Super Mario Odyssey is the better game to play now, and Super Mario 64 is the one that mattered. Odyssey has the deeper moveset, the capture mechanic and kingdoms dense with moons. Mario 64's camera and sparser levels show their age, though the core movement is still superb.
Same lineage exactly — a hub, worlds you re-enter, and a moveset complete from the first minute.
Captures give you a new set of verbs every few minutes, the kingdoms never gate you, and there are 999 moons. Endlessly generous.
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Still the purest expression of the moveset, and short. The camera is the one thing you will have to forgive.
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Super Mario Odyssey is the better game to play now, and Super Mario 64 is the one that mattered. Odyssey has the deeper moveset, the capture mechanic and kingdoms dense with moons. Mario 64's camera and sparser levels show their age, though the core movement is still superb.
Better is the wrong question for these two — they are close enough that the answer depends on what you want from the next twenty hours. Pick Odyssey if you want the best 3D Mario. Pick Mario 64 if you want the original.
No. There are no scores anywhere on this page. This is a written opinion about what each game is for, so you can judge whether it matches what you are after.