10 Reasons Super Mario Odyssey Isn't Game Of The Year

2. There's No Luigi

Super Mario Odyssey Luigi
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Perhaps even more than the motion controls issues, fans have been decrying the game's lack of Luigi, Mario's much-loved brother who has been curiously omitted from previous 3D Mario games such as Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, and now Odyssey also.

The only consolation prize for fans is that you can unlock a Luigi costume to pretend that you're playing as him, but given how much fans love the character, it's absolutely ridiculous that he doesn't even make a single cursory appearance.

Captain Toad shows up, but not Luigi? Not even a cameo that hints at a new Luigi's Mansion game for Switch? How incredibly strange and disappointing.

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