The best speedrunners in the world can beat the Nintendo Switch game Super Mario Odyssey in under an hour. On Monday, it took speedrunner Katun24 just over five. It would have been a pretty bad performance if not for the fact that he was wearing a blindfold.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
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Video Games That Let You Travel To The Moon
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission and the Moon landing. Five decades ago, NASA used old computers and a lot of math to send men to the moon and bring them back. In honor of this historic event, let’s take a look back at some of the best trips […]
Player Collects Every Unique Moon In Mario Odyssey Without Taking Damage
The idea behind the challenge is simple: collect all 880 unique moons in Mario Odyssey without getting hurt or dying. The execution, however, is hard, which is why it took speedrunner Timpani over 10 hours to be the first to do it, finishing in the early hours of Christmas day.Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
Super Mario Odyssey Players Think They’ve Found New Secrets
Super Mario Odyssey’s latest patch added a highly exploitable balloon hunting mini-game to Mario’s to-do list, but it might have brought secrets as well. Dataminers searching through the new patch have found a handful of hidden images that appear to showcase the location of extra Power Moons.Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
As Mario Odyssey Patches Change The Game, Speedrunners Scramble To Keep Up
Super Mario Odyssey speedrunners often use glitches to grab tricky power moons or skip through major portions of the game. A new patch implemented alongside the new Luigi’s Balloon World mode last week blocked some of those crucial tricks, slowing any runner who upgraded their game. Now, the community is trying to…Read more… Continue Reading […]
How To Skip All Of Super Mario Odyssey’s Darker Side
Super Mario Odyssey has a hell-gauntlet at the end of the game that stymies plenty of casual players, but speedrunners have been skipping it for a while using a simple glitch and you can too.Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
The Joy Of Super Mario Odyssey’s Hint Art Challenges
While playing Super Mario Odyssey, you’ll occasionally come across portraits like the one pictured above.They are visual puzzles that lead players to hidden Power Moons. Odyssey calls them Hint Art, and there are 21 of them scattered throughout the game. They’re visually intensive and clever, and they’re a great…Read more… Continue Reading at https://kotaku.com
How Super Mario Odyssey 100% Speedrunners Collect Everything, No Matter The Cost
Super Mario Odyssey has hundreds of collectables to find, including moons, coins, and trinkets. Speedrunners who sought to 100% the game in record time had to figure out the not only obvious things like the best possible route, but also when it’s safe to take a bathroom break.Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
Super Mario Odyssey Players Use Glitch To Break Jump-Rope Challenge Leaderboard
Super Mario Odyssey’s jump rope challenge is supposed to be a test of timing but a simple glitch has loaded the leaderboards with superhuman scores.Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
How The Hell Did Mario And That Dog Get Up There?
Today on Highlight Reel we have dog exploits, guardian angels, vaulting techniques and much more!Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
Mario Fans Are Way Too Sensitive About Spoilers
If something is special to you, you want to be able to experience it in the purest way possible, momentarily free from everyday concerns and responsibilities, and most of all from the constant, uninterrupted din of the internet. But there’s getting to experience a game fresh and then there’s what Mario fans have been…Read more… […]
Mario.exe Has Stopped Working
Today on Highlight Reel we have Assassin’s Creed glitches, Mario jumps, The Last Of Us advice and much more!Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
The Easiest Way To Earn Coins In Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey has tons of coins to collect and items to purchase. One special area with dozens of gold coins makes it easy to max out your wallet and transform Mario into Uncle Pennybags.Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
Super Mario Odyssey Players Are Finding The Best Shortcuts and Secrets
One of the most impressive things about Super Mario Odyssey are the tight controls: Nintendo’s mascot has a ton of movement options. Players are using Cappy to skip entire portions before a Moon, or are using the hat to get into hard-to-reach areas. Better yet, Nintendo seems to have anticipated that fans would try to…Read […]
Things You Should Know Before Starting Mario Odyssey
Mario Odyssey is out today, and it’s by far the most expansive Mario game I have ever played. After putting more than 60 hours into the game over the past week, I thought I’d put together a list of things I wish I had known about Odyssey going in.Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com