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Super Mario 64
	; For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64, Nintendo 64DD, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U), Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Release date	Nintendo 64:; June 23, 1996; September 29, 1996; March 1, 1997; March 1, 1997; July 18, 1997 (Shindō Pak Taiō Version); November 17, 2003 (iQue Player); Virtual Console (Wii):; November 19, 2006; December 2, 2006; December 7, 2006; December 8, 2006; Virtual Console (Wii U):; April 1, 2015; April 1, 2015; April 2, 2015; April 8, 2015; Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online:; October 25, 2021; October 26, 2021; October 26, 2021; October 26, 2021; October 26, 2021; October 26, 2021;
Language(s)	Deutsch; English (United States); Français (France); 日本語; 简体中文
Genre	3D platformer, action-adventure
ESRB:	- Kids to Adults
PEGI:	- Three years and older
CERO:	- All ages
ACB:	- General
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	Nintendo 64: Game Pak iQue Player: Digital download Nintendo 64DD: Magneto-optical drive Wii: Digital download Nintendo Switch: Digital download
Input	Nintendo 64: Nintendo 64 Controller iQue Player: iQue Player Wii: Classic Controller Nintendo GameCube Controller Wii U: Wii U GamePad Classic Controller Wii U Pro Controller Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Nintendo 64 Controller

Latest revision as of 13:42, May 17, 2024

This article is about the original Nintendo 64 game. For the Nintendo DS remake, see Super Mario 64 DS.

Super Mario 64 is a 3D action-adventure platform game released for the Nintendo 64 in 1996 for Japan and North America and in 1997 for Europe and Australia. It is the eighth entry in the Super Mario series.^[9] This game was one of two (three in Japan) launch titles for the Nintendo 64, along with Pilotwings 64, which helped drive initial sales of the console. Despite its name, Super Mario 64 runs in 32-bit, like most Nintendo 64 games at the time. Since its release, Super Mario 64 has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest and most important games of all time.^[10]^[11]^[12]

In entering the third dimension, Super Mario 64 largely eschews the obstacle course-based design of the 2D Mario platformers for a mission structure and gameplay focused on exploring a larger area. Though not the first 3D platform game, Super Mario 64 codified many of the controls and design conventions of the genre.^[13] Being the first 3D Super Mario game, Super Mario 64 has introduced several moves, including triple-jumping, ground-pounding, long-jumping, diving, and side-somersaulting, which would be used in most subsequent installments of the Super Mario series. Punching and kicking were also introduced but would not appear in any later title other than its DS remake. The game popularized Charles Martinet's portrayal as Mario (being the first game of the Super Mario series to feature his voice) and Princess Toadstool's name as Peach in the West, and made them both series standards.

In 1996, a Nintendo 64DD version of the game was shown at Shoshinkai 1996.^[14] A sequel, named Super Mario 64 2, was being developed for the Nintendo 64DD, but it was canceled due to the 64DD's commercial failure.

On November 17, 2003, Super Mario 64 was rereleased for the iQue Player as one of the launch titles, and a timed demo of the game was bundled with every iQue Player. The game was digitally rereleased for the Wii's Virtual Console service in November 2006 and for the Wii U's Virtual Console service in April 2015. Super Mario 64 was among the first games released on both Virtual Console services.

A sequel titled Super Mario Sunshine was developed for the Nintendo GameCube and released in 2002. In 2004, a remake was released for the Nintendo DS, titled Super Mario 64 DS. It has several differences, notably the inclusion of Luigi, Yoshi, and Wario as playable characters. An emulation of the 1997 rerelease of the game is bundled in with Super Mario 3D All-Stars for the Nintendo Switch, though with upscaled graphics and a redrawn HUD. The original game is one of the launch titles for Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online.

As of 2015, Super Mario 64 has sold over 11 million copies worldwide^[15] and is marked as the best-selling Nintendo 64 game. The game became the second-best-selling game on the Wii's Virtual Console after Super Mario Bros., as of June 2007.^[16]

Storyline

The Princess's letter

Mario in front of a painting, which serves as an entrance to a level

The following is the story given on pages 4 and 5 of the Super Mario 64 instruction booklet. The colors given in the instruction booklet signify who is talking: Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser, and Toad, with black being narration.

"Mario, please come to the castle. I've baked a cake for you. Yours truly, Princess Toadstool."
"Wow, an invitation from Peach! I'll head out right away. I hope she can wait for me!"
Mario is so excited to receive the invitation from the Princess, who lives in the Mushroom Castle, that he quickly dresses in his best and leaves right away.
"Hmmm, something's not quite right here... It's so quiet..."
Shaking off his uneasy premonition, Mario steps into the silent castle, where he is greeted by the gruff words,
"No one's home! Now scram! Bwa, ha, ha."
The sound seems to come from everywhere.
"Who's there?! I've heard that voice somewhere before..."
Mario begins searching all over the castle. Most of the doors are locked, but finding one open, he peeks inside. Hanging on the wall is the largest painting he has ever seen, and from behind the painting comes the strangest sound that he has ever heard...
"I think I hear someone calling. What secrets does this painting hold?"
Without a second thought, Mario jumps at the painting. As he is drawn into it, another world opens before his very eyes.
And so begins the grandest of all adventures!
Once inside the painting, Mario finds himself in the midst of battling Bob-ombs. According to the Bob-omb Buddies, someone...or something...has suddenly attacked the castle and stolen the "Power Stars". These stars protect the castle; with the stars in his control, the beast plans to take over the Mushroom Castle.
To help him accomplish this, he plans to convert the residents of the painting world into monsters as well. If nothing is done, all those monsters will soon begin to overflow from inside the painting.
"A plan this maniacal, this cunning...this must be the work of Bowser!"
Princess Toadstool and Toad are missing, too. Bowser must have taken them and sealed them inside the painting. Unless Mario recovers the Power Stars immediately, the inhabitants of this world will become Bowser's army.
"Well, Bowser's not going to get away with it, not as long as I'm around!"
Stolen Power Stars are hidden throughout the painting world. Use your wisdom and strength to recover the Power Stars and restore peace to the Mushroom Castle.
"Mario! You are the only one we can count on."

Gameplay

The player controls Mario. In addition to his jump and a basic punch string, Mario's repertoire includes a variety of advanced acrobatic moves (many of them carried over from the 1994 game Donkey Kong) accomplished through precise timing and various combinations of the analog stick and the jump button, such as the somersaulting Triple Jump and the low but far-ranged Long Jump. Eschewing the "Super Mario to Small Mario" mechanic found in most of the previous mainline games, Super Mario 64 employs an eight-sided health meter called the Power Meter, which is depleted when Mario makes contact with enemies or obstacles, and is replenished by collecting coins, running through Spinning Hearts, or submerging Mario in a body of water. Like the previous games, Super Mario 64 employs a life system, although as the game saves after most progression tasks, the effect of a Game Over is marginal.

When the player starts a game, Mario starts off outside the Mushroom Castle, a multi-floor hub mostly devoid of enemies and obstacles. Inside the castle are multiple rooms with paintings and other surfaces concealing portals to the game's various courses. The main goal of the game is to collect Power Stars. There is a total of 120 Power Stars in the game, though only 70 need to be collected in order to complete the game. The Power Stars are split between the fifteen main courses, nine secret courses that are smaller and usually contain only one or two Stars, and various secrets inside the Mushroom Castle. The main courses contain six numbered missions each plus a hidden Power Star for collecting 100 coins. Only a limited portion of the castle is explorable at first, but as Mario collects more Stars, he is able to open more rooms and unlock Bowser levels. Defeating Bowser in his first two levels opens the castle's basement and top floor, respectively.

The game employs a mission-based structure. When the player enters a main course, a screen shows them the Stars they have collected and the newest mission unlocked, each having a title hinting at the mission tasks. Missions vary widely in nature, ranging from defeating enemies to reaching a point of interest on the map to racing friendly characters, though every course features a mission that requires collecting eight Red Coins scattered around the map. Accomplishing a mission rewards the player with a Power Star; collecting it boots Mario back to the room he came from, although collecting 100-Coin Stars allows him to stay on the map. The fifteen main courses consist of large open worlds, with many points of interest and paths, and as such, many of the missions can be completed out of order. Some missions, however, can be completed only by selecting a specific scenario from the course-selection screen, as to prompt the appearance or disappearance of a character or object needed to complete the task.

The courses feature various enemies who chase or attack Mario on sight. Most enemies can be defeated by kicking, punching, or jumping on them and leave coins when defeated; some missions also require Mario to defeat a specific type of enemy. Multiple missions involve fighting a large boss, whose defeat usually involves a puzzle or more advanced maneuvering than standard enemies. Not all characters Mario can encounter are hostile, however. Friendly NPCs include Toads sealed inside the castle's walls who give hints or backstory when spoken to, Bob-omb Buddies who give clearance to use a cannon on the course, and mission-specific characters who challenge Mario to a race or ask him to fetch an object in exchange for a Power Star.

Various power-ups can help Mario on his adventure. Koopa Shells can be ridden on land, water, or lava to provide temporary invincibility, and by hitting Cap Switches found in the secret courses, Mario can activate blocks containing the Wing Cap, Vanish Cap, and Metal Cap, whose powers are necessary to complete many of the missions. As the game is a showcase title for a new console and the first 3D Super Mario game, many aspects of the game showcase the Nintendo 64's features. Multiple sections take advantage of the analog stick's precision requiring Mario to walk slowly over narrow passageways or tiptoe to sneak up on enemies. Some bridges and platforms sway under Mario's weight.

Controls

The charts below refer to the original game and subsequent ports, such as those released through Virtual Consoles and Nintendo Switch Online. For the control scheme of the remake released for the Nintendo DS, click here. For the iteration included in Super Mario 3D All-Stars for Nintendo Switch systems, click here. A "→" (right arrow) conveys buttons to press in succession, and a "+" (plus sign) conveys buttons to press simultaneously. A "/" (solidus) conveys an alternative combination of button presses for the action. The controls for the Wii U can be customized in the emulator settings, with the column below displaying the default mapping.

Nintendo 64, iQue, Wii, and Wii U controls

Action(s)	Input(s)
Action(s)	Nintendo 64 Controller	iQue Player	Nintendo GameCube Controller	Classic Controller	Wii U controllers
Mario controls
Move
Sidestep	◀ ▶ along a wall	◀ ▶ along a wall	◀ ▶ along a wall	◀ ▶ along a wall	◀ ▶ along a wall
Jump, swim, fire cannon
Double-jump	Jump when making contact with the ground while moving (do twice)
Triple-jump, take off in Wing form	Jump when making contact with the ground while running (do thrice)
Side-somersault	◀ → ( ▶ + )	◀ → ( ▶ + )	◀ → ( ▶ + )	◀ → ( ▶ + )	◀ → ( ▶ + )
Wall-kick	→ against a wall	→ against a wall	→ against a wall	→ against a wall	→ against a wall
Backward-somersault	+	+	+	+	+
Long-jump	+ while running	+ while running	+ while running	+ while running	+ while running
Climb up ledge	+ while hanging from ledge	+ while hanging from ledge	+ while hanging from ledge	+ while hanging from ledge	+ while hanging from ledge
Hang on to wire net	+ hold	+ hold	+ hold	+ hold	+ hold
Grab or release pole	alongside a pole	alongside a pole	alongside a pole	alongside a pole	alongside a pole
Talk, read, engage object, punch
Scroll text	/	/	/	/	/
Kick	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +
Jump-kick	in midair	in midair	in midair	in midair	in midair
Throw item	+	+	+	+	+
Swing and toss Bowser by the tail	→ swivel →	→ swivel →	→ swivel →	→ swivel →	→ swivel →
Dive	while running	while running	while running	while running	while running
Slide-kick	while sliding	while sliding	while sliding	while sliding	while sliding
Sweep-kick	+	+	+	+	+
Crouch
Slide	while running	while running	while running	while running	while running
Crawl	+	+	+	+	+
Ground-pound	in midair	in midair	in midair	in midair	in midair
Lakitu Bro controls
Rotate camera	/	/
Zoom in, enter first-person view
Zoom out
Shift camera view
Menu controls
Navigate menu
Confirm command
Cancel command
Display pause menu

Nintendo Switch controls

In addition to the controllers listed below, wireless Nintendo 64 Controllers are compatible with Nintendo Switch systems. Nintendo GameCube Controllers can be used through the GameCube Controller Adapter, but it is recognized as a wired Nintendo Switch Pro Controller by Super Mario 64.

Action(s)	Input(s)
Action(s)	Dual Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Nintendo Switch Lite	Horizontal Joy-Con
Mario controls
Move
Sidestep	◀ ▶ along a wall	◀ ▶ along a wall
Jump, swim, fire cannon
Double-jump	Jump when making contact with the ground while moving (do twice)
Triple-jump, take off in Wing form	Jump when making contact with the ground while running (do thrice)
Side-somersault	◀ → ( ▶ + )	◀ → ( ▶ + )
Wall-kick	→ against a wall	→ against a wall
Backward-somersault	+	+
Long-jump	+ while running	+ while running
Climb up ledge	+ while hanging from ledge	+ while hanging from ledge
Hang on to wire net	+ hold	+ hold
Grab or release pole	alongside a pole	alongside a pole
Talk, read, engage object, punch
Scroll text	/	/
Kick	+ +	+ +
Jump-kick	in midair	in midair
Throw item	+	+
Swing and toss Bowser by the tail	→ swivel →	→ swivel →
Dive	while running	while running
Slide-kick	while sliding	while sliding
Sweep-kick	+	+
Crouch
Slide	while running	while running
Crawl	+	+
Ground-pound	in midair	in midair
Lakitu Bro controls
Rotate camera	/ / +	/ +
Zoom in, enter first-person view	/ +	+
Zoom out	/ / +	/ +
Shift camera view
Menu controls
Navigate menu
Confirm command
Cancel command
Display pause menu		+ / +

Locations

Setting

A photograph of a hakoniwa^A (left) compared to a screenshot of Tiny-Huge Island (right). The design principals of the former are the cited influence behind the courses in the game.

Super Mario 64 takes place within the walls of the Mushroom Castle in the Mushroom Kingdom. It is the first Super Mario game to explicitly include the Mushroom Kingdom as a location since Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. The game's levels, called "courses," are not naturally occurring places but were created by Bowser using the Power Stars he stole from Princess Peach. Most of them are accessed through paintings that hang in the castle's walls, but some are more cryptically hidden or require the player to accomplish a task in the castle before becoming accessible. Some paratextual material and subsequent titles present the courses introduced in this game as visitable places outside the paintings.

Generally, a course is a sprawling location with interactive environmental elements and several levels of elevation. Courses often have subareas and collectibles obscured in the landscape that passively encourage the player to rotate the camera and explore. Most courses feature prominent landmarks, such as the mountain on the Bob-omb Battlefield and the volcano in Lethal Lava Land, that provide the player with a consistent point of reference that mitigates their chance of getting lost.^[17] Like its more immediate predecessors, courses are themed after real-life ecosystems (i.e., deserts, mountains, seas) and more fantastical settings (i.e., haunted houses, clocktowers, rainbow roads in the sky). The theme informs the types of objects that can be interacted with in the level, the types of enemies that can be encountered, and the non-playable characters that can be spoken to. For example, cactus enemies, a condor, and quicksand are in the desert-themed Shifting Sand Land. Penguins, slippery ice, and deep snow appear on Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land. Most courses contain switches and strikable objects that modify elements of the course, such as the Crystal Taps in Wet-Dry World.

Unlike the levels of prior two-dimensional entries, the courses in this game are open-ended and largely do not funnel the player towards one goal. This was an intentional departure from the level design principals of prior games because the development team did not believe they could be replicated for a fun experience in a three-dimensional environment. Director and series creator Shigeru Miyamoto wanted Super Mario 64 to be a game where players "create their own vision," a decision partially influenced by the technical difficulty of making a precise jump in a 3D environment.^[18]^[19]^[17] This mindset manifested in levels where players were largely free to interact with the world in ways they wanted to, with larger platforms and sprawling spaces that encouraged exploration rather than carry out precise actions to reach a goal. The courses themselves were created using hakoniwa or "box garden" design principals.^[20]^[19] ^B^[17]^[21] A hakoniwa is a intricately-arranged miniature garden within an enclosed space, with layers of depth and detail that become apparent to an onlooker when carefully examined.^[22]^[23]^[21] Applying these principals allowed the development team to create complex levels that surprise players, another important tenet during development.^[18]^[19]^[17] In the West, where creating miniature gardens is not as culturally prevalent, these types of levels are most often likened to sandboxes.^[21]

Courses

Overview

Top image: Mario entering the painting for the Bob-omb Battlefield.
Bottom image: The mission-selection screen.

Most of the courses are accessed through paintings inside the Mushroom Castle, the hub world of the game. The surface of a painting ripples like water when near, and Mario is brought to the course it represents by physically jumping through it. Accessing levels in this manner is a departure from the overworld system in previous platform games (see below). However, the castle is divided into several sections that are analogous to the world structure of proceeding games, where multiple levels are available to the player on a single section and the player must complete a boss-dedicated course in order to gain access to the next one. As Mario advances through the castle, he encounters some courses that are accessed through portals other than paintings, such as Shifting Sand Land, which is accessed through what looks like a brick wall at a dead end in the basement, and Tick Tock Clock, which is entered through a clock face. The locations of courses on subsequent sections are generally more complex and are puzzles in themselves, such as the painting for Snowman's Land that is viewable only through a mirror.^[24]

Rather than present a unilateral scenario that leads to a single spatially fixed goal, most courses in the game host multiple objectives called "missions" that each have a goal in a different location from each other. For most courses, entering a painting (or equivalency) brings the player to a mission-selection screen, where selecting one sends Mario to the course within the confines of the mission's specific scenario and its unique goal. In nearly all courses, this goal is a Power Star, a collectible token resembling the Super Star of prior entries. Touching one completes the level and returns Mario to the castle. The number of Power Stars collected is tracked by the game and communicated to the player on the user interface in the upper right corner of the screen. Accumulating Power Stars is how new courses become accessible to the player. On the first floor, some ★ doors that seal away certain paintings open only after Mario has collected a specified number of Stars. Mario can access a new section only after clearing the current one's Bowser Course, itself becoming accessible only after a specified number of Power Stars has been obtained. However, there are 120 obtainable Power Stars in a game that requires only 70 to access the final level. The player has some discretion on how many or which ones are obtained to finish the game, as well as the order.

In most courses, one mission correlates with one Power Star, and its name on the mission-selection screen hints at the Star's location in the course. However, some Power Stars can be encountered outside their dedicated missions and collected. Some mission-dedicated Power Stars become available to the player only once they have cleared specific missions (e.g., Footrace with Koopa the Quick becomes available only after Big Bob-omb on the Summit has been completed) or accomplish tasks outside the paintings (e.g., striking the Cap Switch in the Cavern of the Metal Cap makes the titular power-up accessible in Through the Jet Stream, in which it is not optional). Certain actions completed within a course permanently change elements within it regardless of the mission subsequently played. Recurring examples are the cannons found in most courses, which Mario can enter and launch from to reach distant areas. A cannon becomes useable in a course after Mario has spoken to a Bob-omb Buddy, a friendly non-playable character that controls the cannon, and it remains accessible for all subsequent revisits.

Like in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and a departure from previous Super Mario games, there is no time limit in effect within courses, but there are a few cases where there is one. For example, Blue Coins appear for only a brief period of time once a Blue Coin Block is struck, and Mario must outrun Koopa the Quick in order to earn a Power Star. All power-ups in this game change Mario's form for a limited time, and one cannot be brought outside a course even if he completes it while still under its effect—another similarity to Yoshi's Island.

There are two different types of courses in Super Mario 64.

Normal Courses,^[25] or main courses,^[26] contain six dedicated missions and an unlisted 100-coin mission. Some of the dedicated missions build off each other environmentally or narratively. (This means the events that transpire in the completion of one mission are reflected in the events of the subsequent mission.) However, some Power Stars can be encountered before the mission-dedicated one and can be collected, resulting in some instances where the Stars are obtained out of the intended "order." These courses are the most intricate levels in the game. Most include objects that can enable quick traversal between areas, such as cannons and Warp Points. Some courses include accessible subareas, such as the volcano in Lethal Lava Land and the pyramid in Shifting Sand Land. There are 15 Normal Courses in the game, and they are the only levels explicitly numbered and listed on the pause menu.
Mini courses^[26]^[27] are smaller and structured more like traditional obstacle courses that emphasize precise platforming. They lack dedicated missions to select, and most contain only one Power Star. Power Stars obtained in mini courses are counted together as "Secret Stars" on the pause menu. Mini courses can further be classified into three subtypes, as detailed below.
- Bowser Courses,^[25] also lowercased,^[28] lead to an arena where Mario must defeat Bowser. Each Bowser Course features a Power Star obtained by collecting eight Red Coins, but this does not complete the level. In the first two courses, defeating Bowser awards Mario a key, a different kind of token that completes the level when touched. The key is used to permanently unlock the Key Door to another section of the castle. In Bowser in the Sky, the final course, defeating Bowser releases the Jumbo Star. Collecting it does not contribute to the player's Power Star total, instead freeing Princess Peach. There are three Bowser Courses in the whole game, one for each section.
- Secret Courses,^[25] also lowercased,^[29] are cryptically hidden in the castle. All Secret Courses have at least one Power Star to collect, with the sole exception being The Princess's Secret Slide, which has two. None of these courses are accessed through paintings, and they often require the player to investigate a space within the castle to find.^[24] There are three in the game.
- Switch Cap Courses^[25] are where Mario is under the effect of a power-up immediately upon entering a course and is needed to reach a Cap Switch. When one is ground-pounded, it causes the power-up to permanently become accessible within the Normal Courses. They are analogous to the Switch Palaces in Super Mario World, though unlike in them, striking the switch does not make Mario exit the course. These are the only courses in the game where Mario can fall down a pit without losing a life; he is instead brought back to the castle.

Chart

There are a number of courses in each section. At least four of them are Normal Courses, and at least two are mini courses. One of the mini courses is always a Bowser Course. Including the Mushroom Castle, there are 25 courses in the game. The chart below lists all of them. Each one is provided with a screenshot, a brief description, and a list of its missions. The order that the courses and missions are listed follows their organization in the Super Mario 64 Player's Guide.^[30] Only the names of the missions in Normal Courses are provided in-game. When available, the missions that lack in-game names, such as the 100-coin missions, are also derived from the Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Where no such name exists, the mission assumes the name of its course.

Courses
First Floor and Mezzanine
01. Bob-omb Battlefield ×7 ×6 ×1	Missions
	Big Bob-omb on the Summit	Footrace with Koopa the Quick
	Shoot to the Island in the Sky	Find the 8 Red Coins
	Mario Wings to the Sky	Behind Chain Chomp's Gate
Grassy fields surrounding a spiraled mountain. A battle is waged here between the peaceful Bob-omb Buddies and the enemy Bob-ombs. Once the battle is over, the Bob-omb Buddies allow Mario to access their cannons. There is a floating island in the east and a barred cave towards the center with a Chain Chomp leashed in front of it. Unlock criterion: Enter the Mushroom Castle.
02. Whomp's Fortress ×7 ×1 ×1	Missions
	Chip Off Whomp's Block	To the Top of the Fortress
	Shoot into the Wild Blue	Red Coins on the Floating Isle
	Fall onto the Caged Island	Blast Away the Wall
A fortress in the sky. It is ruled by the Whomp King, who sits at the top of the fortress. The path leading to him has falling platforms and stone enemies. Once he is defeated, a climbable tower appears at the top. A chain of floating islands is in the northeast. They can be reached with the help of Hoot, a sleepy owl found in the course's single tree. Unlock criterion: Collect a Power Star.
03. Jolly Roger Bay ×7 ×1	Missions
	Plunder in the Sunken Ship	Can the Eel Come Out to Play?
	Treasure of the Ocean Cave	Red Coins on the Ship Afloat
	Blast to the Stone Pillar	Through the Jet Stream
A cove containing the wreck of a sunken ship. A giant moray eel called Unagi nests in the ship and stirs when approached. An underwater corridor in the northwest leads to a cave that holds Treasure Chests. Solving the puzzle of the chests reveals a Power Star. Unlock criterion: Collect 3 Power Stars.
04. Cool, Cool Mountain ×7 ×3	Missions
	Slip Slidin' Away	Li'l Penguin Lost
	Big Penguin Race	Frosty Slide for 8 Red Coins
	Snowman's Lost His Head	Wall Kicks Will Work
A snow-covered mountain inhabited by penguins and snowpeople. Wooden bridges and a moving chairlift are built into the side of the mountain. A log cabin is near its peak. It contains the Cabin's Snow Slide, where Mario is challenged to a race by the Big Penguin. Unlock criterion: Collect 3 Power Stars.
Bowser in the Dark World ×1 ×1	Missions
	Bowser in the Dark World	8 Red Coins
A winding path in a cavernous void. The path bears Amps and shifting platforms. It ultimately leads to Bowser, who is fought on a circular platform surrounded by floating bombs. Unlock criterion: Collect 8 Power Stars.
The Princess's Secret Slide ×2	Missions
	The Princess's Secret Slide	Second Star^[31]
A carpeted slide hidden on the mezzanine. Reaching the bottom of the slide gives Mario access to a Power Star—the first Secret Star available to the player. Reaching the bottom within 21 seconds awards Mario a second one. Unlock criterion: Collect a Power Star.
The Secret Aquarium ×1	Mission
	The Secret Aquarium
A closed tank housing blue fish and Red Coins. Collecting all of the Red Coins reveals a Secret Star. The aquarium is accessed through a little alcove in the same room that holds the painting for Jolly Roger Bay. Unlock criterion: Collect 3 Power Stars.
Tower of the Wing Cap ×1	Mission
	Flying for Coins^[32]
Towers in a sea of clouds. The turret in the middle holds the Wing Cap Switch that makes the Wing Cap permanently available in Normal Courses once struck. Red Coins appear around the towers and can be collected by Mario only in his Wing form. Unlock criterion: Collect 10 Power Stars.
The Castle Basement and Courtyard
05. Big Boo's Haunt ×7 ×4	Missions
	Go on a Ghost Hunt	Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round
	Secret of the Haunted Books	Seek the 8 Red Coins
	Big Boo's Balcony	Eye to Eye in the Secret Room
The haunted house hidden in Princess Peach's courtyard. The rooms of the house contain Boos and animated furniture that try to strike Mario. Navigation requires solving puzzles and memorizing patterns in the halls. Failing to do so often brings Mario to the house's flooded basement, where a spinning carousel filled with Boos can be found. Unlock criteria: Collect 12 Power Stars, and defeat the Big Boo that holds the miniature carousel in the courtyard.
06. Hazy Maze Cave ×7	Missions
	Swimming Beast in the Cavern	Elevate for 8 Red Coins
	Metal-Head Mario Can Move!	Navigating the Toxic Maze
	A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit	Watch for Rolling Rocks
An underground labyrinth filled with dead ends, traps, and bottomless pits. There are two floors. The first one has a large chamber in the southeast with a controllable elevator, hallways with rolling rocks in the northwest, and a maze with strange clouds in the northeast. The lower floor leads to a pool that holds Dorrie. Unlock criterion: Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
07. Lethal Lava Land ×7 ×2	Missions
	Boil the Big Bully	Bully the Bullies
	8-Coin Puzzle with 15 Pieces	Red-Hot Log Rolling
	Hot-Foot-It into the Volcano	Elevator Tour in the Volcano
Platforms in a lava sea. Some of them shift back and forth or can be manually rolled. They surround a small volcano that can be physically entered. Bullies appear in this course and knock Mario into lava on contact. Sparkies and other fiery obstacles that burn him when touched also appear. Unlock criterion: Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
08. Shifting Sand Land ×7 ×1 ×1	Missions
	In the Talons of the Big Bird	Shining Atop the Pyramid
	Inside the Ancient Pyramid	Stand Tall on the Four Pillars
	Free Flying for 8 Red Coins	Pyramid Puzzle
Desert sands surrounding a pyramid. Klepto flies through the sky here. Much of the course is covered in quicksand and steep dunes. Little tornados can be used to avoid obstacles. Narrow walkways are found in the northeast, and a small oasis is in the northwest. The pyramid can be entered, where a labyrinth leads to Eyerok. Unlock criterion: Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
09. Dire, Dire Docks ×7	Missions
	Board Bowser's Sub	Chests in the Current
	Pole-Jumping for Red Coins	Through the Jet Stream
	The Manta Ray's Reward	Collect the Caps...
Deep water. A whirlpool is at the center of the seabed and is circled by Sushi and a Manta Ray. A corridor in the east leads to an wider area where Bowser has hidden a submarine. Unlock criterion: Collect 30 Power Stars.
Bowser in the Fire Sea ×1 ×1	Missions
	Bowser in the Fire Sea	Power Star for 8 Red Coins^[33]
Three narrow pathways surrounded by lava. Portions of the course gently rise and fall in lava, making traversal challenging. The pathway leads to the second battle against Bowser. Unlock criterion: Complete Board Bowser's Sub.
Cavern of the Metal Cap ×1	Mission
	Grab 8 Red Coins^[34]
An underground streambed that holds the Metal Cap Switch. Striking it makes the Metal Cap accessible in other courses. The water moves rapidly in this course. If Mario is swept up in it, he is brought to the Castle Grounds. Unlock criterion: Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
Vanish Cap Under the Moat ×1	Mission
	8 Red Coins
A hidden area accessible only once the castle's moat is drained. When Mario enters the course, he is in his Vanish form, and he must navigate the course while the power-up is still in effect to access the Vanish Cap Switch. Striking it makes the Vanish Cap accessible in other courses. Unlock criteria: Clear Bowser in the Dark World and drain the castle's moat.
Upper Floors and Tower
10. Snowman's Land ×7 ×1 ×1	Missions
	Snowman's Big Head	Chill with the Bully
	In the Deep Freeze	Whirl from the Freezing Pond
	Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins	Into the Igloo
A chilly land surrounding a giant snowman. Slippery ice and freezing ponds appear in this course. The Chill Bully is on a floating island of ice in the east. Narrow paths allow Mario to ascend the snowman, but he begins to blow gusts of air when he nears his head. An enterable igloo is near the base of the snowman. Unlock criterion: Clear Bowser in the Fire Sea.
11. Wet-Dry World ×7 ×1	Missions
	Shocking Arrow Lifts!	Top o' the Town
	Secrets in the Shallows & Sky	Express Elevator--Hurry Up!
	Go to Town for Red Coins	Quick Race Through Downtown!
A flooded empty town. There are Crystal Taps at several locations in the town that cause the water level to rise or fall. There is a hidden downtown area that can be accessed only through the cage in the southeast. Unlock criterion: Clear Bowser in the Fire Sea.
12. Tall, Tall Mountain ×7 ×1	Missions
	Scale the Mountain	Mystery of the Monkey Cage
	Scary 'Shrooms, Red Coins	Mysterious Mountainside
	Breathtaking View from Bridge	Blast to the Lonely Mushroom
A tall mountain surrounded by Mushroom Platforms high above the sea. Gusts of wind and the Fwoosh make ascending the mountain challenging. The entrance to the Mysterious Mountain Slide can be found near the summit. Ukkikis live in this course, one of which attempts to steal Mario's cap. Unlock criterion: Clear Bowser in the Fire Sea.
13. Tiny-Huge Island ×7 ×1 ×2	Missions
	Pluck the Piranha Flower	The Tip Top of the Huge Island
	Rematch with Koopa the Quick	Five Itty Bitty Secrets
	Wiggler's Red Coins	Make Wiggler Squirm
An island that presents itself in two different ways depending on which painting it is accessed from in the castle. One is large with vast areas and giant versions of normal enemies. Mario can easily access the interior of this version of the island, which is home to Wiggler. The other is tiny with small enemies. Changing the terrain in one version of the island affects the other two, and doing so is required to obtain all of its Power Stars. Unlock criterion: Clear Bowser in the Fire Sea.
14. Tick Tock Clock ×7	Missions
	Roll into the Cage	The Pit and the Pendulums
	Get a Hand	Stomp on the Thwomp
	Timed Jumps on Moving Bars	Stop Time for Red Coins
A vertical obstacle course within the tower's clock. Moving platforms are found throughout the clockwork, and they can help Mario reach hidden alcoves or throw him back towards the bottom. The speed of these platforms (and whether they move at all) is determined by where the clock's hands are positioned when he enters the course. Unlock criterion: Collect 50 Power Stars.
15. Rainbow Ride ×7 ×1	Missions
	Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow	The Big House in the Sky
	Coins Amassed in a Maze	Swingin' in the Breeze
	Tricky Triangles!	Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Floating islands and moving platforms high in the sky. Magic carpets travel along rainbows in large stretches of the course, one of which feeds through the Cloud House. The Rainbow Cruiser can be found in the northeast. Unlock criterion: Collect 50 Power Stars.
Bowser in the Sky ×1 ×1	Missions
	Bowser in the Sky	8 Red Coins
A challenging obstacle course that leads to the final confrontation with Bowser. Some of the platforms on this course allow Mario to walk up walls if he maintains momentum, while others shift under his weight. Bowser starts to break the arena he is fought on, leaving it in the shape of a five-pointed star. The reward for defeating him, the Jumbo Star, is not incorporated into Mario's total Power Star count. Unlock criterion: Collect 70 Power Stars.
Wing Mario Over the Rainbow ×1 ×2	Mission
	Cloud Hopping for Coins^[35]
Clouds and checkerboard platforms in the sky. The platforms are bridged by rainbows. Unlock criterion: Collect 50 Power Stars.
Other
Mushroom Castle ×5 ×1	Missions
	Toad near Course 6^[36]	Toad near Course 12^[36]
	Toad near Course 15^[36]	Catch the Yellow Rabbit (1st time)^[36]
	Catch the Yellow Rabbit (2nd time)^[36]
Princess Peach's castle in the Mushroom Kingdom. Toads and MIPS are sealed inside. Some of the former give Mario a Power Star when spoken to. The Castle Grounds are the first area of the game and where Mario initially appears every time the player loads their save file. Nearly all other courses are accessed from inside the castle, with the Cavern of the Metal Cap and Vanish Cap Under the Moat being the sole exceptions. Unlock criterion: Begin a new save file.
Level chart information and legend: The Normal Courses are designated with the unique number they are given in-game. Bowser, secret, and Switch Cap Courses lack numerical designation and are listed as they appear in the Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Three symbols convey attributes about each course: denotes the total number of obtainable Power Stars, denotes the total number of accessible cannons, and denotes the number of boss battles. The name of each mission is accompanied by a symbol that indicates what type of mission it is. denotes a mission where the reward is a Power Star, denotes a mission where the reward is the Jumbo Star, and denotes a mission where the reward is a key.

