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Super Mario Odyssey Guide

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Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D platformer by Nintendo. Mario travels across multiple kingdoms with his new hat companion Cappy, who can possess enemies and objects. Features creative levels, amazing movement, and hundreds of Power Moons to collect. One of the best Switch games.

🎮 Core Mechanics

  • Cappy throw: Throw hat to attack and possess
  • Capture: Possess enemies and objects — each has unique abilities
  • Hat jump: Throw hat, jump on it for extra height
  • Dive: Dive in air for distance
  • Roll: Fast ground movement
💡 Master the hat jump + dive combo — it's the fastest way to move.

🌍 Kingdom Guide

  1. Cap Kingdom (tutorial)
  2. Cascade Kingdom
  3. Sand Kingdom
  4. Lake Kingdom
  5. Wooded Kingdom
  6. Cloud Kingdom
  7. Lost Kingdom
  8. Metro Kingdom (New Donk City)
  9. Snow Kingdom
  10. Seaside Kingdom
  11. Bowser's Kingdom
  12. Moon Kingdom (final)
  13. Mushroom Kingdom (post-game)

🌙 Power Moons

  • Story moons: Required to progress
  • Exploration moons: Hidden everywhere
  • Challenge moons: Mini-games and races
  • Post-game: More moons unlock after beating Bowser
  • Total: Over 800 moons in the game
⚠️ You only need ~124 moons to beat the game. Don't stress about collecting all of them.

🗺 Kingdom Order and Moons

  • The critical path runs Cascade, Sand, Lake, Wooded, Cloud, Lost, Metro, Snow, Seaside, Luncheon, Bowser's, Moon - but you can detour to any fuelled kingdom
  • 880 moons in total; the last batch only appears after the final boss, so don't chase completion before the story ends
  • Purple coins are per-kingdom and buy costumes; some costumes gate boss-fight doors

🎩 Movement Tech

  • Hat jump: throw Cappy, jump on him, then dive - the fastest way up a wall you cannot climb
  • Triple jump and dive: roll into a jump for extra distance on long gaps
  • Capture rule: every capture has one movement trick - Pokio flicks, Bullet Bill flies straight, T-Rex smashes

🔍 Capture Picks by Kingdom

  • Wooded: the T-Rex opens paths no other capture can
  • Metro: the RC car and the manhole cover solve half the moons
  • Snow: the Goomba stack is the only way to reach two of the race moons
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