1 lost sphear - an rpg with very soft music, trying out the demo

Dear Readers,

There's so much to do in Super Mario Odyssey that I've built up a bit of a backlog of Switch games! I decided to try out the demo for the RPG Lost Sphear.

86 super mario odyssey - darker side part 2 or "why the heck can't mario climb a flight of steps with a normal jump for gosh sakes"

Dear Readers,

I had another go at the Darker Side with its increased difficulty. I gotta say it's nice to be welcomed by my in-game fans, the game's theme song and even the Cascade Kingdom theme was nice to return to! I guess when you get tired of the music it's a good time to stop playing the game too for a while and come back to it.

85 super mario odyssey - the darker side of the moon challenge

Dear Readers,

I thought I'd try the Darker Side of the moon's challenge this time. I was here before and I met my adoring fans and Mayor Pauline's live performance, but I didn't take on the actual challenge. Now's the time!

84 super mario odyssey - the vanishing road of dark side, 703 power moons collected!

Dear Readers,

I was still on the Dark Side of the moon with its tough remix challenges of previous bonus levels. This time I went to the scarecrow door on the northeast part of the island. This lead to New Donk City at night and it was pretty hard.

83 super mario odyssey - i'm not allowed to play as a tank anymore. i have to play as yoshi instead :(

Dear Readers,

Still on the Dark Side of the Moon taking pictures, I dropped to the platform underneath the binoculars, which had a hatless scarecrow challenge and a chimney challenge.

82 super mario odyssey - keeping yoshi alive by eating fruit and not burning to death

Dear Readers,

There's a lot more to the Dark Side than the Broodal boss rush! When I defeated them, the place opened up with more stuff to do, more pictures to snap, doorways opened up to new sections and some more Toad explorers arrived.

81 super mario odyssey - broodal boss rush complete!

Dear Readers,

I got rusty again and died on all of the Broodals again at some point or other but I like to think I've sussed them all at this stage!

80 super mario odyssey - rango defeated! broodal boss rush complete! or is it?

Dear Readers,

I learned that Topper can be stomped when he drops his hat stack to spin around! This helps save a lot of time and hassle! Bit risky though if I stomp too late and he gets back up.

79 super mario odyssey - broodal boss rush progress: 1 hit on rango. sussing patterns to beat the rest quickly

Dear Readers,

This is my third post in a row talking about the Broodal boss rush at the Dark Side of the moon. I'm glad I learned their names, though it bothers me a little bit that Hariet's name is spelled with only one r.

78 super mario odyssey - toppling topper, harrowing hariet, splattering spewart and reaching rango

Dear Readers,

I left to another Kingdom to get a 6 heart and back again to face the Broodal boss rush.

77 super mario odyssey - i got my butt kicked by boss rush broodals. then i learned their names!

Dear Readers,

I decided to go back to the Dark Side of the moon. I didn't make any progress here last time. I still think it's kinda weird how the rabbits there don't speak. They look like villager NPCs.

76 super mario odyssey - my koopa freerunning moon kingdom record: 01:01.61. Also, 687 power moons collected!

Dear Readers,

Before I left the Moon Kingdom for now, I wanted to get the Koopa races over and done with.

75 super mario odyssey - the weird hole in the lava, second reunion with princess peach on the moon

Dear Readers,

This time I went beneath the surface of the moon to the lava portion of the kingdom. There was stuff to find here too.

74 super mario odyssey - the sphynx's moon quiz brings up this game's terrible ending

Dear Readers,

I crossed the bridge from the second island of the moon to the Ringing-Bells Plateau checkpoint.

73 super mario odyssey - my moon trace walking score: 90 points

Dear Readers,

I took the moon exploration beyond the first island. Can't bring space doggo buddy with me unfortunately.

72 super mario odyssey - exploring the moon with my buddy space doggo

Dear Readers,

I continued my moon exploration with the help of a canine buddy :)

71 super mario odyssey - 660 power moons collected! returning to moon kingdom

Dear Readers,

Before leaving Bowser's Kingdom to go to the Moon Kingdom, I banked my Power Moons. I now have 660 collected!

70 super mario odyssey - bowser's kingdom master cup record: 01:39.50. the most fun koopa freerunning challenge!

Dear Readers,

Now for the Koopa racing challenge in Bowser's Kingdom. I found them near the Beneath The Keep checkpoint.

69 super mario odyssey - nice touristy showdown arena

Dear Readers,

The Showdown Arena looked a lot different now that I had chased the Broodals away. It's like a nice touristy plaza now!

68 super mario odyssey - poochy fell in the purple goop on the way back to his home planet

Dear Readers,

My revisit to Bowser's Kingdom continued to the inner wall and beneath the keep.

67 super mario odyssey - flying through a hexagon pachinko tower

Dear Readers,

I was now at the Main Courtyard of Bowser's Castle.

66 super mario odyssey - snookering some rolling bombs

Dear Readers,

I proceeded to the second courtyard of Bowser's Kingdom.

65 super mario odyssey - poking around bowser's kingdom for more power moons

Dear Readers,

I returned to Bowser's Kingdom. I had a little trouble finding the moon rock. I eventually found it near the Main Courtyard checkpoint.

64 super mario odyssey - return to the dark souls kingdom, 634 power moons banked!

Dear Readers,

I returned to the Ruined Kingdom, the very Dark Souls-like kingdom.

63 super mario odyssey - rolling peppers and shish kebabs, 626 power moons collected!

Dear Readers,

Now it was time to explore the mostly lava filled northeastern area of Luncheon Kingdom.

62 super mario odyssey - exploring the meat plateau

Dear Readers,

I moved east from the Volbono Peak Climb towards the Meat Plateau area.

61 super mario odyssey - mount volbono's peak advantage

Dear Readers,

Climbing to the top of the peak at Mount Volbono opened up some more possibilities to collect Power Moons, including another rendezvous with Captain Toad!

60 super mario odyssey - luncheon kingdom master cup record: 00:47.20

Dear Readers,

No more food festivals. Just tough platforming action and more Koopa races. All while trying not to get cooked in the lava myself.

59 super mario odyssey - luncheon kingdom food festival

Dear Readers,

I went to Luncheon Kingdom plaza to the big food festival that was going on there.

58 super mario odyssey - peaceful lava bubble swimming

Dear Readers,

Now that I brought peace to the Luncheon Kingdom they were having a festival. I explored around first to collect some new Power Moons though. I don't remember all the fun cannons from the first time I was here!

57 super mario odyssey - brought peace to all kingdoms as part of my new year's resolution

Dear Readers,

Happy New Year! I returned to the Luncheon Kingdom, where I had unfinished story business.