


In contrast to the linear gameplay of prior entries, the game returns to the primarily open-ended, 3D platform gameplay featured in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. An entry in the Super Mario series, it follows Mario and his new ally Cappy-a sentient hat that allows Mario to control other characters and objects-as they journey across various kingdoms to save Princess Peach from his nemesis Bowser's plans of forced marriage. Pioneering precise platforming controls and vivid 2D side-scrolling better than any game before it, it’s dated a lot in its presentation prowess since 1985, but has lost little of the magic that made it such a hit almost 40 years ago.Super Mario Odyssey is a 2017 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch.

That means those games outside of the ever-expanding Nintendo Switch Online catalogue, which now encompasses the majority of the Chris Pratt impersonator's back catalogue. For reasons of sheer brevity, we're kept our ranking to those Mario games that have been released specifically for the Nintendo Switch.