Mushroom Castle

Main article: Peach's Castle

The Castle Grounds before the Mushroom Castle

The Mushroom Castle is a connective space from which Mario can access the game's levels. It is a white-bricked palace with a red-tiled roof. Five towers are built into the castle: four at each corner and a large one in the center. Each one is topped with a spire, and the four outermost ones are also topped with a red pennant. A stained glass portrait of Princess Peach is above the front doors, in which Peach has been imprisoned by Bowser. The smaller windows on the castle are shaped like mushrooms. The Mushroom Castle overall bears a superficial resemblance to a keep. It is framed as the place where Peach lives in the Mushroom Kingdom and usually contains Power Stars for protection.^[37] Several Toads, the princess's subjects, also live in the castle.

In the majority of prior platform games, the player selects levels on a map-like menu with a cursor. The cursor itself may represent the player character, as is done in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, but the degree of control the player has on the cursor is more limited than they would have in the actual levels. Super Mario 64 instead has a fully interactive level as the "map," where Mario controls exactly the same as he does in the courses, and the map itself is an expansive level with its own secrets to find.

The Castle Grounds are the first area in the game where the player takes control of Mario, and it is a risk-free environment for the player to familiarize themselves with his controls.^[24]^[38]^[39]^[20]^[19] There are no enemies here, nor concrete objectives. While the player is directed to the castle in Peach's letter to Mario, nothing forces them to enter it, implicitly encouraging them to explore. The Castle Grounds are a grassy area with gently sloping hills, trees, picket fences, and a small lake that feeds into the castle's moat. Several readable signs that detail Mario's available actions are near his starting position, but they are not forced upon the player.

The castle's interior is divided into three sections analogous to the worlds of prior Super Mario games: a first floor and mezzanine, a basement and courtyard, and a second and third floor that leads to the central tower. With the exception of the basement, the castle's flooring has a checkerboard pattern and red carpeting. A hilly vista with a blue sky behind it is painted on the walls. The basement is a flooded dungeon-like area lit by torches that can burn Mario. One of the basement's corridors has a pair of brick pillars that, when ground-pounded, drain the moat. The courtyard is a grassy space behind the Mushroom Castle with a fountain at its center. It is filled with Boos, one of which contains a miniature carousel that holds Big Boo's Haunt. Among the courses of a section, Mario can typically play them in any order. There are some exceptions, such as at the start of the game, when only the Bob-omb Battlefield is initially accessible.

Rather than list them individually on the pause menu, all Power Stars collected from the mini courses are collectively listed as the castle's "Secret Stars," and indeed, most of them are well hidden when compared to the main courses in the game. Finding them necessitates exploration and puzzle-solving within the castle's walls. For example, the only way to access Vanish Cap Under the Moat is by draining the moat, the means of which are never explicitly communicated in-game but instead come from familiarity with Mario's moves. The window that leads to The Princess's Secret Slide is not in the center of its room, departing from what is established in the other rooms that contain paintings and can be found only if the player deviates from what is established. This design principal permeates throughout the castle and often awards the player 1UP Mushrooms, hidden courses, or interactable elements.^[24]^[38]

As in the main courses, several non-playable characters appear in the Mushroom Castle. Toads (including the Toad, as relayed in some paratextual material)^[37] can be found on each floor, where they provide gameplay tips and words of encouragement when prompted. Some of them give Mario a Power Star when spoken to. MIPS can be found hopping around the basement once Mario has obtained a certain number of Power Stars (see chart above). He will give Mario one if caught. Yoshi appears on the castle's roof after Mario has collected all 120 Stars. Mario can reach him with a cannon that opens on the Castle Grounds after completing Bowser in the Sky with all 120 Stars collected.

Characters

Owing to his removal during development, Super Mario 64 is one of the few Super Mario games not to feature Luigi, along with Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, and Super Mario Sunshine. Many data structures in the code have unused references to Luigi's object slot, but he is considered irrecoverable from the final game's codebase.^[40] A prerelease model and textures only surfaced through the Nintendo data leak. However, Luigi was included as a playable character in the game's Nintendo DS remake, Super Mario 64 DS.

Name

Description

Mario

The hero of the Mushroom Kingdom and the game's protagonist. He was invited to the Mushroom Castle by Princess Peach, only to find that she had been kidnapped by Bowser. Mario has significantly expanded movement options to reflect the 3D environment of Super Mario 64. Some notable new moves include the Triple Jump, the Wall Kick, the Pound the Ground attack, and a punch-punch-kick. Unlike in previous installments, Mario has a health meter and does not shrink in size if struck by an enemy.

Non-playable characters

Name	Description	Locations
Lakitu Bros.	A pair of cloud-riding Koopas that are documenting Mario's quest to liberate the Mushroom Castle and rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. One Lakitu Bro is with Mario throughout the entirety of the game, serving as an in-game explanation for the title's 3D camera controls. He is generally unseen, but his reflection can be spotted in a large mirror on the second floor of the Mushroom Castle. The Lakitu Bros. work for the Kingdom News Network.	All courses
Princess Peach	The ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. She invited Mario to the Mushroom Castle for cake, but she is missing by the time he arrives. Toad informs him that she was kidnapped by Bowser and sealed away within the castle's walls. The game follows Mario's quest to restore the castle's Power Stars and liberate the princess.	Castle Grounds
Toad	One of Princess Peach's attendants and an old friend of Mario's. He is one of several Mushroom Retainers that have been trapped inside the castle. He gives Mario hints, tips, and words of encouragement when spoken to. Some Toads give Mario a Power Star if prompted.	Mushroom Castle
Bob-omb Buddies	Friendly Bob-ombs that lack fuses. They reside on the Bob-omb Battlefield, where they are at war with the Big Bob-omb and his army. A Bob-omb Buddy is hidden away in nearly all subsequent courses. If spoken to, it prepares a cannon for Mario to use. The cannon remains open and accessible for all subsequent revisits.	Bob-omb Battlefield; Whomp's Fortress; Jolly Roger Bay; Cool, Cool Mountain; Shifting Sand Land; Snowman's Land; Wet-Dry World; Tall, Tall Mountain; Tiny-Huge Island; Rainbow Ride; Wing Mario Over the Rainbow
Koopa the Quick	A Giant Koopa from Tiny-Huge Island. He challenges Mario to a race when spoken to and rewards him with a Power Star if he defeats him without using certain shortcuts. Mario first encounters Koopa the Quick on the Bob-omb Battlefield in the mission Footrace with Koopa the Quick after defeating the Big Bob-omb, and he encounters him again on the "huge" side of Tiny-Huge Island in the mission Rematch with Koopa the Quick.	Bob-omb Battlefield; Tiny-Huge Island
Hoot	A talking owl who roosts in a tree near Mario's starting position on Whomp's Fortress. Once woken up, Mario can grab onto Hoot's talons and be carried high into the air for a limited time. Hoot slowly descends while carrying Mario and drops him if he hangs on for too long, citing his weight.	Whomp's Fortress
Penguins	Big talking birds found in courses that feature snow. They are instrumental in several Power Star missions. The Mother Penguin found at the base of Cool, Cool Mountain awards Mario a Power Star if her lost chick, Tuxie, is returned to her, while the Big Penguin found in the cabin at the top of the mountain gives him a Star if beaten in a race. Revisiting this penguin after collecting all 120 Power Stars reveals that he has let himself go. The extra weight makes him a tougher opponent to out-sleigh.	Cool, Cool Mountain; Snowman's Land
Snowmen	Two giant snowmen occur in the game. One snowman is the focus of the mission Snowman's Lost His Head. His head is on a pedestal halfway down the mountain, while his sentient snowball body appears towards the top, by Mario's starting position. Either piece asks Mario to help put him together when prompted. Once assembled, the snowman gifts Mario a Power Star. The other is in Snowman's Land, where he can climbed as if he was a mountain. As Mario nears his head, he starts to complain about an irritating crawling sensation on his body and tries to blow Mario off. A Power Star is on the very top of his head.	Cool, Cool Mountain; Snowman's Land
MIPS	Princess Peach's pet rabbit.^[41] He is found in the castle's basement and flees if approached. He gives Mario a Power Star if caught. While captured, MIPS claims to be late for tea.	Mushroom Castle
Dorrie	A gentle giant that resembles a plesiosaur. It can be found swimming in an underground lake, where it can be ridden. Mario can steer Dorrie's body while standing on its back and lower its neck by performing a Pound the Ground attack on its head.	Hazy Maze Cave
Ukkikis	Mischievous monkeys. One steals Mario's cap when grabbed. Mario must grab the Ukkiki again in order to get it back, but he runs away if approached and must be cornered. During Mystery of the Monkey Cage, a Ukkiki appears on the summit and taunts Mario. If grabbed, the Ukkiki begs to be released in exchange for a Power Star.	Tall, Tall Mountain
Yoshi	An old friend of Mario's. He is a dinosaur-like creature with a long tongue. He can be found on the roof of the Mushroom Castle once all 120 Power Star are collected. Yoshi awards the player 100 lives and a special Triple Jump for fully completing the game, then disappears off the side of the castle.	Castle Grounds

Enemies and obstacles

New enemies

Name	Description	Locations	Spoils
Amp	A small floating invincible metal ball that spins around a fixed point while emitting electricity.	Bowser in the Dark World; Shifting Sand Land; Vanish Cap Under the Moat; Bowser in the Fire Sea; Snowman's Land; Wet-Dry World; Tick Tock Clock; Rainbow Ride; Bowser in the Sky
Bookend	A haunted book that either emerges from its bookcase to bite Mario or shoots straight out at him with other books en masse.	Big Boo's Haunt	×1
Bubba	An enormous quick fish that tries to swallow Mario whole.	Tiny-Huge Island
Bully	A horned creature that attacks Mario by pushing and can be beaten only by pushing it into lava.	Lethal Lava Land; Bowser in the Fire Sea	×1
Chair	A haunted piece of furniture that flings itself at Mario.	Big Boo's Haunt	None
Chuckya	A huge purple Bob-omb that picks up and throws Mario and can be defeated only by doing the same to it.	Wet-Dry World; Tall, Tall Mountain; Tiny-Huge Island; Rainbow Ride; Bowser in the Sky	×5
Clam shell	A giant shellfish that opens and closes its valves, sometimes containing an item.	Jolly Roger Bay; Dire, Dire Docks
Flame thrower	A tiny Fire Chomp-like sphere that floats in place, shooting a homing flame at Mario when approached.	Hazy Maze Cave; Shifting Sand Land; Vanish Cap Under the Moat; Bowser in the Fire Sea; Wet-Dry World; Tiny-Huge Island; Tick Tock Clock; Rainbow Ride; Bowser in the Sky
Fwoosh	A cloud that blows gusts of wind to knock Mario off the ledge.	Tall, Tall Mountain
Grindel	A mummified Thwomp that attempts to squish Mario by either slamming down or leaping forward.	Shifting Sand Land
Heave-Ho	A windup machine that powerfully tosses Mario over its back.	Wet-Dry World; Tick Tock Clock
Klepto	A condor that tries to steal Mario's cap.	Shifting Sand Land	×1 ×1
Mad Piano	A haunted mini grand piano that noisily pursues Mario over a small area while chomping.	Big Boo's Haunt
Manta Ray	An enormous passive ray that damages Mario on contact and leaves behind a trail of rings.	Dire, Dire Docks
Money Bags	A hopping purse that disguises as a coin.	Snowman's Land	×5
Moving Bar	A varyingly designed wall protrusion that tries to push Mario but can also be used as a platform.	Whomp's Fortress; Tick Tock Clock
Mr. Blizzard	A snowman that either throws snowballs at Mario or hops back and forth oblivious to him, with the former type being beatable by running around it enough.	Cool, Cool Mountain; Snowman's Land	×3 ×1 (note)
Mr. I.	A giant floating eyeball that shoots bubbles at Mario but can be defeated by running around it enough.	Big Boo's Haunt; Hazy Maze Cave; Lethal Lava Land	×1
Piranha Flower	A large Venus Fire Trap that sprouts suddenly, shoots a homing fireball, and then retracts.	Tiny-Huge Island	×2
Scuttle Bug	A giant spider that pursues Mario and sometimes leaps from a pit.	Big Boo's Haunt; Hazy Maze Cave	×3
Skeeter	A giant water strider that skims across the water passively, pursuing Mario while on land.	Wet-Dry World	×3
Small Koopa Troopa	A tiny Koopa Troopa that is defeated immediately upon contact.	Tiny-Huge Island	×1
Small Piranha	A miniature Venus Fire Trap that sprouts suddenly, shoots a homing fireball, and then retracts.	Tiny-Huge Island; Bowser in the Sky	×1
Snufit	A small ghostly Snifit that shoots small bullets at Mario.	Hazy Maze Cave; Cavern of the Metal Cap	×2
Spindel	A cylindrical Grindel that rolls back and forth.	Shifting Sand Land
Spindrift	A slow flying floral creature that likes cold environments and makes Mario spin if he jumps on it.	Cool, Cool Mountain; Snowman's Land	×3
Sushi	A large but passive shark that swims in wide circles.	Dire, Dire Docks
Tox Box	A huge moving metal cube with one hollow side.	Shifting Sand Land
Unagi	A huge moray eel that likes to stay in tight places.	Jolly Roger Bay
Whomp	A stone slab with a face and weak back that attacks Mario by slamming forward.	Whomp's Fortress; Bowser in the Sky	×5

Returning enemies

Name	Description	Locations	Spoils
Beach Koopa	A Koopa Troopa after being evicted from its shell, to which it frantically tries to return.	Bob-omb Battlefield; Tiny-Huge Island	×1
Bob-omb	A walking, respawning bomb that pursues Mario after lighting itself but can be picked up and thrown.	Bob-omb Battlefield; Shifting Sand Land; Bowser in the Fire Sea; Tall, Tall Mountain; Tick Tock Clock; Bowser in the Sky	×1
Boo	A ghost that turns transparent and invulnerable when looked at.	Courtyard; Big Boo's Haunt	×1 ×1 ×1
Bub	A fish that swims slowly after Mario.	Dire, Dire Docks
Bullet Bill	A giant bullet that swerves to hit Mario.	Whomp's Fortress	None
Chain Chomp	A huge iron guard dog shackled to a stump.	Bob-omb Battlefield
Fly Guy	A Shy Guy that spits fireballs and flies with propellers that makes Mario spin when jumped on.	Shifting Sand Land; Snowman's Land; Tall, Tall Mountain; Tiny-Huge Island; Rainbow Ride	×2
Goomba	A small enemy that pursues Mario and often comes in groups of three but can be beaten with any attack.	Bob-omb Battlefield; Whomp's Fortress; Jolly Roger Bay; Bowser in the Dark World; Shifting Sand Land; Bowser in the Fire Sea; Snowman's Land; Tall, Tall Mountain; Rainbow Ride; Bowser in the Sky	×1
Goombette	A tiny Goomba that is instantly defeated when it touches Mario but also pushes him back unless he attacks it.	Tiny-Huge Island	×1
Grand Goomba	A huge strong Goomba immune to punches and kicks that also sometimes fails to notice Mario.	Tiny-Huge Island	×1 ×1
Koopa Troopa	A timid turtle that runs away from Mario and gets knocked from its shell upon being attacked.	Bob-omb Battlefield; Tiny-Huge Island	×1
Lakitu	A cloud-riding turtle that throws an endless supply of Spiny bombs at Mario.	Tiny-Huge Island; Rainbow Ride	×5
Monty Mole	An endlessly respawning creature that emerges from holes to throw rocks at Mario.	Hazy Maze Cave; Tall, Tall Mountain	×1
Piranha Plant	A sleepy plant that chomps upon being woken up.	Whomp's Fortress	×1
Pokey	A tall segmented cactus with a weak head.	Shifting Sand Land	×1
Sparky	A fireball that hops along land after spawning from lava or fire.	Lethal Lava Land; Bowser in the Sky
Spiny	A spiked turtle that walks around slowly and can be destroyed only by going underwater.	Tiny-Huge Island; Rainbow Ride	None
Spiny bomb	A spiked egg thrown by a Lakitu that hatches into a Spiny and is vulnerable to explosions.	Tiny-Huge Island; Rainbow Ride	None
Swoop	A bat that hangs upside-down until approached, at which point it starts flying around.	Hazy Maze Cave	×1
Thwomp	A floating stone cube that slams to the ground every few moments and can also be used as a platform.	Whomp's Fortress; Tick Tock Clock

Obstacles

Name	Description	Locations
Blaster	A metal cube that shoots out Bullet Bills.	Whomp's Fortress
Bomb	A stationary spiked explosive used to defeat Bowser.	Bowser in the Dark World; Bowser in the Fire Sea; Bowser in the Sky
Casket	Caskets rise and fall. They can crush Mario if he goes under one.	Big Boo's Haunt
Cold water	Chilled water that hurts Mario on contact, either gradually or immediately depending on how cold it is.	Snowman's Land
Current	Rapidly moving water that can forcibly remove Mario from the course if it pulls him far enough.	Jolly Roger Bay; Cavern of the Metal Cap; Dire, Dire Docks; Tall, Tall Mountain
Endless stairs	A magic staircase that loops Mario forever if he tries to climb them without enough Stars.	Mushroom Castle
Falling pillar^[42]	A giant precariously balanced stone that tips at Mario.	Jolly Roger Bay
Fireball	A basic flame that appears as either a standalone obstacle or an enemy projectile.	Mushroom Castle; Bowser in the Dark World; Hazy Maze Cave; Lethal Lava Land; Shifting Sand Land; Vanish Cap Under the Moat; Bowser in the Fire Sea; Snowman's Land; Wet-Dry World; Tiny-Huge Island; Tick Tock Clock; Rainbow Ride; Bowser in the Sky
Fire bar	A rotating rock with a constantly alit flamethrower on either side.	Lethal Lava Land
Flamethrower	A jet of fire that usually comes from small holes but can also come from other openings and even lava.	Bowser in the Dark World; Big Boo's Haunt; Hazy Maze Cave; Lethal Lava Land; Bowser in the Fire Sea; Rainbow Ride; Bowser in the Sky
Glass block	A platform in Rainbow Ride that magic carpets travel through as an obstacle.	Rainbow Ride
Hidden smasher	A giant mass of metal hidden in a wall that tries to crush Mario when he approaches.	Lethal Lava Land
Ice block	A sliding triangular ice chunk that comes in two sizes and pushes Mario into the cold water.	Snowman's Land
Ice block shooter	A giant hole with Shy Guy masks that shoots triangular ice chunks.	Snowman's Land
Ice structure	Stacks of ice created into a maze that requires a Power Star.	Snowman's Land
Ice wall	A wall made of ice, with some containing coins. Vanish Mario is required to pass through these walls.	Snowman's Land
Iron ball	A variably sized large black sphere that rolls down slopes.	Bob-omb Battlefield; Tall, Tall Mountain; Tiny-Huge Island
Ivy	Slows Mario's speed and also makes it difficult to jump.	Tall, Tall Mountain
Lava	Molten rock that burns Mario.	Lethal Lava Land; Bowser in the Fire Sea
Moving sand	Rapidly flowing sand. Mario can stand on it, but it pushes him in the direction of its trajectory.	Shifting Sand Land
Pendulum	A swinging obstacle that can block Mario's path. Its speed can change depending on the time Mario enters Tick Tock Clock.	Tick Tock Clock
Pit	A bottomless abyss that removes Mario from a course.	Whomp's Fortress; Cool, Cool Mountain; The Princess's Secret Slide; Tower of the Wing Cap; Bowser in the Dark World; Hazy Maze Cave; Vanish Cap Under the Moat; Tall, Tall Mountain; Tiny-Huge Island; Tick Tock Clock; Rainbow Ride; Wing Mario Over the Rainbow; Bowser in the Sky
Quicksand	Sand that pulls Mario under at varying speeds.	Shifting Sand Land
Rolling rock	A giant boulder.	Hazy Maze Cave
Slide Box	A skull-marked crate that moves back and forth on the rocking ship.	Jolly Roger Bay
Strange cloud	Putrid gas found in deep, stagnant caves.	Hazy Maze Cave
Tornado	A whirlwind that makes Mario spin.	Shifting Sand Land
Water bomb	A bouncing balloon that pursues Mario after being shot from a cannon.	Bob-omb Battlefield
Water tide	Water that rises up or down.	Mushroom Castle; Wet-Dry World
Whirlpool	A vortex that can suck Mario inside.	Dire, Dire Docks
Wind	A gust that can either help or hinder Mario.	Cool, Cool Mountain; Snowman's Land; Tall, Tall Mountain; Tiny-Huge Island; Rainbow Ride; Bowser in the Sky
Wire net (vertical)	A wall made of iron bars or wire nets. Vanish Mario is required to pass through these walls.	Vanish Cap Under the Moat; Big Boo's Haunt; Hazy Maze Cave; Lethal Lava Land; Shifting Sand Land; Dire, Dire Docks; Wet-Dry World; Tick Tock Clock

Bosses

Bosses are listed in the order that they are first encountered.

Name	Description	Missions
Big Bob-omb	A giant Bob-omb on the Bob-omb Battlefield. He appears as the first boss in the game and has the first Power Star. He refers to himself as the "baron of all blasting matter."	Big Bob-omb on the Summit
Whomp King	A giant Whomp on top of Whomp's Fortress. He has the first Power Star, and after he is defeated, there is a tower on top of the fortress.	Chip Off Whomp's Block
Bowser	Bowser appears in Bowser in the Dark World, Bowser in the Fire Sea (where the arena tilts), and Bowser in the Sky (where he must be thrown three times). Mario needs to swing him by the tail clockwise or counterclockwise and hurl him at bombs on the outside of his circular arena.	Bowser in the Dark World; Bowser in the Fire Sea; Bowser in the Sky
Big Boo	A giant Boo that appears three times in Big Boo's Haunt. He initially appears once all the Boos in the mansion have been defeated, again in the underground merry-go-round, and lastly on the top balcony of the mansion.	Go on a Ghost Hunt; Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round; Big Boo's Balcony
Big Mr. I.	A giant Mr. I. that appears only in the attic of Big Boo's Haunt.	Eye to Eye in the Secret Room
Big Bully	A large Bully that appears in Lethal Lava Land. On both occasions, Big Bullies try to knock Mario into the lava.	Boil the Big Bully; Bully the Bullies
Eyerok	A being composed of two stone hands with eyes on each palm. He appears when Mario blasts open the top of the pyramid in Shifting Sand Land and rides the elevator inside.	Stand Tall on the Four Pillars
Chill Bully	A large Bully made of ice. He tries to ram Mario onto a lethally frozen pond in Snowman's Land.	Chill with the Bully
Piranha Flowers	A patch of five giant fire-breathing Piranha Plants on Tiny-Huge Island. They quickly sprout and recede from the ground.	Pluck the Piranha Flower
Wiggler	A giant caterpillar. He becomes angry when his home on Tiny-Huge Island gets flooded.	Make Wiggler Squirm

Items and objects

Items

These are collectibles, pickups, and health-restoring objects.

Name	Description	Name	Description
Power Stars	Power Stars fuel the Mushroom Castle and are stolen by Bowser to seal the castle's inhabitants away. They are the primary objective within missions, and accumulating Stars unlocks new missions. A larger token called the Jumbo Star is made available after the final battle with Bowser. Collecting it does not contribute to the player's total, but it does liberate Princess Peach.	Keys	Tokens awarded to Mario after the first two Bowser battles. A key permanently unlocks a Key Door.
Yellow Coins	Collecting a Yellow Coin restores one wedge to Mario's Power Meter. Collecting 100 during a mission rewards Mario with a Power Star. He also gains an extra life for every 50 coins he has when he completes a mission, but only up to three (i.e., no more than 150 coins).	Red Coins	Red Coins are worth two coins. Eight are scattered around most courses, and collecting them all causes a Power Star to appear. They restore two wedges to Mario's Power Meter when collected.
Blue Coins	Blue Coins are worth five coins. They typically appear after Mario ground-pounds a Blue Coin Block or after he defeats a strong enemy, such as a Mr. I.	Spinning Hearts	Spinning Hearts restore Mario's Power Meter when he passes through one. The amount of health recovered and how fast it does so are dependent on how quickly Mario moves through it.
1UP Mushrooms	Green mushrooms that give Mario an extra life each when obtained.	Bubbles	Bubbles are released from opened underwater Treasure Chests. Making contact with one refills Mario's Power Meter.
Koopa Shells	Shells from Koopa Troopas that Mario can ride, allowing him to defeat enemies he runs over and move around the course quicker. Pressing causes the shell to disappear.	Mario's cap	Mario can lose his cap: It can be stolen by Klepto or an Ukkiki or blown away by wind. He takes more damage without it. Mario can complete a mission or exit a course without his cap, but it is still missing when he returns to the Mushroom Castle. He has to return to the specific course where he lost his cap to retrieve it.
Crates	Small blocks that can be picked up and tossed to defeat enemies. Crates break on impact and release collectible Yellow Coins.	Crazed Crates	Living crates. When Mario grabs a Crazed Crate, it immediately bounces three times in the direction he was facing when it is grabbed, taking him with it. Each bounce is progressively higher. A Crazed Crate breaks at the end of the third bounce, breaking and releasing Yellow Coins.

Power-ups

These are items that transform Mario's appearance and give him unique abilities. Power-ups are available in Cap Blocks, and they start appearing in the main courses only once their corresponding Cap Switches are struck in the hidden switch courses. Unlike in previous Super Mario games, all power-ups in Super Mario 64 only temporarily transform Mario, each one for 60 seconds. If he completes a mission in one of these forms, he will revert to his normal form. Additionally, Mario lacks a weak, diminutive Small form in this game. Mario can be under the effect of two of these power-ups simultaneously in Dire, Dire Docks, namely the Metal and Vanish Caps.

Cap Block	Power-up	Effect	Description
Red block	Wing Cap	Wing Mario	The Wing Cap is available only in red blocks and transforms Mario into Wing Mario. Performing a Triple Jump or launching from a cannon makes Wing Mario fly. Pressing up on makes him descend, and pushing down makes him gain altitude. Alternating between both is necessary to keep Wing Mario airborne. Pressing brings him back to the ground.
Green block	Metal Cap	Metal Mario	The Metal Cap is available in green blocks and turns Mario into Metal Mario, a nearly invincible form. He can receive only fall damage in this form. Metal Mario functions the same as his normal form, but he can destroy enemies just by making contact and is impervious to most hazardous obstacles. Wind and currents cannot push him. While he does not need air, Metal Mario cannot swim and sinks to the bottoms of bodies of water, enabling him to circumvent jet streams and other underwater obstacles.
Blue block	Vanish Cap	Vanish Mario	The Vanish Cap is the final unlockable power-up and is contained in blue blocks. It transforms Mario into Vanish Mario, a form that allows Mario to phase through certain barriers and walls. Vanish Mario is undetectable to enemies, and they cannot harm him. He otherwise has the same abilities as normal Mario.

Objects

Objects are interactable elements of the environment that cannot be picked up or collected by Mario. For objects that primarily function as obstructions or hazards, see above.

Name	Description
Trigger objects
Blue Coin Block	A block that causes a trail of Blue Coins to appear for a temporary period of time when ground-pounded. It disappears for the remainder of the accessed mission once struck.
Brick pillar	A pair of brick pillars is in the basement of the Mushroom Castle. Ground-pounding them permanently drains the moat.
Bubble ring	An underwater ring released by the Manta Ray. Swimming through five consecutive bubble rings rewards Mario with a Power Star.
Cap Switch	A type of ! Switch found only in switch courses. Ground-pounding one permanently makes corresponding semi-visible blocks turn solid, granting Mario access to the power-ups they contain. There are only three Cap Switches in the game, and they correspond as follows: The red one makes the Wing Cap available, the green one makes the Metal Cap available, and the blue one makes the Vanish Cap available.
Crystal Tap	An octahedron in Wet-Dry World that causes the water level to either rise or fall when touched.
Purple Switch	Purple Switches cause temporary changes to the surrounding environment when stepped on.
Secret	One of five cryptically hidden "spots" within a course. Finding one causes a corresponding red number to appear onscreen. Locating all five secrets causes a Power Star to appear.
Stake	A stake needs to be struck by a Pound the Ground attack three times to be fully embedded into the earth, and doing so may produce a Yellow Coin or trigger a nearby event. Running around one may produce multiple coins.
Treasure Chest	A wooden chest that contains a bubble and opens when touched. In some missions, five Treasure Chests appear and either release a Power Star or trigger a change in the environment when opened in a specific order. Opening a chest out of order electrocutes Mario and forces the player to start over.
Climbable objects
Pole	Mario clings to climbable poles by jumping onto them. He can ascend, descend, and change which face of a pole he is on when the player moves . Pressing makes Mario jump from whichever face he is on. Poles' height and designs depend on where they are encountered. The finish line for footraces against Koopa the Quick is marked by a flagpole that operates the same way.
Tree	Trees function like poles. Reaching the top of one sometimes triggers an event or releases a 1UP Mushroom that homes in on Mario.
Wire net (horizontal)	A ceiling of climbable metal netting.
Blocks and platforms
Activatable staircase	A stairway that briefly appears when a switch is pressed.
Arrow Lift	A floating block that begins to move back and forth once stood on. An activated Arrow Lift stops moving for two-second intervals before moving again.
Block	Blocks contain Yellow Coins and release them once struck. They are visually identical to crates, but they are about the same height as Mario and cannot be picked up.
Bowser's Submarine	The submarine appears only in Dire, Dire Docks during Board Bowser's Sub, during which it floats on the surface of the water. Bowser's Submarine does not appear in subsequent missions, and completing Board Bowser's Sub unlocks access to Bowser in the Fire Sea.
Cloud House	A large floating building in Rainbow Ride. Magic carpets travel through the Cloud House on a rainbow that weaves through it. The fireplace in the building shoots flames.
Concertinaing platforms	Blue platforms connected to bridges in Bowser in the Fire Sea that gradually rise up and drop down.
Conveyor belt	A platform with a moving surface. The speed and direction vary depending on the position of the clock hands on Tick Tock Clock's face when Mario enters the course.
Drawbridge	An object in Lethal Lava Land that opens and closes.
Falling Block	A floating platform that falls when stepped on. Thin, holeless Falling Blocks drop quickly, and Mario will lose ground if he does not keep moving forward.
Flipping block^[43]	A block platform that flips in set intervals. The speed and direction vary depending on the position of the clock hands on Tick Tock Clock's face when Mario enters the course.
Floating wooden platform^[44]	Floating wooden platforms sink slightly in water when stepped on, then rise back up.
Gondola	A moving platform on Cool, Cool Mountain. The gondola moves once Mario steps on it. It stops if it returns to the bottom after Mario has walked off it.
Lift	A moving platform. Some lifts move along tracks. Others move only up and down, like elevators. Their designs and environmental context for moving depend on where they are encountered.
Magic carpet	A type of lift in Rainbow Ride that travels along a rainbow. If Mario remains off a magic carpet for too long, it will disappear and respawn back at its original position.
Merry-go-round	A spinning platform in the basement of Big Boo's Haunt.
Metal crate^[45]	A large stone block that can be pushed.
Minute hand^[46]	A long platform in Tick Tock Clock. It rotates in incremental intervals around a pivot point at the center of the course. The speed and direction vary depending on the position of the clock hands on Tick Tock Clock's face when Mario enters the course.
Mushroom	A tall platform that looks like a giant mushroom.
Paddle wheel	A set of four lifts attached to a pivot. Standing on a lift causes the paddle wheel to rotate.
Pillar	An object in Shifting Sand Land that can be stood upon to open the top of the pyramid.
Propeller-like platform	A platform in Rainbow Ride that spins. It can either be ridden or hinder Mario's path.
Puzzle	A sliding puzzle of Bowser suspended over lava. The individual pieces constantly shift positions, forming and unforming the image of Bowser on the puzzle.
Pyramid platform	A platform that flips upside down for a few seconds once activated by a Purple Switch.
Rainbow Cruiser	A six-winged airship flying in the direction of strong winds.
Rolling log	Logs roll when stood on. Mario must keep pace with a log's roll to avoid falling off.
Rotating bar	A thin platform embedded in the side of Tick Tock Clock. The speed and direction vary depending on the position of the clock hands on Tick Tock Clock's face when Mario enters the course.
Rotating bridge^[47]	A wooden platform in Whomp's Fortress that rotates 180˚ around a pivot point.
Rotating ring platform^[48]	A spinning platform surrounding the volcano in Lethal Lava Land. It stops moving periodically, during which the volcano erupts.
Seesaw	A long platform that tilts left or right depending on where Mario walks. Seesaws have different appearances depending on where they are found, as well as unconventional shapes.
Semi-visible block	A transparent block that turns solid and is able to be used after the player hits the Cap Switch.
Ship	A sunken ship appears at the bottom of Jolly Roger Bay, and it is where Unagi nests. Approaching it causes Unagi to stir and exit the vessel, granting Mario access to its hull. The ship subsequently can be found floating on the surface of the water during Red Coins on the Ship Afloat.
Sliding platform^[49]	A long rectangular platform in Bowser in the Dark World and Bowser in the Sky that slides in and out.
Spinning disc^[50]	A spinning circular platform suspended in the air. Spinning discs' designs and environmental context for moving depend on where they are encountered. In Tick Tock Clock, triangular and hexigonal variants serve the same function as spinning discs, where the speed and direction vary depending on the time Mario enters the course.
Square	One of a pair of square-shaped platforms that move within the rims of a larger square-shaped frame.
Swing	A lift that moves back and forth like a pendulum.
Tapering platform	A square or rectangular platform that floats in lava, occasionally partially sinking. The middle section is higher than the edges and, as such, is the only safe place to stand.
Wire platform	A mesh lift in lava. Some wire platforms move along tracks that temporarily submerge them in lava.
Wobbly platform^[51]	A prism-shaped platform that tilts toward the direction that Mario is standing on, dipping the nearest corner into lava.
Wooden beam^[52]	A plank in Whomp's Fortress. Kicking or punching the wooden beam causes it to fall over and become useable as a bridge.
Work Elevator	A large flat platform with four arrow-emblazoned buttons. Stepping on a button causes the Work Elevator to move in that direction until it meets an obstruction.
Yellow block	A floating ! Block that contains items. It releases its content when Mario jumps underneath it. It is functionally comparable to the ? Blocks of prior Super Mario games and is the only ! Block available at the start of the game.
Transportation objects
★ door	A door to a room that holds (a) painting(s), four of which open only once Mario has collected the required numbers of Power Stars indicated on the fronts of the doors. Not all paintings are locked behind ★ doors.
Big Star Door	A larger ★ door that has a higher Power Star-threshold to unlock. Three of the four Big Star Doors lead to rooms that contain Bowser courses.
Cannon	Cannons launch Mario to distant areas. They are accessed like pipes. Most cannons are overseen by Bob-omb Buddies and become accessible only after Mario speaks to them.
Clock	The portal for Tick Tock Clock. The placement of the clock's hands when Mario enters the face determines the speed and direction of the platforms and obstacles in the course. None of these objects move if he enters the face with the minute hand on 12, and they move slowly if it is on 3.
Key Door	A door that requires a key to open. Key Doors lead to new sections of the castle.
Painting	A magical portal created by Bowser. Paintings lead to the courses of the game.
Painting (Boo)	Paintings of Boos appear only in Big Boo's Haunt, and Mario can pass through them only in his Vanish form.
Volcano	The volcano is at the center of Lethal Lava Land and periodically shoots fire. The volcano's interior can be accessed, and two Power Stars can be obtained in it.
Warp pipe	A pipe going through the ground that brings Mario to a new area. He enters one by physically jumping into it. The cabin chimney on Cool, Cool Mountain functions like a warp pipe. Some pipes are Shrinker Pipes that change Mario's size and bring him to the two different versions of Tiny-Huge Island.
Warp Point	Warp Points are hidden spots within a course that teleport Mario from one point to another.
Other objects
Arrow Sign	A sign that directs the player towards the intended focus of the mission they enter.
Butterfly	Butterflies may turn into 1UP Mushrooms or giant iron balls that pursue Mario through the air before exploding if he persistently bothers them. They otherwise fly around passively.
Cloud^[53]	A cloud in Wing Mario Over the Rainbow that cannot be used as a platform. Some transparent clouds contain a Red Coin.
Rainbow	Rainbows passively indicate an intended direction for the player to follow. Magic carpets move along them in Rainbow Ride, and arches connect different clouds in Wing Mario Over the Rainbow. A ring-shaped rainbow in Rainbow Ride provides a visual target for the player to launch Mario out of a cannon. All rainbows are intangible.
Sign	A posted board that contains information on actions, scenarios, and locations. Signs can be ground-pounded into the ground. There are variants found hanging on walls.
Star Marker	A Power Star appears above a Star Marker in missions where Mario must collect eight Red Coins.

