History VideoGame / SuperMarioOdyssey

** Trailers shown in the September 2017 Nintendo Direct show how polished the game became since E3 2017, for example, character models were more detailed and full of life, Peach especially.

* RumpRoast: If Mario lands into lava or a pot of hot soup in the Luncheon Kingdom, he jumps high up with his derriere burning and runs amok for a few seconds until the flame is extinguished…

** After defeating Bowser, you can return to the Metro Kingdom and talk to Pauline to take a quiz about her. One question asks something she used to do, the correct answer is "Captured by Ape", however another answer is "Wear a Raccoon Suit", and Pauline reacts with disgust asking who would wear something like that. Although it could also be a TakeThat to P.E.T.A.

-->'''Bowser:''' Crashing the wedding, Mario? That's tacky, even for you! Also, your outfit isn't halfway fancy enough for the occasion! Not that it matters, since you [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking WEREN'T INVITED!]] So now it's time for you to make like a bouquet and get thrown out. [[PrepareToDie Get ready, Mario! Here's your happily ever after!]]

[[caption-width-right:349:Let's do the Odyssey!]]
->''You know that we're all Super Stars,\\

Put a smile on that face,\\
There's no time to waste, oh,\\
Let's do the Odyssey!''

* BittersweetEnding: The day, and Peach, is saved, and [[spoiler:Mario's about to pop the question, but, due to Mario and Bowser fighting for her hand, Peach decides there should be NoRomanticResolution and rejects both of their proposals. She does, however, call out to the both of them for a ride back to the Mushroom Kingdom on the Odyssey, which Mario is able to board at the last second, although Bowser isn't as lucky]].

->''I'll throw my hat in the ring 'cause you're the one\\

The fireworks are gonna start''

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: The Moe-Eyes are walking moai statues with sunglasses. If Mario captures one, he can toggle its sunglasses to see invisible platforms.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Rather than losing VideoGameLives, if Mario dies, he simply loses a small amount of coins that he can regain if he makes it back to where he died (unless he fell into a BottomlessPit or similar hazard). Additionally, you can't even get a GameOver either — you still respawn even if you have no coins left.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Cookatiel suffers this after being defeated, falling into the pot of Stupendous Stew and ''boiling alive'' in it, complete with sizzling sounds and bubbles surfacing from where she fell in before she finally blows up in it.

->''You know that we're all Super Stars,''\\
''We're the ones who've made it this far!''\\
''Put a smile on that face,''\\
''There's no time to waste, oh,''\\
''Let's do the Odyssey!''
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhciLj5VzOk Jump Up, Super Star!]]''' (single version)

** Being over- or underdressed for a certain climate will have Mario reacting accordingly during his idle animations. For example, Lost Kingdom is a tropical island, so if you wear the thick aviator outfit, Mario acts like's he's about suffer a heat stroke, but if you switch to the caveman outfit, he'll be just fine.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: A ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is featured in the Cascade Kingdom, the Deep Woods section of the Wooded Kingdom, and a secret area in the Metro Kingdom, and is depicted as realistically as [[Film/JurassicPark Rexy]], in an incredible contrast to Mario's usual dinosaur companion Yoshi. And like almost everything else, you can Capture and control it.

** The dinosaurs in Fossil Falls are also depicted in realistic detail, making it surprising when Mario was revealed to be possessing a ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' in the trailer that revealed the Capture mechanic. Perhaps even more surprising is Mario's usual dinosaur companion [[spoiler:Yoshi being Capturable in the same game]].

* WolverinePublicity: Much of the marketing focuses on characters and elements of specific worlds that don't contribute much to the overall plot, but are meant to be attractive to players, such as the [[KingOfTheDinosaurs T-Rex]] in Fossil Falls, as well as Pauline and her theme song "Jump Up, Super Star!".

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Small, blue penguins can be found in the Snow Kingdom. Unusually for penguins, these ones can fly.

* ArtisticLicenseOrnithology: PlayedForLaughs, as penguins here are perfectly capable of flight.

