SUPER MARIO 64!!!!!!!!

SUPER MARIO 64: 





  

Okay, earlier today I seriously considered changing my profile picture to an N64 controller. No, seriously. I got the game a few weeks back and I haven't had time to write about it yet. Shoutouts to Caroline and Allie K. for making this all so possible (YAY!!!!).

Age recommendation: 8+ (frustration issues; even I have them)

My rating: 4.5/5 stars (I mean 110/120 stars!! lol.)

Okay, so first off, this is a more personal review. If you remember my Galaxy Review (Super Mario Galaxy Is Awesome!) Then you know that even then, I was dying to play this one. (Btw I have all 120 stars in galaxy!) Before I even got the game I knew what I was in for: 1 star speedruns. Okay, probably 16 first). Basically, in short, a speedrun is a playthrough of a game where you try to complete it as quickly as possible. This game has 5 categories (120 stars, 70, 16, 1, and 0.) You ordinarily need 70 stars to beat the game, but you can glitch through it. (I think glitches are awesome too, Vanillope) without getting the required stars.

This game was released in 1996 on the Nintendo 64 console. It was the first major open world video game, period. I mean Star Fox was 3d, but that was a game where you flew through. In Super Mario 64 you can run in circles, jump, walk, tiptoe, double hump, triple jump, wall kick, backflip, sideflip, long jump, and backwards long jump (which is an extremely important glitch) your way through the interior of princess Peach's castle, where she is being held captive by Bowser. You can jump in paintings and be transported to magical worlds full of lethal lava, sunken ships, daunting mountain climbs, killer pianos and soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much more. You can even fly, and I think the wing cap controls (although mediocre) are better than the controls of the red star in galaxy. Swimming is just as bad, but for different reasons.

Now for the problems. The camera is pretty bad by today's standards (you can die in stupid ways), and the graphics haven't aged very well. There are only 15 stages, as well as secret stages and boss stages, and there are two water worlds and two snow worlds. But this was the game that introduced us to the Mario we know today; the wahoo and yippie!! Mario. The Gwa Ha Haing Bowser, and an unchanged princess peach with terrible voice acting. There is soooooooooooooooooooooo much more I could say about this game but for now, "Here We GOOOOO!!"