Reissues

Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version

Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version (Japanese: スーパーマリオ64 振動パック対応バージョン) is a version of the original game released in Japan on July 18, 1997, that includes Rumble Pak support. This game is the same as the international release of the game, as it retains all of the glitch fixes as well as graphical and sound changes (except Mario calling Bowser by his name in the "So long kinga^[sic] Bowser!"^[54] voice clip, which was changed to "Buh-bye!"). Other differences include a new title screen Easter egg and the fixing of the "Backwards Long Jump" glitch. This version was rereleased for the Virtual Console on the Wii in Japan on December 2, 2006, then on the Wii U on April 8, 2015.

Super Mario 64 DS

Main article: Super Mario 64 DS

Super Mario 64 DS is a remake of the game for the Nintendo DS, bearing some new features in its storyline, gameplay, and graphics. Unlike in Super Mario 64, Mario is not the only playable character (nor is he even available at the start; the only character available at the start of the game is Yoshi); in addition to Yoshi, Luigi and Wario also join the adventure in order to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. Yoshi's being on the roof at the start of the game is a reference to the fact that he is there at the end of the original version. Other new features within the game include a multiplayer mode, in which up to four players can play simultaneously on each Nintendo DS connected together locally; minigames to play with each character; and new additions to the story mode such as new missions and levels.

Super Mario 3D All-Stars

Main article: Super Mario 3D All-Stars

Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a compilation game for the Nintendo Switch featuring high-definition remasters of Super Mario 64 (specifically the Shindō Pak Taiō Version,^[55] marking its first international release), Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. It was released on September 18, 2020, as part of the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The game is displayed in 720p resolution and contains redone textures.

Version differences

There is a total of four Nintendo 64 releases of Super Mario 64: the original Japanese version, the North American release, the European and Australian release, and the Japanese Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version rerelease.

Changes to the North American release

Text changes

The script is exclusively in English.
Princess Peach signs her letter with a large pink "Peach." In the Japanese release, she signs her letter in normal-sized black text.

Audiovisual changes

Japan

International

The entrance to Jolly Roger Bay is changed. In the original release, it is a painting of bubbles in a blue frame. In Western releases, it is a painting of a sunken ship in a gold frame.
In the Japanese version, the animation that plays when Mario collects a key after defeating Bowser depicts him dancing with a Power Star, as he does after completing a Power Star mission in all versions of the game. In Western releases, this is changed to a new animation in which Mario dances with the key itself.
The unused "key" HUD icon is removed from this version. It is replaced with a corrupted graphic.
The J, Q, V, Z, %, &, !, and ‼ characters are removed from the game's multicolored font and replaced with corrupted graphics similar to the key. None of these symbols are actually used anywhere in the game.
The Chain Chomp's bark has been changed to a completely different sound.
The Red Coin sound effect increases in pitch with each coin collected. In the Japanese release, all Red Coins make the same sound.
The intro cutscene has several additional sound effects not present in the original release:
- The blowing of wind when Lakitu is flying
- The click of the camera shutter when the in-game camera moves to Lakitu's perspective
- The spring sound and voice line "Ha ha!" when Mario jumps out of the pipe
A sound effect not present in the Japanese game plays when Mario exits a course through the pause menu.
When Mario enters certain substages, such as the Tower of the Wing Cap, the Power Star collection sound effect plays.
When Lakitu appears to explain things to Mario, a short tune entitled "Lakitu's Message" plays. Since this tune is not in the original Japanese release, it is not found on the official soundtrack.
Western releases add more voice acting for Mario:
- "Hello!" when his face greets the player on the title screen
- "Okey-dokey!" when the player chooses a save file
- "Let's-a go!" when the player chooses a Star before entering a course
- "Game over!" when he runs out of lives
- "Press START to play!" during the title screen demo
- "Boing!" when he jumps off a Spindrift
- "I'm-a tired!" and the names of various pastas when he is sleeping
- "Mamma mia!" when falling out of a non-painting course after Mario loses a life
- In the original Japanese version, Mario says, "Here we go!" when he throws Bowser. In Western versions, he says, "Here we go!" only when throwing Bowser a short distance. When he throws Bowser a long distance, he instead says, "So long kinga Bowser!"
- Similarly, when Mario hits a wall in the Japanese version, he grunts. In Western versions, Mario grunts if he hits a wall at a low speed, but he says, "D'oh!" if he long-jumps or dives into a wall.
- When Mario triple-jumps in the Japanese release, he says, "Yahoo!" In Western releases, he randomly says, "Yahoo!", "Wha-ha!", or "Yippee!"; however, he says only "Yahoo!" when using the improved Triple Jump obtained after he talks to Yoshi.
All of Princess Peach's voice acting is new in this version of the game.

Fixed glitches

Mario looking away from the camera

When Mario steps on one of the Cap Switches, a text box that explains the function of the switch is triggered. In the Japanese release, this text box causes the action in-game to pause until the text box is closed. If a Power Star is collected before this text box appears, the Star does not vanish as it is supposed to do upon collection. In Western releases, the text box does not cause the action to pause, which fixes this glitch.
If 1,000 coins are collected, the coin counter is intended to immediately set itself back to 999 coins. In the Japanese release, it instead sets the life counter to 999. Because the life counter is stored in memory as a one-byte-wide signed field, this causes an overflow, and Mario's life total becomes -25. Western releases correctly set the coin counter to 999, rather than the life counter.
The first two times Bowser is defeated, he leaves behind a key. If Mario is standing where the key lands and the player presses to activate the first-person camera, Mario continues to look that way during the key collection cutscene.
In Shifting Sand Land's pyramid, collecting the fifth secret may cause the audio to stop playing. If this happens, attempting to leave the course in any way causes the game to crash.
If Mario exits a course while standing on a moving platform, he retains his momentum when the Mushroom Castle loads. This causes Mario to spawn in an abnormal location.

Level design changes

In the mission Blast to the Stone Pillar, the Power Star is in a yellow block, rather than in the open as it was in the Japanese release.
In the mission Li'l Penguin Lost, the Power Star's spawn location has been moved from directly above the Mother Penguin to an empty area adjacent to her. This was apparently done because the penguin's hitbox made it difficult to collect the Star in its original location.

Changes to the European and Australian release

These releases feature all the changes of the North American release, plus the following additional changes:

Text changes

The script can be switched between English, German, and French.
The North American version's "Sound" menu has been renamed "Options," reflecting the fact that the in-game language can be changed from this menu.
The characters Ä, Ö, and Ü have been added to the multicolored font, to allow proper representation of the German language. The Ü character is not actually used anywhere in the game. V and Z, which are present in the Japanese release but changed to corrupted characters in the North American release, are restored in this edition of the game.

Audiovisual changes

The North American version

The European and Australian versions

The North American version

The European and Australian versions

The copyright date on the title screen is changed to reflect the release year of the European and Australian editions. The trademark symbol was changed for unknown reasons, and the logo is slightly narrower.
The intro screen says "PRESS START" in the NTSC versions but just "START" in the PAL version. The text was also moved slightly to the left in the PAL version.
The NTSC versions have slight letterboxing, while the PAL version does not. This is most noticeable with the gap between the edge of the HUD elements and the edge of the screen.
In the intro, Mario jumps out of a pipe and a variation on the classic Mario pipe sound effect plays. In this edition of the game, the sound effect plays at a much quieter volume.
The sound of a Big Star Door closing is now more similar to the sound of the door opening.
The Yellow Coin collecting sound is slightly slowed down.
The sound effect of grabbing and then releasing Mario's face on the title screen is changed.
Mario's Double Jump sound is different.

Gameplay changes

This version of the game outputs a signal compatible with the PAL television standard, rather than the NTSC standard used by the North American and Japanese releases. Therefore, it outputs 25 frames per second instead of 30. This causes everything in the game to happen at five sixths of the speed that it happens in the North American release.

Changes in Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version

This release features all the changes of the North American release, plus the following additional changes:

Text changes

The original Japanese script is restored.
Text that mentioned pressing to read signs in both the original Japanese and localized scripts now additionally mentions can be pressed as an alternative.

Audiovisual changes

The North American version

Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version

The Easter egg and compatibility notice

The copyright date on the title screen is updated to reflect the release date of Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version. The trademark symbol is changed.
A notice in the lower right corner of the intro screen informs players that this release is compatible with the Rumble Pak.
If the player presses on the intro screen, the background fills with images of Mario's face. These faces are copied from the frame buffer, so they move in synchronization with the modeled Mario face.
The voice line "So long kinga Bowser!" is changed to "Buh-bye!" likely since Bowser's Japanese name is Koopa.
Mario's Double Jump sound is a higher-pitched version of the same sound from the European and Australian version.
One of Mario's single jump sounds is higher-pitched.
Mario faces the camera after grabbing a tree.

Gameplay changes

The game is compatible with the Rumble Pak.
The "Backwards Long Jump" glitch has been fixed. Although the move itself can be performed, the player is prevented from gaining high speeds.
The Power Star in Blast to the Stone Pillar is out in the open like in the original Japanese release rather than in a yellow block like in the international releases.

Notable mistakes and errors

If the player copies a save file to another file that already has data, it will say "Save Data Exits" instead of "Save Data Exists." This was fixed in Super Mario 3D All-Stars.
On the floating island of the Bob-omb Battlefield, one of the signs says, "Pull back to to fly up." This was fixed in Super Mario 3D All-Stars.
On Cool, Cool Mountain, the Headless Snowman says, "Have you run in to any headhunters lately??" instead of "into."
At the end of the game, when Mario speaks to Yoshi on the castle roof, he says, "Mario!!! It that really you???" instead of "Mario!!! Is that really you???"
If Mario is one Star short of opening a ★ door, the message still refers to the word needed in the plural: "You need 1 more Stars" instead of "You need 1 more Star."

Those errors remained in the Virtual Console version. However, they were removed in Super Mario 64 DS, as Yoshi is a playable character and the message that appears when the player does not have enough Stars to open a ★ door is instead "You need [number] more."

Pre-release and unused content

Main article: List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content

One unused asset is the Blargg, which is still in the game's data, and would have appeared in Lethal Lava Land, Bowser in the Fire Sea, and Wing Mario Over the Rainbow. Also, the Big Boo held a key instead of a Star inside him. The purpose of the keys was to unlock many of the doors in Big Boo's Haunt—there was even a "key counter." 32 levels were planned for the game, but only fifteen of them made it into the final product.

Staff

Main article: List of Super Mario 64 staff

Game director

Shigeru Miyamoto

Assistant directors

Yoshiaki Koizumi
Takashi Tezuka

Mario face programmer

Giles Goddard

Course designers

Kenta Usui
Naoki Mori
Yoshiki Haruhana
Makoto Miyanaga
Katsuhiko Kanno

Development

Super Mario 64 was the last game to be directed by Shigeru Miyamoto.

During the development of Super Mario 64, the title screen featuring Mario's face came from 3D struggles, leading Miyamoto to suggest playing with Mario's model like a programmer. Additionally, Miyamoto took up swimming at the time, which is reflected in Mario's breaststroke move.^[56]

Reception

Super Mario 64 received critical acclaim, garnering a score of 9.8 from IGN, 9.4 from GameSpot, and 9.75 from Game Informer. Although it was criticized for its camera system and difficulty, it was praised for its graphics, its level design, its soundtrack, and the Super Mario franchise's shift from 2D to 3D. Sometime after the game's release, rumors about secret glitches, Stars, and hidden characters circulated. Among the most notable is the widely publicized hoax that Luigi was hidden and fully playable, causing false rumors to circulate on how to unlock him.

Super Mario 64 was one of the games featured at The Art of Video Games, an exhibition held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2012.^[57] The game won voting in the "action" category for the Nintendo 64, beating out Banjo-Kazooie and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
N64	Doug Perry, IGN	9.8/10	"In fact, this game is exactly as one might hope it would be: Mario in 3D. More freedom, more space, more options, better graphics, improved and elaborated control schemes -- it's all there. Possibly the greatest videogame achievement ever. Don't rent. Buy."
N64	Gamespot Staff, GameSpot	9.4/10	"Mario 64 is a game that rewards the curious, the original, and in some cases the bludgeoningly stubborn and tenacious. If Mario 64 is even a rough indication of what's to be expected from Nintendo, or from games in general, then we just might have a revolution of sorts in our very hands."
Wii	Corbie Dillard, Nintendo Life	10/10	"Finishing the game won't take you too long but as with most Mario games that's not really the point, it will take you weeks (and quite possibly months) to discover all the secrets contained within this game."
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
Metacritic		94
GameRankings		96.41%

Sales

Super Mario 64 is the best-selling game for the Nintendo 64, selling 11.62 million copies worldwide, as of December 31, 2009.

Appearances in other media

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Super Mario 64 has received various manga adaptations.

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Super Mario-kun
Super Mario-kun
Super Mario-kun
Super Mario-kun
Super Mario-kun (Pikkapika Comics)
The Headless Snowman
Super Mario (Kodansha manga)
Super Mario (Kodansha manga)
Super Mario (Kodansha manga)
Super Mario (Kodansha manga)
4-koma Gag Battle
4-koma Gag Battle
Ganbare Mario

Official descriptions

Wii U eShop description

North American version: On a bright, sunny day in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario goes to visit the princess but finds her castle eerily empty. Leaping through pictures hanging from the walls, he enters 15 magical worlds in a quest to collect the 120 Power Stars pilfered by evil Bowser and save the day. The game's vast worlds teem with daunting obstacle courses, hidden items, puzzles and more than 30 types of enemies. Take advantage of Mario's large selection of moves, including running, jumping, swimming, stomping, punching, and even backward somersaulting! Special caps give him short-lived powers, including the ability to fly. Super Mario 64 features unmatched camera control that makes adventuring in its 3D world a snap, even for newcomers.

European and Oceanian version: Invited to Princess Peach's castle, Mario discovers that she has once again been kidnapped by Bowser and his minions. However, something has changed... This time the adventure is in 3D!

Leaping through pictures hanging from the walls, Mario searches for 120 Power Stars stashed away in vast, magical worlds teeming with daunting obstacle courses, hidden items, puzzles and an army of enemies! Mario has a huge repertoire of moves, including running, jumping, swimming, stomping and punching, and performing a backward somersault that can help him reach even the highest platforms. Special caps give him short-lived powers, including the ability to fly - and if troublemakers swipe Mario's cap, he'll have to grab it back!

Mario runs freely in a grassy meadow, tiptoes through a gloomy dungeon, climbs to the top of a snow-covered mountain, hot-foots it over lava lakes and swims in the castle moat. He can explore an ancient pyramid and even race Koopas for fabulous prizes. And, of course, he must fight his arch-nemesis Bowser, King of the Koopas - not once, but three times!

Please note: Super Mario 64 on Wii U Virtual Console is the US version of the game.

Super Mario 3D All-Stars description

Princess Peach has invited Mario to her castle to enjoy some cake! On his arrival, he's greeted by an eerie silence...until Bowser's laughter echoes through the halls. Thus begins an adventure to rescue the princess by exploring the magical worlds within the castle's many enchanted paintings. This first 3D action game in the Super Mario series launched alongside the Nintendo 64 system. The introduction of the analog Control Stick set a new standard for later games in the series.

Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online description

Retrieve the Power Stars and confront the ruthless Bowser!

On a bright, sunny day in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario goes to visit the princess but finds her castle eerily empty. Leaping through pictures hanging from the walls, he enters 15 magical worlds in a quest to collect the 120 Power Stars pilfered by evil Bowser and save the day. The game's vast worlds teem with daunting obstacle courses, hidden items, puzzles, and more than 30 types of enemies. Take advantage of Mario's large selection of moves, including running, jumping, swimming, stomping, punching, and even backward somersaulting! Special caps give him short-lived powers, including the ability to fly.

Super Mario 64 features revolutionary camera controls that make adventuring in its 3D world a snap, even for newcomers.

Glitches

Main article: List of Super Mario 64 glitches

A notable glitch is the Backwards Long Jump, which lets Mario slide upward on any staircase, including the endless stairs. Another notable glitch is the Black Room of Death, which traps Mario behind the boundaries of the castle walls. It can be achieved in several ways, including using the Backwards Long Jump glitch. Another rather known glitch is the cloning glitch, often used to collect more coins than the actual number of coins in the game.

As in many other N64 titles, the cartridge can be tilted in the console to achieve messed-up results. For example, Mario's body will flip horizontally, but he can still be controlled. Also, the music will be heavily corrupted.

In multiple areas of the game in the Japanese version, there are unintended invisible walls that Mario can bump into. An example is the one on Tall, Tall Mountain just above the wooden log.

Using a well-timed Triple Jump on the slope near the castle, Mario can climb the castle without the cannon. Also, when he reaches a corner, he can fall down slightly and grab on to a ledge. Mario can then pull himself back up onto the roof, at which point he loses a life. For unknown reasons, he also loses his cap. This occurs because when Mario grabs the ledge, he is out of bounds, but the game waits until he pulls himself back up before causing him to lose a life. Something similar can happen if a door leads out of bounds or into a wall, but that can happen only through modding or glitches.

Angled dive

When Mario enters the water, the angle he was facing before entering is preserved in a datum; therefore, when he jumps and lands on dry land, the next dive he performs starts with this angle. A few frames afterward, the angle fixes itself and the dive is completed correctly. Several things "reset" the angle, including grabbing a ledge, shooting from a cannon, changing areas, and jumping while facing a slope. This glitch does not affect the dive itself, just the animation.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Super Mario 64.

Soundtrack

Main article: Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack

Super Mario 64's soundtrack comprises 34 music cues composed by veteran composer Koji Kondo. The majority of the cues are new material, with some being interpretations of familiar melodies from earlier media. It also includes hundreds of sound effects; sound designer Yoji Inagaki felt that sound effects were equally as important as music.^[58]

An album tying in with the game was published by Pony Canyon under license from Nintendo as the first of ten soundtracks in the Nintendo 64 Sound Series. In addition to all of the game's music cues, the album includes Mario's opening voiceover and a piano arrangement of the Piranha Plant's lullaby.

The music for Super Mario 64 was scored using Best Service's Voice Spectral, Brüse & Brüse AudioProduction's Acoustic Drums, Digidesign's SampleCell II CD-ROM Library #1, the E-mu Proteus/1, ILIO's Synclavier World & Orchestral, the Korg Wavestation, Optical Media International's Universe of Sounds: Sonic Images Vol. 1, Q-Up Arts' The Denny Jaeger Private Collection Vol. 1, Rarefaction's A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Roland's JD-990 synthesizer and Sound Canvas SC-88 module, Spectrasonics' Bass Legends and Supreme Beats, and the Yamaha VL1.^[59] Many of the sound effects in the game were sourced from Sound Ideas' General Series 6000 and Series 1000 sound effects libraries and the sound effects libraries of American film studios Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures.^[60]

Media

For a complete list of media for this subject, see List of Super Mario 64 media.

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References to other games

The carving

Super Mario Bros. – Carvings of Mario and Bowser from this game appear on several pillars in Bowser in the Sky. An arrangement of the Ground Theme plays on the title screen, and the Underground Theme can be heard in the music for the Hazy Maze Cave and Wet-Dry World. There is also a small jingle used at the Power Star select screen that sounds identical to the first few notes of the Ground Theme in this game.
Super Mario World – The idea of Switch Palaces is, in a way, brought back. Also, when Yoshi is met, he says to Mario "It has been so long since our last adventure!" possibly referring to this game. Also, the soundtrack follows the same composition technique used in Super Mario World in a similar way where there is a signature melody in the game that is heard across different levels in several variations ("Super Mario 64 Main Theme," "Snow Mountain," "Slider").
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island – The theme used for invincibility in this game, specifically the string instruments playing in the background, is reworked into Wing Mario/Vanish Mario's theme for Super Mario 64. The idea of collecting Red Coins first appeared in this title as well. Fly Guys appear as enemies. Ukkikis also appear as non-playable characters. The grunts made by certain enemies and bosses, such as Bullies and the Whomp King, are based on those made by the bosses of this game when hit.

References in later media

The recreation of the Mushroom Castle's courtyard in Super Mario Odyssey

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! – A possible theme for Wrinkly's Save Cave is similar to "Inside the Castle Walls," the music for the Mushroom Castle, suggesting that Wrinkly Kong is playing this game.
Mario Kart 64 – The Mushroom Castle is hidden on Royal Raceway, and its appearance is identical to its design in Super Mario 64. The Castle Grounds are also there and unchanged between the two games. As a drawback, the castle is inaccessible. Penguins in Sherbet Land have an identical appearance and come in various sizes.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – This game was created using a modified version of Super Mario 64's engine, and it was developed alongside it. Additionally, the notes for the Song of Storms are displayed as stars in the night paintings of the second floor in the Mushroom Castle.^[61]
Mario Party – The board Mario's Rainbow Castle is similar to the secret course Tower of the Wing Cap. Mario's title screen (if he is the most recent winner of a board game) depicts him with the Wing Cap flying with the other playable characters.
Super Smash Bros. – Most of Mario's moves, animations, and voice clips in this game are derived from the ones in Super Mario 64. Metal Mario appears as a boss. Two levels based on places here are also accessible, namely Peach's Castle and Metal Mario's stage. Although Luigi did not appear in the game, his moves, animations, and voice clips are identical to Mario's in Super Mario 64, except his voice clips are higher-pitched versions of Mario's.
Trade & Battle: Card Hero series – One of the collectible monsters introduced in the first game resembles the Big Bob-omb and shares the same name in Japanese, ボムキング ("Bomb King"). The monster's redesign in Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero makes the similarities even more apparent.
Paper Mario – This game starts the same way, with a letter being sent from Peach. Peach's Castle design in this game is similar to that used in the box art of Super Mario 64. Also, the main room is nearly identical (however, the doors lead to different rooms).
Mario Kart: Super Circuit – Peach's Castle reappears in the background of Peach Circuit, Mario Circuit 1, and Mario Circuit 4. The music for Bowser's Castle 1, Bowser's Castle 2, Bowser's Castle 3, and Bowser's Castle 4 is a sped-up arrangement of Bowser's battle theme from this game.
Super Smash Bros. Melee – Two stages based on areas from Super Mario 64 appear: Princess Peach's Castle (which also appears as a trophy) and Rainbow Ride. Metal Mario reappears as a boss and a trophy. Additionally, the Metal Box returns in this game as an item and a trophy. Mario still has his voice clips, moves, and animations, and Luigi still has Mario-like voice clips, moves, and animations. One of Kirby's Stone forms is based on the Thwomp's design first used in this game.
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 – A section of the music played inside Peach's Castle plays on the status screen.
Super Mario Sunshine – A brief clip of Mario's fight with Bowser is seen when FLUDD scans Mario. A few of Mario's voice clips are reused in this game.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga – In Woohoo Hooniversity, a room with four blocks can be seen in it; one of them is a block from Super Mario 64. The name of the game is even mentioned in the description of the blocks, and the professors are trying to figure out why the block vanishes when struck.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – The game starts in the same way: Peach sends Mario another letter.
Mario Power Tennis – The music that plays during the minigame Artist On the Court is an arrangement of "Inside the Castle Walls."
Mario Kart DS – Tick Tock Clock appears as a racetrack in this game. Several bosses found here also reappear in this game.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time – The theme for Peach's Castle is a cover version of this game's castle theme.
New Super Mario Bros. – This game uses many things that originated in Super Mario 64, such as Dorrie, and a Bowser head closes in on the screen when Mario loses a life. Also, the Wing/Vanish Cap theme is present for invincibility in this game. This is largely because many assets in this game were reused from Super Mario 64 DS.
Mario Strikers Charged – A cover of the music that plays in Big Boo's merry-go-round is featured in this game, as the theme associated with Boo sidekicks.
Super Mario Galaxy – The game starts in the same way, with Peach sending Mario another letter. Also, "Bowser's Road" is covered for Bowser's Star Reactor and Bowser's Dark Matter Plant. Also, the falling asleep idle animation returns.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl – The music from the Bob-omb Battlefield is unlockable, and the Rainbow Ride stage and Metal Box from the previous game return as well. Mario retains the moves and animations that originated in Super Mario 64.
Mario Super Sluggers – Both songs that play when the player plays in Peach Ice Garden and goes into said place in the Challenge mode are arrangements of the music for Peach's Castle from this game.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story – The music for when the Mario Bros. first enter Peach's Castle and when everyone is removed from Bowser's Belly is a cover of the Peach's Castle theme. Also, both games end in a view of a cake with Mario and Peach figures on it.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games – In the Wii version, an arrangement of Cool, Cool Mountain's and Snowman's Land's music is used in Dream Snowball Fight. The main theme and the Bowser stage theme are also used. In the Nintendo DS version, the Cool, Cool Mountain theme is also rearranged as the second part of the Mario & Sonic Download Medley in Ultimate Figure Skating.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Peach's Castle reappears in the game. Winning a Toad House minigame plays the jingle heard after Mario exits a course with a Power Star, and when the player reveals a pair of Bowser or Bowser Jr. icons in the minigame Power-up Panels, the short tune that plays when Mario tries to enter a locked door is heard.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 – In both Tall Trunk Galaxy (during the mission Tall Trunk's Big Slide) and Rolling Coaster Galaxy, an arrangement of "Slider" plays at a moment. Also Whomp's Fortress reappears as the Throwback Galaxy, alongside Bob-omb Buddies and the Whomp King. Both games start with Peach sending a letter to Mario. Also, an orchestral cover of "Bowser's Road" plays in Bowser's Lava Lair and Bowser's Gravity Gauntlet.
Super Mario 3D Land – The sound effect of Mario falling from a high place is reused, plus the platforming style is mixed together with Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Galaxy. Also, when Mario waits outside a purple Mystery Box on the map screen, the endless stairs music from Super Mario 64 can be heard.
Mario Kart 7 – Metal Mario appears as a playable character.
Mario Tennis Open – A cover of the music for Peach's Castle is used for Peach's Palace. On the Bowser's Castle court, a cover of the Bowser battle music is played.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 – The first few notes of the theme for Peach's Castle are played during the intro.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star – The theme "Slider" is covered during the minecart part of Bowser's Snow Fort.
Super Mario 3D World – A cover of the theme "Slider" plays when the player rides Plessie. In Shifty Boo Mansion, a level in Super Mario 3D World, there is a Green Star hidden behind a portrait of a Boo that can be entered like the pictures in Peach's Castle.
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – The merry-go-round music from Big Boo's Haunt can be heard near the Aqua Cups ride in Water Park.
As part of their promotion of Wave 2 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, several official Mario Kart Facebook pages localized for European audiences posted a screenshot showing Tanooki Mario driving near a penguin in GBA Snow Land, with descriptions that translate to "Penguins never forget" or "A penguin never forgets";^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65] the descriptions, together with the picture, likely reference a popular gameplay act in Super Mario 64 wherein players would intentionally drop the Baby Penguin off-bounds in the course Cool, Cool Mountain,^[66]^[67] implying that Mario is culpable for this act and that penguins hold a grudge against him as a result.
Mario Party: Island Tour – A cover of "Koopa's Road" plays in Bowser's Peculiar Peak.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U – Peach's Castle (64) appears as a DLC stage, which returns from the original Super Smash Bros. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the original version of the main theme returns, and an arranged version of the theme is featured in the DLC stage in both games.
Super Mario Maker – The victory theme and the Game Over theme are used when the Mario, Silver Mario, and Gold Mario costumes complete a level or lose a life, respectively. Additionally, when a Super Star is obtained, the Wing Cap theme is played for the Mario costume and the Metal Cap theme is played for the Silver Mario and Gold Mario costumes.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – King Bob-omb reappears as a boss in this game.
Super Mario Odyssey – The game marks a return to the non-linear, open-ended style of gameplay for 3D Super Mario platformers established by this game. An arrangement of Bowser's theme can be heard in the song "Break Free (Lead the Way)." The Mushroom Kingdom is filled with many references to Mario's past, mostly Super Mario 64. Its regional currency is based on the design of the coins from Super Mario 64. Additionally, Mario can dress up as the original Super Mario 64 model of himself by buying the hat and costume separately at the Mushroom Kingdom Crazy Cap shop. Also, the Metal outfit is just the Super Mario 64 suit but with a metal coat. The jingle that plays when Mario collects a Power Moon is an arrangement of the course jingle from Super Mario 64. Also, the brochure held by Hint Toad and in the Odyssey depicts the Bob-omb Battlefield.
Mario Tennis Aces – An arrangement of Bowser's level and battle themes is played during the final battle against Bowcien in Adventure Mode.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – The Peach's Castle stage returns in this game, along with Princess Peach's Castle and Rainbow Cruise.
Super Mario Maker 2 – The original theme "Slider" is featured as a sound effect under the "Musical" category, represented by the Nintendo 64 logo.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – A cannon from Super Mario 64 appears. The Main Theme and "Inside the Castle Walls" are arranged into the film's score. The Bob-omb Battlefield appears in the film when Mario, Peach, and Toad are journeying to the Jungle Kingdom. The sun floor pattern surrounding the map is similar to the floor pattern in the first floor of Peach's Castle. King Bob-omb appears at Bowser and Peach's wedding. A Maw-Ray appears. Bowser's laugh is used in "Press Start." One of the attacks used by the Mario Bros. against Bowser in the final battle involves grabbing him by his tail, spinning him, and tossing him upwards, similar to the attack used to defeat Bowser from Super Mario 64.
Pikmin 4 – The "Mechanical Harp (Lullabies)" treasure found in the second sublevel of the Cavern for a King plays "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" when being carried by Pikmin or interacted in the Treasure Catalog.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Part of "Koopa's Theme" plays when Bowser is transformed into Castle Bowser from the effects of the Wonder Flower. An arrangement of "Slider" plays during the level Bonus: Coins Galore! A new variant of the Metal Mario power-up theme plays when characters turn metal under a Wonder Effect.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スーパーマリオ６４六十四（ろくじゅうよん） Sūpā Mario Rokujūyon	Super Mario 64
Chinese (simplified)	神游马力欧 (iQue Player) Shényóu Mǎlì'ōu 超级马力欧64 (Super Mario 3D All-Stars)^[68]	iQue Mario Super Mario 64
Chinese (traditional)	超級瑪利歐64^[69] Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Liùshísì	Super Mario 64
Korean	Super Mario 64	-

References

Notes

^A - Mizu-chan (21 Jan. 2014). Miniature Japanese garden. Minato, Tokyo: Muza-chan's Gate to Japan.
^B - Private correspondence with shmuplations clarifies that the text they translated as "diorama"^[19] was written as 箱庭 (hakoniwa) in the original text.^[20]

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Navigation

[1] Nintendo Direct Presentation - 01.04.2015. Posted to YouTube by Nintendo of Europe on April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.

[2] Super Mario 64 for Wii U Virtual Console on the Nintendo of Japan website. Retrieved April 1, 2015.

[3] Nintendo (September 23, 2021). Nintendo Direct - 9.23.2021. YouTube. Retrieved September 24, 2021.

[4] Nintendo 公式チャンネル (September 24, 2021). Nintendo Direct 2021.9.24. YouTube. Retrieved September 24, 2021.

[5] @NintendoEurope (September 23, 2021). "Play a growing library of Nintendo 64 and SEGA Mega Drive games anytime, anywhere with #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack, a new membership launching in late October." Twitter. Retrieved September 24, 2021.

[6] @NintendoAUNZ (September 24, 2021). "Play a growing library of Nintendo 64 and SEGA Mega Drive games anytime, anywhere with #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack, a new membership launching in late October." Twitter. Retrieved September 24, 2021.

