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Mario is super in a whole new way! Combining the finest 3-D graphics ever developed for a video game and an explosive soundtrack, Super Mario 64 becomes a new standard for video games. It's packed with bruising battles, daunting obstacle courses, and underwater adventures. Retrieve the Power Stars from their hidden locations and confront your arch-nemesis— Bowser, King of the Koopas! • Run freely in a grassy meadow, tip-toe through a gloomy dungeon, climb to the top of a mountain, or take a swim in the moat! • Leap headfirst into a watery painting and soon you'll be searching for the surface in an underwater realm! • On-the-fly, 3-D rendered gameplay delivers the action of ruthless enemy attacks from every angle! • Find the Caps that give Mario super powers and ponder the mysteries of the pyramid; you can even race Koopas for fabulous prizes! • With the Nintendo 64 Controller and its analog Control Stick, Mario can crawl, kick down obstacles, swim, do reverse flips, and even stick the landing on his backwards somersault! • Saved game information is stored for up to four players in memory.
ReleasedJune 23, 1996
DeveloperNintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
There is exactly one flaw in this game, right at the top of wet dry world the camera gets a little fucky and won't go behind you. Outside of that the game is actually perfect. You can now run and jump in 360 degrees of freedom and it feels phenomenal. The castle is a joy to explore and lets you largely play the levels in any order you wish to. The music and atmosphere in Jolly Rodger Bay make me feel like everything is going to be okay.
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