Super Mario Odyssey cover art

Super Mario Odyssey

2017 · Nintendo EPD · ~20h to finish

The main path is generous and the last stretch of Moons is not — the hard version of this game is entirely opt-in and clearly signposted.

platformeradventureNintendo Switch
Global—UNRATED
Baseline difficulty2.7GENTLE

Relaxed. Failure is rare and cheap.

The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Execution
3.5
Reaction
2.9
Grind
2.6
Puzzle
2.2
Obscurity
2.1
Learning Curve
1.6
Punishment
0.9
Strategy
0.8
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Execution drops 0.7 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Reaction drops 0.6 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Assist options shave roughly 2.7 points off, if you use them.
  • Not available on any platform you own.

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT
START25%HALFWAY75%CREDITS
  1. 95% · ~28hExecution

    the post-credits difficulty pivot, where the game removes every safety rail at once

    ▲ 27

Assists & accessibility

0/4 SOURCED

CHALLENGE RELIEF

  • Granular assist sliders [unsourced]Assist Mode adds hearts, an on-screen arrow, and a respawn instead of a death.
  • Generous checkpoints [unsourced]Death costs ten coins; there are no lives.

HEARING

  • Full subtitles [unsourced]

GUIDANCE

  • Built-in hint system [unsourced]Hint Toad sells the location of a nearby Moon; Talkatoo names them outright.

Claims marked unsourced have not been checked against a published accessibility review. Nothing here is inferred from genre — where we do not know, we say nothing.

What it is

A 3D platformer built around a sentient hat that lets Mario possess enemies and objects, spread across a dozen small sandbox kingdoms stuffed with collectibles.

Where to go from here

Argue with these asks

Nearest fingerprints in the catalogue. The same demands, a different game.

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