#21

Love all of these, but it’s hard to explain just how much Mario 64 blew my mind.

I saw Mario World and Yoshi’s Island on the SNES. They looked great. There was talk about a 3D Mario and I imagined it in a Dreams/Crash Bandicoot/Pandaemonium kind of way - a linear pathway, get to the end of level type affair. Essentially Mario World but in 3D.

Then I saw footage of Mario 64 loading. Peach writing a letter. Then Lakitu on his cloud swirling around the castle. Then Mario jumping out of a pipe. And seeing that Mario could go a n y w h e r e.

And jumping into a wavy picture.

Then running around Bob-omb Battlefield and being able to do just about anything.

God, I love that game.

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#22

Haven’t played anything since Mario Galaxy on the Wii but that was a fucking joyous game. Obviously SMW on the SNES is absolute party time as well.

#24

I dunno Mario Land is pretty GOAT worthy

#25

I could only play it when my cousins came to visit and brought their Game Boy. So they’d come and visit for the weekend and I wouldn’t talk to them AT ALL because I wanted to complete Super Mario Land. Similar to you , I probably cried when I completed it.

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#26

Such a soulful voice.

Never heard of him.

3/5.

#27

Sub-thread for the Mario RPGs?

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#30

As were Paper Mario on the N64 and Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time on the DS.

Those would be my picks.

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#31

Did anyone have Mario is Missing for the PC?

1/5

#32

watch/listen to this fairly regularly as it makes me happy

#33

Super Mario 64 is pretty much the perfect game really. Have fond memories of playing that to death on the N64 over a snowy Christmas period as a kid. Have replayed it through loads of time since too. Getting the 80 stars and defeating Bowser is just about difficult enough for a kid and then getting all 120 is enough of a challenge to keep you going too. Odyssey did the same thing a bit more polished arguably but I almost found it too overwhelming with the amount of things to do in it! :smiley:

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#34

1/5 my allegiance is to sonic

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#35

Ahhh, I’m on a Mario 64 nostalgia trip now.

Another mind-blowing thing: the third world, Jolly Roger Bay. It’s the one with the sunken ship that you can raise to the surface, and the electric eel with the star on its tail.

Here’s the thing that amazes me about that level: the music.

When you’re on the beach it’s this calm, muted affair. When you start to swim out, it gets a little more intense. When you’re deep in the water it’s this full-blown orchestral thing.

And it didn’t miss a beat. It was the same tune, but it reacted to your environment.

:exploding_head:

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#36

sadly never played 64 at the time and it’s pretty hard to go back to now as it looks like shit :frowning:

#37

don’t get this at all, I think it looks fine :man_shrugging:

#38

Can I confess I never really got into Mario 64 even at the time?

I played it after OoT and although it was good, even then I thought it handled and controlled a bit shoddily…

#39

Play it on an emulator in 1080 and it’ll look fine

#40

Just had an email about a new Mario game that’s out TODAY!

(It’s rubbish. Mario Candy Crush. :frowning: )

#41

Dr Mario is AMAZING

This game is NOT, fucking timers everywhere
Also why da fuck do the pills go up

#42
#43

Funny to think about Mario actually being a fictional character eh. More than any other fictional characters it feels like he actually exists out there somewhere having adventures and occasionally playing golf or tennis or being a doctor or whatever.

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