![]() ![]() But Odyssey has me spontaneously laughing, giggling, whistling along to the music and gasping as I play, to the extent that my wife hears the difference. Usually when I’m reviewing something I’m pretty much silent, save for the odd “fuck off” when I die. But this time those feelings were reinforced by Louise saying to me after my second night with it: I could tell I was playing something out of the ordinary, something that connected with my inner child in a way that was nothing short of pure joy. ![]() My wife Louise has been sitting in our wee home office, using our PC while I’ve been playing on the living room TV next door.īack then, the Galaxy games felt special. This time, reviewing Super Mario Odyssey in the comfort of my own home, I’m not alone. Sitting at Nintendo UK’s headquarters, I was essentially left to my own devices in a room with nothing more than a Wii, a television and a copy of the final code freshly emailed over from Nintendo’s Japanese office. When I reviewed Super Mario Galaxy a decade ago for Official Nintendo Magazine, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 three years later for the same publication, I was on my own. “It’s cute listening to you playing that game.” ![]() The only plot mentioned takes place during the game’s intro, and any worlds or items mentioned are limited to those previously revealed in official promotional material (trailers, screenshots etc). This review, like all the reviews on Tired Old Hack, contains no major spoilers.
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