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In five of the kingdoms in Super Mario Odyssey, Mario meets a Shiba Inu wearing a hat. The dog will dig up spots in the ground where coins and Power Moons can be found by Ground Pounding. Whenever Mario throws Cappy, the dog will chase after him, attempting to catch him and return him to Mario.
In the Metro Kingdom, it is possible to accidentally cause the dog to jump off the edge of a building into the abyss below. Normally, the fence prevents the dog from jumping off, however, the dog is able to climb the bench shown in the footage if Cappy is above the abyss, and jump after Cappy.
The dog will reappear
in its original location shortly after falling off the building.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Source: myself, Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) on original hardware
In Super Mario Odyssey, the rabbits that must be caught for Power Moons in most of the game’s kingdoms always follow the same path. This can be exploited by placing any movable item (a seed in this footage) in the path of the rabbit. The rabbit will hit the item and act as though it was hit by Mario’s cap throw, slowing down considerably and becoming easier to catch.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Source: myself, Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) on original hardware
Scene of Mario running away from the T-Rex in Super Mario Odyssey, used for a licensed jigsaw puzzle. This high-resolution version of the image is used in an online game on the Play Nintendo website, although it is not available for direct download and must be extracted from the site data to be viewed in this form.
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Top left: the Sphynx from Super Mario Odyssey. It clearly resembles the real-world Giza Sphinx in Egypt; however, it is not only designed in its likeness, but uses actual 3D scans of the monument for its textures.
Top right: a frontal view of the Sphynx’s face.
Bottom: a frontal view of the Giza Sphinx’s face. Note the identical positions of the major notches in the stone, such as to the left of the lips. Note also the identical breakaway markings around the nose.
This is not the first time a Mario game has taken source material related to Egypt directly instead of recreating it; Super Mario 64 uses a photo of the Pyramids of Giza in the Shifting Sand Land skybox, as can be seen in this post.
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In Super Mario Odyssey, during the two battles against Madame Broode, Mario must repeatedly capture her pet Chain Chomp named Chain Chompikins to deal damage to her. While capturing Chain Chompikins, an extra layer of rhythmic barks is added to the music; this is hard to hear both due to the abundance of sound effects in the battle and the fact that it is not possible to have Chain Chompikins captured for an extended time. Here is a full loop of the battle music with the barking.
Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Small Findings | Source: myself, files extracted from game data
A glitch present in the “Playing in VR” mode in Super Mario Odyssey can cause Mario to fall through the floor and never reappear, requiring the game to be restarted. If Mario runs off in the water in the Seaside Kingdom at a specific angle, the bubble that normally brings him back to the center of the area will instead deposit him slightly below the ground, leading him to fall indefinitely.
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During the New Donk City Festival segment of Super Mario Odyssey, Pauline sings the “Jump Up, Super Star” song. However, talking to her at the end of the segment will cause her to stop singing in order to speak to Mario. During this, the background music changes to one without Pauline’s vocals to reflect that she is not singing.
This normally lasts only a few seconds; however, by not scrolling through Pauline’s dialogue, a full version of the song without Pauline’s vocals can be heard. Note that it is not a true instrumental version of the song, as it still includes the backup singers’ vocals.
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Top: the two sides of a promotional coin offered for preordering Super Mario Odyssey at Best Buy. The reverse is showing the globe from the game.
Bottom: the actual in-game map of the world. Note that the coin is wildly inaccurate, moving continents and islands around. The hat-shaped Cap Kingdom replaces the palm tree-shaped Lost Kingdom, and the conifer-shaped outline of the Wooded Kingdom can be seen on the south of the coin, whereas it should be on a different hemisphere entirely.
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