It's easy to oversell a Mario game, especially the mainline system sellers. With that in mind it is hard to convey how much I loved Odyssey. Part of it was how easy it was to go at my own pace and never feel I was cheating myself out of an experience

The world is big, beautiful & bursting with things to find around every corner. The multiple creatures to possess made things exciting throughout (my favorite was the sunshine style gushen). And what flaws this game has feels like necessary evils rather than oversights or bad design

I don't like most Mario games, but I really do love Odyssey