[7] 《集合啦！動物森友會》將於11月5日發布免費更新（Ver.2.0），以及發售付費新增內容《集合啦！動物森友會快樂家樂園》。 Nintendo HK. Retrieved October 16, 2021.

[8] 「Nintendo Switch Online」을 더욱 즐겁게! 「Nintendo Switch Online + 추가 팩」이 10월 26일(화)부터 시작! Nintendo Korea. Retrieved October 16, 2021.

[9] Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook.

[10] GameFaqs - The top 10 games Ever

[11] Edge Online - The 100 Best Games to Play Today

[12] Official Nintendo Magazine - 100 Best Nintendo Games

[13] GameSpot - 15 Most Influential Games of All Time

[14] ttp://gamingafterhours.com/2014/06/24/super-mario-64dd-version-discovered-in-japan/

[15] O'Malley, James (September 11, 2015). 30 Best-selling Super Mario Games of All Time on the Plumber's 30th Birthday. Gizmodo. Archived from the original. Retrieved August 2, 2022.

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Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Playable characters		Mario • Yoshi^b • Luigi^c • Wario^c • Red Yoshi^c • Blue Yoshi^c • Yellow Yoshi^c
Forms		Wing Mario • Metal Mario/Metal Wario • Vanish Mario/Vanish Luigi • Fire Power^c • Balloon Mario^c • Mega Mario^c
Non-playable characters		Lakitu Bros. • Princess Peach • Toad • Toads • Bob-omb Buddies • Koopa the Quick • Hoot • Penguins • Baby Penguins • Mother Penguin • Big Penguin • Snowman • Rabbits • MIPS^a • Glowing rabbits^c • Dorrie • Ukkikis
Enemies		Amp • Beach Koopa • Bob-omb • Boo • Bookend • Bub • Bubba • Bullet Bill • Bully • Chain Chomp • Chair • Chuckya • Clam shell • Flame thrower • Fly Guy • Fwoosh • Goomba • Goombette • Grand Goomba • Grindel • Heave-Ho • Klepto • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mad Piano • Manta Ray • Money Bags • Monty Mole • Moving Bar • Mr. Blizzard • Mr. I. • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Scuttle Bug • Skeeter • Small Koopa Troopa • Small Piranha • Snufit • Sparky • Spindel • Spindrift • Spiny • Spiny bomb • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Tox Box • Unagi • Whomp
Obstacles		Blaster • Casket • Cold water • Current • Endless stairs • Falling pillar • Fire bar • Fireball • Flamethrower • Hidden smasher • Ice block • Iron ball • Lava • Moving sand • Pendulum • Pit • Quicksand • Rolling rock • Slide Box • Spiked orb • Strange toxic cloud • Tornado • Water bomb • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind
Bosses		Big Bob-omb • Whomp King • Bowser • Big Boo • Big Mr. I. • Big Bully • Eyerok • Chill Bully • Wiggler • Goomboss^c • King Boo^c • Chief Chilly^c
Items and power-ups		1-UP Mushroom • Blue Coin • Bubble • Crate • Crazed Crate • Jumbo Star • Key • Koopa Shell • Luigi Key^c • Luigi's cap^c • Mario's cap • Mario's Key^c • Metal Cap^a • Mushroom^c • Power Flower^c • Power Star • Red Coin • Silver Star^c • Spinning Heart • Vanish Cap^a • Wario Key^c • Wario's cap^c • Wing Cap^a • Wings^c • Yellow Coin • Yoshi Egg^c
Objects		★ door • Arrow Lift • Arrow Sign • Big Star Door • Block • Blue Coin Block • Brick pillar • Bubble ring • Butterfly • Cannon • Cap Block • Cap Switch • Cloud House • Conveyor belt • Crystal Tap • Falling Block • Gondola • Key Door • Lift • Log • Magic carpet • Mushroom • Paddle wheel • Painting • Pole • Purple Switch • Pyramid platform • Rainbow Cruiser • Rotating bar • Secret • Seesaw • Semi-visible block • Shrinker Pipe • Sign • Square • Stake • Star Marker • Star Sphere^c • Star Switch^c • Swing • Tapering platform • Track • Treasure Chest • Tree • Warp pipe • Warp Point • Wire net • Wire platform • Work Elevator • Yellow block
Locations	First floor and mezzanine	Bob-omb Battlefield • Whomp's Fortress • Jolly Roger Bay • Cool, Cool Mountain • Bowser in the Dark World • The Princess's Secret Slide • The Secret Aquarium • Tower of the Wing Cap • Sunshine Isles^c • Goomboss Battle^c
	Basement and courtyard	Big Boo's Haunt • Hazy Maze Cave • Lethal Lava Land • Shifting Sand Land • Dire, Dire Docks • Bowser in the Fire Sea • Cavern of the Metal Cap/Behind the Waterfall • Vanish Cap Under the Moat/The Secret Under the Moat • Big Boo Battle^c • Battle Fort^c
	Upper floors and tower	Snowman's Land • Wet-Dry World • Tall, Tall Mountain • Tiny-Huge Island • Tick Tock Clock • Rainbow Ride • Bowser in the Sky • Wing Mario Over the Rainbow/Over the Rainbows • Chief Chilly Challenge^c
	Other	Castle Grounds • Mushroom Castle • Princess's room • Courtyard • Rec Room^c
Moves		Backward Somersault • Crawl • Crouch • Dive • Double Jump • Egg Throw^c • Flutter Kick^c • Fly • Jump • Kick • Long Jump • Pound the Ground • Punch • Scuttle^c • Side Somersault • Slide • Slide Kick • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow^c • Sweep Kick • Swim • Swing and Fling^c • Triple Jump • Wall Kick
Gameplay elements		Completion • Letter • Mario's face • Missions • Power Meter • Switch Cap Course
Minigames^c	Luigi	Lucky Stars • Mario Slot • Memory Master • Memory Match • Mushroom Roulette • Pair-a-Gone • Pair-a-Gone and On • Picture Poker • Super Mario Slot
	Mario	Bounce and Pounce • Bounce and Trounce • Connect the Characters • Mario's Slides • Shell Smash • Shuffle Shell • Sort or 'Splode • Trampoline Terror • Trampoline Time
	Wario	Bingo Ball • Bob-omb Squad • Coincentration • Giant Snowball Slalom • Intense Coincentration • Lakitu Launch • Psyche Out! • Slots Shot • Snowball Slalom
	Yoshi	Boom Box • Hide and Boo Seek • Loves Me...? • Mix-a-Mug • Puzzle Panel • Puzzle Panic • Tox Box Shuffle • Wanted! • Which Wiggler?
Musical compositions		"Super Mario 64 Main Theme" • "Slider" • "Inside the Castle Walls" • "Koopa's Road" • "Koopa's Theme"
Further info		Gallery (DS) • Glitches (DS) • Media (DS) • Original soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content (DS) • Quotes • Staff (DS)
^a Exclusive to Super Mario 64 ^b Present in both games, but has different roles in each ^c Exclusive to Super Mario 64 DS

Super Mario games
Platformers	Super Mario series	Main	Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Land (1989, GB) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992, GB) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, DS) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007, Wii) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii) • Super Mario 3D Land (2011, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U (2012, Wii U) • Super Mario 3D World (2013, Wii U) • Super Mario Maker (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Run (2016, iOS/iPadOS/Android) • Super Mario Odyssey (2017, Switch) • Super Mario Maker 2 (2019, Switch) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023, Switch)
		Reissues	VS. Super Mario Bros. (1986, VS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, G&W) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. (1989, NGW) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990, NGW) • Super Mario World (1991, NGW) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993, SNES) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (1994, SNES) • BS Super Mario USA (1996, SNES) • BS Super Mario Collection (1997, SNES) • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999, GBC) • Super Mario Advance (2001, GBA) • Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001, GBA) • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003, GBA) • Famicom Mini Series (2004, GBA) • Classic NES Series (2004-2005, GBA) • Super Mario 64 DS (2004, DS) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010, Wii) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016, 3DS) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019, Switch) • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020, Switch) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, G&W) • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Related games	Super Mario Bros. Special (1986, computer) • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994, GB) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES) • New Super Luigi U (2013, Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014, Wii U) • Super Mario Bros. 35 (2020, Switch) • Bowser's Fury (2021, Switch)
		Canceled games	Super Mario's Wacky Worlds (CD-i) • Mario Takes America (CD-i) • VB Mario Land (VB) • Super Mario 64 2 (N64DD)
	Donkey Kong series		Donkey Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1994, GB)
	Mario vs. Donkey Kong series		Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010, DS) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013, 3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015, 3DS/Wii U) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016, 3DS/Wii U)
	Mario Bros. series		Mario Bros. (1983, arcade) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, computer) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, computer) • Mario Clash (1995, VB)
	Wrecking Crew series		VS. Wrecking Crew (1984, VS) • Wrecking Crew (1985, NES) • Wrecking Crew '98 (1998, SFC)
	Other		Mario Bros. (1983, G&W) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, G&W) • Mario & Wario (1993, SNES) • Hotel Mario (1994, CD-i) • Super Princess Peach (2005, DS) • Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024, Switch)
	Reissues		Crazy Kong (1981, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1982, G&W) • Kaettekita Mario Bros. (1988, FDS) • Donkey Kong (1994, NGW) • Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002, GBA) • Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros. (2004, arcade) • Virtual Console (2006-2016, Wii/3DS/Wii U) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018, Switch/3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024, Switch)
	Tech demos		snd_test (Unknown, SNES) • Super Mario 128 (2000, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. Mii (2011, Wii U) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong Wii U demo (2014, Wii U)
Mario Kart series	Main		Super Mario Kart (1992, SNES) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, N64) • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001, GBA) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003, GCN) • Mario Kart DS (2005, DS) • Mario Kart Wii (2008, Wii) • Mario Kart 7 (2011, 3DS) • Mario Kart 8 (2014, Wii U) • Mario Kart Tour (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Arcade		Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013, arcade) • Mario Kart Arcade GP VR (2017, arcade)
	Other		Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2020, Switch)
	Ports		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Switch)
	Tech demos		Mario Kart for Nintendo GameCube (2001, GCN)
	Pitches / canceled games		VB Mario Kart (VB) • Mario Kart XXL (GBA) • Tesla Mario Kart game (Tesla vehicles)
Mario Party series	Main		Mario Party (1998, N64) • Mario Party 2 (1999, N64) • Mario Party 3 (2000, N64) • Mario Party 4 (2002, GCN) • Mario Party 5 (2003, GCN) • Mario Party 6 (2004, GCN) • Mario Party 7 (2005, GCN) • Mario Party 8 (2007, Wii) • Mario Party 9 (2012, Wii) • Mario Party 10 (2015, Wii U) • Super Mario Party (2018, Switch) • Mario Party Superstars (2021, Switch)
	Handheld		Mario Party Advance (2005, GBA) • Mario Party DS (2007, DS) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013, 3DS) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016, 3DS) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017, 3DS)
	Arcade		Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party (2004, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2 (2005, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher (2009, arcade) • Mario Party Kurukuru Carnival (2012, arcade) • Mario Party Fushigi no Korokoro Catcher 2 (2013, arcade) • Mario Party Challenge World (2016, arcade)
	Other		Mario Party 4 (2002, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party-e (2003, GBA)
Sports games	Golf series		Golf (1984, NES) • Stroke & Match Golf (1984, VS. System) • Golf: Japan Course (1987, FDS) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987, FDS) • Golf (1989, GB) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mobile Golf (2001, GBC)
	Mario Golf series		NES Open Tournament Golf (1991, NES) • Mario Golf (1999, N64) • Mario Golf (1999, GBC) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003, GCN) • Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004, GBA) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014, 3DS) • Mario Golf: Super Rush (2021, Switch)
	Mario Tennis series		Mario's Tennis (1995, VB) • Mario Tennis (2000, N64) • Mario Tennis (2000, GBC) • Mario Power Tennis (2004, GCN) • Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005, GBA) (Bicep Pump [Unknown, Adobe Flash] • Reflex Rally [Unknown, Adobe Flash]) • Mario Tennis Open (2012, 3DS) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015, Wii U) • Mario Tennis Aces (2018, Switch)
	Mario Baseball series		Mario Superstar Baseball (2005, GCN) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008, Wii)
	Mario Strikers series		Super Mario Strikers (2005, GCN) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Wii) • Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022, Switch)
	Famicom Grand Prix series		Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987, FDS) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988, FDS)
	Other		Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, G&W) • Baseball (1989, GB) • Super Mario Race (1992, GwB) • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, DS) • Mario Sports Mix (2010, Wii) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017, 3DS) • LEGO Super Mario Goal (2024, Sky Italia)
	Ports		New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (2009, Wii)
	Canceled games		Super Mario American football game (GCN) • Super Mario Spikers (Wii)
Role-playing games	Paper Mario series		Paper Mario (2000, N64) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN) • Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016, Wii U) • Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020, Switch)
	Mario & Luigi series		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015, 3DS)
	Other		Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996, SNES)
	Remakes		Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018, 3DS) • Super Mario RPG (2023, Switch) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024, Switch)
	Canceled games		Super Mario RPG 2 (N64DD) • Super Paper Mario (GCN)
Dr. Mario series	Main		Dr. Mario (1990, NES/GB) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001, N64) • Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008, WiiWare) • Dr. Mario Express (2008, DSiWare) • Dr. Luigi (2013, Wii U) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015, 3DS) • Dr. Mario World (2019, iOS/iPadOS/Android)
	Other		VS. Dr. Mario (1990, VS) • Dr. Mario (1993, GwB)
	Remakes		Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994, SNES) • Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003, GCN) • Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005, GBA)
Luigi's Mansion series	Main		Luigi's Mansion (2001, GCN) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019, Switch)
	Arcade		Luigi's Mansion Arcade (2015, arcade)
	Remakes		Luigi's Mansion (2018, 3DS) • Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (2024, Switch)
	Tech demos		Luigi's Mansion (2000, GCN)
Educational games	Mario Discovery series		Mario is Missing! (1993, MS-DOS/SNES/NES) • Mario's Time Machine (1993, MS-DOS/SNES/NES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1993, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers (1994, MS-DOS/SNES) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (1994, MS-DOS/SNES)
	Mario Teaches Typing series		Mario Teaches Typing (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996, MS-DOS)
	Other		Family BASIC (1984, FC) • Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1991, MS-DOS)
	Ports		Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1995, MS-DOS)
	Canceled games		Mario's Mission Earth (SNES)
Art utilities	Mario Artist series		Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000, N64DD) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000, N64DD)
	Other		I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986, FDS) • Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991, MS-DOS) • Mario Paint (1992, SNES) • Super Mario Collection Screen Saver (1997, PC) • Mario no Photopi (1998, N64) • Mario Family (2001, GBC)
	Pitches / canceled games		Mario Factory ("Game Processor RAM Cassette") • Mario Paint 3D (N64) • Mario Artist: Sound Studio (N64DD)
Miscellaneous	Picross series		Mario's Picross (1995, GB) • Mario's Super Picross (1995, SFC) • Picross 2 (1996, GB) • Picross NP Vol. 6 (2000, SFC)
	LCD handhelds		Mario's Bombs Away (1983, G&W) • Mario's Egg Catch (1990, SMBW) • Luigi's Hammer Toss (1990, SMBW) • Princess Toadstool's Castle Run (1990, SMBW) • Mario the Juggler (1991, G&W)
	Pinball		Pinball (1984, NES) • Super Mario Bros. (1992, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World (1992, arcade) • Mario Pinball Land (2004, GBA)
	Arcade		Mario Roulette (1991, arcade) • Piccadilly Circus: Super Mario Bros. 3 (1991, arcade) • Mario World (1991, arcade) • Terebi Denwa: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Super Mario World Popcorn (1992, arcade) • Pika Pika Mario (1992, arcade) • Janken Fukubiki: Super Mario World (1992, arcade) • Koopa Taiji (1993, arcade) • Būbū Mario (1993, arcade) • Mario Undōkai (1993, arcade) • Super Mario World (1993, arcade) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race (1994, arcade) • Mario Bowl (1995, arcade) • Super Mario Attack (1996, arcade) • Donkey Kong (1996, arcade) • Mario Kart 64 (1996, arcade) • Super Mario 64 (Unknown, arcade) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (Unknown, arcade) • Super Mario World (Unknown, arcade) • Guru Guru Mario (Unknown, arcade) • Swanky no Bonus Slot (Unknown, arcade) • Dokidoki Mario Chance! (2003, arcade) • Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land (2003, arcade) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World (2011, arcade)
	Browser		Mario Net Quest (1997, Adobe Shockwave) • Mario's Memory Madness (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • Crazy Counting (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Dinky Rinky (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Goodness Rakes (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Melon Mayhem (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Nomiss (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Wario's Whack Attack (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • The Lab (The Bookshelf • The Drafting Table • PolterCue • Ask Madame Clairvoya) (2001, Adobe Flash) • Mario Trivia (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mario Memory (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Virus Attack! (Unknown, Adobe Flash) • Mini-Mario Factory Game! (2004, Adobe Flash) • Bill Bounce (2004, Adobe Flash) • Mario Party 7 Bon Voyage Quiz (2005, Adobe Flash) • Super Mario Strikers (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss (2005, Adobe Flash) • Bowser's Lair Hockey (2005, Adobe Flash) • Heads-Up (2005, Adobe Flash) • Parasol Fall (2005, Adobe Flash) • Dribble Skillz (2006, Adobe Flash) • Superstar Shootout (2006, Adobe Flash) • Cannon Kaos (2006, Adobe Flash) • 1-Up Hunt! (2006, Adobe Flash) • Super Paper Mario Memory Match (2007, Adobe Flash) • Are You Smarter Than Mario? (2008, Adobe Flash) • Play Nintendo activities (2014–present)
	DSiWare applications		Mario Calculator (2009, DSiWare) • Mario Clock (2009, DSiWare)
	Other games		Alleyway (1989, GB) • Yoshi's Safari (1993, SNES) • Undake30 Same Game (1995, SFC) • Mario's Game Gallery (1995, MS-DOS) • Mario's FUNdamentals (1998, Windows) • Yakuman DS (2005, DS)
	Tech demos		Mario Demo (1994, VB) • morphdemo (Unknown, N64) • Peach's Castle (2002, GCN) • Mario's Face (Unknown, DS) • DSpeak (2005, DS) • Koopa Troopa Forest (Unknown, Wii) • Mario FPS (Unknown, Wii)
	Pitches / canceled games		Mario's Castle ("Project Atlantis") • Boss Game Studios' Super Mario game pitch (Unknown) • Retro Studios' Boo project (DS) • Mario Motors (DS)
Crossovers	Game & Watch Gallery series		Game & Watch Gallery (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997, GB) • Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999, GBC) • Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002, GBA)
	Super Smash Bros. series		Super Smash Bros. (1999, N64) • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Switch)
	Itadaki Street series		Itadaki Street DS (2007, DS) • Fortune Street (2011, Wii)
	Mario & Sonic series		Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009, DS) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011, Wii) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, Wii U) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016, 3DS) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition (2016, arcade) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019, Switch) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition (2020, arcade)
	NES Remix series	Main	NES Remix (2013, Wii U) • NES Remix 2 (2014, Wii U)
	NES Remix series	Reissues	NES Remix Pack (2014, Wii U) • Ultimate NES Remix (2014, 3DS)
	Mario + Rabbids series		Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017, Switch) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022, Switch)
	Other		Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle (1997, Satellaview) • NBA Street V3 (2005, GCN) • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (2005, GCN) • SSX on Tour (2005, GCN) • Tetris DS (2006, DS) • Captain Rainbow (2008, Wii) • Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (2009, DSiWare) • Nintendo Land (2012, Wii U) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015, 3DS) • Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024, Switch)
	Tech demos		Chase Mii (Unknown, Wii U)
	Pitches / canceled games		Super Mario/Rabbids crossover adventure game (Wii) • DDR MARIO 2 (Wii)

Nintendo 64 games
Super Mario franchise	Super Mario 64 (1996) • Mario Kart 64 (1996) • Mario no Photopi (1998) • Mario Party (1998) • Mario Golf (1999) • Mario Artist: Paint Studio* (1999) • Mario Party 2 (1999) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio* (2000) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit* (2000) • Mario Tennis (2000) • Paper Mario (2000) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio* (2000) • Mario Party 3 (2000) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001)
Donkey Kong franchise	Diddy Kong Racing (1997) • Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Story (1997)
Crossovers	Super Smash Bros. (1999)
* For Nintendo 64DD

Virtual Console games
Super Mario franchise	Alleyway • Baseball • Dr. Mario (GB) • Golf (GB) • Mario Bros. • Mario Golf (N64) • Mario Golf (GBC) • Mario Kart 64 • Mario Party 2 • Mario Tennis (N64) • Mario Tennis (GBC) • Mario's Picross • Mario's Super Picross • NES Open Tournament Golf • Paper Mario • Picross 2 • Super Mario 64 • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 2 • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels • Super Mario Kart • Super Mario Land • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars • Super Mario World • Wrecking Crew • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Yoshi franchise	Tetris Attack • Yoshi (NES) • Yoshi's Cookie (NES) • Yoshi's Story
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong (GB) • Donkey Kong 3 • Donkey Kong Country • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! • Donkey Kong Jr. • Donkey Kong Jr. Math
Wario franchise	Wario Land II • Wario Land 3 • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 • Wario's Woods (NES)
Other	Game & Watch Gallery • Game & Watch Gallery 2 • Game & Watch Gallery 3 • Game & Watch Gallery 4 • Super Smash Bros. (N64) • Tetris (GB)

