History Awesome / SuperMarioOdyssey

* Bowser's actually pretty clever in how he decides to go about things this time around. [[spoiler:Namely, Mario ''never actually stops him'' from raiding the kingdoms along the adventure to get what he's looking for, only showing up in time to chase him and the Broodals out from causing any more harm, and putting the kingdoms back in order...which, in turn, only keeps him two steps behind Bowser the entire way. Mario manages to corner the Koopa King before the finale a grand total of ''once'', after which Bowser learns from his mistakes and employs a gigantic dragon to sink the Odyssey the next time Mario's gaining ground on him.]]

* In a meta sense, literally a year before the game was released, the Switch was officially announced. Just over halfway through the trailer, there's a few shots of Mario jumping through a desert environment. Everyone thinks the first footage was in it's announcement trailer 3 months later. Nope. It was there from literally the beginning.

*** [[https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/27/16560852/mario-odyssey-review-zelda-review-nintendo It managed to at least EQUAL Breath Of The Wild,]] getting universal perfect 10's from almost every review site and magazine.

* The beginning of the game sets the tone in a new and remarkable way: there's no set up, no Mushroom Kingdom tutorial, no; we open on Mario and Bowser ''throwing down,'' duking it out on his airship in the skies over the recently-abducted Peach's castle. What truly makes this moment is that it defies how gun shy Nintendo's been until now about the nature of Mario actually ''fighting'' Bowser, having made a point to leave the actual battles for gameplay and never portraying it in story cinematics. Now they have, and it doesn't hurt either that the choreography is ''excellent''.

* [[spoiler:And when do you finally get to hear the song in the actual game? Get to the final mission in New Donk City. Everyone's partying, a great big festival is happening and off in the distance is Pauline and her band kicking the party into full swing as she, you guessed it, sings "Jump Up, Super Star." But that's not all -- they've literally rolled out the red carpet for Mario as he goes down an 8-bit pipe and goes from building to building in a 2D level run in a glorious ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' throwback, all while everyone in the city cheers him on.]]

** [[spoiler: Once you get free, Bowser attempts to get Peach to marry him still, with Mario trying himself to get her to see sense. She simply [[TakeAThirdOption seems to choose neither,]] heading for the Odyssey, only for her to call for Mario, who uses Bowser as a stepping stone to get to the princess.]]
** [[spoiler:After the finale, Mario returns home with Cappy in tow... only to find out that Peach has gone missing! Again! Except she hasn't been abducted this time around, no sir -- she and Tiara packed up and decided to take their own adventure around the world like Mario and Cappy did!]]

* In a meta sense, after the E3 2017 trailer, most fans predicted that this'll be the best Mario game in existence and possibly GOTY, beating out even ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', which is an almost impossible feat!

* After the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Bowser's arena collapses, sending him, Mario and Peach falling to a lower area. What does Mario do, exactly? ''Cap-ture'' Bowser, which also basically means that physically, for the first time in a mainstream Mario game, '''''you are literally playing as Bowser himself!!''''']]
* [[spoiler:After the finale, Mario returns home with Cappy in tow...only to find out that Peach has gone missing! Again! Except she hasn't been abducted this time around, no sir -- she and Tiara packed up and decided to take their own adventure around the world like Mario and Cappy did!]]

* Mario defeating [[spoiler:The Lord of Lightning, the gigantic dragon who presides over Crumbleden and looks like it came straight out of an ''Elder Scrolls' title. Just goes to show that cartoonish appearance has nothing to do with it; Mario can triumph over any obstacle no matter how physically imposing.]]

