Crash

A crash refers to the game forcibly closing due to an error. Crashes are a general phenomenon with computer programs and are essentially caused by the code performing an invalid operation, such as attempting to perform an operation on a null pointer. In Super Mario Odyssey, this often translates to situations in which the game attempts to perform an action on a game object that does not exist.

Situations that trigger crashes in Super Mario Odyssey are often similar in nature to those that cause softlocks.

Examples

The following is a list of some actions that are known to trigger crashes:

Kingdoms	Method	Video
Cap Kingdom	Capturing the frog for the first time just as it is unloaded	Link
Cascade Kingdom	Capturing a Chain Chomp on the first frame it is loaded.	Link
Cascade Kingdom	Collecting Our First Power Moon after Multi Moon Atop the Falls (achievable with First Moon Skip)	Link
Sand Kingdom	Being inside a capture while a Moe-Eye wanders into a 2D pipe (achievable with Moe-Eye Escape)	Link
Sand Kingdom	Unknown, but involves landing in Deepest Underground while wearing the Mario 64 outfit	Link
Lake Kingdom	Warping to a checkpoint while moving as the long zipper in the back of the Zipper Chasm	Link
Wooded Kingdom	Performing a Coin Coffer clip in front of a Warp Painting	Link
Wooded Kingdom	Killing a captured Poison or Fire Piranha Plant with two-player Cappy, then feeding Cappy to another plant	Link
Seaside Kingdom	Using water fluctuation to kill Glydon and capturing it as it dies	Link
Ruined Kingdom	Unknown	Link
Moon Kingdom	Repeatedly opening and closing the cutscene skip menu during the Peach cutscene in the Bowser Arena	Link
Moon Kingdom	Capturing Bowser just as he is unloaded	Link
Odyssey travel	Unknown	Link