Super Mario Odyssey, the rare mega-game announced without any plans for downloadable content, will in fact be getting some in February. It’s not getting new worlds, but will get a new mode and outfits.
Super Mario Odyssey is the first Super Mario game for the Nintendo Switch platform - and this wiki strategy guide and walkthrough is the last you'll ever need! With Power Moon Locations, Purple.
In a sort-of-surprise Nintendo Direct this morning, Nintendo said that a free update will add an asynchronous online multiplayer mode called Balloon World that’ll be accessible to players who have finished the game’s main story. In one variation of the mode, players are given 30 seconds to hide a balloon and in the other they are given 30 seconds to find balloons hidden by other players.
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The update will also add new filters for the game’s photo mode and new outfits, one of which sure looks a bit Dark Souls-ish, huh?
Back in October we’d asked Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime if the game would have DLC. “Well, look, our development philosophy is that we empower the game producer to determine their approach in creating the content. We don’t dictate—[Nintendo head of game development Shinya] Takahashi doesn’t dictate—what needs to be done. So what that means is each game looks to fulfill a particular approach.” He went on to talk about announced DLC slated for other games from Nintendo. “That doesn’t mean every single game has to have DLC. That’s the key differentiator for us. In the end [the game’s director Kenta] Motokura and [producer Yoshiaki] Koizumi will make the decision whether or not Super Mario Odyssey has any DLC.”
Looks like they decided yes.
It's not Super Luigi Odyssey, but it'll do for now: Nintendo has announced a free update coming to Super Mario Odyssey in February that will add a new online mode called Luigi's Balloon World to the game. Appropriate to its namesake, the game is partly about fading into the background and not being found for extended periods of time.
Once you beat the main story mode of Super Mario Odyssey (which is also when many other parts of the game open up - you should definitely do that if you haven't yet), you'll find Mario's lanky brother half-floating around the various kingdoms. Talk to him and you can play Balloon World in one of two ways: either go into 'Hide It' mode and you'll have 30 seconds to stash a balloon somewhere in the stage, or pick 'Find It' mode and choose another player's balloon to try and sniff out in the same length of time.
By finding more and more balloons, you'll increase a unique set of stats and move up in the rankings. Beyond bragging rights, you can earn a tidy sum of coins by performing well in Luigi's Balloon Land. Why not drop them on the new outfits coming to the game? Here are the Sunshine Shades and Sunshine Outfit, the Musician Hat and Musician Outfit, and the Knight Helmet and Armor.
Then use the new Snapshot Mode filters to take some really trippy screenshots of them.
Need more stuff to look forward to on Switch? How about a few hundred deaths in Dark Souls: Remastered, or all the rest of the upcoming Nintendo Switch games?