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Top 10 Super Mario Odyssey Kingdoms [top ten]
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12/06/17, 20:47 Edited: 12/06/17, 20:47
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Wooded Kingdom (Steam Gardens) |
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While I enjoyed many of the kingdoms up to this point, Steam Gardens is the first one to really blow me away. It’s large, complex, and has tons of nooks and crannies that you won’t notice your first or second time running around it, including a whole “secret” area with 10 or 12 moons to find in it. It also introduces one of my favorite captures, “Uproot”, a plant-based creature that grows really tall and can do little hops. The music is… something else, in a good way, I think? There’s really just a lot of meaty gameplay here, both in the “overworld” and behind the doors, rockets, vines, etc. that contain the unique challenges.
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Metro Kingdom (New Donk City) |
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And then we come to New Donk City. I really believe that this is one of the greatest spaces ever built into a video game, period. Your introduction to the city starts off with a bang (literally), as you’re fighting off enemies using a tank capture on a stormy night, after which you have to scale the largest building in the city and fight a deadly boss. Once you get that cleared out of the way though, sun and daylight appear, and the city opens up into a huge and amazing place with tons of inhabitants, and all kinds of wild things to do. There are of course a lot of the typical platforming challenges that you find in doors, rockets and vines, but there are also a lot of unexpected things such as RC car racing and jump roping. And the “overworld” of the city itself is such a joy to navigate, not necessarily in the way that Volbono’s is (there aren’t any enemies and there is little real danger) but just using the simple joy of movement… running around, bouncing off cars, using poles to flick up buildings, long-jumping to the top of other buildings, and of course using the motor scooter to cruise around quickly (sometimes on top of buildings.) Speaking of the motor scooter, there is a lovely moment involving that and a T-Rex. There are also many nostalgic moments which I will not spoil here, including the culmination of the stage, the New Donk City Festival, which features something that every red-blooded Nintendo gamer is sure to have a wash of warm feelings over.
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Well, that’s my list. For the curious, I’ll finish up the rankings here real quick... #11. Seaside Kingdom (Bubblaine) #12. Moon Kingdom (Honeylune Ridge) #13. Cap Kingdom (Bonneton) #14. Lake Kingdom (Lake Lamode) #15. Dark Side (Rabbit Ridge) #16. Cloud Kingdom (Nimbus Arena) #17. Ruined Kingdom (Crumbleden) As you can see I’m not a huge fan of water-based kingdoms, and though the cloud and ruined kingdoms had awesome themes, there just wasn’t much to do in them. Maybe they can come back as full-fledged kingdoms in the inevitable sequel? What do you think of my list, agree or disagree? Let me know in the comments below!
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12/06/17, 20:47 Edited: 12/06/17, 20:47 |
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