Mario Odyssey looks far more ambitious than the already ambitious Zelda BoTW

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I don't really think bigger always equals better. Large worlds make sense for Zelda, but in Mario I think you lose design focus and it kinda becomes Mario aimlessly running around too much with platforming elements/enemy interfacing pushed back to a minimum.

Mario should not be overly about exploration IMO. That's what Zelda and Metroid are for.