Nintendo's next major 'Super Mario' game is a fresh take on a classic - here's what we know

Nintendo has a brand-new Mario game coming to its brand-new game console. It's called "Super Mario Odyssey," and it's a bizarre-looking, 3D Mario for the Nintendo Switch.

It's the first major "Super Mario" game for the Switch, and it's a marquee title. As such, Nintendo is using this year's annual video game trade show -  the Electronic Entertainment Expo (or "E3,") in mid-June - as a means of blowing out its big new Mario game. And that means we're about to learn a ton more about "Super Mario Odyssey."

But we've already seen a ton of clues about what to expect from Nintendo's next major Mario game. Here's everything we know so far:

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