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Mario Odyssey knows what chord is playing on the soundtrack and uses that info when playing musical sound effects.

YouTube: Sounds in Super Mario Odyssey Harmonize with the Background Music (JalopesTL)

A really neat thing in Odyssey that I decided to over-analyze for fun. Not gonna lie, I got WAY too excited when I first picked up on this. Such a small thin...
@mogwai_poet I've heard this feature first in Super Mario Maker, where a sound effect is played when you select a new type of object to create a level. And the pitch is coordinated with the music bed current chord.

@hypolite Yeah it speaks to a level of polish you almost never see