History Headscratchers / SuperMarioOdyssey

* Assuming Daisy is canon in Odyssey, where is Sarasaland?
* This is a very minor headscratcher, but what is up with the red and green hammers that are owned by the Mario Bros.? Appearance wise, they're the same type of hammers wielded by the Sprixie Princesses. Are they special in some way?

* Assuming Daisy is canon in Odyssey, where is Sarasaland?

** Simple: Cappy possessed Mario's cap.

** There's no evidence that the "real world" exists in the canon of the Mario games. Mario is likely from New Donk city, and it even fits in with the timeline. Also, one of the main themes for Odyssey is "contrast", so perhaps the photo-realistic aspects of the game were done on purpose.

** There's no evidence that the "real world" exists in the canon of the Mario games. Mario is likely from New Donk city, and it even fits in with the timeline.

** There's no evidence that the "real world" exists in the canon of the Mario games. Mario is likely from New Donk city, and it even fits in with the timeline.

* Why are certain characters, like the T-Rex and the New Donkers, portrayed photo realistically? When there's a jarring change in design aesthetics like that there's usually an in-story reason, like if Mario had been transported to the real world or something. But there's no evidence of that, New Donk city is vastly different to New York City.

** My headcanon? [[VillainsOutShopping They're on vacation]].

* So, uh...people seem to be pretty casual about eating stew that a giant bird vomited into, don't they?

* At the end of the game, you're supposed to escape the moon's underground caverns by capturing Bowser and then come across a power line and capture a Lil Sparky. How can Mario capture two things at once?

** He isn't sure, because he doesn't know about it. It was Paper Bowser (and Peach) who went through that, not main Bowser. Paper Jam revealed that each Mario series is set in its own world.

* How is Bowser so sure that he can marry Peach without creating [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario another Chaos Heart]] and dooming the multiverse again?

** You answered your own question. Enemies "Poofing" in Mario games does not translate to an actual death.

* When Mario wins against a boss, are they destroyed or simply defeated? The Broodals just flat-out [[DefeatEqualsExplosion explode]] when you defeat them yet they come back for later fights just fine.

* When Mario wins against a boss, are they destroyed or simply defeated? The Broodals just flat-out [DefeatEqualsExplosion explode]] when you defeat them yet they come back for later fights just fine.

** Bowser may have hired these guys just to delay Mario. He IS distractible with helping people and fighting bad guys you know.

** On replaying, it is mentioned that Torkdrift was working for Bowser, so that's something.

* How are the non-Broodal bosses associated with Bowser? Torkdrift, for example, is stealing flowers, but it's not stated to be for the wedding, and if so, it would be the only theft you actually prevent in the game. Cookatiel might be associated with Bowser since he obviously didn't have any trouble from her in taking the stew, so maybe she and Mollosque-Lanceur were deployed to continue messing with the kingdom's resources after Bowser got what he needed? What's going on?

* Why weren't Bowser Jr. and the koopalings at Bowser's wedding? Shouldn't they be celebrating their dad getting married and Peach being their new mom?