Forget about that 'Super Mario' game on your iPhone — this is the new Mario game you're looking for
Nintendo this week unveiled a brand-new Mario game on a brand-new game console: It's called "Super Mario Odyssey," and it's a brand new, 3D Mario game coming to the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo debuted "Super Mario Odyssey" in a flashy new trailer on Thursday night, and we've got a breakdown of what to expect from the game below:
First things first: This is definitely a 3D Super Mario game, in the lineage of "Super Mario 64" and "Super Mario Galaxy." That means it's a "sandbox-style" game. The world is segmented into levels, but the levels are massive and open-ended.
"Super Mario 64" was both the first 3D Mario game and the first Mario game where levels were open-ended. No flagpole, no definitive beginning and end. Instead, you collected stars in any order you wished.
NintendoIn "Super Mario Odyssey," Mario explores a variety of real-world locations. He's got a flying ship for getting from place to place:
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