Super Mario Odyssey Focuses on the Best Thing About Mario Games: His Regular Ol` Self
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Mario is who he is because of his mobility. The worlds he explores are always colorful, charming, and challenging, but they wouldn`t mean a thing if traversing them didn`t convey a sense of momentum and flow, of controlling a character who moves with palpable weight and inertia. It`s something you feel within seconds of starting the original Super Mario Bros., and Nintendo has preserved and polished the magic formula of Mario`s movement ever since, miraculously translating Mario`s distinct 2D handling into the gold standard of 3D platforming. That ideal sensation of total control has yet to be topped - even by Nintendo itself. But it looks like Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch could change all that, reinventing the immaculate wheel that is Super Mario 64`s movement.