Transformation and regression is an attitude of many game manufacturers to their own long-term IP games, and many good games will unfortunately die in the process of re-creation or have bad comments from players after the transformation. Similarly, a makeover of the Super Mario series, a game that has been 32 years since its birth in 1985, has been put on the agenda inside Nintendo.
In the previous 3D Mario series, we can see a lot of Mario's remodeled performance image, including the "Super Mario: Odyssey" released half a month ago, we can still see Uncle Mario wearing a red hat still struggling to save Princess Peach. Since it is still the same plot routine, what is the strength of this "shabby refurbished" game that has won full praise from IGN, GAMESPOT, EDGE and many other well-known media, and is known as this masterpiece of the whole generation?
Super Mario: Odyssey is the same as the familiar gameplay: Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach, and the player needs to collect the Power Moon to give the ship enough power to fly to other countries and collect various elements to save his beloved Princess Peach. You think that's the end of it? Of course, it can't be so simple, as a "new" game full of Nintendo's hopes, another story line will also advance with the player's game progress, the green turtle Bowser in order to marry the peach princess he has dreamed of for many years, must give her a perfect wedding, so what will Bowser do? Probably to go to various countries to loot the world's most beautiful wedding dresses, the most handsome dresses, the best wedding rings and other rare treasures that can make the whole wedding brilliant (I inexplicably think this is a good man). Therefore, during the game, in addition to collecting the necessary game elements, players also need to take into account the development of the game's plot and complete different side quests in each map.
In my opinion, the essential structure of Super Mario: Odyssey is like a combination of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy, if the stars of 64 and the Lumas of the Milky Way are distributed in various corners of the game, then the Odyssey is a myriad of power months dotted in different corners of each kingdom - it may be in some inconspicuous box at the bottom of the sea, it may be in the deepest part of a cave under the land, or it may be where your hands touch when you look. The provenance is somewhat similar to the previous Resident Evil series, where game developers always put ammo and recovery potions in dead ends or alleys that players forget, and the core of which is to let players jump out of the box of thinking out of the fixed route. This expression is ubiquitous in the games of the modern generation, except that the elements of the collection have changed from necessities to collectibles, and this collection method is also reflected in the full-scoring game "The Legend of Sedar: Breath of the Wild" produced by Nintendo this year.
In fact, it is not difficult to see Ren Tian in the development of "Super Mario: Odyssey" when referring to the freedom of "Super Mario Made" under the Wii U platform, from the previous regular bounce attack to the cap swing attack, from the previous single-latitude screen to the stereoscopic 3D and flat 2D screen switching, from the previous board map to a fast-moving open map system, from the previous single costume to be freely purchased and worn in the store, etc., with the magic hat and various action combination skills that carry through the entire game. These new features are all a harbinger of the success of Super Mario: Odyssey. There are even many levels hidden in different places in each country, some need to be dressed up to open the level opening, some need to be attached to something else to find the mysterious door, and even the country you have completed will randomly refresh the collection elements and challenges. I have to say that these small details make up for the regret that the main plot of Super Mario: Odyssey is slightly shorter, and yes, as a player, I would prefer that this plot can be longer so that the happy time does not end so soon.
In this era of time, the only constant may be this slightly dog-blooded storyline, our peach princess is still kidnapped by the big boss Bowser with a big green shell without the power of a chicken, and Mario, a plumber with a little red riding hood, still plays the role of savior. The clichéd plot may be an element that Nintendo can't give up, after all, they always play the "classic" and "nostalgia" in their own games.
On the whole, "Super Mario: Odyssey" did not deviate from the original "recipe" of the Super Mario series, but added many elements of modern games to this "recipe" to make the whole game look new, becoming a temple-level god game that had to be purchased on the NS handheld platform. It must be said that the updated iteration of each generation of Super Mario is to promote the pace of "Super Mario: Odyssey" to the temple of perfection, rather than being as insincere as the IPHONE7 replacement IPHONE8, relying on the shade of previous generations, changing the soup without changing the medicine, so that the buyer is tasteless. What's more, "Super Mario: Odyssey" comes with its own official Chinese, which makes domestic players who have always been ignored in the past deepen their desire to buy and buy.
In any case, Mario is always Mario, whether he is 2D or 3D, whether he wears a strap or a white dress, he is still the handsome uncle who accompanies us all the way to old age. What do you think?
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