I did not get to play Super Mario Odyssey at E3 2017. However, my colleagues did, and I got to study 20 minutes of delicious footage they captured. I spent too much time frame-by-frame studying the glorious dust cloud effects when Mario butt-stomps. I also noticed an overt āGlengarry Glen Rossā reference in the New Donk City travel brochure. Of course, itās to the Alec Baldwin part. All of āGlengarry Glen Rossā is mind-bendingly quotable; why do people only ever quote the Alec Baldwin part? Oh well.
In other frame-by-frame discoveries: Did you know Mario catches his hat and puts it back onto his head in one swift motion that lasts exactly six frames? Thatās one tenth of a second. Seriously: Mario puts his hat on in less than one tenth of a second. Iāve been searching for thirty-eight yearsĀ and I canāt even find a hat that fits my head. Furthermore, his hand goes from slack by his waist to fully upright, ready to catch his hat, in the space of exactly one frame. Thatās one sixtieth of a second. That completely blows away Usain Boltās reaction time.
