Super Mario Odyssey

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Super Mario Odyssey was a worldwide adventure to stop the false wedding between Bowser and Princess Peach.

History

In the skies above Peach's Castle, Mario's in a losing battle against Bowser on his airship. Bowser special boomerang hat attack smacks Mario from the Mushroom Kingdom all the way to Bonneton.[1]

Mario wakes up in Bonneton and meets up with Cappy, who tells him about the damage Bowser has done to his place, including kidnapping his little sister, Tiara. Cappy decides to join alongside Mario, transforming into his iconic red cap. Mario soon finds out Cappy's special ability; that to capture others and control them.[2]

Their current plan is to reach Fossil Falls and get an airship of their own. But first they meet the Broodals, the hired wedding planners for Bowser and Peach's wedding.[3] After defeating Topper, the two reach Fossil Falls where Mario first meets Power Moons and the leader of the Broodals, Madame Broode. After collecting enough Power Moons, the Odyssey is restored and available for travel.[4]

Mario and Cappy travel to different parts of the world, both to collect enough fuel and to help the locals that were affected by Bowser's attack; in Tostarena, the land is freezing after Bowser's attack in stealing the pyramid's Binding Band;[5] Lake Lamode had its Lochlady Dress taken;[6] the Steam Gardens had its Soirée Bouquet stolen along with having its flowers sucked in by Torkdrift.[7]

Their trip to the Metro Kingdom is halted by the Odyssey meeting up with Bowser's airship.[8] The two face off in the Nimbus Arena of the ancient Cloud Kingdom. Mario won this round against Bowser, but couldn't fight against his round of cannonballs.

Mario and the Odyssey both fall into the Forgotten Isle, the ship needing some Power Moons to fix it.[9] After fixing her up, the duo continue with their adventure; they save New Donk City from having its power siphoned from the Mechawiggler and have a great party;[10] Shiveria had its cake, the Frost-Frosted Cake, taken from the Shiverians;[11] Bubblaine is having its Sparkle Water drank by Mollusque-Lanceur;[12] Mount Volbono's Stupendous Stew got nabbed and guarded by Cookatiel.[13]

Their next kingdom was Bowser's Kingdom, but their ship was shot down by the legendary Ruined Dragon from Crumbledon.[14] A fight with the Lord of Lightning later, and the Odyssey could resume its flight to Bowser's Kingdom. Their meeting with Bowser has him tell them that the wedding ceremony is on the Moon before sending in the RoboBrood.[15]

The Odyssey lands on Honeylune Ridge and the wedding chimes echo beyond the empty landscape.[16] Mario manages to make it in time and has one final show against Bowser.[17] Mario wins, but the impact of the fight causes their underground arena to buckle under the quakes.

With no other way out, Mario decides to capture the unconscious Bowser. With his powerful claws and fireballs, Mario, Bowser, and Peach make their way under the crumbling underground.[18]

With this intense action dying down, Mario and Peach have a quiet moment with eachother.[19] He jokingly presents his wedding suit to Peach, making her laugh at the sight. Cappy and Tiara then release themselves from eachother's heads, dancing happily in reunion.

Mario then decides to do something wild. He starts approaching Peach, Cappy and Tiara stare on in anticipation, and Peach wonders what Mario's planning. Mario is then violently bumped out of the way by Bowser, who presents a bundle of Piranha Plants, and Peach stares in amusement. Mario, now afraid, rashly jumps in front of Bowser with a flower of his own. Both are now fighting for Peach's affection, the flowers getting in her face as she's getting more and more worried.

Peach then firmly rejects both of their advances and walks to the Odyssey to go home, a tad miffed. Bowser cries to himself, Mario consoling him by patting his shell. On board, Peach calms down and calls for them. "Let's go home!" she yells, as Mario and Bowser chases after the lifting Odyssey. Mario jumps up, bumps Bowser's head, and joins the group.

Epilogue

Mario is napping peacefully in the Mushroom Kingdom, Cappy reminiscing about their adventure.[20] Cappy, of course, doesn't want their journey to end, so they continue exploring for more Power Moons. But first, they head to Peach's Castle.

They hear from a Toad that Peach has packed her bags and gone around the world with Tiara.[21] Mario and Cappy's revisits to their previous locations naturally leads to the two meeting Peach and Tiara. After concluding their travels, Peach fully realizes the importance of meeting other people and worlds and has thus invited everyone from around the world to her castle.[22]

Mario can also meet up with Luigi, who has invented a new game called Balloon World.[23]

During or after the adventure, Mario also meets up with Captain Toad, who has started traveling around the world searching for Power Moons.[24] He sometimes manages to find his way into illogical spaces, but he always finds a way out. He's happy to return to the Mushroom Kingdom, but his travels gave him a new perspective on the world, and is not planning to stop adventuring.[25]

After collecting enough Power Moons, the Odyssey is able to make it to Rabbit Ridge on the Dark Side of the moon.[26] Mario fights a rematch with the Broodals, whose defeat by Mario has ruined their resume to a point that nobody wants to hire them again.[27]

Mario and Cappy then gain enough Power Moons to make it to Culmina Crater. Everyone from around the world is there to cheer Mario on as he completes this fierce trial and climbs one of the remaining remnants of the civilization that once lived there.[28]

Locations Visited

Lore

Power Moons, as revealed by Cappy, are simply Power Stars but in a different shape. The fact that the Mushroom Kingdom in-game is the only kingdom to have Power Stars remains consistent with Super Mario Galaxy where the Star Festival that causes these Power Stars to fall down is localized entirely within the Mushroom Kingdom.

