Most popular video game in the world – Super Mario Odyssey – 12/50

Most popular video game in the world – Super Mario Odyssey – 12/50

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Super Mario Odyssey is a 2017 3D platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. An installment in the Super Mario series, the story follows Mario and Cappy, a spirit that possesses Mario’s hat and allows him to take control of other characters and objects, as they set on a journey across various worlds to save Princess Peach from his nemesis Bowser, who plans to
Release: 2017
Super Mario Odyssey is a platform game published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch on October 27, 2017. 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. In contrast to the linear gameplay of prior entries, the game returns to the primarily open-ended, exploration-based gameplay featured in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.

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. Various ideas were suggested during development, and to incorporate them all, the team decided to employ a sandbox-style of gameplay. Unlike previous installments such as New Super Mario Bros. 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. The game also features a vocal theme song, “Jump Up, Super Star!”, a first for the series.

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. It also won numerous awards, including for game of the year. The game was also a commercial success, selling over 14.44 million copies by March 2019 which makes it one of the best-selling Switch games.

Super Mario Odyssey
The box art shows Mario, a cartoon-like mustachioed man, jumping and throwing his anthropomorphic hat Cappy towards the viewer. Behind them is a collage consisting of screenshots from different areas from the game, including a large picture of an urban location.

Cover art, featuring Mario and his anthropomorphic hat, Cappy
Developer(s) Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Kenta Motokura
Producer(s)
  • Yoshiaki Koizumi
  • Koichi Hayashida
Designer(s)
  • Futoshi Shirai
  • Shinya Hiratake
Programmer(s)
  • Norihiro Aoyagi
  • Wataru Tanaka
Artist(s)
  • Rikuto Yoshida
  • Naoki Mineta
  • Sho Murata
Writer(s) Hiroaki Hishinuma
Composer(s)
  • Naoto Kubo
  • Shiho Fujii
  • Koji Kondo
Series Super Mario
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Release October 27, 2017
Genre(s) Platform, action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer