If I had to sum up this game in one word, it would be joy. Everything about Odyssey is a joy to be apart of. Cappy is such a good addition from a gameplay perspective that it is hard to imagine playing the next 3D Mario without the hat-throwing mechanic. Not only are all the captured enemies fun to play as, but the hat-throwing itself adds so much in terms of mobility. The worlds are so beautiful and so well designed that I wanted to just explore them for hours, long after the Odyssey requirement to move on was met. Bowser’s Castle had me in awe simply due to its style. The nostalgia fanservice is on a level I never expected Nintendo to implement with stuff like the 2D segments and the costumes. I had a feeling Odyssey would be good, but I could not imagine that I would put nearly 60 hours into 100%ing it. As of this writing, Odyssey is hands down my favourite Mario game.