Regional Coins, a concept first introduced in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, has been expanded to reveal many more regional coins of other kingdoms, most importantly those of the Mushroom Kingdom where they're stated to be "64-like".

Biologically, the manner in which humans have been portrayed throughout the franchise to have many different shapes and sizes gives way to the New Donkers, hyperrealistic humans that are also freakishly tall according to the Balloon World game mode.

Mapping

Super Mario Odyssey provides an extremely detailed look at Mario's Planet as previous games such as Mario Kart Wii relented by using real-life photographs of Earth rather than spending development time inventing original continents for what's at most a minor background detail. With the release of Super Mario Odyssey, it reveals the Mushroom Kingdom (or the Mushroom Continent to colloquially refer to the landmass inhabiting all kingdoms neighboring the Mushroom Kingdom) is a remote landmass separated from the larger continents. Pre-release material also reveals Isle Delfino (and at large, the Sunshine Archipelago) to be west of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Simply put, Super Mario Odyssey is one of the most important piece of evidence for mapping the Mario franchise. For instance, contrary to popular belief and licensed interpretations, this game shows the location the Mario Bros. grew up into their adulthood in to be New Donk City, a location that's on the same planet as the Mushroom Kingdom.

With the reveal of the Mushroom Kingdom's regional currency to be those from Super Mario 64, all levels from that game, previously unknown, are revealed to be placed inside the Mushroom Kingdom.

Character

Pauline is the mayor of New Donk City. If this happened before or after the previous appearances of Pauline, it nonetheless shows a depth of character not yet seen before. This depth is further explored in the mission "A Request from the Mayor" which reveals Pauline's likes, her dislikes, her hobbies, how her ability to talk to others made her mayor, and even her outright saying that being kidnapped by Cranky Kong and Donkey Kong traumatized her.

On the same mission, Pauline's confusion about someone wearing a raccoon suit implies that, while Mario is known to save Princess Peach across the world, the exact details of his journey to the outside world are obscure.[29]

If Mario equips the clown costume before fighting Bowser for the last time, Bowser subtly shows a fear of clowns. This says a lot about his vehicle of choice, the Clown Car, where you can infer he would ride the vehicle to intimidate others; if his weakness is clowns, and he's just so powerful and invincible, then that means that everyone else must be weak to clowns as well.

“The ending of Super Mario Odyssey is the culmination of an adventure both magnificent and personal. An upbeat song plays in the background while the scene unfolds: the joy of being reunited with someone you've missed, the slight embarrassment that comes with thinking of the one you love, Mario and Bowser’s open honesty, and Peach's independence. Through the theme of marriage—which had never been addressed in the series before—we see another side of Mario, Peach, and Bowser. The relationship between the three looks like it'll continue for years to come. The odyssey they've embarked on is far from over!”
—Director Kenta Motokura, Super Mario Odyssey

The often misinterpreted ending of Super Mario Odyssey infact strengthens the established relationship Mario, Peach, and Bowser have with one another. While Mario and Peach love one another, and Mario could indeed try and propose to her if given the chance, Bowser will always appear and be the loudest voice in the room. It's at this point of rashness that Mario will respond similarly to Bowser, the two pushing eachother for Peach's acceptance like two sides of the same boneheaded coin.

This immature behavior is obviously not rewarded, and Peach likewise responds to Bowser and Mario in kind. But although walking towards the Odyssey, angry with him at that moment, Peach does indeed still love the Mario she knows and forgives him as she calls for the two to "let's go home!"

The Odyssey lifts off, but Peach already knows Mario can make the jump--they're in low gravity and Peach has seen Mario's acrobatics long enough to believe he can make it. As Mario and Bowser run towards the Odyssey, Mario already recovered from his heartbreak, he jumps, kicks Bowser, and Cappy returns to his side. The adventure continues, and that's all Mario needs to stay happy.

Timeline

See also

References

  1. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  2. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  3. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  4. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  5. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  6. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  7. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  8. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  9. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  10. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  11. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  12. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  13. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  14. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  15. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  16. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  17. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  18. ↑ packattack04082 (August 1st, 2019).
  19. ↑ Super Mario Odyssey Ending with Captions, Seandwalsh (June 20th, 2022).
  20. ↑ BeardBear (October 18th, 2020).
  21. ↑ BeardBear (October 18th, 2020).
  22. ↑ BeardBear (October 18th, 2020).
  23. ↑ ProsafiaGaming (February 22nd, 2018).
  24. ↑ ProsafiaGaming (July 14th, 2018).
  25. ↑ ProsafiaGaming (July 14th, 2018).
  26. ↑ BeardBear (October 18th, 2020).
  27. ↑ BeardBear (October 18th, 2020).
  28. ↑ BeardBear (October 18th, 2020).
  29. ↑ Pauline: "A raccoon suit? No! Why in the world would someone wear such a thing?"
  30. ↑ ProsafiaGaming (July 14th, 2018).
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