'Super Mario Odyssey' Made Twitter Lose Its Damn Mind
Has Mario just been a hat all this time?

Anyone tuned in to Nintendo’s online-only presentation for E3 2017 likely expected the usual quirks and charms Nintendo is known for. But, when they saw a new trailer for Super Mario Odyssey, the bonkers game mechanics — such as Mario being able to possess inanimate objects, Mushroom Kingdom wildlife, and actual living people — caused Twitter to go completely, batshit insane.
Odyssey is a new 3D adventure platformer in the same fashion of classic hits such as Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy, and the Nintendo Switch will naturally follow Mario as he rescues Princess Peach from his archnemesis Bowser (as always), this time from Bowser’s wedding plans. After 30 years, Bowser’s getting really desperate.
What’s different about Odyssey is that, while Mario still explores out-there 3D environments, Mario will also explore “the real world,” or at least as close a facsimile as Nintendo would allow in its adventure games. Enter: New Donk City, an actual human urban city populated by human people.
That’s not all. One of the new mechanics in Super Mario Odyssey is that Mario can solve puzzles by taking possession of inanimate objects or creatures, such as Goombas, frogs, tanks, Bullet Bills, robots, and human beings (!!!!), allowing enable him to perform feats he wouldn’t be able to otherwise. Just by tossing his signature red hat, Mario can possess anything and everything in the world. And Twitter is, as the kids say, shook.
A quick search on Twitter brings up absolutely hilarious reactions. Some have to explain the joke first, like so:
ME: Wow, it's so fucked up that Mario is hanging out next to normal humans
— Chris Person (@Papapishu) June 13, 2017
NINTENDO: also he can possess their bodies pic.twitter.com/vlIooTC7Xz
Others, well, are just losing their damn mind.
MARIO
— twenty griffinteen (@griffinmcelroy) June 13, 2017
YOU CANT POSSESS A HUMAN MAN ON THE STREET
There’s also some new things learned along the way.
ahahaha the hat-based possession power in Mario Odyssey is called "cap-ture"
— Nick Robinson (@Babylonian) June 13, 2017
Nintendoooooo
And yeah, Twitter had a field day.
Mario escapes the Black Lodge pic.twitter.com/7Qd3ePDjjB
— sonny jim (@ZaaackKoootzer) June 13, 2017
If the new Mario wants to replicate big city life players had better get to wait in a huge line to pay $12 for a salad for lunch
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) June 13, 2017
Mario's hat can take over enemies. I wonder if Nintendo has considered the dark implications of this... #NintendoE3 pic.twitter.com/fvfqS8oTfQ
— Sam Prell (@SamPrell) June 13, 2017
3D Land: everything is a raccoon
— Pedro Anderson (@MrRoidley) June 13, 2017
3D World: everything is a cat
Odyssey: everything is Mario
Remember that part where Mario took control of a TYRANNOSAURUS REX?
Mario: I AM A GOD — I INHABIT ALL BEINGS pic.twitter.com/YLvQ7tGEnQ
— Toenails (@joetoenails) June 13, 2017
Twitter also began asking the real questions.
David Cage: Can machines be human?
— ideal.Idol.v27 (@demolitioncomet) June 13, 2017
Nintendo: Can Mario?
WHAT IF MARIO IS JUST THE HAT
— Seabird (@thelastseabird) June 13, 2017
What if Mario wasn’t a person? What if Mario was a parasite that forcefully spread itself from host to host?
— Jason Steele (@FilmCow) June 13, 2017
- Nintendo 2017
what if mario throw hat at luigi pic.twitter.com/hmuf2QVRoF
— Tony Garsow (@TonyGarsow) June 13, 2017
What happens if Mario throws his cap on the Sun? Will Mario be able to destroy and conquer worlds as a flaming ball of gas?
— Haedox (@Haedox) June 13, 2017
If Mario is human then what are we
— Arden 💀✨ (@sproutella) June 13, 2017
here's a thought for u: what if Mario has been possessing an innocent mustachio'd man for decades
— (✧ ͠°෴ ͠°) Geop ! ! (@GeopLP) June 13, 2017
Others are just plain excited.
Wow, Super Mario Odyssey looks amazing. pic.twitter.com/zZalFCQ0xG
— Brian Altano (@agentbizzle) June 13, 2017
Super Mario Odyssey will be available October 27, 2017 on the Nintendo Switch. See the trailer and lose your mind below.