![]() The Gamecube’s Super Mario Sunshine sported a similar layout while the Super Mario Galaxy titles were slightly more linear with each star available only when selected, making each star its own individual level with a few bonus starts available out of order. Subsequent Super Mario games would see different variations on this theme. Some could be earned out of order, but others required a certain configuration of the map triggered by trying for a certain star from the onset. Each new star acted like a new level in the world. In Super Mario 64, the more Power Stars unlocked, the more worlds would become available. While the fully open format nature has remained true throughout the course of Mario’s 3D adventures, the linearity to them has taken different forms over time. There is only a semi-linear path to success, as the player must unlock each new world as they go, but is free to hop between them as they please to explore them again and again. Super Mario Odyssey follows in the tradition of Super Mario 64 by offering a fully open formatted adventure through colorful and creative worlds to save his beloved Princess Peach from being forcibly wed to Bowser. Several full-fledged Mario games have graced home consoles since then, but their styles more closely followed the styles of Mario’s other successful adventures in 2D platforming. ![]() Super Mario Odyssey for the Nintendo Switch is the first true return to the style of Super Mario 64 since 2010’s masterful Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Nintendo Wii. Today, Nintendo and Super Mario are poised to do it again. The game would come bundled with Nintendo 64 consoles for years to come and change the lives of millions of players, including my own, still more than two decades later. But, in the Summer of 1996, the Jumpman leaped headfirst into the third dimension, changing the course of video games forever. Mario has been gracing home video game consoles since 1985 on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), or, Famicom in Japan. How far has Mario come since his first 3D appearance in Super Mario 64? Super Mario Odyssey is a remarkable new entry to an all-time classic series.
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