I understand But since the Wiiu got ended early nor did it ever got a Big mario title like mario galaxy/mario sunshine you have to wonder if Mario odyssey started development on Wiiu....Its also weird how they were able to have it in the first year of Switch coming out.

Not at all trying to insult the game I think it looks great I just think it was switched over to Switch and was at some point being fully developed for Wiiu. Wouldn't you think that too?

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It would have been in development for years, likely before Switch hardware was made. So it is possible, as Erik7357 says, that it started out as a Wii U title and is now being touched up using Switch Dev kits.

Your comment felll apart at your last statement. While it is true that the Nintendo Switch is an underpowered video game console released in 2017 with even weaker hardware than the Xbox One, that still doesn't take away from the fact that it is still a much more powerful machine than the WiiU. It is not an incremental or minor improvement over WiiU. Sure, maybe it's not the huge generational leap it should have been, but then this gen in general in comparison to previous generations hasn't seen the same drastic leap we've seen before.

Regardless, the Switch is much more capable hardware than the WiiU.

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Yes, agree with what you said... except for the date... go big or go home alone.

Worth noting too there is a long history of "downgrades" that are being compared to conceptual (not in-game) trailers. The first big one being Killzone 2 or more recently The Division.

It's hardly guaranteed that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will be a 90+. The first game scored a 92 on metacritic but Chronicles X scored 84 (still a great score). I wouldn't be surprised if Chronicles 2 is closer to the 84 as it seems they've made this game in a more condensed time span. It's only been two years since X came out.

Assuming there are enough worlds I think it's likely that Odyssey scores as well or better than Breath of the Wild's incredible score.

Don't be so sure. Xenoblade Chronicles X has a metascore of 84.

I still loved that game, and I especially love the first one on Wii (my favorite game that generation). But the Xenoblade series still has a long way to go to be able to claim the same kind of pedigree as Zelda and main 3D Mario games.

I expect Xenoblade Chronicles 2 to score pretty well, but it isn't an absolutely guaranteed 90+ on Metacritic unlike Odyssey or Zelda BOTW before it.

Yeah, as others have said Xenoblade isn't a lock in for such a high score. Now Odyssey, I'd be surprised if that averaged below a 95.

I feel your assessment. The destruction & playability in DK is phenomenal. MK has a ton to unluch and some dope tracks. It's something about both that didn't punch in areas where it needed the most.