User:Nintendo101/garden

Locations

Setting

• World adventure on Mario's home world, broadly framed similarly to Super Mario Bros. 3
• Kingdoms are sprawling, vast spaces filled with nooks and crannies
• Largest spaces of any Mario game at the time of its release
• The are environmentally diverse, often reflecting their placement on the globe
• Nearly the entirety of the landscape is tangible and interactable
• Break from recent 3D entries; the physical appearance of an object sometimes betray their function
• Each kingdom has unique topography, flora, fauna
• Most of them are home to an NPC that support their own cultures and societies, and this is also reflected in the landscape
• Ruins, buildings are embedded in the landscape
• Three of the kingdoms are on the moon, where gravity is weaker; moon is a prominent, recurring fixture in the sky on the earth kingdoms, and it is the site of the narrative climax
• Many details are exclusively conveyed in the flavor text of the brochure
• compared to works of Jules Vern, and named after Homer's text; components of the game are similar to Journey to the West

• return of sandbox-style 3D action Super Mario - aligned with Mario 64 and Sunshine (why though? What made them want to do this again?)
• Game embraces surrealism and artistic realism - devs wanted to surprise the player (like Mario 64 character design principals)

Kingdoms

Overview

• Missions are referred to as objectives in this game; they are story-driven scenarios
• Not all objectives reward the player with a moon; vice versa, the act of locating a moon does not complete the objective
• Indeed, most tokens are not tied to objectives at all
• completing objectives permanently changes the kingdom; completing all of the objectives of a visited kingdom rids the NPCs of their problem, and physical elements of the landscape improve; some areas and moons only become available after Mario has completed the objectives

• Largely unilateral traversal between kingdoms, like World Galaxy Map in SMG2

• kingdoms can be divided into:
  • large kingdoms that have 100 regional coins
  • small kingdoms that have 50 regional coins
  • boss kingdoms that have no regional coins, only have 10.5 moons that only appear after the the Moon Rock is struck

2D Areas

(mention gravity fields.)

The Odyssey

Main article: Odyssey

The game's main form of transportation that transports the player to the different kingdoms. During the game, a certain number of Power Moons is required to power up the Odyssey, unlocking the next kingdom with the exception of the Cap Kingdom, the Cascade Kingdom, and the Mushroom Kingdom. The Odyssey can be entered by entering a door, by entering an exhaust pipe like a Warp Pipe on the back of the Odyssey, and by ground-pounding a panel on the top of the Odyssey. Inside the Odyssey is a closet where the player can change their clothes, a chair that the player can sit on, and a bed that the player can nap on. The Odyssey can also be decorated on the inside and outside with decorations and souvenirs that can be bought at Crazy Cap locations. The Odyssey also contains a Checkpoint Flag.

Crazy Cap

Main article: Crazy Cap

Characters

Playable characters

Name	Description
Mario	The hero of the Mushroom Kingdom and the game's protagonist. Super Mario Odyssey has Mario going on a world voyage to stop the forced marital union between Princess Peach and Bowser. Considered a return to form, Mario's advanced movement options from Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine return alongside completely new abilities. Many of these involve his new traveling companion, Cappy.
Cappy	A white Bonneter that resembles a top hat. He joins Mario on his journey to help rescue his sister Tiara, who was also kidnapped by Bowser. Cappy takes on the form of Mario's cap during the game and can be tossed at characters and objects, allowing Mario to temporarily "capture" their form. In multiplayer, the second player controls Cappy while the first controls Mario directly, somewhat similar to how multiplayer worked with the Co-Star Luma in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Items and objects

Power-ups

Items(???) that transform Mario's appearance and give him unique abilities.

Power-up / Action	Form	Description
Target	Captured form	Definitely touch upon.
Scan an amiibo of Mario	8-Bit Invincible Mario	Definitely counts.

Clothing

• provide description