Super Mario Odyssey received universal acclaim from critics who called it one of the best games in the series, with particular praise towards its inventiveness and originality. The game also features a vocal theme song, 'Jump Up, Super Star!', a first for the series. and Super Mario 3D World, which were aimed at a casual audience, the team designed Super Mario Odyssey to appeal to the series' core fans. Unlike previous installments such as New Super Mario Bros. Various ideas were suggested during development, and to incorporate them all, the team decided to employ a sandbox-style of gameplay. The game was developed by Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development division, and began development soon after the release of Super Mario 3D World in 2013. In contrast to the linear gameplay of prior entries, the game returns to the primarily open-ended, 3D platform gameplay featured in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. An entry in the Super Mario series, it follows Mario and Cappy, a sentient hat that allows Mario to control other characters and objects, as they journey across various worlds to save Princess Peach from his nemesis Bowser, who plans to forcibly marry her.
Super Mario Odyssey is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch on October 27, 2017.