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-'''''Super Mario 64''''' is a 3D platformer game released for the [[Nintendo 64]] in [[1996]]. This game was one of two (three in Japan) launch titles for the Nintendo 64, along with ''[[wikipedia:Pilotwings 64|Pilotwings 64]]'', which helped drive initial sales of the console. To this day, it has sold nearly over 11 million copies, and is marked as the best selling Nintendo 64 game of all time. It is also the second most popular game on the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]], after ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
+'''''Super Mario 64''''' is a 3D action-adventure platform game released for the [[Nintendo 64]] in 1996 for Japan and North America and in 1997 for Europe and Australia. It is the eighth entry in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series.<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''.</ref> This game was one of two (three in Japan) launch titles for the Nintendo 64, along with ''[[nwiki:Pilotwings 64|Pilotwings 64]]'', which helped drive initial sales of the console. Despite its name, ''Super Mario 64'' runs in 32-bit, like most Nintendo 64 games at the time. Since its release, ''Super Mario 64'' has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest and most important games of all time.<ref>[http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/top10 GameFaqs - The top 10 games Ever]</ref><ref>[http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-100-best-games-to-play-today?page=0%2C10 Edge Online - The 100 Best Games to Play Today]</ref><ref>[http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=7327 Official Nintendo Magazine - 100 Best Nintendo Games]</ref>
-Being the first 3D ''Mario'' game, ''Super Mario 64'' introduced many moves that would be used in almost every later ''Super Mario'' title: [[Triple Jump]]ing, [[Ground Pound]]ing, [[Long Jump]]ing, [[Crouch]]ing, and [[Somersault]]s. [[Punch]]ing and [[kick]]ing were also introduced, but would not be used in any later main title (besides its remake).
+In entering the third dimension, ''Super Mario 64'' largely eschews the obstacle course-based design of the 2D ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' platformers for a mission structure and gameplay focused on exploring a larger area. Though not the first 3D platform game, ''Super Mario 64'' codified many of the controls and design conventions of the genre.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/15influential/p15_01.html GameSpot - 15 Most Influential Games of All Time]</ref> Being the first 3D ''Super Mario'' game, ''Super Mario 64'' has introduced several moves, including [[Triple Jump|triple-jump]]ing, [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing, [[Long Jump|long-jump]]ing, [[dive|diving]], and [[Side Somersault|side-somersaulting]], which would be used in most subsequent installments of the ''Super Mario'' series. [[Punch]]ing and [[kick]]ing were also introduced but would not appear in any later title other than its DS remake. The game popularized [[Charles Martinet]]'s portrayal as [[Mario]] (being the first game of the ''Super Mario'' series to feature his voice) and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]'s name as Peach in {{wp|Western world|the West}}, and made them both series standards.
-''Super Mario 64'' was originally in development for the [[Super Famicom]], ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] outside of Japan), but was moved to the Nintendo 64 after system limitations and the 16-bit era began closing<ref>[http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=223 N-Sider.com: Profile - Shigeru Miyamoto]</ref>, not to mention a lack of proper controls (as the game defined the design of the N64 controller<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glC3zXaJjtQ</ref>). Though it was not the first 3D platforming game, it revolutionized the genre, with many games soon following its formula using it as a sort of benchmark<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/15influential/p15_01.html GameSpot - 15 Most Influential Games of All Time]</ref>. It is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest and important games of all time<ref>[http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/top10 GameFaqs - The top 10 games Ever]</ref><ref>[http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-100-best-games-to-play-today?page=0%2C10 Edge Online - The 100 Best Games to Play Today]</ref><ref>[http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=7327 Official Nintendo Magazine - 100 Best Nintendo Games]</ref>.
+In 1996, a [[List of unreleased media#Super Mario 64: Disk Ban|Nintendo 64DD version]] of the game was shown at {{wp|Nintendo Space World#Shoshinkai 1996|Shoshinkai 1996}}.<ref>http://gamingafterhours.com/2014/06/24/super-mario-64dd-version-discovered-in-japan/</ref> A sequel, named ''[[Super Mario 64 2]]'', was being developed for the [[Nintendo 64DD]], but it was canceled due to the 64DD's commercial failure.
-A remake of ''Super Mario 64'' was released for the [[Nintendo DS]] entitled ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' in 2004. The remake had various differences from the original game such as [[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Wario]] becoming playable characters. There was also a sequel called ''[[Super Mario 64 2]]'' planned for the [[Nintendo 64DD]], but it was cancelled due to the 64DD's commercial failure.
+On November 17, 2003, ''Super Mario 64'' was rereleased for the [[iQue Player]] as one of the launch titles, and a timed demo of the game was bundled with every iQue Player. The game was digitally rereleased for the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service in November 2006 and for the [[Wii U]]'s Virtual Console service in April 2015. ''Super Mario 64'' was among the first games released on both Virtual Console services.
+A sequel titled ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' was developed for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and released in 2002. In 2004, a [[reissue|remake]] was released for the [[Nintendo DS]], titled ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. It has several differences, notably the inclusion of [[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], and [[Wario]] as playable characters. An emulation of the 1997 rerelease of the game is bundled in with ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' for the [[Nintendo Switch]], though with upscaled graphics and a redrawn HUD. The original game is one of the launch titles for [[Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online]].
+As of 2015, ''Super Mario 64'' has sold over 11 million copies worldwide<ref>O'Malley, James (September 11, 2015). [https://web.archive.org/web/20150914172624/http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/09/30-best-selling-super-mario-games-of-all-time-on-the-plumbers-30th-birthday/ 30 Best-selling Super Mario Games of All Time on the Plumber's 30th Birthday]. ''Gizmodo''. Archived from [http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/09/30-best-selling-super-mario-games-of-all-time-on-the-plumbers-30th-birthday/ the original]. Retrieved August 2, 2022.</ref> and is marked as the best-selling Nintendo 64 game. The game became the second-best-selling game on the Wii's Virtual Console after ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', as of June 2007.<ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wii-vc-47m-downloads-100-games/1100-6171850/</ref>
 ==Storyline==
-[[File:Peach's message.png|200px|thumb|left|The Princess' letter.]]
+[[File:Peach's message.png|200px|thumb|The Princess's [[letter]]]]
-[[Princess Peach]] sent a letter to [[Mario]] to come and have some [[Cake|cake]] with her in [[Princess Peach's Castle|the castle]]. When Mario arrives, he finds one of the [[Lakitu Bros.]] who follows him around holding a camera and filming him. Together, they go inside and hear a familiar voice telling them to get out of the castle, actually being [[Bowser]]. [[Toad]] informs them that Bowser has kidnapped Princess Toadstool again and is holding everyone hostage inside the castle walls. He has also stolen the [[Power Star]]s and given them to his minions who are hiding in the paintings that are accessible from inside the castle. Mario must jump into each painting scattered around the castle in order to retrieve the power stars.
+[[File:SM64-Facing Bob-omb Battlefield.png|thumb|Mario in front of a painting, which serves as an entrance to a level]]
+The following is the story given on pages 4 and 5 of the ''Super Mario 64'' instruction booklet. The colors given in the instruction booklet signify who is talking: {{color-link|Mario|red}}, {{color-link|Princess Peach|hotpink}}, {{color-link|Bowser|orange}}, and {{color-link|Toad|blue}}, with black being narration.
+<blockquote>
+{{color|"Mario, please come to the castle. I've baked a cake for you. Yours truly, Princess Toadstool."|hotpink}}
+{{color|"Wow, an invitation from Peach! I'll head out right away. I hope she can wait for me!"|red}}<br>
+Mario is so excited to receive the invitation from the Princess, who lives in the Mushroom Castle, that he quickly dresses in his best and leaves right away.
+{{color|"Hmmm, something's not quite right here... It's so quiet..."|red}}<br>
+Shaking off his uneasy premonition, Mario steps into the silent castle, where he is greeted by the gruff words,
+{{color|"No one's home! Now scram! Bwa, ha, ha."|orange}}<br>
+The sound seems to come from everywhere.
+{{color|"Who's there?! I've heard that voice somewhere before..."|red}}<br>
+Mario begins searching all over the castle. Most of the doors are locked, but finding one open, he peeks inside. Hanging on the wall is the largest painting he has ever seen, and from behind the painting comes the strangest sound that he has ever heard...
+{{color|"I think I hear someone calling. What secrets does this painting hold?"|red}}<br>
+Without a second thought, Mario jumps at the painting. As he is drawn into it, another world opens before his very eyes.
+And so begins the grandest of all adventures!
-Toad informs Mario about [[Bob-omb Battlefield|a Bob-omb field]] where [[Big Bob-omb]] must be faced. The first of many power stars can be found here. By obtaining more [[Power Star]]s, Mario unlocks doors to three more paintings in the castle including the [[Whomp's Fortress]], [[Jolly Roger Bay]], [[Cool, Cool Mountain]], and the ability to collect more stars.
+Once inside the painting, Mario finds himself in the midst of battling Bob-ombs. According to the Bob-omb Buddies, someone...or something...has suddenly attacked the castle and stolen the "Power Stars". These stars protect the castle; with the stars in his control, the beast plans to take over the Mushroom Castle.
-[[File:SM64-Facing_Bob-omb_Battlefield.jpg|thumb|right|Mario finds his first painting, an entrance to a level]]
+To help him accomplish this, he plans to convert the residents of the painting world into monsters as well. If nothing is done, all those monsters will soon begin to overflow from inside the painting.
-When Mario collects eight [[Power Star|Power Stars]], he can open the [[Star Door]] at the left side of the castle. He then falls through the floor in the room and enters the first Bowser Course, [[Bowser in the Dark World]]. After travelling through the course, he enters a warp pipe, which leads him to Bowser. After evading Bowser's attacks and grabbing his tail, Mario throws him into a bomb on the edge of the stage defeating him. Unfortunately, it turns out that Bowser doesn't have Princess Toadstool with him. Instead, he floats into the air and disappears, leaving a key for Mario to collect. Mario then obtains the key that allows him to enter the basement of the castle. The basement contains four levels, which are [[Lethal Lava Land]], [[Shifting Sand Land]], [[Hazy Maze Cave]], and [[Dire, Dire Docks]]. After collecting 30 stars, Mario is granted with the ability to open another star door in the basement. The Star Door leads to a room with the entrance to Dire, Dire Docks and the second Bowser course, [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]. After navigating through the course, Mario founds and jumps through another a warp pipe that leads him to another battle with Bowser. This battle can be more challenging than the last one, since Bowser can now teleport and tilt the stage. Also, the distance between the arena platform and the bombs has increased. When Mario defeats Bowser for the second time, Mario gains a key to the second floor leading to even more paintings. After Mario collects his 50th Power Star, he can go up to the third floor, and once Mario collects 70 Power Stars, he can access the door into [[Bowser]]'s final stage, [[Bowser in the Sky]], and go through another one of his obstacle courses. After he finds the warp pipe at the end of the course, Mario finds Bowser waiting for him. The two then begin to engage in battle. This time, Bowser has to be blown up by a bomb three times. When Bowser gets blown up twice, certain parts of the arena fall away, leaving the platform in a shape of giant star. Bowser ends up defeated, and is surprised when Mario tells him there were some Power Stars he missed; the Castle's Secret Stars. Bowser gives up, and hands Mario the final Grand Power Star before he disappears. When Mario grabs the last power star, wings appear on his cap, allowing him to fly. He circles the star-shaped arena, and flies away. Eventually, he lands in front of the castle.
-[[File:Mario64Ending.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Mario, Peach, and two Toads waving goodbye.]]
+{{color|"A plan this maniacal, this cunning...this must be the work of Bowser!"|red}}<br>
-[[File:TheEnd.png|thumb|200px|Mario finally gets his cake.]]
+Princess Toadstool and Toad are missing, too. Bowser must have taken them and sealed them inside the painting. Unless Mario recovers the Power Stars immediately, the inhabitants of this world will become Bowser's army.
-As his wings fade away, Mario uses the power of the [[Giant Star|Giant Power Star]] to save [[Princess Peach]] and take her back at the front of the castle. The star goes into the stained glass window over the front door of the castle, the window flashes, and Peach slowly descends to the ground. Mario rushes up to her as she opens her eyes. Thanking him, Peach kisses Mario on the nose and says she will bake a cake for him. Peach and two nearby [[Mushroom Retainer]]s walk into the castle. Mario starts to do so himself, but then pauses and turns around to look at the upward. Peach calls him, and he rushes after her. After the credits scroll, Mario, Peach and two Toads wave goodbye to the player, followed by the cake, with Peach and Mario figures, shown at the very end.
+{{color|"Well, Bowser's not going to get away with it, not as long as I'm around!"|red}}<br>
+Stolen Power Stars are hidden throughout the painting world. Use your wisdom and strength to recover the Power Stars and restore peace to the Mushroom Castle.
+{{color|"Mario! You are the only one we can count on."|blue}}
+</blockquote>
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-==Courses==
+==Gameplay==
-[[File:SM64BobOmbBattlefield.png|thumb|236px|right|Mario in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], the first stage in the game.]]
+The player controls [[Mario]]. In addition to his [[jump]] and a basic [[punch]] string, Mario's repertoire includes a variety of advanced acrobatic moves (many of them carried over from the 1994 game ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'') accomplished through precise timing and various combinations of the analog stick and the jump button, such as the somersaulting [[Triple Jump]] and the low but far-ranged [[Long Jump]]. Eschewing the "[[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] to [[Small Mario]]" mechanic found in most of the previous mainline games, ''Super Mario 64'' employs an eight-sided health meter called the [[Health Meter#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Power Meter]], which is depleted when Mario makes contact with enemies or obstacles, and is replenished by collecting [[coin]]s, [[dash|running]] through [[Spinning Heart]]s, or submerging Mario in a body of [[water]]. Like the previous games, ''Super Mario 64'' employs a life system, although as the game saves after most progression tasks, the effect of a [[Game Over]] is marginal.
-[[Levels]] are laid out inside paintings in the castle, or sometimes the walls themselves. They can also be found in holes, gaps, oil pits, and inside a clock. Each world has seven [[Power Star]]s. Within each, one of which is gained by finding one hundred [[coin]]s in the level. The other six Power Stars are found by performing "missions", fighting bosses, winning races, etc. Every course has boundaries to limit the player from going too far, either as a strict wall or an invisible boundary. If Mario hits either, he falls down (quite often losing a life). Otherwise, Mario is free to roam the large expansive levels at his leisure.
+When the player starts a game, Mario starts off outside the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]], a multi-floor hub mostly devoid of enemies and obstacles. Inside the castle are multiple rooms with paintings and other surfaces concealing portals to the game's various courses. The main goal of the game is to collect [[Power Star]]s. There is a total of 120 Power Stars in the game, though only 70 need to be collected in order to complete the game. The Power Stars are split between the fifteen main courses, nine secret courses that are smaller and usually contain only one or two Stars, and various secrets inside the Mushroom Castle. The main courses contain six numbered missions each plus a hidden Power Star for collecting 100 coins. Only a limited portion of the castle is explorable at first, but as Mario collects more Stars, he is able to open more rooms and unlock [[Bowser]] levels. Defeating Bowser in his first two [[level]]s opens the castle's basement and top floor, respectively.
+The game employs a [[mission]]-based structure. When the player enters a main course, a screen shows them the Stars they have collected and the newest mission unlocked, each having a title hinting at the mission tasks. Missions vary widely in nature, ranging from defeating enemies to reaching a point of interest on the map to racing friendly characters, though every course features a mission that requires collecting eight [[Red Coin]]s scattered around the map. Accomplishing a mission rewards the player with a Power Star; collecting it boots Mario back to the room he came from, although collecting 100-Coin Stars allows him to stay on the map. The fifteen main courses consist of large open [[world]]s, with many points of interest and paths, and as such, many of the missions can be completed out of order. Some missions, however, can be completed only by selecting a specific scenario from the course-selection screen, as to prompt the appearance or disappearance of a character or object needed to complete the task.
+The courses feature various enemies who chase or attack Mario on sight. Most enemies can be defeated by [[kick]]ing, punching, or jumping on them and leave coins when defeated; some missions also require Mario to defeat a specific type of enemy. Multiple missions involve fighting a large boss, whose defeat usually involves a puzzle or more advanced maneuvering than standard enemies. Not all characters Mario can encounter are hostile, however. Friendly NPCs include [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s sealed inside the castle's walls who give hints or backstory when spoken to, [[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddies]] who give clearance to use a [[cannon]] on the course, and mission-specific characters who challenge Mario to a race or ask him to fetch an object in exchange for a Power Star.
+Various power-ups can help Mario on his adventure. [[Koopa Shell]]s can be ridden on land, water, or [[lava]] to provide temporary invincibility, and by hitting [[Cap Switch]]es found in the secret courses, Mario can activate [[block]]s containing the [[Wing Cap]], [[Vanish Cap]], and [[Metal Cap]], whose powers are necessary to complete many of the missions. As the game is a showcase title for a new console and the first 3D ''Super Mario'' game, many aspects of the game showcase the [[Nintendo 64]]'s features. Multiple sections take advantage of the analog stick's precision requiring Mario to walk slowly over narrow passageways or tiptoe to sneak up on enemies. Some bridges and platforms sway under Mario's weight.
+===Controls===
+The charts below refer to the original game and subsequent ports, such as those released through [[Virtual Console]]s and [[Nintendo Switch Online]]. For the control scheme of the remake released for the [[Nintendo DS]], click [[Super Mario 64 DS#Controls|here]]. For the iteration included in ''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'' for [[Nintendo Switch]] systems, click [[Super Mario 3D All-Stars#Super Mario 64|here]]. A "→" (right arrow) conveys buttons to press in succession, and a "+" (plus sign) conveys buttons to press simultaneously. A "/" (solidus) conveys an alternative combination of button presses for the action. The controls for the [[Wii U]] can be customized in the emulator settings, with the column below displaying the default mapping.
+====Nintendo 64, iQue, Wii, and Wii U controls====
+<center>
+{|class="wikitable"style="width:100%;text-align:center"
+|-
+!rowspan=2 width=9% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Action(s)
+!colspan=5 style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Input(s)
+|-
+!width=13% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Nintendo 64 Controller
+!width=13% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|iQue Player
+!width=13% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Nintendo GameCube Controller
+!width=13% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Classic Controller
+!width=13% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Wii U controllers
+|-
+!colspan=8 style="background:#FF7733;"|Mario controls
+|-
+|Move
+|{{button|n64|stick}}
+|{{button|ique|stick}}
+|{{button|gcn|stick}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCStickL}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|Leftstick}}
+|-
+|Sidestep
+|◀{{button|n64|stick}}▶ along a wall
+|◀{{button|ique|stick}}▶ along a wall
+|◀{{button|gcn|stick}}▶ along a wall
+|◀{{button|Wii|CCStickL}}▶ along a wall
+|◀{{button|Wiiu|Leftstick}}▶ along a wall
+|-
+|[[Jump]], [[swim]], fire [[cannon]]
+|{{button|n64|a}}
+|{{button|ique|a}}
+|{{button|gcn|a}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCa}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|a}}
+|-
+|[[Double Jump (consecutive)|Double-jump]]
+|colspan=5|Jump when making contact with the ground while moving (do twice)
+|-
+|[[Triple Jump|Triple-jump]], [[Fly|take off]] in [[Wing Mario|Wing form]]
+|colspan=5|Jump when making contact with the ground while running (do thrice)
+|-
+|[[Side Somersault|Side-somersault]]
+|◀{{button|n64|stick}} → ({{button|n64|stick}}▶ + {{button|n64|a}})
+|◀{{button|ique|stick}} → ({{button|ique|stick}}▶ + {{button|ique|a}})
+|◀{{button|gcn|stick}} → ({{button|gcn|stick}}▶ + {{button|gcn|a}})
+|◀{{button|Wii|CCStickL}} → ({{button|Wii|CCStickL}}▶ + {{button|Wii|CCa}})
+|◀{{button|Wiiu|Leftstick}} → ({{button|Wiiu|Leftstick}}▶ + {{button|Wiiu|a}})
+|-
+|[[Wall Jump|Wall-kick]]
+|{{button|n64|a}} → {{button|n64|a}} against a wall
+|{{button|ique|a}} → {{button|ique|a}} against a wall
+|{{button|gcn|a}} → {{button|gcn|a}} against a wall
+|{{button|Wii|CCa}} → {{button|Wii|CCa}} against a wall
+|{{button|Wiiu|a}} → {{button|Wiiu|a}} against a wall
+|-
+|[[Backward Somersault|Backward-somersault]]
+|{{button|n64|z}} + {{button|n64|a}}
+|{{button|ique|z}} + {{button|ique|a}}
+|{{button|gcn|L}} + {{button|gcn|a}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCL}} + {{button|Wii|CCa}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|L}} + {{button|Wiiu|a}}
+|-
+|[[Long Jump|Long-jump]]
+|{{button|n64|z}} + {{button|n64|a}} while running
+|{{button|ique|z}} + {{button|ique|a}} while running
+|{{button|gcn|L}} + {{button|gcn|a}} while running
+|{{button|Wii|CCL}} + {{button|Wii|CCa}} while running
+|{{button|Wiiu|L}} + {{button|Wiiu|a}} while running
+|-
+|Climb up ledge
+|{{button|n64|a}} + {{button|n64|stick}} while hanging from ledge
+|{{button|ique|a}} + {{button|ique|stick}} while hanging from ledge
+|{{button|gcn|a}} + {{button|gcn|stick}} while hanging from ledge
+|{{button|Wii|CCa}} + {{button|Wii|CCStickL}} while hanging from ledge
+|{{button|Wiiu|a}} + {{button|Wiiu|Leftstick}} while hanging from ledge
+|-
+|Hang on to [[Chain-Link|wire net]]
+|{{button|n64|a}} + hold {{button|n64|a}}
+|{{button|ique|a}} + hold {{button|ique|a}}
+|{{button|gcn|a}} + hold {{button|gcn|a}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCa}} + hold {{button|Wii|CCa}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|a}} + hold {{button|Wiiu|a}}
+|-
+|Grab or release [[pole]]
+|{{button|n64|a}} alongside a pole
+|{{button|ique|a}} alongside a pole
+|{{button|gcn|a}} alongside a pole
+|{{button|Wii|CCa}} alongside a pole
+|{{button|Wiiu|a}} alongside a pole
+|-
+|Talk, read, engage object, [[punch]]
+|{{button|n64|b}}
+|{{button|ique|b}}
+|{{button|gcn|b}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCb}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|b}}
+|-
+|Scroll text
+|{{button|n64|a}} / {{button|n64|b}}
+|{{button|ique|a}} / {{button|ique|b}}
+|{{button|gcn|a}} / {{button|gcn|b}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCa}} / {{button|Wii|CCb}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|a}} / {{button|Wiiu|b}}
+|-
+|[[Kick]]
+|{{button|n64|b}} + {{button|n64|b}} + {{button|n64|b}}
+|{{button|ique|b}} + {{button|ique|b}} + {{button|ique|b}}
+|{{button|gcn|b}} + {{button|gcn|b}} + {{button|gcn|b}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCb}} + {{button|Wii|CCb}} + {{button|Wii|CCb}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|b}} + {{button|Wiiu|b}} + {{button|Wiiu|b}}
+|-
+|Jump-kick
+|{{button|n64|b}} in midair
+|{{button|ique|b}} in midair
+|{{button|gcn|b}} in midair
+|{{button|Wii|CCb}} in midair
+|{{button|Wiiu|b}} in midair
+|-
+|Throw item
+|{{button|n64|stick}} + {{button|n64|b}}
+|{{button|ique|stick}} + {{button|ique|b}}
+|{{button|gcn|stick}} + {{button|gcn|b}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCstickL}} + {{button|Wii|CCb}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|Leftstick}} + {{button|Wiiu|b}}
+|-
+|Swing and toss [[Bowser]] by the tail
+|{{button|n64|b}} → swivel {{button|n64|stick}} → {{button|n64|b}}
+|{{button|ique|b}} → swivel {{button|ique|stick}} → {{button|ique|b}}
+|{{button|gcn|b}} → swivel {{button|gcn|stick}} → {{button|gcn|b}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCb}} → swivel {{button|Wii|CCstickL}} → {{button|Wii|CCb}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|b}} → swivel {{button|Wiiu|Leftstick}} → {{button|Wiiu|b}}
+|-
+|[[Dive]]
+|{{button|n64|b}} while running
+|{{button|ique|b}} while running
+|{{button|gcn|b}} while running
+|{{button|Wii|CCb}} while running
+|{{button|Wiiu|b}} while running
+|-
+|[[Slide Kick|Slide-kick]]
+|{{button|n64|b}} while sliding
+|{{button|ique|b}} while sliding
+|{{button|gcn|b}} while sliding
+|{{button|Wii|CCb}} while sliding
+|{{button|Wiiu|b}} while sliding
+|-
+|[[Sweep Kick|Sweep-kick]]
+|{{button|n64|z}} + {{button|n64|b}}
+|{{button|ique|z}} + {{button|ique|b}}
+|{{button|gcn|L}} + {{button|gcn|b}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCL}} + {{button|Wii|CCb}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|L}} + {{button|Wiiu|b}}
+|-
+|[[Crouch]]
+|{{button|n64|z}}
+|{{button|ique|z}}
+|{{button|gcn|L}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCL}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|L}}
+|-
+|[[Slide]]
+|{{button|n64|z}} while running
+|{{button|ique|z}} while running
+|{{button|gcn|L}} while running
+|{{button|Wii|CCL}} while running
+|{{button|Wiiu|L}} while running
+|-
+|[[Crouch|Crawl]]
+|{{button|n64|z}} + {{button|n64|stick}}
+|{{button|ique|z}} + {{button|ique|stick}}
+|{{button|gcn|L}} + {{button|gcn|stick}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCL}} + {{button|Wii|CCstickL}}
+|{{button|Wiiu|L}} + {{button|Wiiu|Leftstick}}
+|-
+|[[Ground Pound|Ground-pound]]
+|{{button|n64|z}} in midair
+|{{button|ique|z}} in midair
+|{{button|gcn|L}} in midair
+|{{button|Wii|CCL}} in midair
+|{{button|Wiiu|L}} in midair
+|-
+!colspan=8 style="background:#FF7733;"|Lakitu Bro controls
+|-
+|Rotate camera
+|{{button|N64|Cleft}} / {{button|N64|Cright}}
+|{{button|ique|cleft}} / {{button|ique|cright}}
+|rowspan=3|{{button|gcn|c}}
+|rowspan=3|{{button|Wii|CCstickR}}
+|rowspan=3|{{button|Wiiu|Rightstick}}
+|-
+|Zoom in, enter first-person view
+|{{button|N64|CUp}}
+|{{button|ique|cup}}
+|-
+|Zoom out
+|{{button|N64|Cdown}}
+|{{button|ique|cdown}}
+|-
+|Shift camera view
+|{{button|n64|R}}
+|{{button|ique|r}}
+|{{button|gcn|R}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCR}}
+|{{button|WiiU|R}}
+|-
+!colspan=8 style="background:#FF7733;"|Menu controls
+|-
+|Navigate menu
+|{{button|n64|stick}}
+|{{button|ique|stick}}
+|{{button|gcn|stick}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCstickL}}
+|{{button|WiiU|LeftStick}}
+|-
+|Confirm command
+|{{button|n64|a}}
+|{{button|ique|a}}
+|{{button|gcn|a}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCa}}
+|{{button|WiiU|A}}
+|-
+|Cancel command
+|{{button|n64|b}}
+|{{button|ique|b}}
+|{{button|gcn|b}}
+|{{button|Wii|CCb}}
+|{{button|WiiU|B}}
+|-
+|Display pause menu
+|{{button|n64|Start}}
+|{{button|ique|start}}
+|{{button|gcn|Start}}
+|{{button|Wii|+}}
+|{{button|WiiU|Plus}}
+|}
+</center>
-Levels often feature pink [[Bob-omb]]s called [[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddies]]. They open [[cannon]]s littered around the levels for Mario to fly with. When the cannon is open, Mario simply falls into the pit where it is, and it raises. The player targets the cannon with a cross hair shot, and fires. This helps Mario reach high or far away areas. It is often a good idea to use the Wing Cap (see below) with cannons.
+====Nintendo Switch controls====
+In addition to the controllers listed below, wireless Nintendo 64 Controllers are compatible with Nintendo Switch systems. Nintendo GameCube Controllers can be used through the [[Nintendo Switch#GameCube Controller Adapter|GameCube Controller Adapter]], but it is recognized as a wired Nintendo Switch Pro Controller by ''Super Mario 64''.
-{| class="wikitable"
+<center>
-!colspan="2"| [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]
+{|class="wikitable"style="width:65%;text-align:center"
-!colspan="2"| [[Whomp's Fortress]]
+|-
-!colspan="2"| [[Jolly Roger Bay]]
+!rowspan=2 width=20% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Action(s)
+!colspan=4 style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Input(s)
+|-
+!width=40% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Dual Joy-Con<br>Nintendo Switch Pro Controller<br>Nintendo Switch Lite
+!width=40% style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Horizontal Joy-Con
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;"|Mario controls
+|-
+|Move
+|{{button|Switch|LeftStick}}
+|{{button|Switch|Stick}}
+|-
+|Sidestep
+|◀{{button|Switch|LeftStick}}▶ along a wall
+|◀{{button|Switch|Stick}}▶ along a wall
+|-
+|[[Jump]], [[swim]], fire [[cannon]]
+|{{button|Switch|A}}
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Right}}
+|-
+|[[Double Jump (consecutive)|Double-jump]]
+|colspan=2|Jump when making contact with the ground while moving (do twice)
+|-
+|[[Triple Jump|Triple-jump]], [[Fly|take off]] in [[Wing Mario|Wing form]]
+|colspan=2|Jump when making contact with the ground while running (do thrice)
+|-
+|[[Side Somersault|Side-somersault]]
+|◀{{button|Switch|LeftStick}} → ({{button|Switch|LeftStick}}▶ + {{button|Switch|A}})
+|◀{{button|Switch|Stick}} → ({{button|Switch|Stick}}▶ + {{button|Switch|JC-Right}})
+|-
+|[[Wall Jump|Wall-kick]]
+|{{button|Switch|A}} → {{button|Switch|A}} against a wall
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Right}} → {{button|Switch|JC-Right}} against a wall
+|-
+|[[Backward Somersault|Backward-somersault]]
+|{{button|Switch|ZL}} + {{button|Switch|A}}
+|{{button|Switch|SL}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Right}}
+|-
+|[[Long Jump|Long-jump]]
+|{{button|Switch|ZL}} + {{button|Switch|A}} while running
+|{{button|Switch|SL}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Right}} while running
 |-
-|Big Bob-omb on the Summit
+|Climb up ledge
-|Footrace with Koopa the Quick
+|{{button|Switch|A}} + {{button|Switch|LeftStick}} while hanging from ledge
-|Chip Off Whomp's Block
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Right}} + {{button|Switch|Stick}} while hanging from ledge
-|To the Top of the Fortress
-|Plunder in the Sunken Ship
-|Can the Eel Come Out to Play?
 |-
-|Shoot to the Island in the Sky
+|Hang on to [[Chain-Link|wire net]]
-|Find the 8 Red Coins
+|{{button|Switch|A}} + hold {{button|Switch|A}}
-|Shoot Into the Wild Blue
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Right}} + hold {{button|Switch|JC-Right}}
-|Red Coins on the Floating Isle
-|Treasure in the Ocean Cave
-|Red Coins on the Ship Afloat
 |-
-|Mario Wings to the Sky
+|Grab or release [[pole]]
-|Behind Chain Chomp's Gate
+|{{button|Switch|A}} alongside a pole
-|Fall Onto the Caged Island
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Right}} alongside a pole
-|Blast Away the Wall
-|Blast to the Stone Pillar
-|Through the Jet Stream
 |-
-!colspan="2"| [[Cool, Cool Mountain]]
+|Talk, read, engage object, [[punch]]
-!colspan="2"| [[Big Boo's Haunt]]
+|{{button|Switch|B}}
-!colspan="2"| [[Hazy Maze Cave]]
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}}
 |-
-|Slip Slidin' Away
+|Scroll text
-|Li'l Penguin Lost
+|{{button|Switch|A}} / {{button|Switch|B}}
-|Go on a Ghost Hunt
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Right}} / {{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}}
-|Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round
-|Swimming Beast in the Cavern
-|Elevate for 8 Red Coins
 |-
-|Big Penguin Race
+|[[Kick]]
-|Frosty Slide for 8 Red Coins
+|{{button|Switch|B}} + {{button|Switch|B}} + {{button|Switch|B}}
-|Secret of the Haunted Books
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}}
-|Seek the 8 Red Coins
-|Metal-Head Mario Can Move!
-|Navigating the Toxic Maze
 |-
-|Snowman's Lost His Head
+|Jump-kick
-|Wall Kicks Will Work
+|{{button|Switch|B}} in midair
-|Big Boo's Balcony
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}} in midair
-|Eye to Eye in the Secret Room
-|A-Maze-ing Emergency Exit
-|Watch for Rolling Rocks
 |-
-!colspan="2"| [[Lethal Lava Land]]
+|Throw item
-!colspan="2"| [[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|{{button|Switch|LeftStick}} + {{button|Switch|B}}
-!colspan="2"| [[Dire Dire Docks]]
+|{{button|Switch|Stick}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}}
 |-
-|Boil The Big Bully
+|Swing and toss [[Bowser]] by the tail
-|Bully The Bullies
+|{{button|Switch|B}} → swivel {{button|Switch|LeftStick}} → {{button|Switch|B}}
-|In the Talons of the Big Bird
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}} → swivel {{button|Switch|Stick}} → {{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}}
-|Shining Atop the Pyramid
-|Board Bowser's Sub
-|Chests In The Current
 |-
-|8-Coin Puzzle With 15 Pieces
+|[[Dive]]
-|Red-Hot Log Rolling
+|{{button|Switch|B}} while running
-|Inside the Ancient Pyramid
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}} while running
-|Stand Tall On the Four Pillars
-|Pole-Jumping For Red Coins
-|Through The Jet Stream
 |-
-|Hot-Foot It Into the Volcano
+|[[Slide Kick|Slide-kick]]
-|Elevator Tour In The Volcano
+|{{button|Switch|B}} while sliding
-|Free-Flying For 8 Red Coins
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}} while sliding
-|Pyramid Puzzle
-|The Manta Ray's Reward
-|Collect the Caps...
 |-
-!colspan="2"| [[Snowman's Land]]
+|[[Sweep Kick|Sweep-kick]]
-!colspan="2"| [[Wet-Dry World]]
+|{{button|Switch|ZL}} + {{button|Switch|B}}
-!colspan="2"| [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]
+|{{button|Switch|SL}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}}
 |-
-|Snowman's Big Head
+|[[Crouch]]
-|Chill with the Bully
+|{{button|Switch|ZL}}
-|Shocking Arrow Lifts
+|{{button|Switch|SL}}
-|Top o' the Town
-|Scale the Mountain
-|Mystery of the Monkey Cage
 |-
-|In the Deep Freeze
+|[[Slide]]
-|Whirl From the Freezing Pond
+|{{button|Switch|ZL}} while running
-|Secrets in the Shallows and Sky
+|{{button|Switch|SL}} while running
-|Express Elevator--Hurry Up!
-|Scary 'Shrooms, Red Coins
-|Mysterious Mountainside
 |-
-|Shell Shredding for Red Coins
+|[[Crouch|Crawl]]
-|Into the Igloo
+|{{button|Switch|ZL}} + {{button|Switch|LeftStick}}
-|Go to Town for Red Coins
+|{{button|Switch|SL}} + {{button|Switch|Stick}}
-|Quick Race Through Downtown!
-|Breathtaking View from Bridge
-|Blast to the Lonely Mushroom
 |-
-!colspan="2"| [[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|[[Ground Pound|Ground-pound]]
-!colspan="2"| [[Tick Tock Clock]]
+|{{button|Switch|ZL}} in midair
-!colspan="2"| [[Rainbow Ride]]
+|{{button|Switch|SL}} in midair
 |-
-|Pluck the Piranha Flower
+!colspan=8 style="background:#FF7733;"|Lakitu Bro controls
-|The Tip Top of the Huge Island
-|Roll into the Cage
-|The Pit and the Pendulums
-|Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow
-|The Big House in the Sky
 |-
-|Rematch with Koopa the Quick
+|Rotate camera
-|Five Itty Bitty Secrets
+|{{button|Switch|RightStick}} / {{button|Switch|Y}} / {{button|Switch|ZR}} + {{button|Switch|A}}
-|Get a Hand
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Left}} / {{button|Switch|PlusMinus}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Right}}
-|Stomp on the Thwomp
-|Coins Amassed in a Maze
-|Swingin' in the Breeze
 |-
-|Wiggler's Red Coins
+|Zoom in, enter first-person view
-|Make Wiggler Squirm
+|{{button|Switch|RightStick}} / {{button|Switch|ZR}} + {{button|Switch|X}}
-|Timed Jumps on Moving Bars
+|{{button|Switch|PlusMinus}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Top}}
-|Stop Time for Red Coins
+|-
-|Tricky Triangles
+|Zoom out
-|Somewhere Over the Rainbow
+|{{button|Switch|RightStick}} / {{button|Switch|X}} / {{button|Switch|ZR}} + {{button|Switch|B}}
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Top}} / {{button|Switch|PlusMinus}} + {{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}}
+|-
+|Shift camera view
+|{{button|Switch|R}}
+|{{button|Switch|SR}}
+|-
+!colspan=8 style="background:#FF7733;"|Menu controls
+|-
+|Navigate menu
+|{{button|Switch|LeftStick}}
+|{{button|Switch|Stick}}
+|-
+|Confirm command
+|{{button|Switch|A}}
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Right}}
+|-
+|Cancel command
+|{{button|Switch|B}}
+|{{button|Switch|JC-Bottom}}
+|-
+|Display pause menu
+|{{button|Switch|Plus}}
+|{{button|Switch|Minus}} + {{button|Switch|L}} / {{button|Switch|Plus}} + {{button|Switch|R}}
 |}
+</center>
-===Secret Stars===
+==Locations==
-In addition to the main courses of the game and the Bowser Courses, there are also a few hidden courses that house several of the Castle's Secret Stars, as well as the three [[! Switch]]es.
+===Setting===
+{{multiframe
+|[[File:Hokaniwa in Minato.jpg|150px]][[File:Tiny-Huge Island 64.png|150px]]
+|A photograph of a hakoniwa{{footnote|main|A}} (left) compared to a screenshot of Tiny-Huge Island (right). The design principals of the former are the cited influence behind the courses in the game.
+|size=300
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+}}
+''Super Mario 64'' takes place within the walls of the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle ]] in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. It is the first ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' game to explicitly include the Mushroom Kingdom as a location since ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''. The game's [[level]]s, called "courses," are not naturally occurring places but were created by [[Bowser]] using the [[Power Star]]s he stole from [[Princess Peach]]. Most of them are accessed through [[painting]]s that hang in the castle's walls, but some are more cryptically hidden or require the player to accomplish a task in the castle before becoming accessible. Some [[:File:SM64 globe artwork.png|paratextual material]] and [[Throwback Galaxy|subsequent titles]] present the courses introduced in this game as visitable places outside the paintings.
-*[[The Princess's Secret Slide]] (2 Stars)
+Generally, a course is a sprawling location with interactive environmental elements and several levels of elevation. Courses often have subareas and collectibles obscured in the landscape that passively encourage the player to rotate the camera and explore. Most courses feature prominent landmarks, such as the mountain on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and the volcano in [[Lethal Lava Land]], that provide the player with a consistent point of reference that mitigates their chance of getting lost.<ref name=montreal>[[Yoshiaki Koizumi]]. "[https://youtu.be/A25Ab7RyUPs Super Mario Galaxy: The Journey from Garden to Galaxy]" (keynote address; archived). Montreal International Games Summit, Alliance numériQC, 27 Nov 2007, Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montréal. Recorded by Eric St-Cyr. Compiled by Hover. YouTube, youtube.com. Published 24 Sep 2016. Accessed 27 Feb 2021.</ref> Like its more immediate predecessors, courses are [[Level#List of level themes|themed]] after real-life {{wp|ecosystem}}s (i.e., deserts, mountains, seas) and more fantastical settings (i.e., haunted houses, clocktowers, rainbow roads in the sky). The theme informs the types of objects that can be interacted with in the level, the types of enemies that can be encountered, and the non-playable characters that can be spoken to. For example, [[Pokey|cactus enemies]], a [[Klepto|condor]], and [[quicksand]] are in the desert-themed [[Shifting Sand Land]]. [[Penguin]]s, slippery ice, and deep snow appear on [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] and [[Snowman's Land]]. Most courses contain switches and strikable objects that modify elements of the course, such as the [[Crystal Tap]]s in [[Wet-Dry World]].
-*[[The Secret Aquarium]] (1 Star)
-*[[Tower of the Wing Cap]] ([[Wing Cap]]) (1 Star)
-*[[Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] ([[Vanish Cap]]) (1 Star)
-*[[Cavern of the Metal Cap]] ([[Metal Cap]]) (1 Star)
-*[[Bowser in the Dark World]] (1 Star)
-*[[Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]] (1 Star)
-*[[MIPS]] the Rabbit (2 Stars)
-*Toads Secured Stars (3 Stars)
-*Bowser in the Fire Sea (1 Star)
-*Bowser in the Sky (1 Star)
-==Enemies==
+Unlike the levels of prior two-dimensional entries, the courses in this game are open-ended and largely do not funnel the player towards one goal. This was an intentional departure from the level design principals of prior games because the development team did not believe they could be replicated for a fun experience in a three-dimensional environment. Director and series creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] wanted ''Super Mario 64'' to be a game where players "create their own vision," a decision partially influenced by the technical difficulty of making a precise jump in a 3D environment.<ref name=taka>64編集部 (eds). ''スーパーマリオ64 マリオ・ザ・テクニック―完全攻略への最短ルート編'' (Japanese source). Tokyo: Takarajimasha, 1996. ISBN: 978-4-79-661121-3. Cited in-text as Takarajimasha (1996).</ref><ref name=shmup>shmuplations (translator). "[https://shmuplations.com/mario64/ Super Mario 64 – 1996 Developer Interviews]" (English translations of Takarajimasha and Shogakukan, 1996). shmuplations.com. Published 2022. Accessed 22 Jun 2023.</ref><ref name=montreal/> This mindset manifested in levels where players were largely free to interact with the world in ways they wanted to, with larger platforms and sprawling spaces that encouraged exploration rather than carry out precise actions to reach a goal. The courses themselves were created using hakoniwa or "box garden" design principals.<ref name=shoga>Editing staff (eds). ''スーパーマリオ64 (ワンダーライフスペシャル―任天堂公式ガイドブック)'' (Japanese source). Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1996. ISBN: 978-4-09-102554-8. Cited in-text as Shogakukan (1996).</ref><ref name=shmup/>
+{{footnote|main|B}}<ref name=montreal/><ref name=trinen>[[Bill Trinen]]. "[https://nintendotreehouse.tumblr.com/post/161799433482/whats-in-a-box What's in a Box?]". Nintendo Treehouse Log. Tumblr, tumblr.com. Published 14 Jun 2017. Accessed 30 Jan 2021.</ref> A hakoniwa is a intricately-arranged miniature garden within an enclosed space, with layers of depth and detail that become apparent to an onlooker when carefully examined.<ref>Andrew R. Dean. "[https://najga.org/handbook/courtyard-garden/ Chapter 8: The Courtyard Garden]". ''Handbook, Part 1: Design & Craft'' (digital). North American Japanese Garden Association, najga.org. Published 10 Dec 2010. Accessed 24 Jun 2023.</ref><ref>Nihon Gaiji Kyōkai (eds). ''Contemporary Japan: A Review of Far Eastern Affairs''. Tokyo: Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, (25): 246. Published 1957. Accessed 14 Aug 2023.</ref><ref name=trinen/> Applying these principals allowed the development team to create complex levels that surprise players, another important tenet during development.<ref name=taka/><ref name=shmup/><ref name=montreal/> In {{wp|Western world|the West}}, where creating miniature gardens is not as culturally prevalent, these types of levels are most often likened to {{wp|Sandbox game|sandboxes}}.<ref name=trinen/>
-===New Enemies===
+===Courses===
-{|
+====Overview====
+{{multiframe
+|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Entering a Painting.gif|200px]]<br>[[File:Bob-omb Battlefield mission select.png|200px]]
+|'''Top image''': Mario entering the painting for the Bob-omb Battlefield.<br>'''Bottom image''': The mission-selection screen.
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+}}
