So in that six month period or so when I owned a Switch, SMO was among the few games I played on it. I've always been a Mario naysayer and even as a kid rejected the IP in favour of other, less acclaimed platformers (big up Ristar), but Odyssey... Odyssey was a good time. A sort of leave-your-brain-at-the-door experience where easy-going exploration takes precedence over challenging platform hopping. Good vibes, imaginative level design, eye-popping visuals... I enjoyed it.

The fact that it's one of the highest-rated games of all time on Metacritic though is just kinda nuts. It doesn't seem like the game is heralded and spoken about in hushed tones anymore like it was back in 2017.