* Mario defeating [[spoiler: The Lord of Lightning, the gigantic dragon who presides over Crumbleden and looks like it came straight out of an Elder Scrolls title. Just goes to show that cartoonish appearance has nothing to do with it; Mario can triumph over any obstacle no matter how physically imposing.]]
* Bowser's actually pretty clever in how he decides to go about things this time around. [[spoiler: Namely, Mario ''never actually stops him'' from raiding the kingdoms along the adventure to get what he's looking for, only showing up in time to chase him and the Broodals out from causing any more harm, and putting the kingdoms back in order...which, in turn, only keeps him two steps behind Bowser the entire way. Mario manages to corner the Koopa King before the finale a grand total of ''once'', after which Bowser learns from his mistakes and employs a gigantic dragon to sink the Odyssey the next time Mario's gaining ground on him.]]

* [[spoiler: After the finale, Mario returns home with Cappy in tow...only to find out that Peach has gone missing! Again! Except she hasn't been abducted this time around, no sir -- she and Tiara packed up and decided to take their own adventure around the world like Mario and Cappy did!]]

* After the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Bowser's arena collapses, sending him, Mario and Peach falling to a lower area. What does Mario do, exactly? ''Cap-ture'' Bowser, which also basically means that technically, for the first time in a mainstream Mario game, '''''you are literally playing as Bowser himself!!''''']]

* [[spoiler:And when do you finally get to hear the song in the actual game? Get to the final mission in New Donk City. Everyone's partying, a great big festival is happening and off in the distance is Pauline and her band kickin the party into full swing as she, you guessed it, sings "Jump Up Superstar." But that's not all! You see they've literally rolled out the red carpet for Mario as he goes down an 8-Bit pipe and goes from building to building in a 2D level run in a glorious throwback all while everyone in the city cheers him on.]] [[spoiler:There's even an 8Bit Donkykong at the end!]]

%%* After the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Bowser's arena collapses, sending him, Mario and Peach falling to a lower area. What does Mario do, exactly? ''Cap-ture'' Bowser, which also basically means that technically, for the first time in a mainstream Mario game, '''''you are literally playing as Bowser himself!!''''']]

* Before, Mario could ride a dinosaur. Now, he can ''be a Tyrannosaurus Rex''.

* At it’s highest point, “Jump Up, Super Star” made it into the [[http://twinfinite.net/2017/10/jump-up-super-star-itunes/ iTunes top 25 in America]], reaching or exceeding similar heights in other markets.

* After the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Bowser's arena collapses, sending him, Mario and Peach falling to a lower area. What does Mario do, exactly? ''Cap-ture'' Bowser, which also basically means that technically, for the first time in a mainstream Mario game, '''''you are literally playing as Bowser himself!!''''']]

* Before, Mario could ride a dinosaur. Now, he can ''be a Tyrannosaurus rex''.

* Before, Mario could ride a cute cartoon dinosaur. Now, he can ''be'' a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.

* Pauline went from being the original DistressedDamsel to mayor of New Donk City and the lead singer of a band. She even provides the vocals for [[AwesomeMusic "1-Up Girl"]].
* Before, Mario could ride a cute cartoon dinosaur. Now, he can ''be'' a Tyrannosaurus rex.

* Pauline went from being the original DistressedDamsel to mayor of New Donk City and the lead singer of a band. She even provides the vocals for [[AwesomeMusic "Let's Do the Odyssey"]].

* In a meta sense most fans predict that it'll be the best Mario game in existence after the E3 2017 trailer and possibly GOTY beating even ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' which is an almost impossible feat.

* In a meta sense most fans predict that it'll be the best Mario game in existence after the E3 2017 trailer and possibly GOTY beating even ''VideoGame/LegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' which is an almost impossible feat.

* Pauline went from being the original DistressedDamsel to mayor of New Donk City and the lead singer of a band. She even provides the vocals for "Let's Do the Odyssey".

* Pauline went from being the original DistressedDamsel to mayor of New Donk City and the lead singer of a band. She even provides the vocals for "Let's do the Odyssey".

* Pauline went from being the original DistressedDamsel to mayor of New Donk City and the lead singer of a band. She even provides the vocals on 1-up Girl.
* Before Mario could ride a cute cartoon dinosaur, now he can ''be'' a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

* Pauline went from being the original DistressedDamsel to mayor of New Donk City and the lead singer of a band.