+Most of the courses are accessed through [[painting]]s inside the Mushroom Castle, the {{wp|Overworld|hub world}} of the game. The surface of a painting ripples like water when near, and [[Mario]] is brought to the course it represents by {{wp|Chronotope|physically jumping through it}}. Accessing levels in this manner is a departure from the overworld system in previous platform games (see [[Super Mario 64#Mushroom Castle|below]]). However, the castle is divided into several sections that are analogous to the [[world]] structure of proceeding games, where multiple levels are available to the player on a single section and the player must complete a [[List of bosses|boss]]-dedicated course in order to gain access to the next one. As Mario advances through the castle, he encounters some courses that are accessed through portals other than paintings, such as Shifting Sand Land, which is accessed through what looks like a brick wall at a dead end in the basement, and [[Tick Tock Clock]], which is entered through a clock face. The locations of courses on subsequent sections are generally more complex and are puzzles in themselves, such as the painting for [[Snowman's Land]] that is viewable only through a mirror.<ref name=HubDoc>{{cite|author=Design Doc|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHguwARMcY8|title=What Makes a Great Hub World? - How Mario 64, Spyro, and Hades Made Theirs ~ Design Doc|publisher=YouTube|date=12 Oct. 2020|accessdate=18 Aug. 2023}}</ref>
+Rather than present a unilateral scenario that leads to a single spatially fixed [[goal]], most courses in the game host multiple objectives called "[[mission]]s" that each have a goal in a different location from each other. For most courses, entering a painting (or equivalency) brings the player to a mission-selection screen, where selecting one sends Mario to the course within the confines of the mission's specific scenario and its unique goal. In nearly all courses, this goal is a Power Star, a collectible token resembling the [[Super Star]] of prior entries. Touching one completes the level and returns Mario to the castle. The number of Power Stars collected is tracked by the game and communicated to the player on the {{wp|user interface}} in the upper right corner of the screen. Accumulating Power Stars is how new courses become accessible to the player. On the first floor, some [[★ door]]s that seal away certain paintings open only after Mario has collected a specified number of Stars. Mario can access a new section only after clearing the current one's Bowser Course, itself becoming accessible only after a specified number of Power Stars has been obtained. However, there are 120 obtainable Power Stars in a game that requires only 70 to access the final level. The player has some discretion on how many or which ones are obtained to finish the game, as well as the order.
+In most courses, one mission correlates with one Power Star, and its name on the mission-selection screen hints at the Star's location in the course. However, some Power Stars can be encountered outside their dedicated missions and collected. Some mission-dedicated Power Stars become available to the player only once they have cleared specific missions (e.g., [[Footrace with Koopa the Quick]] becomes available only after [[Big Bob-omb on the Summit]] has been completed) or accomplish tasks outside the paintings (e.g., striking the [[Cap Switch]] in the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]] makes the titular [[List of power-ups|power-up]] accessible in [[Through the Jet Stream (Dire, Dire Docks)|Through the Jet Stream]], in which it is not optional). Certain actions completed within a course permanently change elements within it regardless of the mission subsequently played. Recurring examples are the [[cannon]]s found in most courses, which Mario can enter and launch from to reach distant areas. A cannon becomes useable in a course after Mario has spoken to a [[Bob-omb Buddy]], a friendly non-playable character that controls the cannon, and it remains accessible for all subsequent revisits.
+Like in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and a departure from previous ''Super Mario'' games, there is no [[Time Limit|time limit]] in effect within courses, but there are a few cases where there is one. For example, [[Blue Coin]]s appear for only a brief period of time once a [[Blue Coin Block]] is struck, and Mario must outrun [[Koopa the Quick]] in order to earn a Power Star. All power-ups in this game change Mario's form for a limited time, and one cannot be brought outside a course even if he completes it while still under its effect—another similarity to ''Yoshi's Island''.
+There are two different types of courses in ''Super Mario 64''.
+*'''Normal Courses''',<ref name=n64site>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo of America]]|deadlink=y|date=1998|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/19980610064137/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/strategy.html|title=Super Mario 64 Strategy|publisher=Nintendo Official Site}}</ref> or '''main courses''',<ref name=booklet>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe]]|title=''Super Mario 64 Instruction Booklet''|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=1996|page=15}}</ref> contain six dedicated missions and an unlisted 100-[[coin]] mission. Some of the dedicated missions build off each other environmentally or narratively. (This means the events that transpire in the completion of one mission are reflected in the events of the subsequent mission.) However, some Power Stars can be encountered before the mission-dedicated one and can be collected, resulting in some instances where the Stars are obtained out of the intended "order." These courses are the most intricate levels in the game. Most include objects that can enable quick traversal between areas, such as cannons and [[Warp|Warp Points]]. Some courses include accessible subareas, such as the volcano in Lethal Lava Land and the pyramid in Shifting Sand Land. There are 15 Normal Courses in the game, and they are the only levels explicitly numbered and listed on the pause menu.
+*'''Mini courses'''<ref name=booklet/><ref name=upchurch>{{cite|author=Upchurch, David, editor|title="Super Mario 64 The Essential Player's Guide" from ''Official UK Nintendo Magazine''|location=London|publisher=East Midland Allied Press|format=54|page=31|date=Mar. 1997}}</ref> are smaller and structured more like traditional obstacle courses that emphasize precise platforming. They lack dedicated missions to select, and most contain only one Power Star. Power Stars obtained in mini courses are counted together as "Secret Stars" on the pause menu. Mini courses can further be classified into three subtypes, as detailed below.
+**'''Bowser Courses''',<ref name=n64site/> also lowercased,<ref>Upchurch, p. 30</ref> lead to an arena where Mario must defeat [[Bowser]]. Each Bowser Course features a Power Star obtained by collecting eight [[Red Coin]]s, but this does not complete the level. In the first two courses, defeating Bowser awards Mario a [[key]], a different kind of token that completes the level when touched. The key is used to permanently unlock the [[Key Door]] to another section of the castle. In [[Bowser in the Sky]], the final course, defeating Bowser releases the [[Jumbo Star]]. Collecting it does not contribute to the player's Power Star total, instead freeing Princess Peach. There are three Bowser Courses in the whole game, one for each section.
+**'''Secret Courses''',<ref name=n64site/> also lowercased,<ref>Upchurch, p. 32</ref> are cryptically hidden in the castle. All Secret Courses have at least one Power Star to collect, with the sole exception being [[The Princess's Secret Slide]], which has two. None of these courses are accessed through paintings, and they often require the player to investigate a space within the castle to find.<ref name=HubDoc/> There are three in the game.
+**'''Switch Cap Courses'''<ref name=n64site/> are where Mario is under the effect of a power-up immediately upon entering a course and is needed to reach a Cap Switch. When one is [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed, it causes the power-up to permanently become accessible within the Normal Courses. They are analogous to the [[Switch Palace]]s in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', though unlike in them, striking the switch does not make Mario exit the course. These are the only courses in the game where Mario can fall down a [[pit]] without losing a life; he is instead brought back to the castle.
+====Chart====
+There are a number of courses in each section. At least four of them are Normal Courses, and at least two are mini courses. One of the mini courses is always a Bowser Course. Including the Mushroom Castle, there are 25 courses in the game. The chart below lists all of them. Each one is provided with a screenshot, a brief description, and a list of its missions. The order that the courses and missions are listed follows their organization in the ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide.<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|title=''The Super Mario 64 Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|date=1996}}</ref> Only the names of the missions in Normal Courses are provided in-game. When available, the missions that lack in-game names, such as the 100-coin missions, are also derived from the ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Where no such name exists, the mission assumes the name of its course.
+<center>
+{|width=65% class="wikitable"
+!colspan="3"style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"|Courses
+|-
+|colspan="3"style="background:#58BC58;"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Castle Wall (Main Hall).png|25px]] '''{{color-link|Peach's Castle#First floor|white|First Floor and Mezzanine}}'''
+|-
+!width=16% style="background:#9FD99F"|01. [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×6 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×1
+!colspan="2"width=34% style="background:#9FD99F"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Bob-omb Battlefield.png|x100px]]
+|width=17%|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Big Bob-omb on the Summit]]
+|width=17%|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Footrace with Koopa the Quick]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Shoot to the Island in the Sky]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Find the 8 Red Coins]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Mario Wings to the Sky]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Behind Chain Chomp's Gate]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|Grassy fields surrounding a spiraled mountain. A battle is waged here between the peaceful [[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddies]] and the enemy [[Bob-omb]]s. Once the battle is over, the Bob-omb Buddies allow [[Mario]] to access their [[cannon]]s. There is a floating island in the east and a barred cave towards the center with a [[Chain Chomp]] leashed in front of it.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Enter the Mushroom Castle.
+|-
+!width=16% style="background:#9FD99F"|02. [[Whomp's Fortress]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×1
+!colspan="2"width=34% style="background:#9FD99F"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Whomp's Fortress.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Chip Off Whomp's Block]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[To the Top of the Fortress]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Shoot into the Wild Blue]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Red Coins on the Floating Isle]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Fall onto the Caged Island]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Blast Away the Wall]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A fortress in the sky. It is ruled by the [[Whomp King]], who sits at the top of the fortress. The path leading to him has falling platforms and stone enemies. Once he is defeated, a climbable tower appears at the top. A chain of floating islands is in the northeast. They can be reached with the help of [[Hoot]], a sleepy owl found in the course's single [[tree]].<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect a Power Star.
+|-
+!style="background:#9FD99F"|03. [[Jolly Roger Bay]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#9FD99F"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Jolly Roger Bay.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Plunder in the Sunken Ship]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Can the Eel Come Out to Play?]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Treasure in the Ocean Cave|Treasure of the Ocean Cave]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Red Coins on the Ship Afloat]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Blast to the Stone Pillar]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Through the Jet Stream (Jolly Roger Bay)|Through the Jet Stream]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A cove containing the wreck of a sunken ship. A giant moray eel called [[Maw-Ray|Unagi]] nests in the ship and stirs when approached. An underwater corridor in the northwest leads to a cave that holds [[treasure chest|Treasure Chest]]s. Solving the puzzle of the chests reveals a Power Star.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 3 Power Stars.
+|-
+!style="background:#9FD99F"|04. [[Cool, Cool Mountain]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×3
+!colspan="2"style="background:#9FD99F"| Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Cool, Cool Mountain.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Slip Slidin' Away (mission)|Slip Slidin' Away]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Li'l Penguin Lost]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Big Penguin Race]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Frosty Slide for 8 Red Coins]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Snowman's Lost His Head]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Mario's Super Wall Kick|Wall Kicks Will Work]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A snow-covered mountain inhabited by [[penguin]]s and [[Snowman|snowpeople]]. Wooden bridges and a moving [[chairlift]] are built into the side of the mountain. A log cabin is near its peak. It contains the [[Slide (Super Mario 64)#Cabin's Snow Slide|Cabin's Snow Slide]], where Mario is challenged to a race by the [[Big Penguin]].<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 3 Power Stars.
+|-
+!style="background:#9FD99F"|[[Bowser in the Dark World]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×1 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#9FD99F"|Missions
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Bowser in the Dark World.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Key}} Bowser in the Dark World
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} {{conjectural|8 Red Coins}}
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A winding path in a cavernous void. The path bears [[Amp]]s and shifting platforms. It ultimately leads to [[Bowser]], who is fought on a circular platform surrounded by floating [[Mine|bombs]].<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 8 Power Stars.
+|-
+!style="background:#9FD99F"|[[The Princess's Secret Slide]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×2
+!colspan="2"style="background:#9FD99F"|Missions
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot The Princess's Secret Slide.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} The Princess's Secret Slide
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} Second Star<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 44</ref>
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A carpeted [[Slide (Super Mario 64)|slide]] hidden on the mezzanine. Reaching the bottom of the slide gives Mario access to a Power Star—the first Secret Star available to the player. Reaching the bottom within 21 seconds awards Mario a second one.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect a Power Star.
+|-
+!style="background:#9FD99F"|[[The Secret Aquarium]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#9FD99F"|Mission
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot The Secret Aquarium.png|x100px]]
+|colspan="2"align=left|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} The Secret Aquarium
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A closed tank housing blue fish and [[Red Coin]]s. Collecting all of the Red Coins reveals a Secret Star. The aquarium is accessed through a little alcove in the same room that holds the [[painting]] for Jolly Roger Bay.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 3 Power Stars.
+|-
+!style="background:#9FD99F"|[[Tower of the Wing Cap]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#9FD99F"|Mission
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Tower of the Wing Cap.png|x100px]]
+|colspan="2"align=left|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} Flying for Coins<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 45</ref>
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|Towers in a sea of clouds. The turret in the middle holds the [[Cap Switch|Wing Cap Switch]] that makes the [[Wing Cap]] permanently available in Normal Courses once struck. Red Coins appear around the towers and can be collected by Mario only in his [[Wing Mario|Wing form]].<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 10 Power Stars.
+|-
+|colspan="3"style="background:#B49936;color:white;"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Castle Wall (Basement).png|25px]] '''{{color-link|Peach's Castle#Basement|white|The Castle Basement}} and {{color-link|Courtyard (Peach's Castle)|white|Courtyard}}'''
+|-
+!style="background:#D7C277"|05. [[Big Boo's Haunt]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×4
+!colspan="2"style="background:#D7C277"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Big Boo's Haunt.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Go on a Ghost Hunt]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Secret of the Haunted Books]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Seek the 8 Red Coins]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Big Boo's Balcony]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Eye to Eye in the Secret Room]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|The [[Ghost House|haunted house]] hidden in Princess Peach's courtyard. The rooms of the house contain [[Boo]]s and animated furniture that try to strike Mario. Navigation requires solving puzzles and memorizing patterns in the halls. Failing to do so often brings Mario to the house's flooded basement, where a spinning carousel filled with Boos can be found.<br>'''Unlock criteria:''' Collect 12 Power Stars, and defeat the [[Big Boo]] that holds the miniature carousel in the courtyard.
+|-
+!style="background:#D7C277"|06. [[Hazy Maze Cave]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7
+!colspan="2"style="background:#D7C277"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Hazy Maze Cave.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Swimming Beast in the Cavern]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Elevate for 8 Red Coins]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Metal-Head Mario Can Move!]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Navigating the Toxic Maze]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Watch for Rolling Rocks]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|An underground labyrinth filled with dead ends, traps, and [[pit|bottomless pit]]s. There are two floors. The first one has a large chamber in the southeast with a controllable elevator, hallways with [[boulder|rolling rock]]s in the northwest, and a maze with [[smoke|strange cloud]]s in the northeast. The lower floor leads to a pool that holds [[Dorrie]].<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
+|-
+!style="background:#D7C277"|07. [[Lethal Lava Land]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×2
+!colspan="2"style="background:#D7C277"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Lethal Lava Land.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Boil the Big Bully]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Bully the Bullies]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[8-Coin Puzzle with 15 Pieces]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Red-Hot Log Rolling]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Hot-Foot-It into the Volcano]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Elevator Tour in the Volcano]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|Platforms in a [[lava]] sea. Some of them shift back and forth or can be manually rolled. They surround a small volcano that can be physically entered. [[Bully|Bullies]] appear in this course and knock Mario into lava on contact. [[Lava Bubble|Sparkies]] and other fiery obstacles that burn him when touched also appear.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
+|-
+!style="background:#D7C277"|08. [[Shifting Sand Land]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#D7C277"| Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Shifting Sand Land.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[In the Talons of the Big Bird]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Shining Atop the Pyramid]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Inside the Ancient Pyramid]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Stand Tall on the Four Pillars]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Free Flying for 8 Red Coins]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Pyramid Puzzle]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|Desert sands surrounding a pyramid. [[Klepto]] flies through the sky here. Much of the course is covered in [[quicksand]] and steep dunes. Little [[tornado]]s can be used to avoid obstacles. Narrow walkways are found in the northeast, and a small oasis is in the northwest. The pyramid can be entered, where a labyrinth leads to [[Eyerok]].<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
+|-
+!style="background:#D7C277"|09. [[Dire, Dire Docks]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7
+!colspan="2"style="background:#D7C277"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Dire, Dire Docks.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Board Bowser's Sub]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Chests in the Current]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Pole-Jumping for Red Coins]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Through the Jet Stream (Dire, Dire Docks)|Through the Jet Stream]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[The Manta Ray's Reward]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Inside the Cage|Collect the Caps...]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|Deep water. A [[whirlpool]] is at the center of the seabed and is circled by [[Sushi]] and a [[Manta|Manta Ray]]. A corridor in the east leads to an wider area where Bowser has hidden a submarine.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 30 Power Stars.
+|-
+!style="background:#D7C277"|[[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×1 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#D7C277"|Missions
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Bowser in the Fire Sea.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Key}} Bowser in the Fire Sea
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} Power Star for 8 Red Coins<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 81</ref>
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|Three narrow pathways surrounded by lava. Portions of the course gently rise and fall in lava, making traversal challenging. The pathway leads to the second battle against Bowser.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Complete Board Bowser's Sub.
+|-
+!style="background:#D7C277"|[[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#D7C277"|Mission
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Cavern of the Metal Cap.png|x100px]]
+|colspan="2"|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} Grab 8 Red Coins<ref name=secret2>Pelland and Owsen, p. 82</ref>
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|An underground streambed that holds the Metal Cap Switch. Striking it makes the [[Metal Cap]] accessible in other courses. The water moves rapidly in this course. If Mario is swept up in it, he is brought to the [[Castle Grounds]].<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
+|-
+!style="background:#D7C277"|[[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#D7C277"|Mission
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Vanish Cap Under the Moat.png|x100px]]
+|colspan="2"|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} {{conjectural|8 Red Coins}}
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A hidden area accessible only once the castle's moat is drained. When Mario enters the course, he is in his [[Vanish Mario|Vanish form]], and he must navigate the course while the power-up is still in effect to access the Vanish Cap Switch. Striking it makes the [[Vanish Cap]] accessible in other courses.<br>'''Unlock criteria:''' Clear Bowser in the Dark World and drain the castle's moat.
+|-
+|colspan="3"style="background:#0083CC;"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Castle Wall (Third Floor).png|25px]] '''{{color-link|Peach's Castle#Second floor|white|Upper Floors and Tower}}'''
+|-
+!style="background:#71CCFF"|10. [[Snowman's Land]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#71CCFF"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Snowman's Land.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Snowman's Big Head]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Chill with the Bully]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[In the Deep Freeze]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Whirl from the Freezing Pond]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Into the Igloo]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A chilly land surrounding a giant snowman. Slippery ice and [[Freezing water|freezing ponds]] appear in this course. The [[Chill Bully]] is on a floating island of ice in the east. Narrow paths allow Mario to ascend the snowman, but he begins to blow gusts of air when he nears his head. An enterable igloo is near the base of the snowman.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Clear Bowser in the Fire Sea.
+|-
+!style="background:#71CCFF"|11. [[Wet-Dry World]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#71CCFF"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Wet-Dry World.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Shocking Arrow Lifts!]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Top o' the Town]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[5 Secrets in the Shallows & Sky|Secrets in the Shallows & Sky]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Express Elevator--Hurry Up!]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Go to Town for the Red Coins|Go to Town for Red Coins]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Quick Race Through Downtown!]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A flooded empty town. There are [[Crystal Tap]]s at several locations in the town that cause the water level to rise or fall. There is a hidden downtown area that can be accessed only through the cage in the southeast.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Clear Bowser in the Fire Sea.
+|-
+!style="background:#71CCFF"|12. [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#71CCFF"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Tall, Tall Mountain.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Scale the Mountain]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Mystery of the Monkey Cage]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Scary 'Shrooms, Red Coins]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Mysterious Mountainside]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Breathtaking View from the Bridge|Breathtaking View from Bridge]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Blast to the Lonely Mushroom]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A tall mountain surrounded by [[Mushroom Platform]]s high above the sea. Gusts of [[wind]] and the [[Fwoosh]] make ascending the mountain challenging. The entrance to the [[slide (Super Mario 64)#Mysterious Mountain Slide|Mysterious Mountain Slide]] can be found near the summit. [[Ukiki|Ukkikis]] live in this course, one of which attempts to steal [[Mario Cap|Mario's cap]].<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Clear Bowser in the Fire Sea.
+|-
+!style="background:#71CCFF"|13. [[Tiny-Huge Island]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×2
+!colspan="2"style="background:#71CCFF"| Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Tiny-Huge Island.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Pluck the Piranha Flower]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[The Tip Top of the Huge Island]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Rematch with Koopa the Quick]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Five Itty Bitty Secrets]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Wiggler's Red Coins]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Make Wiggler Squirm]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|An island that presents itself in two different ways depending on which painting it is accessed from in the castle. One is large with vast areas and giant versions of normal enemies. Mario can easily access the interior of this version of the island, which is home to [[Wiggler]]. The other is tiny with small enemies. Changing the terrain in one version of the island affects the other two, and doing so is required to obtain all of its Power Stars.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Clear Bowser in the Fire Sea.
+|-
+!style="background:#71CCFF"|14. [[Tick Tock Clock]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7
+!colspan="2"style="background:#71CCFF"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Tick Tock Clock.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Roll into the Cage]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[The Pit and the Pendulums]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Get a Hand]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Stomp on the Thwomp]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Timed Jumps on Moving Bars]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Stop Time for Red Coins]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A vertical obstacle course within the tower's clock. Moving platforms are found throughout the clockwork, and they can help Mario reach hidden alcoves or throw him back towards the bottom. The speed of these platforms (and whether they move at all) is determined by where the clock's hands are positioned when he enters the course.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 50 Power Stars.
+|-
+!style="background:#71CCFF"|15. [[Rainbow Ride]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×7 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#71CCFF"|Missions
+|-
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Rainbow Ride.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[The Big House in the Sky]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Coins Amassed in a Maze]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Swingin' in the Breeze]]
+|-
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Tricky Triangles!]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|Floating islands and moving platforms high in the sky. [[Magic carpet]]s travel along rainbows in large stretches of the course, one of which feeds through the [[Cloud House]]. The [[Rainbow Cruiser]] can be found in the northeast.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 50 Power Stars.
+|-
+!style="background:#71CCFF"|[[Bowser in the Sky]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×1 {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}}×1
+!colspan="2"style="background:#71CCFF"|Missions
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Bowser in the Sky.png|x100px]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-StarJ}} Bowser in the Sky
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} {{conjectural|8 Red Coins}}
+|-
+|colspan="3"align=center|A challenging obstacle course that leads to the final confrontation with Bowser. Some of the platforms on this course allow Mario to [[gravity|walk up walls]] if he maintains momentum, while others shift under his weight. Bowser starts to break the arena he is fought on, leaving it in the shape of a five-pointed star. The reward for defeating him, the [[Jumbo Star]], is not incorporated into Mario's total Power Star count.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 70 Power Stars.
 |-
-|
+!style="background:#71CCFF"|[[Over the Rainbows|Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×1 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×2
-*[[Amp]]s
+!colspan="2"style="background:#71CCFF"|Mission
-*[[Big Venus Fire Trap]]s
+|-
-*[[Bomp]]s
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Wing Mario Over the Rainbow.png|x100px]]
-*[[Bully|Bullies]]
+|colspan="2"|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} Cloud Hopping for Coins<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 126</ref>
-*[[Bookend]]s
+|-
-*[[Bub (Super Mario 64)|Bub]]s
+|colspan="3"align=center|[[Cloud Lift|Clouds]] and checkerboard platforms in the sky. The platforms are bridged by rainbows.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Collect 50 Power Stars.
-*[[Bubba]]s
+|-
-*[[Chuckya]]s
+|colspan="3"style="background:#D81A70;color:white;"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Castle (Stained Glass).png|25px]] '''Other'''
-*[[Fwoosh]]es
+|-
-*[[Grindel]]s
+!style="background:#EF79AE"|[[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]<br>{{chart icon|SM64-totalS}}×5 {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}}×1
-|
+!colspan="2"style="background:#EF79AE"|Missions
-*[[Heave Ho]]s
+|-
-*[[Killer Chair]]s
+|rowspan="3"align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Mushroom Castle.png|x100px]]
-*[[Klepto]]
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[Toad (species)#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Toad near Course 6]]<ref name=bonus>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo of America]]|deadlink=y|date=1998|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/19980610035413/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/bonuses.html|title=Bonus Stars - Super Mario 64 Strategy|publisher=Nintendo Official Site}}</ref>
-*[[Kuromame]]s
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} Toad near Course 12<ref name=bonus/>
-*[[Mad Piano]]
+|-
-*[[Moneybag]]s
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} Toad near Course 15<ref name=bonus/>
-*[[Mr. Blizzard]]s
+|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} [[MIPS|Catch the Yellow Rabbit (1st time)]]<ref name=bonus/>
-*[[Mr. I|Mr. I's]]
+|-
-*[[Scuttle Bug]]s
+|colspan="2"|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}} Catch the Yellow Rabbit (2nd time)<ref name=bonus/>
-|
+|-
-*[[Skeeter]]s
+|colspan="3"align=center|[[Princess Peach]]'s castle in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. [[Toad (species)|Toads]] and [[MIPS]] are sealed inside. Some of the former give Mario a Power Star when spoken to. The [[Castle Grounds]] are the first area of the game and where Mario initially appears every time the player loads their save file. Nearly all other courses are accessed from inside the castle, with the Cavern of the Metal Cap and Vanish Cap Under the Moat being the sole exceptions.<br>'''Unlock criterion:''' Begin a new save file.
-*[[Snufit]]s
+|-
-*[[Spindel]]s
+|colspan="3"style="background:#E4E4E4;color:black;"|'''Level chart information and legend:''' The Normal Courses are designated with the unique number they are given in-game. Bowser, secret, and Switch Cap Courses lack numerical designation and are listed as they appear in the ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Three symbols convey attributes about each course: {{chart icon|SM64-totalS}} denotes the total number of obtainable [[Power Star]]s, {{chart icon|SM64-totalC}} denotes the total number of accessible [[cannon]]s, and {{chart icon|SM64-totalB}} denotes the number of boss battles. The name of each mission is accompanied by a symbol that indicates what type of mission it is. {{chart icon|SM64-Star}} denotes a mission where the reward is a Power Star, {{chart icon|SM64-StarJ}} denotes a mission where the reward is the [[Jumbo Star]], and {{chart icon|SM64-Key}} denotes a mission where the reward is a [[key]].
-*[[Spindrift]]s
-*[[Sushi]]s
-*[[Tox Box]]es
-*[[Ukiki]]
-*[[Unagi the Eel]]
-*[[Whomp]]s
 |}
+</center>
+===Mushroom Castle===
+{{main|Peach's Castle}}
+[[File:SM64 CG Peachscastle.png|x180px|thumb||right|The Castle Grounds before the Mushroom Castle]]
+The Mushroom Castle is a connective space from which [[Mario]] can access the game's [[level]]s. It is a white-bricked {{wp|palace}} with a red-tiled roof. Five towers are built into the castle: four at each corner and a large one in the center. Each one is topped with a spire, and the four outermost ones are also topped with a red pennant. A stained glass portrait of [[Princess Peach]] is above the front doors, in which Peach has been imprisoned by [[Bowser]]. The smaller windows on the castle are shaped like [[mushroom]]s. The Mushroom Castle overall bears a superficial resemblance to a {{wp|keep}}. It is framed as the place where Peach lives in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and usually contains [[Power Star]]s for protection.<ref name=story>Pelland and Owsen, p. 5</ref> Several [[Toad (species)|Toads]], the princess's subjects, also live in the castle.
+In the majority of prior [[Genre#Platform games|platform games]], the player selects levels on a map-like menu with a cursor. The cursor itself may represent the player character, as is done in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', but the degree of control the player has on the cursor is more limited than they would have in the actual levels. ''Super Mario 64'' instead has a fully interactive level as the "map," where Mario controls exactly the same as he does in the courses, and the map itself is an expansive level with its own secrets to find.
+The [[Castle Grounds]] are the first area in the game where the player takes control of Mario, and it is a risk-free environment for the player to familiarize themselves with his controls.<ref name=HubDoc/><ref name=Stanton>Rich Stanton. ''A Brief History Of Video Games: From Atari to Virtual Reality'' (digital). London: Little, Brown Book Group, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-47-211881-3.</ref><ref name=TottenH>Christopher W. Totten. "Hub Spaces". ''An Architectural Approach to Level Design''. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018. pages 133-135. ISBN: 978-1-35-198292-4.</ref><ref name=shoga/><ref name=shmup/> There are no [[List of enemies|enemies]] here, nor concrete objectives. While the player is directed to the castle in Peach's [[letter]] to Mario, nothing forces them to enter it, implicitly encouraging them to explore. The Castle Grounds are a grassy area with gently sloping hills, [[tree]]s, picket fences, and a small lake that feeds into the castle's moat. Several readable [[sign]]s that detail Mario's available actions are near his starting position, but they are not forced upon the player.
+The castle's interior is divided into three sections analogous to the [[world]]s of prior ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games: a first floor and mezzanine, a basement and [[Courtyard (Peach's Castle)|courtyard]], and a second and third floor that leads to the central tower. With the exception of the basement, the castle's flooring has a checkerboard pattern and red carpeting. A hilly vista with a blue sky behind it is painted on the walls. The basement is a flooded dungeon-like area lit by torches that can burn Mario. One of the basement's corridors has a pair of [[brick pillar]]s that, when [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed, drain the moat. The courtyard is a grassy space behind the Mushroom Castle with a fountain at its center. It is filled with [[Boo]]s, one of which contains a miniature carousel that holds [[Big Boo's Haunt]]. Among the courses of a section, Mario can typically play them in any order. There are some exceptions, such as at the start of the game, when only the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] is initially accessible.
+Rather than list them individually on the pause menu, all Power Stars collected from the mini courses are collectively listed as the castle's "Secret Stars," and indeed, most of them are well hidden when compared to the main courses in the game. Finding them necessitates exploration and puzzle-solving within the castle's walls. For example, the only way to access [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]] is by draining the moat, the means of which are never explicitly communicated in-game but instead come from familiarity with Mario's moves. The window that leads to [[The Princess's Secret Slide]] is not in the center of its room, departing from what is established in the other rooms that contain paintings and can be found only if the player deviates from what is established. This design principal permeates throughout the castle and often awards the player [[1-Up Mushroom|1UP Mushroom]]s, hidden courses, or interactable elements.<ref name=HubDoc/><ref name=Stanton/>
+As in the main courses, several non-playable characters appear in the Mushroom Castle. Toads (including [[Toad|''the'' Toad]], as relayed in some paratextual material)<ref name=story/> can be found on each floor, where they provide gameplay tips and words of encouragement when prompted. Some of them give Mario a Power Star when spoken to. [[MIPS]] can be found hopping around the basement once Mario has obtained a certain number of Power Stars (see chart above). He will give Mario one if caught. [[Yoshi]] appears on the castle's roof after Mario has [[Completion#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|collected all 120 Stars]]. Mario can reach him with a [[cannon]] that opens on the Castle Grounds after completing [[Bowser in the Sky]] with all 120 Stars collected.
+==Characters==
+Owing to his [[List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content#Early ideas|removal during development]], ''Super Mario 64'' is one of the few [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'']] games not to feature [[Luigi]], along with ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Many data structures in the code have unused references to Luigi's object slot, but he is considered irrecoverable from the final game's codebase.<ref>JoshDuMan. August 28, 2019. [//news.ukikipedia.net/index.php/2019/08/28/decomp-is-out-but-what-does-that-mean-ukikipedia-news-week-10 Decomp is out! …but what does that mean? – Ukikipedia News Week 10]</ref> A [[List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content#Textures|prerelease model and textures]] only surfaced through the {{wp|Nintendo data leak}}. However, Luigi was included as a playable character in the game's [[Nintendo DS]] remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.
-===Returning Enemies===
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#f5f5f5"
-{|
+|-style="background:#ff0000;color:white;"
+!width=12%|Name
+!Description
 |-
-|
+|align=center style="background:#F4A9AE"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Mario.png|90px]]<br>[[Mario]]
-*[[Bill Blaster]]s
+|style="background:#FFE4E1"|The hero of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and the game's protagonist. He was invited to the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]] by Princess Peach, only to find that she had been kidnapped by Bowser. Mario has significantly expanded movement options to reflect the 3D environment of ''Super Mario 64''. Some notable new moves include the [[Triple Jump]], the [[Wall Jump|Wall Kick]], the [[Ground Pound|Pound the Ground]] attack, and a [[Punch|punch-punch-]][[kick]]. Unlike in previous installments, Mario has a [[Health Meter|health meter]] and does not [[Small Mario|shrink in size]] if struck by an enemy.
-*[[Big Steely|Big Steelies]]
-*[[Bob-omb]]s
-*[[Boo]]s
-*[[Bullet Bill]]s
-*[[Chain Chomp]]s
-*[[Fly Guy#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Fire Guy]]s
-*[[Goomba]]s
-*[[Grand Goomba]]s
-*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
-*[[Lakitu]]s
-|
-*[[Micro-Goomba]]s
-*[[Monty Mole]]s
-*[[Piranha Plant]]s
-*[[Podoboo]]s
-*[[Pokey]]s
-*[[Spiny|Spinies]]
-*[[Swooper]]s
-*[[Thwomp]]s
-*[[Tweester]]s
-*[[Venus Fire Trap]]s
 |}
-==Abilities==
+===Non-playable characters===
-[[File:Breakdance.gif|thumb|left|Mario's "break dance" kick.]]
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#f5f5f5"
-[[File:Mario PPK.gif|thumb|right|Mario punching and kicking.]]
+|-style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"
-In addition to Mario's signature [[Jump|jumping]], a whole new host of abilities is given to the player. Mario can punch, kick, kick jump, hip drop ([[Ground Pound]], something [[Yoshi]] and [[Wario]] could do in previous games), [[Triple Jump|triple jump]], [[Long Jump (move)|long jump]], [[Back Flip|back flip]], [[somersault]], and perform the [[Wall Jump|wall kick]] (bouncing from wall to wall with timed jumps to reach higher areas). The usual [[Super Mushroom]] and [[Fire Flower]] are absent in this game. Instead as the game progress, Mario gains the power to wear new hats, in the form of colored Caps, with multiple abilities exclusive to each. The [[Power Gauge]] is also introduced in a circular form which became standard for future three dimensional "Mario" games, (though it made an appearance beforehand, in a vertical form, in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'').
+!width=12%|Name
+!Description
+!width=15%|Locations
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM3DAS-SM64-LakituBro.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Lakitu Bros.]]
+|A pair of [[Lakitu's Cloud|cloud]]-riding [[Koopa (species)|Koopas]] that are documenting Mario's quest to liberate the Mushroom Castle and rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. One Lakitu Bro is with Mario throughout the entirety of the game, serving as an in-game explanation for the title's 3D camera controls. He is generally unseen, but his reflection can be spotted in a large mirror on the second floor of the Mushroom Castle. The Lakitu Bros. work for the [[List of implied organizations#Kingdom News Network|Kingdom News Network]].
+|align=center|All courses
