Super Mario Odyssey's latest patch added a highly exploitable balloon hunting mini-game to Mario's to-do list, but it might have brought secrets as well. Dataminers searching through the new patch have found a handful of hidden images that appear to showcase the location of extra Power Moons.

Super Mario Odyssey speedrunners often use glitches to grab tricky power moons or skip through major portions of the game. A new patch implemented alongside the new Luigi's Balloon World mode last week blocked some of those crucial tricks, slowing any runner who upgraded their game. Now, the community is trying to figure out what to allow in their runs and how to keep their leaderboards fair.

Super Mario Odyssey has a hell-gauntlet at the end of the game that stymies plenty of casual players, but speedrunners have been skipping it for a while using a simple glitch. You can, too.

While playing Super Mario Odyssey, you'll occasionally come across portraits like the one pictured above.They are visual puzzles that lead players to hidden Power Moons. Odyssey calls them Hint Art, and there are 21 of them scattered throughout the game. They're visually intensive and clever, and they're a great addition to the arsenal of mini-games and sidequests in the Mario franchise.

Super Mario Odyssey has hundreds of collectables to find; including moons, coins, and trinkets. Speedrunners who wanted to 100 per cent the game in record time had to figure out obvious things like the best possible route, while also sussing out when it's safe to take a bathroom break.

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Super Mario Odyssey has tons of coins to collect and items to purchase. One special area with dozens of gold coins makes it easy to max out your wallet and transform Mario into Uncle Pennybags.

One of the most impressive things about Super Mario Odyssey is the tight controls: Nintendo's mascot has a ton of movement options. Players are using Cappy to skip entire portions before a Moon, or are using the hat to get into hard-to-reach areas. Better yet, Nintendo seems to have anticipated that fans would try to bend and break Odyssey.