be used to take control of enemies.

Playable

 * Mario

Supporting

 * Cappy
 * Princess Peach
 * Pauline
 * Captain Toad
 * Jaxi
 * A tyrannosaurus rex

Villains

 * Bowser
 * The Broodals
 * Harriet
 * Topper
 * Two unnamed Broodals

Non-playable characters

 * Humans (present in New Donk City)
 * Fork creatures in chef attire (present in Mount Volbono)
 * Green-yellow robots which appear alongside aforementioned fork creatures (present in Mount Volbono)
 * Colorful skull-headed creatures in ponchos and sombreros (present in Tostarena Town)
 * Steam Gardeners (present in Steam Gardens)[12]
 * Rabbits

Enemies

 * Goombas
 * Goombas wearing hard hats (New Donk City)
 * Goombas wearing sombreros (Tostarena)
 * Micro Goombas
 * Bill Blasters
 * Bullet Bills wearing visors (New Donk City)
 * Goomba Towers
 * Piranha Plants
 * Spinies
 * Hammer Bros. throwing frying pans
 * Bullet Bills
 * Cheep Cheep
 * Chain Chomps
 * Uproots
 * Moe-Eyes
 * Sentry Beam or Ring Burner Robots
 * Fuzzies
 * Lava Bubbles
 * Frogs
 * Mecha Wiggler
 * Hedgehog-like creatures
 * White ghosts wearing black hats


 * "Urban" variants of Stingby resembling flies (present in New Donk City)[1]
 * Moe-Eyes, living Moai statue heads with feet (present in Tostarena)

Other

 * A pink Wingo-like bird in chef attire (present in Mount Volbono)
 * Moving and stationary taxi cabs (present in New Donk City)
 * Sheep wearing sombreros (present in Tostarena)

Items and objects

 * Currency for specific areas, 100 of each are found in each area[8]
 * Coins depicting Pauline's head (New Donk City)
 * Pyramid Coins[9] (Tostarena)
 * Screw nuts (Steam Gardens)
 * Polygonal sphere-shaped objects (Mount Volbono)
 * ? Blocks
 * Beanstalks
 * Bollards
 * Boom boxes
 * Brick Blocks[1]
 * Binoculars
 * Bubbles
 * Checkpoint Flags
 * Coins
 * Coin Blocks[8]
 * Coin Rings
 * Coin Stacks
 * Crates
 * Doors
 * Empty Blocks[8]
 * Grand Moons
 * Hearts
 * Lever Switches
 * Life-Up Hearts[9]
 * Lifts[1]
 * Moon Shards[14] / Moon Fragments[15] (Similar to Silver Stars)
 * Power Moons
 * P Switches
 * Turnips
 * Treasure chests
 * Warp Pipes
 * The Odyssey, Mario's ship[8]

Locations

 * Metro Kingdom
 * New Donk City-A city with many references to the Donkey Kong series
 * Sand Kingdom-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
 * Desert Oasis-A frozen oasis
 * The Inverted Pyramid-An upside down pyramid
 * A cave filled with glaciers illuminated by blue light
 * Wooded Kingdom-An area with a forest surrounded by mountains and a glassy wall
 * Steam Gardens
 * Iron Road-A set of red iron buildings
 * Deep Woods-A spooky-looking dark forest where a t-rex resides
 * Luncheon Kingdom
 * Mount Volbono-A colorful area filled with crystal-like food and produce inhabited by the fork creatures
 * Cascade Kingdom-A prehistoric world with realistic dinosaurs
 * Fossil Falls
 * Hat Kingdom
 * Bonneton-A misty world whose black, white and gold color scheme and hat theme match the interior of the Odyssey

amiibo
Super Mario Odyssey is confirmed to be compatible with amiibo. It has three unique amiibo of Mario, Peach, and Bowser in wedding attire. These three amiibo, as well as previously released amiibo, will give Mario unique costumes, as well as do other functions not yet revealed.

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.
 * Super Mario Bros.: One part of the game allows Mario to walk around in a mural that uses sprites from that game.
 * NES Open Tournament Golf: One of Mario's outfits originates from this game.
 * Yoshi's Cookie: One of Mario's outfits originates from the NES 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.[24] Chargin' Chucks are mentioned on an atlas released as artwork.
 * 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: One of Mario's outfits originates from this game.
 * 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.
 * Wario World: When losing a life, the player must pay an amount of coins to resume playing a stage.
 * Super Paper Mario: Princess Peach's wedding dress design appears to be taken from this game.
 * Super Mario Galaxy: The animation of Mario and Cappy getting a Grand Moon is similar to Mario getting a Grand Star in this game.
 * Super Mario Maker: One of Mario's outfits originates 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.[25]

Trivia

 * This is the first game in which both Princess Peach and Pauline make an appearance in person.