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Princess Peach.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Princess Peach]]
+|The ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. She invited Mario to the Mushroom Castle for cake, but she is missing by the time he arrives. Toad informs him that she was kidnapped by Bowser and sealed away within the castle's walls. The game follows Mario's quest to restore the castle's Power Stars and liberate the princess.
+|align=center|[[Castle Grounds]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Toad.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Toad]]
+|One of Princess Peach's attendants and an old friend of Mario's. He is one of several [[Toad (species)|Mushroom Retainers]] that have been trapped inside the castle. He gives Mario hints, tips, and words of encouragement when spoken to. Some Toads give Mario a Power Star if prompted.
+|align=center|[[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Bob-OmbBuddySM64.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddies]]
+|Friendly [[Bob-omb]]s that lack fuses. They reside on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], where they are at war with the [[King Bob-omb|Big Bob-omb]] and his army. A Bob-omb Buddy is hidden away in nearly all subsequent courses. If spoken to, it prepares a [[cannon]] for Mario to use. The cannon remains open and accessible for all subsequent revisits.
+|align=center| [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Whomp's Fortress]]; [[Jolly Roger Bay]]; [[Cool, Cool Mountain]]; [[Shifting Sand Land]]; [[Snowman's Land]]; [[Wet-Dry World]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Over the Rainbows|Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Koopa the Quick.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Koopa the Quick]]
+|A [[Big Koopa Troopa|Giant Koopa]] from [[Tiny-Huge Island]]. He challenges Mario to a race when spoken to and rewards him with a [[Power Star]] if he defeats him without using certain shortcuts. Mario first encounters Koopa the Quick on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] in the mission [[Footrace with Koopa the Quick]] after defeating the [[King Bob-omb|Big Bob-omb]], and he encounters him again on the "huge" side of Tiny-Huge Island in the mission [[Rematch with Koopa the Quick]].
+|align=center|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Hoot.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Hoot]]
+|A talking owl who roosts in a tree near Mario's starting position on [[Whomp's Fortress]]. Once woken up, Mario can grab onto Hoot's talons and be carried high into the air for a limited time. Hoot slowly descends while carrying Mario and drops him if he hangs on for too long, citing his weight.
+|align=center|[[Whomp's Fortress]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Penguin (Adult).png|100x100px]]<br>[[Penguin]]s
+|Big talking birds found in courses that feature snow. They are instrumental in several Power Star missions. The [[Mother Penguin]] found at the base of [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] awards Mario a Power Star if her lost chick, [[Baby Penguin#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Tuxie]], is returned to her, while the [[Big Penguin]] found in the cabin at the top of the mountain gives him a Star if beaten in a race. Revisiting this penguin after collecting all 120 Power Stars reveals that he has let himself go. The extra weight makes him a tougher opponent to out-sleigh.
+|align=center|[[Cool, Cool Mountain]]; [[Snowman's Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Snowman.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Snowman|Snowmen]]
+|Two giant snowmen occur in the game. [[Headless Snowman|One snowman]] is the focus of the mission [[Snowman's Lost His Head]]. His head is on a pedestal halfway down the mountain, while his sentient snowball body appears towards the top, by Mario's starting position. Either piece asks Mario to help put him together when prompted. Once assembled, the snowman gifts Mario a Power Star. The other is in Snowman's Land, where he can climbed as if he was a mountain. As Mario nears his head, he starts to complain about an irritating crawling sensation on his body and tries to blow Mario off. A Power Star is on the very top of his head.
+|align=center|[[Cool, Cool Mountain]]; [[Snowman's Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model MIPS.png|100x100px]]<br>[[MIPS]]
+|Princess Peach's pet [[rabbit]].<ref name=MIPS>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section, p. 85. 「ピーチ姫の飼っているウサギ。」 ("''Princess Peach’s pet rabbit.''")</ref> He is found in the castle's basement and flees if approached. He gives Mario a Power Star if caught. While captured, MIPS claims to be late for tea.
+|align=center|[[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Dorrie.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Dorrie]]
+|A gentle giant that resembles a {{wp|plesiosaur}}. It can be found swimming in an underground lake, where it can be ridden. Mario can steer Dorrie's body while standing on its back and lower its neck by performing a [[Ground Pound|Pound the Ground]] attack on its head.
+|align=center|[[Hazy Maze Cave]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Ukiki 64.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Ukiki|Ukkiki]]s
+|Mischievous monkeys. One steals [[Mario Cap|Mario's cap]] when grabbed. Mario must grab the Ukkiki again in order to get it back, but he runs away if approached and must be cornered. During [[Mystery of the Monkey Cage]], a Ukkiki appears on the summit and taunts Mario. If grabbed, the Ukkiki begs to be released in exchange for a Power Star.
+|align=center|[[Tall, Tall Mountain]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Yoshi.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Yoshi]]
+|An old friend of Mario's. He is a dinosaur-like creature with a long tongue. He can be found on the roof of the Mushroom Castle once all 120 Power Star are collected. Yoshi awards the player 100 lives and a special [[Triple Jump]] for fully completing the game, then disappears off the side of the castle.
+|align=center|[[Castle Grounds]]
+|}
-The Caps are found inside special '!' blocks littered around the every level. Initially empty, they can be filled by finding '!' switches (similar to the [[Switch Palace]]s of ''[[Super Mario World]]''). There are three colors to the caps, and each cap lets Mario perform different abilities. Only one (or occasionally two) forms of colored caps are in each level. Normally, each cap is worn separately, but Mario can sometimes don two caps at once and combine the abilities of both.
+==Enemies and obstacles==
+===New enemies===
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#FFFFFF"
+|-style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"
+!width=10%|Name
+!Description
+!width=13%|Locations
+!width=6%|Spoils
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:AmpSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Amp]]'''
+|A small floating invincible metal ball that spins around a fixed point while emitting electricity.
+|align=center|[[Bowser in the Dark World]]; [[Shifting Sand Land]]; [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]; [[Snowman's Land]]; [[Wet-Dry World]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:BookendSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Bookend]]'''
+|A haunted book that either emerges from its bookcase to bite Mario or shoots straight out at him with other books en masse.
+|align=center|[[Big Boo's Haunt]]
+|align=center|{{hover|{{chart icon|SM64-CoinB}}×1|biting type}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bubba.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Cheep Chomp|Bubba]]'''
+|An enormous quick fish that tries to swallow Mario whole.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bully.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Bully]]'''
+|A horned creature that attacks Mario by pushing and can be beaten only by pushing it into lava.
+|align=center|[[Lethal Lava Land]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Chair.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Chair]]'''
+|A haunted piece of furniture that flings itself at Mario.
+|align=center|[[Big Boo's Haunt]]
+|align=center|None
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Chuckya SM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Chuckya]]'''
+|A huge purple Bob-omb that picks up and throws Mario and can be defeated only by doing the same to it.
+|align=center|[[Wet-Dry World]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×5
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:ClamSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Clam|Clam shell]]'''
+|A giant shellfish that opens and closes its valves, sometimes containing an item.
+|align=center|[[Jolly Roger Bay]]; [[Dire, Dire Docks]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:BigSteelieSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Flame thrower (Flame Chomp)|Flame thrower]]'''
+|A tiny [[Flame Chomp|Fire Chomp]]-like sphere that floats in place, shooting a homing flame at Mario when approached.
+|align=center|[[Hazy Maze Cave]]; [[Shifting Sand Land]]; [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]; [[Wet-Dry World]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#EDEDED"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Fwoosh.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Fwoosh]]'''
+|A cloud that blows gusts of wind to knock Mario off the ledge.
+|align=center|[[Tall, Tall Mountain]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Grindel.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Grindel]]'''
+|A mummified [[Thwomp]] that attempts to squish Mario by either slamming down or leaping forward.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Heave-Ho.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Heave-Ho]]'''
+|A windup machine that powerfully tosses Mario over its back.
+|align=center|[[Wet-Dry World]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Klepto.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Klepto]]'''
+|A condor that tries to steal Mario's cap.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Star}}×1<br>{{chart icon|SM64-Cap}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:MadPianoSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Mad Piano]]'''
+|A haunted mini grand piano that noisily pursues Mario over a small area while chomping.
+|align=center|[[Big Boo's Haunt]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Manta.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Manta|Manta Ray]]'''
+|An enormous passive ray that damages Mario on contact and leaves behind a trail of [[bubble ring|ring]]s.
+|align=center|[[Dire, Dire Docks]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Sm64moneybags.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Moneybags|Money Bags]]'''
+|A hopping purse that disguises as a [[coin]].
+|align=center|[[Snowman's Land]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×5
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:BompSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Bomp|Moving Bar]]'''
+|A varyingly designed wall protrusion that tries to push Mario but can also be used as a platform.
+|align=center|[[Whomp's Fortress]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Mr. Blizzard.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Mr. Blizzard]]'''
+|A snowman that either throws snowballs at Mario or hops back and forth oblivious to him, with the former type being beatable by running around it enough.
+|align=center|[[Cool, Cool Mountain]]; [[Snowman's Land]]
+|align=center|{{hover|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×3|throwing-type only}}<br>{{chart icon|SM64-Cap}}×1<br>{{chart icon|cross}}<small>{{hover|(note)|hopping-type only}}</small>
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Mr I.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Mr. I|Mr. I.]]'''
+|A giant floating eyeball that shoots bubbles at Mario but can be defeated by running around it enough.
+|align=center|[[Big Boo's Haunt]]; [[Hazy Maze Cave]]; [[Lethal Lava Land]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-CoinB}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:PiranhaPlantSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Big Fire Piranha|Piranha Flower]]'''
+|A large [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]] that sprouts suddenly, shoots a homing fireball, and then retracts.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×2
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Scuttlebug.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Scuttlebug|Scuttle Bug]]'''
+|A giant spider that pursues Mario and sometimes leaps from a pit.
+|align=center|[[Big Boo's Haunt]]; [[Hazy Maze Cave]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×3
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Skeeter.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Skeeter]]'''
+|A giant water strider that skims across the water passively, pursuing Mario while on land.
+|align=center|[[Wet-Dry World]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×3
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Koopa Troopa.png|80x80px]]<br>'''[[Small Koopa Troopa]]'''
+|A tiny [[Koopa Troopa]] that is defeated immediately upon contact.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-CoinB}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Piranha Plant.png|80x80px]]<br>'''[[Small Piranha]]'''
+|A miniature [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]] that sprouts suddenly, shoots a homing fireball, and then retracts.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SnufitSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Snifit (Super Mario 64)|Snufit]]'''
+|A small ghostly [[Snifit]] that shoots small bullets at Mario.
+|align=center|[[Hazy Maze Cave]]; [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×2
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SpindelSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Spindel]]'''
+|A cylindrical Grindel that rolls back and forth.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SpindriftSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Spindrift]]'''
+|A slow flying floral creature that likes cold environments and makes Mario spin if he jumps on it.
+|align=center|[[Cool, Cool Mountain]]; [[Snowman's Land]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×3
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Sushi.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Sushi]]'''
+|A large but passive shark that swims in wide circles.
+|align=center|[[Dire, Dire Docks]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Tox Box.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Tox Box]]'''
+|A huge moving metal cube with one hollow side.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Unagi SM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Maw-Ray|Unagi]]'''
+|A huge moray eel that likes to stay in tight places.
+|align=center|[[Jolly Roger Bay]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:WhompSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Whomp]]'''
+|A stone slab with a face and weak back that attacks Mario by slamming forward.
+|align=center|[[Whomp's Fortress]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×5
+|}
+===Returning enemies===
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#FFFFFF"
+|-style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"
+!width=10%|Name
+!Description
+!width=13%|Locations
+!width=6%|Spoils
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:BeachKoopaSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Beach Koopa]]'''
+|A Koopa Troopa after being evicted from its shell, to which it frantically tries to return.
+|align=center|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-CoinB}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Bomb-omb SM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Bob-omb]]'''
+|A walking, respawning bomb that pursues Mario after lighting itself but can be picked up and thrown.
+|align=center|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Shifting Sand Land]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Boo.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Boo]]'''
+|A ghost that turns transparent and invulnerable when looked at.
+|align=center|[[Courtyard (Peach's Castle)|Courtyard]]; [[Big Boo's Haunt]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×1<br>{{chart icon|SM64-CoinB}}×1<br>{{chart icon|SM64-birdcage}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bub.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Cheep Cheep|Bub]]'''
+|A fish that swims slowly after Mario.
+|align=center|[[Dire, Dire Docks]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bullet Bill.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Bullet Bill]]'''
+|A giant bullet that swerves to hit Mario.
+|align=center|[[Whomp's Fortress]]
+|align=center|None
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Chainchompsm64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Chain Chomp]]'''
+|A huge iron guard dog shackled to a [[stump]].
+|align=center|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:FlyGuySM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Fly Guy]]'''
+|A [[Shy Guy]] that spits fireballs and flies with propellers that makes Mario spin when jumped on.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]; [[Snowman's Land]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×2
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 - Goomba Model.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Goomba]]'''
+|A small enemy that pursues Mario and often comes in groups of three but can be beaten with any attack.
+|align=center|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Whomp's Fortress]]; [[Jolly Roger Bay]]; [[Bowser in the Dark World]]; [[Shifting Sand Land]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]; [[Snowman's Land]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Micro-GoombaSM64.png|80x80px]]<br>'''[[Mini Goomba|Goombette]]'''
+|A tiny Goomba that is instantly defeated when it touches Mario but also pushes him back unless he attacks it.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|align=center|{{hover|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×1|punched or kicked}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:GrandGoombaSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Big Goomba|Grand Goomba]]'''
+|A huge strong Goomba immune to punches and kicks that also sometimes fails to notice Mario.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|align=center|{{hover|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×1|jumped on}}<br>{{hover|{{chart icon|SM64-CoinB}}×1|ground-pounded}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:KoopaTroopaSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Koopa Troopa]]'''
+|A timid turtle that runs away from Mario and gets knocked from its shell upon being attacked.
+|align=center|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Shell}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:LakitusSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Lakitu]]'''
+|A cloud-riding turtle that throws an endless supply of [[Spiny Egg|Spiny bomb]]s at Mario.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×5
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Monty Mole 1.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Monty Mole]]'''
+|An endlessly respawning creature that emerges from holes to throw rocks at Mario.
+|align=center|[[Hazy Maze Cave]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-1Up}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:PiranhaPlant SM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Piranha Plant]]'''
+|A sleepy plant that chomps upon being woken up.
+|align=center|[[Whomp's Fortress]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-CoinB}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Old Pokey 64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Pokey]]'''
+|A tall segmented cactus with a weak head.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-CoinB}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Lava Bubble.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Lava Bubble|Sparky]]'''
+|A fireball that hops along land after spawning from lava or fire.
+|align=center|[[Lethal Lava Land]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Spiny.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Spiny]]'''
+|A spiked turtle that walks around slowly and can be destroyed only by going underwater.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]
+|align=center|None
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64-SpinyEgg.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Spiny Egg|Spiny bomb]]'''
+|A spiked egg thrown by a Lakitu that hatches into a Spiny and is vulnerable to explosions.
+|align=center|[[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]
+|align=center|None
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64Swoop.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Swoop]]'''
+|A bat that hangs upside-down until approached, at which point it starts flying around.
+|align=center|[[Hazy Maze Cave]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|SM64-Coin}}×1
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:ThwompSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Thwomp]]'''
+|A floating stone cube that slams to the ground every few moments and can also be used as a platform.
+|align=center|[[Whomp's Fortress]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]
+|align=center|{{chart icon|cross}}
+|}
+===Obstacles===
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#FFFFFF"
+|-style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"
+!width=10%|Name
+!Description
+!width=19%|Locations
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bill Blaster.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Bill Blaster|Blaster]]'''
+|A metal cube that shoots out Bullet Bills.
+|align=center|[[Whomp's Fortress]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Floating Mine.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Mine|Bomb]]'''
+|A stationary spiked explosive used to defeat Bowser.
+|align=center|[[Bowser in the Dark World]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Casket.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Casket]]'''
+|Caskets rise and fall. They can crush Mario if he goes under one.
+|align=center|[[Big Boo's Haunt]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Freezing Water.jpg|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Freezing water|Cold water]]'''
+|Chilled water that hurts Mario on contact, either gradually or immediately depending on how cold it is.
+|align=center|[[Snowman's Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Cavern of the Metal Cap.png|100x100px]]<br>[[File:Jet Stream.png|x70px]]<br>'''[[Current]]'''
+|Rapidly moving water that can forcibly remove Mario from the course if it pulls him far enough.
+|align=center|[[Jolly Roger Bay]]; [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]]; [[Dire, Dire Docks]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Endless Stairs.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Endless stairs]]'''
+|A magic staircase that loops Mario forever if he tries to climb them without enough Stars.
+|align=center|[[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Triangular Column.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Falling Pillar|Falling pillar]]'''<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 33</ref>
+|A giant precariously balanced stone that tips at Mario.
+|align=center|[[Jolly Roger Bay]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Fireball.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Fireball (obstacle)|Fireball]]'''
+|A basic flame that appears as either a standalone obstacle or an enemy projectile.
+|align=center|[[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]; [[Bowser in the Dark World]]; [[Hazy Maze Cave]]; [[Lethal Lava Land]]; [[Shifting Sand Land]]; [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]; [[Snowman's Land]]; [[Wet-Dry World]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Fire Bar.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Fire Bar|Fire bar]]'''
+|A rotating rock with a constantly alit flamethrower on either side.
+|align=center|[[Lethal Lava Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Flamethrower.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Flamethrower]]'''
+|A jet of fire that usually comes from small holes but can also come from other openings and even lava.
+|align=center|[[Bowser in the Dark World]]; [[Big Boo's Haunt]]; [[Hazy Maze Cave]]; [[Lethal Lava Land]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Glass Block.png|100x100px]]<br>'''{{conjectural|Glass block}}'''
+|A platform in Rainbow Ride that [[magic carpet]]s travel through as an obstacle.
+|align=center|[[Rainbow Ride]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Hidden Smasher.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Hidden smasher]]'''
+|A giant mass of metal hidden in a wall that tries to crush Mario when he approaches.
+|align=center|[[Lethal Lava Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Ice Block.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Ice Block|Ice block]]'''
+|A sliding triangular ice chunk that comes in two sizes and pushes Mario into the cold water.
+|align=center|[[Snowman's Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Ice Block Shooter.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Ice Block#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Ice block shooter]]'''
+|A giant hole with Shy Guy masks that shoots triangular ice chunks.
+|align=center|[[Snowman's Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:DeepFreeze64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[In the Deep Freeze|Ice structure]]'''
+|Stacks of ice created into a maze that requires a [[Power Star]].
+|align=center|[[Snowman's Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Igloo.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Ice Block|Ice wall]]'''
+|A wall made of ice, with some containing [[coin]]s. [[Vanish Mario]] is required to pass through these walls.
+|align=center|[[Snowman's Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:BigSteelieSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[metal ball|Iron ball]]'''
+|A variably sized large black sphere that rolls down slopes.
+|align=center|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Ivy.png|100x100px]]<br>'''{{Conjectural|Ivy}}'''
+|Slows Mario's speed and also makes it difficult to jump.
+|align=center|[[Tall, Tall Mountain]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 LLL Entrance.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Lava]]'''
+|Molten rock that burns Mario.
+|align=center|[[Lethal Lava Land]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:PyramidSecret.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Moving sand]]'''
+|Rapidly flowing sand. Mario can stand on it, but it pushes him in the direction of its trajectory.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Pendulum.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Pendulum]]'''
+|A swinging obstacle that can block Mario's path. Its speed can change depending on the time Mario enters Tick Tock Clock.
+|align=center|[[Tick Tock Clock]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 HMC Flamethrower.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Pit]]'''
+|A bottomless abyss that removes Mario from a course.
+|align=center|[[Whomp's Fortress]]; [[Cool, Cool Mountain]]; [[The Princess's Secret Slide]]; [[Tower of the Wing Cap]]; [[Bowser in the Dark World]]; [[Hazy Maze Cave]]; [[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Over the Rainbows|Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:ShiftingSandLand2.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Quicksand]]'''
+|Sand that pulls Mario under at varying speeds.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Boulder.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Boulder|Rolling rock]]'''
+|A giant boulder.
+|align=center|[[Hazy Maze Cave]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Slide Box.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Slide Box]]'''
+|A skull-marked crate that moves back and forth on the rocking ship.
+|align=center|[[Jolly Roger Bay]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 mario cough.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Smoke|Strange cloud]]'''
+|Putrid gas found in deep, stagnant caves.
+|align=center|[[Hazy Maze Cave]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Tornado.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Tornado]]'''
+|A whirlwind that makes Mario spin.
+|align=center|[[Shifting Sand Land]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Water Bomb.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Water bomb (object)|Water bomb]]'''
+|A bouncing balloon that pursues Mario after being shot from a cannon.
+|align=center|[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Wet-Dry World Downtown.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Water tide]]'''
+|Water that rises up or down.
+|align=center|[[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]; [[Wet-Dry World]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Whirlpool.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Whirlpool]]'''
+|A vortex that can suck Mario inside.
+|align=center|[[Dire, Dire Docks]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Wind.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Wind]]'''
+|A gust that can either help or hinder Mario.
+|align=center|[[Cool, Cool Mountain]]; [[Snowman's Land]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; [[Rainbow Ride]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Quick Race Through Downtown!.png|x70px]]<br>[[File:SM64 Vanish Metal Mario.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Chain-Link|Wire net]]''' (vertical)
+|A wall made of iron bars or wire nets. [[Vanish Mario]] is required to pass through these walls.
+|align=center|[[The Secret Under the Moat|Vanish Cap Under the Moat]]; [[Big Boo's Haunt]]; [[Hazy Maze Cave]]; [[Lethal Lava Land]]; [[Shifting Sand Land]]; [[Dire, Dire Docks]]; [[Wet-Dry World]]; [[Tick Tock Clock]]
+|}
-*The [[Wing Cap]] (red) allows Mario to transform into [[Wing Mario]] and fly around if he performs a triple jump or blasts out of a cannon. This is useful for reaching high or far areas, and finding secrets in the sky. Also, the Wing Cap lets Mario do a Triple Jump without having to walk/run.
+===Bosses===
-*The [[Vanish Cap]] (blue) makes Mario transform into [[Vanish Mario]] which makes him invulnerable to attacks. He can also walk through some walls to reach new areas, where he can find hidden items or Power Stars. Also, all enemies' attacks travel through him.
+Bosses are listed in the order that they are first encountered.
-*The [[Metal Cap]] (green) causes Mario to transform into [[Metal Mario (form)|Metal Mario]], which makes him metallic and heavy. This lets Mario defeat enemies by walking into them, walk through streams of fire without taking damage, avoid water currents, and walk under water. Because of his weight, all Mario can do in this form is walk and jump.
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#FFFFFF"
+|-style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"
+!width=10%|Name
+!Description
+!width=19%|Missions
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:SM64 Asset Model King Bob-omb.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[King Bob-omb|Big Bob-omb]]'''
+|A giant [[Bob-omb]] on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]. He appears as the first boss in the game and has the first [[Power Star]]. He refers to himself as the "baron of all blasting matter."
+|align=center|[[Big Bob-omb on the Summit]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:WhompKingSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Whomp King]]'''
+|A giant [[Whomp]] on top of [[Whomp's Fortress]]. He has the first Power Star, and after he is defeated, there is a tower on top of the fortress.
+|align=center|[[Chip Off Whomp's Block]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:BowserSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Bowser]]'''
+|Bowser appears in Bowser in the Dark World, Bowser in the Fire Sea (where the arena tilts), and Bowser in the Sky (where he must be thrown three times). Mario needs to swing him by the tail clockwise or counterclockwise and hurl him at bombs on the outside of his circular arena.
+|align=center|[[Bowser in the Dark World]]; [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]; [[Bowser in the Sky]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:Boo 64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Big Boo (character)|Big Boo]]'''
+|A giant [[Boo]] that appears three times in [[Big Boo's Haunt]]. He initially appears once all the Boos in the mansion have been defeated, again in the underground merry-go-round, and lastly on the top balcony of the mansion.
+|align=center|[[Go on a Ghost Hunt]]; [[Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round]]; [[Big Boo's Balcony]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Mr. I.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Big Mr. I.]]'''
+|A giant [[Mr. I|Mr. I.]] that appears only in the attic of Big Boo's Haunt.
+|align=center|[[Eye to Eye in the Secret Room]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:BigBullySM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Big Bully]]'''
+|A large [[Bully]] that appears in [[Lethal Lava Land]]. On both occasions, Big Bullies try to knock Mario into the lava.
+|align=center|[[Boil the Big Bully]]; [[Bully the Bullies]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:EyerokSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Eyerok]]'''
+|A being composed of two stone hands with eyes on each palm. He appears when Mario blasts open the top of the pyramid in [[Shifting Sand Land]] and rides the elevator inside.
+|align=center|[[Stand Tall on the Four Pillars]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:ChillBullySM64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Chill Bully]]'''
+|A large Bully made of ice. He tries to ram Mario onto a lethally frozen pond in [[Snowman's Land]].
+|align=center|[[Chill with the Bully]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:Venustrapsm64.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Big Fire Piranha Plant|Piranha Flowers]]'''
+|A patch of five giant [[Fire Piranha Plant|fire-breathing Piranha Plants]] on [[Tiny-Huge Island]]. They quickly sprout and recede from the ground.
+|align=center|[[Pluck the Piranha Flower]]
+|-
+|align=center|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Wiggler.png|100x100px]]<br>'''[[Wiggler]]'''
+|A giant caterpillar. He becomes angry when his home on Tiny-Huge Island gets flooded.
+|align=center|[[Make Wiggler Squirm]]
+|}
-==Bosses==
+==Items and objects==
-[[File:BowserintheDarkWorldFight.png|thumb|[[Mario]] faces [[Bowser]] in [[Bowser in the Dark World]].]]
+===Items===
-There are various mini bosses in some stages, but the primary boss is Bowser. He appears three times in three different levels. This is a list of the bosses in the game.
+These are collectibles, pickups, and health-restoring objects.
-*[[King Bob-omb]] - A giant Bob-omb in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]. He appears as the first boss in the game, and the first star.
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#F5F5F5"
-*[[Whomp King]] - A giant Whomp on top of [[Whomp's Fortress]]. He appears as the first star, and after he is defeated, there is a tower on top of the fortress.
+|-style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"
-*[[Bowser in the Dark World]] - [[Bowser]] appears at the end of this level. The player needs to swing him by the tail clockwise or counterclockwise and hurl him at bombs on the outside of his circular arena.
+!width=12%|Name
-*[[Big Bully]] - Two of these giant [[Bully|Bullie]]s appear in [[Lethal Lava Land]]. On both occasions they try to knock Mario into the lava.
+!width=38%|Description
-*[[Eyerok]] - Two stone hands with eyes on their palms. They appear when the player blasts open the top of the Pyramid in [[Shifting Sand Land]] and ride the elevator inside.
+!width=12%|Name
-*[[Big Boo]] - A giant [[Boo]] which appears three times in [[Big Boo's Haunt]]. He initially appears once all the Boos in the mansion have been removed, again in the underground Merry-Go-Round, and lastly on the top balcony of the mansion (possibly what inspired [[Boolossus]]).
+!width=38%|Description
-*[[Big Mr. I]] - A giant Mr I which only appears in the attic of Big Boo's Haunt.
+|-
-*[[Bowser in the Fire Sea]] - [[Bowser]] appears at the end of the level. Game play is the same as the first Bowser, except now his jumps make the arena tilt, causing Mario to need to run up the arena to avoid falling off. Bowser also gains a new move where he vanishes and reappears a short distance away.
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:PowerStarModelSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Power Star]]s
-*[[Chill Bully]] - A large Bully made of ice. He tries to ram Mario onto a lethally frozen pond in [[Snowman's Land]].
+|Power Stars fuel the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]] and are stolen by [[Bowser]] to seal the castle's inhabitants away. They are the primary objective within [[mission]]s, and accumulating Stars unlocks new missions. A larger token called the [[Jumbo Star]] is made available after the final battle with Bowser. Collecting it does not contribute to the player's total, but it does liberate [[Princess Peach]].
-*[[Wiggler]] - A giant Wiggler, which becomes angry when his home in [[Tiny-Huge Island]] gets flooded.
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Key.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Key]]s
-*[[Bowser in the Sky]] - [[Bowser]] appears at the end of this level. He must be thrown into the bombs three times. Each time he falls off the arena, his jump back makes a piece of the arena fall off. After being hit twice, he stomps the ground and more of the arena will fall off, which then the remaining section of the arena becomes [[star]] shaped. Once Bowser gets hit the third time, he will be defeated, leaving behind a [[Giant Star]], which is not added to the [[Power Star]] total after it is collected. The game will then be completed.
+|Tokens awarded to Mario after the first two Bowser battles. A key permanently unlocks a [[Key Door]].
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Sprite Coin.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Coin|Yellow Coins]]
+|Collecting a Yellow Coin restores one wedge to Mario's Power Meter. Collecting 100 during a mission rewards Mario with a Power Star. He also gains an extra life for every 50 coins he has when he completes a mission, but only up to three (i.e., no more than 150 coins).
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Sprite Red Coin.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Red Coin]]s
+|Red Coins are worth two coins. Eight are scattered around most courses, and collecting them all causes a Power Star to appear. They restore two wedges to Mario's Power Meter when collected.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Sprite Blue Coin.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Blue Coin]]s
+|Blue Coins are worth five coins. They typically appear after Mario ground-pounds a [[Blue Coin Block]] or after he defeats a strong enemy, such as a [[Mr. I|Mr. I.]]
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Spinning Heart.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Spinning Heart]]s
+|Spinning Hearts restore Mario's Power Meter when he passes through one. The amount of health recovered and how fast it does so are dependent on how quickly Mario moves through it.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 1-up.png|100x100px]]<br>[[1-Up Mushroom|1UP Mushrooms]]
+|Green [[mushroom]]s that give Mario an [[extra life]] each when obtained.
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Sprite Bubble.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Bubble]]s
+|Bubbles are released from opened underwater [[treasure chest|Treasure Chest]]s. Making contact with one refills Mario's [[Health Meter#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Power Meter]].
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Green Shell.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Koopa Shell]]s
+|Shells from [[Koopa Troopa]]s that Mario can ride, allowing him to defeat enemies he runs over and move around the course quicker. Pressing {{button|n64|Z}} causes the shell to disappear.
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Mario Cap.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Mario Cap|Mario's cap]]
+|Mario can lose his cap: It can be stolen by [[Klepto]] or an [[Ukiki|Ukkiki]] or blown away by [[wind]]. He takes more damage without it. Mario can complete a mission or exit a course without his cap, but it is still missing when he returns to the Mushroom Castle. He has to return to the specific course where he lost his cap to retrieve it.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Block.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Crate]]s
+|Small [[Block (Super Mario 64)|blocks]] that can be picked up and tossed to defeat enemies. Crates break on impact and release collectible Yellow Coins.
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:STROOP- Crazy Box.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Crazed Crate]]s
+|Living crates. When Mario grabs a Crazed Crate, it immediately bounces three times in the direction he was facing when it is grabbed, taking him with it. Each bounce is progressively higher. A Crazed Crate breaks at the end of the third bounce, breaking and releasing Yellow Coins.
+|}
-==Notable mistakes and errors ==
+===Power-ups===
-*When speaking to Yoshi on the castle roof, [[Yoshi]] says "Mario!!! '''It''' that really you???" instead of "Mario!!! Is that really you???".
+These are items that transform Mario's appearance and give him unique abilities. [[List of power-ups|Power-ups]] are available in [[Cap Block]]s, and they start appearing in the main courses only once their corresponding [[Cap Switch]]es are struck in the hidden [[Switch Palace|switch courses]]. Unlike in previous ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' games, all power-ups in ''Super Mario 64'' only temporarily transform Mario, each one for 60 seconds. If he completes a mission in one of these forms, he will revert to his normal form. Additionally, Mario lacks a weak, diminutive [[Small Mario|Small form]] in this game. Mario can be under the effect of two of these power-ups simultaneously in [[Dire, Dire Docks]], namely the Metal and Vanish Caps.
-*If Mario is one star short of opening a door, it will still refer to the word needed in the plural: "You need 1 more star'''s'''" instead of "You need 1 more star."
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#f5f5f5"
-Those errors remained in the [[Virtual Console]] version. However, they were fixed in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|remake]], as Yoshi is a playable character, and the message that appears when Mario doesn't have enough stars to open a door is "You need 1 more <s>stars</s>."
+|-style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"
+!width=12%|Cap Block
+!width=10%|Power-up
+!width=10%|Effect
+!Description
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Red Cap Block.png|100x100px]]<br>Red block
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:WingCap SM64.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Wing Cap]]
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:WingMarioSM64.png|110x110px]]<br>[[Wing Mario]]
+|The Wing Cap is available only in red blocks and transforms Mario into Wing Mario. Performing a [[Triple Jump]] or launching from a [[cannon]] makes Wing Mario [[fly]]. Pressing up on {{button|n64|stick}} makes him descend, and pushing down makes him gain altitude. Alternating between both is necessary to keep Wing Mario airborne. Pressing {{button|n64|z}} brings him back to the ground.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Green Cap Block.png|100x100px]]<br>Green block
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:MetalCapSM64.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Metal Cap]]
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 SM3DAS Metal Mario Render.png|110x110px]]<br>[[Metal Mario]]
+|The Metal Cap is available in green blocks and turns Mario into Metal Mario, a nearly invincible form. He can receive only fall damage in this form. Metal Mario functions the same as his normal form, but he can destroy enemies just by making contact and is impervious to most hazardous obstacles. [[Wind]] and [[current]]s cannot push him. While he does not need air, Metal Mario cannot [[swim]] and sinks to the bottoms of bodies of water, enabling him to circumvent jet streams and other underwater obstacles.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Blue Cap Block.png|100x100px]]<br>Blue block
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Vanish Cap.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Vanish Cap]]
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Vanish Mario.png|110x110px]]<br>[[Vanish Mario]]
+|The Vanish Cap is the final unlockable power-up and is contained in blue blocks. It transforms Mario into Vanish Mario, a form that allows Mario to phase through certain barriers and walls. Vanish Mario is undetectable to enemies, and they cannot harm him. He otherwise has the same abilities as normal Mario.
+|}
-==References to other games==
+===Objects===
-*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' - A carving of Mario from this game appears on a pillar in [[Bowser in the Sky]]. There is also a small jingle used at the [[Power Star]] select screen which sounds identical to the first few notes of the opening theme in this game.
+Objects are interactable elements of the environment that cannot be picked up or collected by [[Mario]]. For objects that primarily function as obstructions or hazards, see [[#Obstacles|above]].
