Super Mario Odyssey
2017 video game
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| December 31 2024 | Super Mario Odyssey reaches 29.04 million copies sold, establishing itself as one of the best-selling Nintendo Switch games. |
| 2019 | Super Mario Odyssey was updated to be compatible with the Nintendo Labo virtual reality kit, introducing a new gameplay mode where Mario recruits musicians across game kingdoms by completing musical note-related tasks. |
| 2018 | Wins Family and Game Design categories at the 14th British Academy Games Awards |
| 2018 | Nominated for several SXSW Gaming Awards categories, including Excellence in Musical Score and Video Game of the Year |
| 2018 | Nominated for Game Developers Choice Awards including Best Design and Game of the Year |
| 2018 | Wins Excellence in SFX at the SXSW Gaming Awards |
| 2018 | Nominated for multiple 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, including Game of the Year and Adventure Game of the Year |
| 2018 | A comprehensive four-disc soundtrack containing 136 tracks was released in Japan by Being Inc, including multiple language versions of the game's theme songs 'Jump Up Super Star!' and 'Break Free (Lead the Way)'. |
| February 21 2018 | Nintendo released the 'Luigi's Balloon World' hide-and-seek minigame update for Super Mario Odyssey, where players can hide balloons in game kingdoms and compete on a leaderboard. |
| 2017 | Nominated for multiple The Game Awards categories, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Score/Music, and Best Action/Adventure Game |
| 2017 | Wins Best Family Game at The Game Awards |
| 2017 | Nominated for multiple Golden Joystick Awards, including Nintendo Game of the Year and Ultimate Game of the Year |
| 2017 | Super Mario Odyssey wins three Game Critics Awards: Best Action/Adventure Game, Best Console Game, and Best of Show |
| 2017 | Super Mario Odyssey won Game of the Year at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers award event, winning almost all categories in which it was nominated. |
| 2017 | The game won 'Best Platformer' and 'Best Original Music' at IGN's Game of the Year Awards. |
| 2017 | At E3, the game won awards for 'Best Platformer', 'Best Nintendo Switch Game', and 'Game of Show' from IGN and Destructoid. |
| 2017 | Super Mario Odyssey won 'Best Switch Game' at Destructoid's Game of the Year Awards. |
| 2017 | Three days after release, more than two million copies of the game were sold worldwide, with 500,000 copies sold in Japan. |
| December 2017 | By December, Super Mario Odyssey had sold 9.07 million copies worldwide, making it the bestselling game for the Nintendo Switch at that time. |
| December 2017 | Kate Higgins performed 'Jump Up, Super Star!' live at The Game Awards 2017 ceremony. |
| December 2017 | Nintendo partnered with Kellogg's to release a limited-quantity 'Super Mario Cereal' in the United States, featuring an NFC tag on the box that can be scanned like an Amiibo for in-game extras. |
| December 2017 | A 12-track sampler album from Super Mario Odyssey was released on iTunes, featuring music from the game. |
| November 2017 | On the US iTunes Store, the song 'Jump Up, Super Star!' debuted at 25 in the 'All Genres' category. |
| November 11 2017 | The game's theme song 'Jump Up, Super Star!' debuted at number 33 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. |
| October 2017 | Within five days of release, the game sells 1.1 million copies in the United States, becoming Nintendo's fastest-selling Super Mario game ever. |
| October 2017 | Super Mario Odyssey becomes the bestselling video game of October 2017 according to The NPD Group, and is listed by Amazon as the online retailer's highest-selling game of the year. |
| October 27 2017 | Super Mario Odyssey is officially released for the Nintendo Switch, receiving critical acclaim for its inventiveness and originality in the Mario game series. |
| June 2017 | E3 2017 featured a New Donk City-themed section with playable demo kiosks for Super Mario Odyssey, which became the most popular part of the presentation on social media. |
| January 2017 | Nintendo formally announced Super Mario Odyssey was in development during a presentation, followed by initial gameplay footage. |
| 2016 | Super Mario Odyssey was first teased in the Nintendo Switch console announcement trailer. |
| 2013 | Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development division began development of Super Mario Odyssey shortly after the release of Super Mario 3D World, exploring a sandbox-style gameplay approach. |
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