There's no guarantee Nintendo develops a second Mario Odyssey, as sequels are more the exception in this franchise. RELATED: Cuphead and Mugman Have a Lot In Common With Mario and Luigi A prospective Super Mario Odyssey 2 could address this to stand out from its predecessor. However, Mario hopping into the Odyssey airship and traveling the world in 2017 didn't take advantage of this potential beyond a Mario 64-inspired Peach's Castle. Fan-favorite characters like Rosalina may return for parties, and species like Sunshine's Piantas will make cameos (albeit in disconnected ways such as Galaxy 2's Starshine Beach Galaxy).
While this approach has its merits, it leaves a lot of interesting places - and the people who inhabit them - on the cutting-room floor. Even true sequels like Super Mario Galaxy 2 don't often follow the continuity of their predecessors. Few, if any, locations outside the Mushroom Kingdom appear more than once, and ultimately this is fine given each title is built around providing new mechanics or settings to play in. Super Mario World introduces Dinosaur Land, Sunshine introduces Isle Delfino, and spin-offs like Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door are set in the Beanbean Kingdom and Rogueport, respectively. Areas surrounding Peach's Castle and Toad Town are different in just about every game, and the Mushroom Kingdom's neighbors also change. However, one could also see this as a reason why there's no real consistency in how the Mario world is put together. Series creator Shigeru Miyamoto, self-proclaimed father of Mario and Luigi, is known to prefer gameplay mechanics over compelling story elements - a stance that has affected spin-offs like the Paper Mario series. RELATED: The Nintendo Switch 5 Years Later: Becoming a Must-Have Handheld Mario's Ever-Shifting Landscape However, Odyssey's world-spanning format could easily be used to craft a more referential format in which more tertiary characters like the princesses get defined roles. It revolutionized the series' platforming with smooth, creative movement options provided by the sentient hat companion Cappy, and gave fans a diverse array of locales surrounding the Mushroom Kingdom to test those abilities in. Not counting Bowser's Fury in Nintendo's 2021 re-release of Super Mario 3D World, Odyssey is the mascot's latest 3D sandbox platformer. Super Mario Odyssey will also celebrate its fifth anniversary this October.
This console's hybrid nature brought a lot of versatility to its games, many of which released during launch year were strong enough to do that gimmick justice: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 among them. The Nintendo Switch released over five years ago, bringing the console manufacturer back from a lull it suffered during the Wii U era.
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