Tag: super mario odyssey

  • Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo Switch) Review

    1996’s Super Mario 64 was the first, and the last, 3D Mario game I completed before playing Super Mario Odyssey. 21 years separate these games but they are inexorably linked. I will never forget the first time I saw Mario 64 in motion on a Nintendo 64 kiosk at a major league baseball fan appreciation day. It was…

  • Mario Odyssey Reviews Out, Game Available Tomorrow

    The reviews are almost universally positive. Here is Dan Ryckert’s: Make no mistake about it, Super Mario Odyssey is a weird game. It’s wrapped around a concept featuring sentient hats, enemy possession, and Bowser making wedding preparations, but actually playing the game feels very familiar. Gone are the polarizing FLUDD from Super Mario Sunshine and…