Can Super Mario Odyssey take GOTY from Zelda?

LOL at whoever said Horizon ZD. That game does not deserve to breathe the same air as zelda let alone compete with it.

@Elaisse: People just love them graphical gimmicks.

A Nintendo game can't possibly win GOTY, they are irrelevant as a gaming company right?

@iandizion713: this comparison is insane. But isn't HZD also one of the more open games out there?

@iandizion713: Dayum! that was interesting, thx for sharing.

"Legend has it: Alloy's arrow is still traveling through different galaxies" lmao

@funsohng: Im not sure, ive never played it. But Zelda's climbing ability makes it more open than HZD imo.

I think it depends, I remember captain toad being pushed to 2015 awards even though it was in the end of 2014

@killered3: the vast majority of consumers and critics.

Player Unknown Battlegrounds will clean up everywhere this GOTY.

I think that while it is possible it'll be extremely difficult.

While I'll most likely prefer Mario Odyssey, I can't see anything toppling what Breath of the Wild did. The game is superb and a breath of fresh air for the open world genre. It's the new standard.

Sonic Mania will be better, but the media's quite bias towards Sonic.

ARMS is a better game than Breath of the Wild.

Zelda is so overrated. After 2 beasts I couldn't bring myself to play further.

Mario looks like it's going to be a great game I'm looking forward to it.

If that's the case it's pretty stupid, but in the end GOTY is just a title, and everyone seems to give one out every year.

For me this year it is between Persona 5, Horizon Zero Dawn and maybe Zelda

No one disliked Sunshine for being too open, how are you this shit at things?

Zelda is great, but the graphics suck and the world is empty. I don't see it being goty. SMO doesn't look that great either. We're looking at AC Origins as GOTY.

BoTW will definitely get the majority win but for me Persona 5 wins my heart. Played zelda first and I was convinced it was goty but then persona 5 comes and just steal my heart. Such an amazing game

I shit your shitting on my shit

I don't think so. But i bet its gonna be really fun.

It looks better than BotW to me. I guess we'll find out when we actually get to play it.

Doubt it, the "city" parts are cringe worthy

On topic: it looks really good. Mechanically it being in the same lineage as Mario 64+Sunshine is awesome, and the addition of the hat for transformations should translate into some kick ass speed runs. But I'd be curious how many level design gimmicks they have up their sleeve at this point. Breath of the Wild for me benefits from the fact that I don't think a single 3d Zelda is actually great (the better ones are merely "good"), so it was able to do this whole sale different direction and it's damn good, great even. But Mario? like 5 of his mainline platformers are all time classics. So a bit harder for Mario to impress these days, I'm glad it's not a game like 3D World, but I'm also not super excited to play Odyssey.

I've played plenty of Mario for one life time. I hope there is something unique this year that actually happens to be up to snuff with what Nintendo's two flag ships are doing.

Maybe, but there are a ton of Games that could compete though, Unless it's Zelda I don't see any game running away with the majority of GOTY awards.

I can see HZD, Persona 5, BOTW, and Mario all being contenders.

I still haven't played the new Zelda, but who knows. Maybe it can this time.

Mario Galaxy - 97 on metacritic

Mario Galaxy 2 - 97 metacritic

Odyssey being that good isn't a foregone conclusion. But, never count out a Mario game. Galaxy was GOTY, after all.

Mario vs Link. Let them fight.

i stand corrected...well then...if this game is galaxy level then yes it has a chance.

If Odyssey gets the same kind of critical reception as BotW did, this place is going to be hilariously stupid for a few weeks.

I hope there's a degradation system for the hats.

The most likely games to get GOTY:

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild

2. Mario Odyssey

3. Persona 5

4. Horizon: Zero Dawn

Persona 5 and BotW are my top 2 games right now. It's going to take something beyond incredible to top them. Three games of that caliber coming out within one year is highly unlikely.

I've been gaming since I was five years old on the NES. I love Mario, LOVE Mario, but no. BotW is game of the year 2017. Can't wait for Odyssey though.

Zelda will take the GOTY, but I'll most likely vastly prefer Mario Oddysey. While it's certianly not as ambitious in relation to the rest of the franchise as BotW, it's going to immediately feel better to play.

@KBFloYd: Considering the guys developing SMO are the same guys who made the Galaxy games, it's a good bet.

^^^^^

Lol at cows saying Horizon Zero Dawn is a GOTY contender.

Shiny graphics doesn't make a great game.

It would need to take it from Halo Wars 2

horizon is goty thanks gaming gods

I am on the fence, but remember mario galaxy 2 won goty and then one looks to be better. But BOTW is amazing

I doubt it.

That's hilarious. That game can't even be mentioned in the same breath as GOTY lol

I think most of us also thought that before Galaxy. Not only were they able to surprise and delight us with Galaxy, but they had SO many ideas that they were able to make Galaxy 2 which is arguably superior.

If there's a team that can pull a rabbit out of it's hat consistently, I'd put my money on EAD.

All the botw praise is annoying, it has to be one of the most boring games I played this year. Bland open world not really worth exploring. The master sword felt like any other breakable weapon, it just ran out of energy instead of breaking. I'm not even trying to hate, it's true my brother also Never finished it for the exact same reasons. Boring as hell.

I seriously don't get it.

@Advid-Gamer: you don't get opinions?

@sHaDyCuBe321 said:

@tjandmia said:

Zelda is great, but the graphics suck and the world is empty. I don't see it being goty. SMO doesn't look that great either. We're looking at AC Origins as GOTY.

Clearly he hasn't even played the game.