>supposedly the power moon equivalent
>don’t actually help you progress
>just there for the skill tree
Why?

>>714198171 (OP)
>>don’t actually help you progress
>>just there for the skill tree
which is it then

I'm thinking of mainly doing a zebra build for my first playthrough

>>714198697
I mean collecting them isn’t your primary objective, the game instead gives you more linear primary objectives

>>714198171 (OP)
It's just part of the Nintendo open world slop formula

>>714198171 (OP)
I'm assuming that since it's the same team there's going to be some sort of darker side of the moon/champions road right?
Maybe its all for that

>>714198839
collecting hundreds of xinga mo lingas should never be primary objective

>>714198849
How

>>714198171 (OP)
Because they realised that oddysey having it's main progression collectable be fucking everywhere was a mistake and so decided not to repeat that mistake.

>>714198839
Collecting Stars was never your primary objective in Mario 64
Defeating Bowser was.

>>714198171 (OP)
Oh so they're better than power moons then, got it

>>714199083
yeah this sounds like a good change. progression in Odyssey and getting moons sucked because they were everywhere, you'd run into one every 3-5 minutes so they didn't feel special like in the previous 3D Mario games.

>don’t actually help you progress
>just there to give you lives
Why

>>714201093
But now it’s not even a collectathon

>>714201004
Collecting stars was the means by which you accessed bowser in order to defeat him. They were required steps in completing the primary objective. These's bananas aren't, they are a secondary objective which helps you prgress, but is not strictly nessisary for progression.

>>714198849
>open world
This phrase has, as expected, lost it meaning.
Big levels = open world when youre retarded I guess.

>>714198849
>Mario 64 is open world

>>714198171 (OP)
>Why?
I must grow stronger.

>>714201248
>it's not an irredeemably shitty genre
Which is a good thing