16th December 2022
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: a chat about Mario, the pleasures of inventory Tetris, and a Christmas JRPG.
If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive.
Super Mario Odyssey, Switch
Mummy: You have finished Super Mario Odyssey, Congratulations! How does it feel to have finished the game?
Nine-year-old: It feels exciting! Super exciting!
Mummy: What was your favourite bit of the game?
Nine-year-old: Hmm. It’s a difficult choice, but probably the bit where I captured Bowser [by using Cappy, Mario’s partner in Odyssey]. It was just really cool to be able to breathe fire. It was also super funny seeing Bowser with a moustache and a Mario hat.
Mummy: Which was your favourite area in the game?
Nine-year-old: Bowser’s Castle! I liked the architecture here, and the captures you could get in this area. And the boss was a fun fight.
Bowser’s Kingdom actually took me by surprise. I thought it was going to be hectic and fiery, like the Mario Kart courses, but it is actually pretty nice if you remove the baddies. The Seaside Kingdom was another one I liked because after I defeated the boss I got to play beach volleyball.