STACK #153 Jul 2017

GAMES FEATURE

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NINTENDO

Nintendo Switch Super Mario Odyssey

switched on

N intendo were the first and arguably one of our most anticipated. Of course, this year the Switch was at the forefront of their presentations, with everything we went hands-on with being playable on the new home console/ Words Alesha Kolbe and Paul Jones appointment we had on the show floor at E3 2017,

portable hybrid. Understandably, we made a beeline for one of our most anticipated games of E3 – Super Mario Odyssey . A 3D open-world game, Odyssey is quite similar to Super Mario 64 , or even Galaxy , but brings a new gameplay mechanic into the mix. Introducing Cappy – that’s right, Mario’s trusted hat has

Nintendo Switch Super Mario Odyssey

We’d say it was the best at the show...

come to life, and is now more of a tool for you to use in

this one. There’s a lot of climbing and secret-discovering to do, including scaling to the top of a skyscraper. The best bit? Mario doesn’t take fall damage, so you can bet we jumped off the top of that bad boy. 9.5/10 for dismount. Next up was Pokken Tournament DX , which is essentially a port of the Pokémon fighting game from the Wii U.

Bullet Bills included. As the first new entry in the Mario series in a while, Odyssey is bound to be pretty high on the lists of those who own a Switch, especially considering the small slate of games it had at launch. We got to check out both the desert and city worlds, and trust us when we say you’re going to want to invest plenty of time into

the world. You can throw it to collect coins or

take out enemies, or even just use it as a trampoline to

jump off and reach otherwise inaccessible areas. Oh, and you can also turn into some enemies by throwing the cap at them –

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