mfw when I saw that Super Mario Odyssey footage pic.twitter.com/oJhhkh6sCw
— Samit Sarkar (@SamitSarkar) June 13, 2017
One of the big stories coming out of E3 2017 was the first trailer for Super Mario Odyssey, featuring Mario’s sentient hat. This newest Mario joint is coming to the Nintendo Switch on October 27th, and — just as things progressed when the Switch was introduced — Twitter was quick to excitedly joke about every detail.
Many people were, not surprisingly, psyched about the dinosaur and its fancy hats:
me: i REFUSE to buy mario odyssey unless it has a dinosaur in a cowboy ha– pic.twitter.com/LgwASwcHs2
— Brandon Boyer (@brandonnn) June 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/lppny/status/874699636870610945
https://twitter.com/dickfundy/status/874677365128929280
Patiently waits for someone to shop Mario's Hat & Mustache onto every T-Rex scene in Jurassic Park. #MarioOdyssey #E3 pic.twitter.com/uxni3sj79v
— Playasia (free 🌏 shipping over $99) (@playasia) June 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/joetoenails/status/874666491509170176
Nintendo has just confirmed that it was Mario that killed the dinosaurs. #E32017
— E3 2021 News (@E3NewsLive) June 13, 2017
Wow, Super Mario Odyssey looks amazing. pic.twitter.com/zZalFCQ0xG
— Brian Altano 🍕 (@agentbizzle) June 13, 2017
While others noted Mario’s ability to possess not only dinosaurs, but humans as well:
MARIO
YOU CANT POSSESS A HUMAN MAN ON THE STREET
— Griffin's Cool 2018 Tweets (@griffinmcelroy) June 13, 2017
ahahaha the hat-based possession power in Mario Odyssey is called "cap-ture"
Nintendoooooo
— Nick Robinson (@Babylonian) June 13, 2017
After that day Mario was never again allowed into the city of men pic.twitter.com/Egj3dxd0Za
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) June 13, 2017
Which veered into numerous heady philosophical discussions about the implications of Mario’s hat and of existence itself:
Nintendo E3 FAQ
Q: When Mario takes control of a human body, does the human die?
A: Yes
Q: Does it hurt to die from this?
A: Absolutely— mostly on blue sky now. just RTs and replies here (@g0m) June 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/SamPrell/status/874667621844647937
https://twitter.com/thelastseabird/status/874665083493916672
What if Mario wasn’t a person? What if Mario was a parasite that forcefully spread itself from host to host?
– Nintendo 2017— Jason Steele (@FilmCow) June 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/Personfaces/status/874664805109465088
here's a thought for u: what if Mario has been possessing an innocent mustachio'd man for decades
— 🪨 Geop! 🪨 (@MrGeop) June 13, 2017
We were wrong all along. The hat isn't sentient. The hat is Mario. The human under Mario is just his preferred physical form
— Clairvoire (@Clairvoire) June 13, 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?
— Paul (@Haedox) June 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/behemiokos/status/874750067277746176
In light of the revelation that Mario — or the sentient hat which prefers to take the form of “Mario” — has been able to possess humans all along, some geniuses are already concocting ironclad criminal defenses:
https://twitter.com/bromanconsul/status/874697348298948608
mario possessed me and forced me to kill a man
— inkuusan 🍫 (@inkuusan) June 13, 2017
Meanwhile, others were crafting tongue-in-cheek hot takes:
Here's why Mario collecting coins to gain power reinforces the capitalist system and eating mushrooms to grow is a metaphor for big pharma
— John E. Cakes (@mattytalks) June 13, 2017
Speaking of hot takes, some were bemused by the thought of people who might get angry about Mario wearing a sombrero:
https://twitter.com/briangaar/status/874743582824873984
https://twitter.com/trilllizard420/status/874770236611862528
https://twitter.com/trilllizard420/status/874739187169112064
a white lady in montreal: "wow mexican mario is racist"
a mexican in my timeline today: "the mexican mario sprite might be my 3rd tattoo"— Walt (@_watsu) June 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/Wokieleaksalt/status/874760032222629888
And some had insightful comments and comparisons:
A little Mario makes everything better#NintendoE3 pic.twitter.com/MM2kc9qRZa
— MatPat (@MatPatGT) June 14, 2017
I see that Mario Odyssey is going down a dark path never explored by the Mario franchise pic.twitter.com/PWjEeBtzLK
— Chip Cheezum (@ChipCheezum) June 13, 2017
Hey Hey Hey!
It's time to make some Craaazzzyy money are ya ready!
It's a me, Mario! Here we go! pic.twitter.com/URkA9CXX6l
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) June 13, 2017
Mario escapes the Black Lodge pic.twitter.com/7Qd3ePDjjB
— zachman-kotzer overdrive (@ZaaackKoootzer) June 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/KSlackie/status/874754007083786240
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/874669681029906433
But one thing we can all agree on is drugs. Drugs? Yes. Drugs.
How much acid does one need to drop before designing a new mario game
— Dylan Sprouse (@dylansprouse) June 13, 2017
two questions re: Mario Odyssey
1. how much drugs
2. can i have some
— Alex Navarro (@alex_navarro) June 13, 2017