Super Mario Odyssey is a Mario game that will be released on October 27, 2017 for Nintendo's new home console, the Switch. In the game, Mario explores worlds, called "Kingdoms", based off of real-life places. One of them being called "New Donk City", which is based off of New York City with his ship, the Odyssey.

Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo announced that the games would return to it's a core-style gameplay, similar to Super Mario 64 and it's sequels. It will also be the first game in the series to be rated "E-10+" by the ESRB, breaking the E-rated tradition of the series. Even though spin-offs such as Mario Strikers Charged, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, and Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle also received an E-10+ rating, Super Mario Odyssey will be the first in the main series to receive the E-10+ rating.

In the trailer, it is also shown at the end that Mario's cap has eyes in the game. He can also throw it like a boomerang and use it as a platform to get him past obstacles - Such as pits - that are impossible to jump over. In the E3 Trailer, the cap's name is revealed to be a spirit called Cappy. Cappy is capable of possessing enemies and objects to take control of them (Mario can even turn into a Dinosaur!).



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