* TheBigRottenApple: New Donk City mid-Bowser attack adopts most of the traits on the trope page, being overrun with crime (abundance of Sherm enemies), infestations (Urban Stingbies also serve as enemies while rats are just part of the environment), and pollution (the New Donk City Power Plant below is full of Poison Pirahna Plants and is mostly full of poison). Post-invasion, the city is in a ''much'' better state.

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Everybody in New Donk City loves Mayor Pauline. She even has her face on the local currency.

* UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:Mario-Captured Bowser can run as fast, and jump as high, as Mario, starts with double health, and he can destroy giant stone blocks, but his triple jump is nowhere near as graceful as Mario's.]]

* MetropolisLevel: New Donk City is a SkyscraperCity based off of metropolitan New York City, where Mario must navigate a vertical maze of stairways, construction frameworks, skyscraper exteriors, precipitous drops and hanging girders, all while dodging enemies such as giant flies and Goombas in hard hats. It especially stands out not just in the game but in the entire franchise for having very few cartoony elements and looking very much like a real city complete with more realistic-looking humans.

* MobstacleCourse: One TimedMission involves Mario running through (or jumping over, if you prefer) a large crowd of New Donkers to get to a Power Moon. There's a Bonneter among them, too

** A side area in New Donk City has Mario escape from a ''Tyrannosaurus'' in a New York-esque city, much like in [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 the live-action movie]].[[note]]The ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon also features the Mario brothers running into dinosaurs on occasion, justifying the location being called "Dinosaur Land".[[/note]] [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere No explanation is given as to why]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a T-Rex is running around]] [[RuleOfFunny in an area inspired by New York City]].

** A side area in New Donk City has Mario escape from a ''Tyrannosaurus'' in a New York-esque city, much like in [[Film/SuperMarioBros the movie]].[[note]]The ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon also features the Mario brothers running into dinosaurs on occasion, justifying the location being called "Dinosaur Land".[[/note]] [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere No explanation is given as to why]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a T-Rex is running around]] [[RuleOfFunny in an area inspired by New York City]].

** A Mexican-looking Tostarenan declares that [[Creator/CarlosMencia he's feeling "de... de... dehydrated."]]

* AnAxeToGrind: Part of the Zombie outfit you can get includes a fake axe which looks like it's ''embedded in Mario's head''. Since it serves as his hat, Mario can throw Cappy as a spinning axe, but being a cosmetic item, it doesn't do anything extra.

** Whenever she takes damage, Madame Broode will get angry enough to [[FastballSpecial throw her pet Chain Chomp at you]]. Said Chain Chomp -- the only means of defeating her -- will [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spin]], deflecting Cappy and preventing Mario from [[BodySnatcher Capturing]] it.

** The E3 2017 trailer begins with a picturesque landscape that's interrupted by a ferocious and realistic-looking ''T. rex''. It isn't until we see a familiar red hat on its head that we learn it's really Mario, with the entire scene serving as a hint towards the capture mechanic that's properly introduced later in the trailer. Many commentators, upon first seeing the ''T. rex'', ended up mistaking the trailer for one for ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' ''until'' they saw Mario's cap on its head.

** The [[{{Gainaxing}} typical application]] of the trope is found here, too, with Madame Broode's chest and stomach. [[FanDisservice It's not sexy.]]

* {{Bookends}}: Mario's first and last Captures in the main story feature Mario traveling through the mind of the entity he's Capturing. Mario's first Capture (in the Cap Kingdom) and last Capture (in the Darker Side of the Moon) is a frog.

* BookEnds: Mario's first and last Captures in the main story feature Mario traveling through the mind of the entity he's Capturing. Mario's first Capture (in the Cap Kingdom) and last Capture (in the Darker Side of the Moon) is a frog.

** The Metro Kingdom has an RC car track. Mario has to possess a hatless New DOnker since he's holding the remote.

** The game has the Bound Bowl Grand Prix, celebrated in the Snow Kingdom. Since only Shiverians are allowed to participate, Mario has to possess one of them with the help of Cappy in order to play.