-*''[[Super Mario World]]'' - The idea of Switch Palaces is in a way brought back. Also, when [[Yoshi]] is met, he says to Mario ''"It has been so long since our last adventure!"'', referring to this game. Also, the soundtrack follows the same composition technique used in ''Super Mario World'' in a similar way where there's a signature melody in the game that's heard across different levels in several variations (Bob-omb Battlefield, Snow Mountain, Slider).
+{|width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#f5f5f5"
-*''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' - The theme used for [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]] in this game, specifically the string instruments playing in the background, is reworked into [[Wing Mario|Wing]]/[[Vanish Mario]]'s theme for ''Super Mario 64''.
+|-style="background:#FF2400;color:white;"
+!width=12%|Name
+!Description
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;color:black;"|Trigger objects
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Bluecoinbox.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Blue Coin Block]]
+|A block that causes a trail of Blue Coins to appear for a temporary period of time when ground-pounded. It disappears for the remainder of the accessed mission once struck.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Brick Pillar.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Brick pillar]]
+|A pair of brick pillars is in the basement of the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]. Ground-pounding them permanently drains the moat.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bubble Ring.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Bubble ring]]
+|An underwater ring released by the [[Manta|Manta Ray]]. Swimming through five consecutive bubble rings rewards Mario with a Power Star.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:VanishSwitch.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Cap Switch]]
+|A type of [[! Switch]] found only in switch courses. Ground-pounding one permanently makes corresponding semi-visible blocks turn [[Cap Block|solid]], granting Mario access to the [[List of power-ups|power-up]]s they contain. There are only three Cap Switches in the game, and they correspond as follows: The red one makes the [[Wing Cap]] available, the green one makes the [[Metal Cap]] available, and the blue one makes the [[Vanish Cap]] available.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Crystal Tap.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Crystal Tap]]
+|An {{wp|octahedron}} in [[Wet-Dry World]] that causes the [[water tide|water level]] to either rise or fall when touched.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model ! Switch.png|100x100px]]<br>[[! Switch|Purple Switch]]
+|Purple Switches cause temporary changes to the surrounding environment when stepped on.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Secrets.gif|100x100px]]<br>[[Secret]]
+|One of five cryptically hidden "spots" within a course. Finding one causes a corresponding red number to appear onscreen. Locating all five secrets causes a Power Star to appear.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Stump.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Stump|Stake]]
+|A stake needs to be struck by a Pound the Ground attack three times to be fully embedded into the earth, and doing so may produce a Yellow Coin or trigger a nearby event. Running around one may produce multiple coins.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Treasure Chest.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Treasure chest|Treasure Chest]]
+|A wooden chest that contains a [[bubble]] and opens when touched. In some missions, five Treasure Chests appear and either release a Power Star or trigger a change in the environment when opened in a specific order. Opening a chest out of order electrocutes Mario and forces the player to start over.
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;color:black;"|Climbable objects
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Pole.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Pole]]
+|Mario clings to climbable poles by jumping onto them. He can ascend, descend, and change which face of a pole he is on when the player moves {{button|n64|stick}}. Pressing {{button|n64|A}} makes Mario jump from whichever face he is on. Poles' height and designs depend on where they are encountered. The finish line for footraces against [[Koopa the Quick]] is marked by a flagpole that operates the same way.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Castle Tree.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Tree]]
+|Trees function like poles. Reaching the top of one sometimes triggers an event or releases a [[1-Up Mushroom|1UP Mushroom]] that homes in on Mario.
+|--
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Chain-Link (Horizontal).png|100x100px]]<br>[[Chain-Link|Wire net]] (horizontal)
+|A ceiling of climbable metal netting.
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;color:black;"|Blocks and platforms
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Dark World Stairs.png|100x100px]]<br>{{conjectural|Activatable staircase}}
+|A stairway that briefly appears when a switch is pressed.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Arrow Lift.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Arrow Lift (Super Mario 64)|Arrow Lift]]
+|A floating block that begins to move back and forth once stood on. An activated Arrow Lift stops moving for two-second intervals before moving again.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Block.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Block (Super Mario 64)|Block]]
+|Blocks contain Yellow Coins and release them once struck. They are visually identical to crates, but they are about the same height as Mario and cannot be picked up.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bowser's Sub.png|100x100px]]<br>Bowser's Submarine
+|The submarine appears only in [[Dire, Dire Docks]] during [[Board Bowser's Sub]], during which it floats on the surface of the water. Bowser's Submarine does not appear in subsequent missions, and completing Board Bowser's Sub unlocks access to [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]].
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Cloud House.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Cloud House]]
+|A large floating building in [[Rainbow Ride]]. Magic carpets travel through the Cloud House on a rainbow that weaves through it. The fireplace in the building [[Flamethrower|shoots flames]].
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Walkway.png|100x100px]]<br>{{conjectural|Concertinaing platforms}}
+|Blue platforms connected to bridges in Bowser in the Fire Sea that gradually rise up and drop down.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Conveyor Belt.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Conveyor Belt|Conveyor belt]]
+|A platform with a moving surface. The speed and direction vary depending on the position of the clock hands on [[Tick Tock Clock]]'s face when Mario enters the course.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Drawbridge.png|100x100px]]<br>{{conjectural|Drawbridge}}
+|An object in Lethal Lava Land that opens and closes.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Donut Block.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Donut Block|Falling Block]]
+|A floating platform that falls when stepped on. Thin, holeless Falling Blocks drop quickly, and Mario will lose ground if he does not keep moving forward.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Flipping Block 1.png|100x100px]][[File:SM64 Asset Model Flipping Block 2.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Flipping block]]<ref name=TTC_plats>Pelland and Owsen, p. 113</ref>
+|A block platform that flips in set intervals. The speed and direction vary depending on the position of the clock hands on Tick Tock Clock's face when Mario enters the course.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Floating Wood Platform.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Float|Floating wooden platform]]<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 96</ref>
+|Floating wooden platforms sink slightly in water when stepped on, then rise back up.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Chairlift.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Chairlift|Gondola]]
+|A moving platform on [[Cool, Cool Mountain]]. The gondola moves once Mario steps on it. It stops if it returns to the bottom after Mario has walked off it.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Lift.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Lift]]
+|A moving platform. Some lifts move along [[track]]s. Others move only up and down, like elevators. Their designs and environmental context for moving depend on where they are encountered.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Magic Carpet.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Magic carpet]]
+|A type of lift in Rainbow Ride that travels along a rainbow. If Mario remains off a magic carpet for too long, it will disappear and respawn back at its original position.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Merry-go-round.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Big Boo's Haunt|Merry-go-round]]
+|A spinning platform in the basement of Big Boo's Haunt.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Metal Crate.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Metal crate]]<ref>Upchurch, p. 20</ref>
+|A large stone block that can be pushed.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Minute Hand.png|100x100px]]<br>Minute hand<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 115</ref>
+|A long platform in Tick Tock Clock. It rotates in incremental intervals around a pivot point at the center of the course. The speed and direction vary depending on the position of the clock hands on Tick Tock Clock's face when Mario enters the course.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Mushroom Platform.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Mushroom Platform|Mushroom]]
+|A tall platform that looks like a giant mushroom.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Paddle Platform.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Paddle Platform|Paddle wheel]]
+|A set of four lifts attached to a pivot. Standing on a lift causes the paddle wheel to rotate.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Pillar.png|100x100px]]<br>Pillar
+|An object in [[Shifting Sand Land]] that can be stood upon to open the top of the pyramid.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Propeller Platform.png|100x100px]]<br>{{conjectural|Propeller-like platform}}
+|A platform in [[Rainbow Ride]] that spins. It can either be ridden or hinder Mario's path.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Puzzle.png|100x100px]]<br>[[8-Coin Puzzle with 15 Pieces|Puzzle]]
+|A sliding puzzle of [[Bowser]] suspended over lava. The individual pieces constantly shift positions, forming and unforming the image of Bowser on the puzzle.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Pyramid Platform.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Pyramid platform]]
+|A platform that flips upside down for a few seconds once activated by a Purple Switch.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Rainbow Cruiser.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Rainbow Cruiser]]
+|A six-winged [[airship]] flying in the direction of strong [[wind]]s.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Log.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Rolling log]]
+|Logs roll when stood on. Mario must keep pace with a log's roll to avoid falling off.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Rotating Bar.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Rotating bar]]
+|A thin platform embedded in the side of Tick Tock Clock. The speed and direction vary depending on the position of the clock hands on Tick Tock Clock's face when Mario enters the course.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Rotating Bridge.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Rotating bridge]]<ref>Pelland and Owsen, pp. 25, 26, 28</ref>
+|A wooden platform in [[Whomp's Fortress]] that rotates 180˚ around a pivot point.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Rotating Ring Platform.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Spinning disc|Rotating ring platform]]<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 62</ref>
+|A spinning platform surrounding the volcano in [[Lethal Lava Land]]. It stops moving periodically, during which the volcano erupts.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Seesaw.png|100x100px]][[File:SM64 Fire Sea Spinner.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Seesaw]]
+|A long platform that tilts left or right depending on where Mario walks. Seesaws have different appearances depending on where they are found, as well as unconventional shapes.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Dotted-Line Block.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Dotted-Line Block|Semi-visible block]]
+|A transparent block that turns solid and is able to be used after the player hits the Cap Switch.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Sunken Ship.png|100x100px]]<br>Ship
+|A sunken ship appears at the bottom of [[Jolly Roger Bay]], and it is where [[Maw-Ray|Unagi]] nests. Approaching it causes Unagi to stir and exit the vessel, granting Mario access to its hull. The ship subsequently can be found floating on the surface of the water during [[Red Coins on the Ship Afloat]].
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Sliding Platform.png|100x100px]]<br>Sliding platform<ref name=upchurch_redcoins>Upchurch, p. 30</ref>
+|A long rectangular platform in [[Bowser in the Dark World]] and [[Bowser in the Sky]] that slides in and out.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Floating Island 1.png|100x100px]][[File:SM64 Asset Model Spinning Disc.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Spinning disc]]<ref name=RR_disc>Pelland and Owsen, p. 119</ref>
+|A spinning circular platform suspended in the air. Spinning discs' designs and environmental context for moving depend on where they are encountered. In [[Tick Tock Clock]], triangular and hexigonal variants serve the same function as spinning discs, where the speed and direction vary depending on the time Mario enters the course.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Square.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Square (platform)|Square]]
+|One of a pair of square-shaped platforms that move within the rims of a larger square-shaped frame.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Swing.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Swing]]
+|A lift that moves back and forth like a pendulum.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Tapering Platform 1.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Tapering platform]]
+|A square or rectangular platform that floats in [[lava]], occasionally partially sinking. The middle section is higher than the edges and, as such, is the only safe place to stand.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Wire Platform 1.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Grated platform|Wire platform]]
+|A mesh lift in lava. Some wire platforms move along tracks that temporarily submerge them in lava.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Wobbly Platform.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Wobbly platform]]<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 80</ref>
+|A prism-shaped platform that tilts toward the direction that Mario is standing on, dipping the nearest corner into lava.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Wooden Beam.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Wooden beam]]<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 28</ref>
+|A plank in Whomp's Fortress. [[Kick]]ing or [[punch]]ing the wooden beam causes it to fall over and become useable as a bridge.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Work Elevator.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Work Elevator]]
+|A large flat platform with four arrow-emblazoned buttons. Stepping on a button causes the Work Elevator to move in that direction until it meets an obstruction.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model ! Block.png|100x100px]]<br>[[! Block|Yellow block]]
+|A floating ! Block that contains items. It releases its content when Mario jumps underneath it. It is functionally comparable to the [[? Block]]s of prior ''Super Mario'' games and is the only ! Block available at the start of the game.
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;color:black;"|Transportation objects
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Star Door screenshot.png|100x100px]]<br>[[★ door]]
+|A door to a room that holds (a) painting(s), four of which open only once Mario has collected the required numbers of Power Stars indicated on the fronts of the doors. Not all paintings are locked behind ★ doors.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Star Door Mario 64 sprite.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Big Star Door]]
+|A larger ★ door that has a higher Power Star-threshold to unlock. Three of the four Big Star Doors lead to rooms that contain Bowser courses.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Cannon.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Cannon]]
+|Cannons launch Mario to distant areas. They are accessed like pipes. Most cannons are overseen by [[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddies]] and become accessible only after Mario speaks to them.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Clock.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Tick Tock Clock|Clock]]
+|The portal for Tick Tock Clock. The placement of the clock's hands when Mario enters the face determines the speed and direction of the platforms and obstacles in the course. None of these objects move if he enters the face with the minute hand on 12, and they move slowly if it is on 3.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Key Door.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Key Door]]
+|A door that requires a key to open. Key Doors lead to new sections of the castle.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Bob omb Battlefield painting.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Painting]]
+|A magical portal created by Bowser. Paintings lead to the courses of the game.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Texture Painting (Boo).png|100x100px]]<br>Painting ([[Boo]])
+|Paintings of Boos appear only in Big Boo's Haunt, and Mario can pass through them only in his [[Vanish Mario|Vanish form]].
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Volcano.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Lethal Lava Land|Volcano]]
+|The volcano is at the center of Lethal Lava Land and periodically shoots fire. The volcano's interior can be accessed, and two Power Stars can be obtained in it.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Pipe.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Warp Pipe|Warp pipe]]
+|A pipe going through the ground that brings Mario to a new area. He enters one by physically jumping into it. The cabin chimney on Cool, Cool Mountain functions like a warp pipe. Some pipes are [[Shrinker Pipe]]s that change Mario's size and bring him to the two different versions of [[Tiny-Huge Island]].
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Warp Point.gif|100x100px]]<br>[[Warp|Warp Point]]
+|Warp Points are hidden spots within a course that teleport Mario from one point to another.
+|-
+!colspan=3 style="background:#FF7733;color:black;"|Other objects
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Arrow sign.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Arrow Sign]]
+|A sign that directs the player towards the intended focus of the mission they enter.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Butterfly.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Butterfly]]
+|Butterflies may turn into [[1-Up Mushroom|1UP Mushroom]]s or giant iron balls that pursue Mario through the air before exploding if he persistently bothers them. They otherwise fly around passively.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Screenshot Cloud.png|100x100px]]<br>Cloud<ref>Pelland and Owsen, p. 126</ref>
+|A cloud in [[Over the Rainbows|Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]] that cannot be used as a platform. Some transparent clouds contain a [[Red Coin]].
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Wing Mario Over the Rainbow.png|100x100px]]<br>Rainbow
+|Rainbows passively indicate an intended direction for the player to follow. Magic carpets move along them in [[Rainbow Ride]], and arches connect different [[Cloud Lift|clouds]] in Wing Mario Over the Rainbow. A ring-shaped rainbow in Rainbow Ride provides a visual target for the player to launch Mario out of a cannon. All rainbows are intangible.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:Sign Model SM64.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Sign]]
+|A posted board that contains information on actions, scenarios, and locations. Signs can be ground-pounded into the ground. There are variants found hanging on walls.
+|-
+|align=center style="background:#FFFFFF"|[[File:SM64 Asset Model Star Marker.png|100x100px]]<br>[[Star Marker]]
+|A Power Star appears above a Star Marker in missions where Mario must collect eight Red Coins.
+|}
+==Reissues==
+===''Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version''===
+''Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version'' (Japanese: スーパーマリオ64 振動パック対応バージョン) is a version of the original game released in Japan on July 18, 1997, that includes [[nwiki:Rumble (feature)#Nintendo 64|Rumble Pak]] support. This game is the same as the international release of the game, as it retains all of the [[glitch]] fixes as well as graphical and sound changes (except Mario calling Bowser by his name in the "''So long<!--sic--> kinga{{sic}} Bowser!''"<ref>Martinet, Charles (April 29, 2019). [https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet/status/1122713913269710848 Tweet by Charles Martinet]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved February 6, 2021.</ref> voice clip, which was changed to "''Buh-bye!''"). Other differences include a new title screen [[Easter egg]] and the fixing of the "[[List of Super Mario 64 glitches#Backwards Long Jump|Backwards Long Jump]]" glitch. This version was rereleased for the [[Virtual Console]] on the [[Wii]] in Japan on December 2, 2006, then on the [[Wii U]] on April 8, 2015.
+===''Super Mario 64 DS''===
+{{main|Super Mario 64 DS}}
+''Super Mario 64 DS'' is a remake of the game for the [[Nintendo DS]], bearing some new features in its storyline, gameplay, and graphics. Unlike in ''Super Mario 64'', Mario is not the only playable character (nor is he even available at the start; the only character available at the start of the game is [[Yoshi]]); in addition to Yoshi, [[Luigi]] and [[Wario]] also join the adventure in order to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. Yoshi's being on the roof at the start of the game is a reference to the fact that he is there at the end of the original version. Other new features within the game include a multiplayer mode, in which up to four players can play simultaneously on each Nintendo DS connected together locally; [[minigame]]s to play with each character; and new additions to the story mode such as new missions and levels.
+===''Super Mario 3D All-Stars''===
+{{main|Super Mario 3D All-Stars}}
+''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'' is a compilation game for the [[Nintendo Switch]] featuring high-definition remasters of ''Super Mario 64'' (specifically the ''Shindō Pak Taiō Version'',<ref>Master0fHyrule (September 18, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nucFfPVTi1M 5 MAJOR Differences In Super Mario 64 That You Will Miss! (Super Mario 3D All Stars)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 23, 2020.</ref> marking its first international release), ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. It was released on September 18, 2020, as part of the [[Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary|35th anniversary]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' The game is displayed in 720p resolution and contains redone textures.
+==Version differences==
+There is a total of four Nintendo 64 releases of ''Super Mario 64'': the original Japanese version, the North American release, the European and Australian release, and the Japanese ''Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version'' rerelease.
+===Changes to the North American release===
+====Text changes====
+*The script is exclusively in English.
+*Princess Peach signs her letter with a large pink "Peach." In the Japanese release, she signs her letter in normal-sized black text.
-==References in later games==
+====Audiovisual changes====
-*''[[Paper Mario]]'' - This game starts the same way, with a letter being sent from Peach. [[Princess Peach's Castle|Peach's Castle]] returns and the main room is near identical (however the doors do lead to different rooms).
+{{multiple image
-*''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' - This game is a remake of ''Super Mario 64''. Also, at the start, Yoshi is on the roof and jumps down, a reference to the fact that he is there at the end of ''Super Mario 64''.
+|align=right
-*''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' - Peach's Castle is hidden in the [[Royal Raceway]]. Also, Peach's Castle is featured in the Award Ceremony.
+|direction=horizontal
-*''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' - Most of Mario's moves and animations in this game are derived from the ones in ''Super Mario 64''. [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]] appears as a boss. Two levels based on places here are also accessible, such as [[Metal Mario's stage]] and [[Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros.)|Peach's Castle]].
+|width=84
-*''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' - Peach's Castle re-appears in the background of [[Peach Circuit]], [[Mario Circuit 1]] and [[Mario Circuit 4]].
+|image1=SM64 JollyRogerBay Painting NTSC-J.png
-*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' - [[Tick Tock Clock]] appears as a race track in this game. Several bosses found here also reappear in this game.
+|caption1=Japan
-*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' - This game uses many things found here, such as [[Dorrie]], and a Bowser head closes in on the screen when the player dies. Some enemies like [[Whomp]]s, [[Moneybag]]s and [[Scuttle Bug]]s make their platforming debut. Also, Wing/Vanish Cap theme is present for Invincibility.
+|image2=SM64 JollyRogerBay Painting Other.png
-*''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' - The game starts in the same way, Peach sends Mario another letter.
+|caption2=International
-*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' - In Woohoo Hooniversity, a room with four blocks can be seen in it. One of them is a block from ''Super Mario 64''. The name of the game is even mentioned in the description of the blocks, and the professors are trying to figure out why it vanishes when struck.
+}}
-*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' - The game starts in the same way, with Peach sending Mario another letter. Also, the Bowser's Road theme is covered for Bowser's Star Reactor. The idea of having to defeat a certain level to use the [[Red Star]] was probably based on the Cap Switch levels.Also,the falling asleep idle animation returns.
+*The entrance to [[Jolly Roger Bay]] is changed. In the original release, it is a painting of bubbles in a blue frame. In Western releases, it is a painting of a sunken ship in a gold frame.
-*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' - Two stages based on areas from ''Super Mario 64'' appear: [[Princess Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros. Melee)|Princess Peach's Castle]] (which also appears as a trophy) and [[Rainbow Ride]] (which also includes a cover of the ''Super Mario 64'' level's music). [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]] re-appears as a boss and trophy. Additionally, the [[Metal Box]] returns in this game.
+*In the Japanese version, the animation that plays when Mario collects a key after defeating Bowser depicts him dancing with a Power Star, as he does after completing a Power Star mission in all versions of the game. In Western releases, this is changed to a new animation in which Mario dances with the key itself.
-*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' - Music from [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] is unlockable, and the Rainbow Ride stage/music and Metal Box from the previous game returns as well.
+*The unused "key" HUD icon is removed from this version. It is replaced with a corrupted graphic.
-*''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' - [[Wrinkly Kong]] plays this game sometimes in her [[Save Caves]].  The theme of Wrinkly's Save Caves is also very similar to the song "Inside the Castle Walls."
+*The J, Q, V, Z, %, &, !, and ‼ characters are removed from the game's multicolored font and replaced with corrupted graphics similar to the key. None of these symbols are actually used anywhere in the game.
-*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' - A brief clip of Mario's fight with Bowser is seen when [[F.L.U.D.D.]] scans Mario. Also, players can skip the [[Shine Sprite]] for the first episode of [[Bianco Hills]], which is a reference to how Mario can frequently get Power Stars which aren't on his current objective in ''Super Mario 64''.
+*The [[Chain Chomp]]'s bark has been changed to a completely different sound.
-*''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' - The music that plays in the minigame, [[Artist On the Court]] has the Peach Castle theme covered.
+*The [[Red Coin]] sound effect increases in pitch with each coin collected. In the Japanese release, all Red Coins make the same sound.
-*''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' - In both [[Tall Trunk Galaxy]] and [[Rolling Coaster Galaxy]], [[The Princess's Secret Slide]] music plays at a moment. Also, the [[Whomp's Fortress]] reappears as the [[Throwback Galaxy]], alongside [[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddies]] and the [[Whomp King]]. Both games start with Peach sending a letter to Mario. Also, the orchestral cover of Bowser's Road theme can be heard in Bowser's Lava Lair and Bowser's Gravity Gauntlet.
+*The intro cutscene has several additional sound effects not present in the original release:
-*''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' - [[Peach's Castle]] reappears in the game, along with its trademark music covered. [[Big Venus Fire Trap]]s reappear in this game.
+**The blowing of wind when Lakitu is flying
-*''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' - The theme that plays in Peach's Castle is a cover version of this game's castle theme. Also, [[Exclamation Mark Block|! Blocks]] appear in this game.
+**The click of the camera shutter when the in-game camera moves to Lakitu's perspective
-*''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' - The music for when the Mario Bros first enter [[Princess Peach's Castle|Peach's Castle]] and when everyone is removed from Bowser's Belly is a cover of the Peach's Castle theme. Also, both games end in a view of a cake with Mario and Peach figures on it.
+**The spring sound and voice line "''Ha ha!''" when Mario jumps out of the pipe
-*''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' - A cover of the music that plays in Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round is featured in this game, as the theme associated with Boo sidekicks.
+*A sound effect not present in the Japanese game plays when Mario exits a course through the pause menu.
-*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' - The Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land course music is covered for the [[Dream Snowball Fight]] event in this game. The main theme and the Bowser's stage theme is also used.
+*When Mario enters certain substages, such as the [[Tower of the Wing Cap]], the Power Star collection sound effect plays.
-*''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' - The sound effect of Mario falling from heights is reused, plus the platforming style is mixed together with ''Super Mario Bros 3'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy''. Also, when the player waits outside a purple [[Mystery Box (Super Mario 3D Land)|Mystery Box]] on the map screen, the [[:File:SM64-Looping Steps.ogg|endless stairs music]] from ''Super Mario 64'' can be heard.
+*When Lakitu appears to explain things to Mario, a short tune entitled "Lakitu's Message" plays. Since this tune is not in the original Japanese release, it is not found on the official soundtrack.
-*''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' - Metal Mario appears as a playable character.
+*Western releases add more voice acting for Mario:
-*''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'' - A cover of Princess Peach's Castle is used in [[Peach's Palace]]. In the Bowser's Castle court, a cover of the Bowser battle music is played.
+**"''Hello!''" when [[Mario's face|his face]] greets the player on the title screen
-*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''- Although [[Metal Mario]] did not reappear, Luigi's [[Gold Flower]] form resembles the metal form and it is known as Silver Luigi. The first few notes of the Peach's castle theme are played during the intro.
+**"''Okey-dokey!''" when the player chooses a save file
-*''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''- [[The Princess's Secret Slide]] music is covered during the Minecart part of Bowser's Snow Fortress.
+**"''Let's-a go!''" when the player chooses a Star before entering a course
-*''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''- The castle moat appears in the game but it is inaccessible due to it only appearing on the world map and, when [[Peach's Castle (New Super Mario Bros. U)|Peach's Castle]] is entered, the moat is seen as lava.
+**"''Game over!''" when he runs out of lives
-*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''- A cover of [[The Princess's Secret Slide]] music plays when riding [[Plessie]]. Additionally, [[Bully|Bullies]] return in this game, as well as a new shark enemy with a similar design to [[Sushi|Sushies]]. In [[Shifty Boo Mansion]], a level in 3D World, there is a [[Green_Star_(Super_Mario_3D_World)|Green Star]] hidden behind a portrait of a Boo that can be entered like the pictures in Peach's Castle.
+**"''Press START to play!''" during the title screen demo
-*''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''- A remix of Koopa's Road plays when playing on [[Bowser's Peculiar Peak]].
+**"''Boing!''" when he jumps off a [[Spindrift]]
+**"''I'm-a tired!''" and the names of various pastas when he is sleeping
+**"''Mamma mia!''" when falling out of a non-painting course after Mario loses a life
+**In the original Japanese version, Mario says, "''Here we go!''" when he throws Bowser. In Western versions, he says, "''Here we go!''" only when throwing Bowser a short distance. When he throws Bowser a long distance, he instead says, "''So long kinga Bowser!''"
+**Similarly, when Mario hits a wall in the Japanese version, he grunts. In Western versions, Mario grunts if he hits a wall at a low speed, but he says, "''D'oh!''" if he [[Long Jump|long-jump]]s or dives into a wall.
+**When Mario [[Triple Jump|triple-jump]]s in the Japanese release, he says, "''Yahoo!''" In Western releases, he randomly says, "''Yahoo!''", "''Wha-ha!''", or "''Yippee!''"; however, he says only "''Yahoo!''" when using the improved Triple Jump obtained after he talks to Yoshi.
+*All of Princess Peach's voice acting is new in this version of the game.
-==Media==
+====Fixed glitches====
-{{Main|List of media from Super Mario 64}}
+[[File:SM64 Frozen Head.png|thumb|upright=0.85|Mario looking away from the camera]]
-{{media
+*When Mario steps on one of the [[Cap Switch]]es, a text box that explains the function of the switch is triggered. In the Japanese release, this text box causes the action in-game to pause until the text box is closed. If a Power Star is collected before this text box appears, the Star does not vanish as it is supposed to do upon collection. In Western releases, the text box does not cause the action to pause, which fixes this glitch.
-|type1=Video
+*If 1,000 coins are collected, the coin counter is intended to immediately set itself back to 999 coins. In the Japanese release, it instead sets the life counter to 999. Because the life counter is stored in memory as a one-byte-wide signed field, this causes an overflow, and Mario's life total becomes -25. Western releases correctly set the coin counter to 999, rather than the life counter.
-|name1=SM64 BoB BBootS
+*The first two times Bowser is defeated, he leaves behind a key. If Mario is standing where the key lands and the player presses {{button|n64|cup}} to activate the first-person camera, Mario continues to look that way during the key collection cutscene.
-|pipe1=Bob-omb Battlefield
+*In [[Shifting Sand Land]]'s pyramid, collecting the fifth [[secret]] may [[List of Super Mario 64 glitches#Japanese music cut-out|cause the audio to stop playing]]. If this happens, attempting to leave the course in any way causes the game to crash.
-|description1=Big Bob-omb on the Summit star speed run
+*If Mario exits a course while standing on a moving platform, he retains his momentum when the Mushroom Castle loads. This causes Mario to spawn in an abnormal location.
-|length1=1:12
-|type2=audio
+====Level design changes====
-|name2=SM64-Title Theme
+*In the mission [[Blast to the Stone Pillar]], the Power Star is in a [[! Block|yellow block]], rather than in the open as it was in the Japanese release.
-|pipe2=''Super Mario 64''
+*In the mission [[Li'l Penguin Lost]], the Power Star's spawn location has been moved from directly above the [[Mother Penguin]] to an empty area adjacent to her. This was apparently done because the penguin's hitbox made it difficult to collect the Star in its original location.
-|description2=Title screen
-|length2=3:32
-|type3=audio
+===Changes to the European and Australian release===
-|name3=SM64-Main Theme
+These releases feature all the changes of the North American release, plus the following additional changes:
-|pipe3=''Super Mario 64''
+====Text changes====
-|description3=[[Bob-omb Battlefield]]
+*The script can be switched between English, German, and French.
-|length3=2:22
+*The North American version's "Sound" menu has been renamed "Options," reflecting the fact that the in-game language can be changed from this menu.
+*The characters Ä, Ö, and Ü have been added to the multicolored font, to allow proper representation of the German language. The Ü character is not actually used anywhere in the game. V and Z, which are present in the Japanese release but changed to corrupted characters in the North American release, are restored in this edition of the game.
-|type4=audio
+====Audiovisual changes====
-|name4=SM64- Inside the Castle Walls
+{{multiple image
-|pipe4=''Super Mario 64''
+|align=right
-|description4=Inside the [[Princess Peach's Castle|Castle]] walls
+|direction=horizontal
-|length3=3:04
+|width=250
+|image1=Super Mario 64 (U).png
+|caption1=The North American version
+|image2=SM64 TitleScreen PAL.png
+|caption2=The European and Australian versions
 }}
+{{multiple image
+|align=right
+|direction=horizontal
+|width1=250
+|image1=MarioMiniSM64.png
+|caption1=The North American version
+|width2=236
+|image2=SM64 IntroScreen PAL.png
+|caption2=The European and Australian versions
+}}
+*The copyright date on the title screen is changed to reflect the release year of the European and Australian editions. The trademark symbol was changed for unknown reasons, and the logo is slightly narrower.
+*The intro screen says "PRESS START" in the NTSC versions but just "START" in the PAL version. The text was also moved slightly to the left in the PAL version.
+*The NTSC versions have slight letterboxing, while the PAL version does not. This is most noticeable with the gap between the edge of the HUD elements and the edge of the screen.
+*In the intro, Mario jumps out of a pipe and a variation on the classic Mario pipe sound effect plays. In this edition of the game, the sound effect plays at a much quieter volume.
+*The sound of a [[Big Star Door]] closing is now more similar to the sound of the door opening.
+*The Yellow Coin collecting sound is slightly slowed down.
+*The sound effect of grabbing and then releasing Mario's face on the title screen is changed.
+*Mario's [[Double Jump (consecutive)|Double Jump]] sound is different.
-==Reissues==
+====Gameplay changes====
-{{main|Super Mario 64 DS}}
+*This version of the game outputs a signal compatible with the PAL television standard, rather than the NTSC standard used by the North American and Japanese releases. Therefore, it outputs 25 frames per second instead of 30. This causes everything in the game to happen at five sixths of the speed that it happens in the North American release.
-''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' is the remake of the game for the [[Nintendo DS]], bearing some new features on its storyline, gameplay and graphics. Unlike Super Mario 64, Mario is not the only playable character (nor is he even available at the start, the only character available at the start of the game is Yoshi); [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], and [[Wario]] also join the adventure in order to rescue Princess Peach from the hands of Bowser. Other new features within the game include a multi-player mode, in which up to four players can play simultaneously on each Nintendo DS connected together locally; [[minigame]]s to play with each character, and new additions to the story mode such as new missions and levels.
-A version of the game was released in Japan on July 18, 1997, that included [[Rumble Pak]] support. This game is the same as the International release of the game, as it retains all of the glitch fixes as well as graphical and sound changes (except Mario calling Bowser by his name in the "So long-eh Bowser" voice clip, which was "buh-bye" in all Japanese versions as he tosses him by the tail - this is because he is not known as Bowser in Japan; instead he is known as Koopa). The only differences other than one voice clip are the language being changed back to Japanese and the Rumble Pak support.
+===Changes in ''Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version''===
+This release features all the changes of the North American release, plus the following additional changes:
-==Official soundtrack==
+====Text changes====
-{{main|Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack}}
+*The original Japanese script is restored.
-An original soundtrack that is based on the game is released. It has thirty-six tracks from the game.
+*Text that mentioned pressing {{button|n64|B}} to read [[sign]]s in both the original Japanese and localized scripts now additionally mentions {{button|n64|A}} can be pressed as an alternative.
-==Gallery==
+====Audiovisual changes====
-{{morepic}}
+{{multiple image
-<center><gallery>
+|align=right
-File:Mario Victory Pose Artwork - Super Mario 64.png|Mario
+|direction=horizontal
-File:Bowsersm64.gif|Bowser
+|width=250
-File:Sm64_the_big_boo.png|Boo
+|image1=Super Mario 64 (U).png
-File:Powerstar64.png|Power Star
+|caption1=The North American version
-</gallery></center>
+|image2=SM64 TitleScreen NTSC-J-SE.png
+|caption2=''Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version''
+}}
+[[File:SM64 Shindou EasterEgg.png|thumb|The Easter egg and compatibility notice]]
+*The copyright date on the title screen is updated to reflect the release date of ''Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version''. The trademark symbol is changed.
+*A notice in the lower right corner of the intro screen informs players that this release is compatible with the Rumble Pak.
+*If the player presses {{button|n64|Z}} on the intro screen, the background fills with images of Mario's face. These faces are copied from the frame buffer, so they move in synchronization with the modeled Mario face.
+*The voice line "''So long kinga Bowser!''" is changed to "''Buh-bye!''" likely since Bowser's Japanese name is Koopa.
+*Mario's Double Jump sound is a higher-pitched version of the same sound from the European and Australian version.
+*One of Mario's single [[jump]] sounds is higher-pitched.
+*Mario faces the camera after grabbing a tree.
-==Beta elements==
+====Gameplay changes====
-{{main|List of Super Mario 64 beta elements}}
+*The game is compatible with the Rumble Pak.
-The most notable beta element is the [[Blargg]], which is still in the game's data, that would appear in the ''Lethal Lava Land'', ''Bowser in the Fire Sea'', And ''Wing Mario over the Rainbow'' stages. Also, [[Big Boo]] held a key instead of a Star inside of him. The purpose of the keys was to unlock a variety of the various doors in Big Boo's Haunt - there was even a "key counter". 32 levels were planned for the game, but only fifteen of them made it into the final product.
+*The "Backwards Long Jump" glitch has been fixed. Although the move itself can be performed, the player is prevented from gaining high speeds.
+*The Power Star in Blast to the Stone Pillar is out in the open like in the original Japanese release rather than in a yellow block like in the international releases.
-==Reception==
+==Notable mistakes and errors==
-''Super Mario 64'' received critical acclaim, garnering a score of 9.8 from IGN, 9.4 from GameSpot, and 9.75 from Game Informer. It has been praised for its gameplay elements, innovative graphics (due to the game's transition of the ''Mario'' series from 2D to 3D graphics), and for its musical composition. However, the game has received its fair share of criticism for its automatic camera following. Critics complained that the camera would sometimes shift erratically, interrupting gameplay.
+*If the player copies a save file to another file that already has data, it will say "Save Data '''Exits'''" instead of "Save Data Exists." This was fixed in ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''.
+*On the floating island of the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], one of the [[sign]]s says, "Pull back '''to to''' fly up." This was fixed in ''Super Mario 3D All-Stars''.
+*On [[Cool, Cool Mountain]], the Headless Snowman says, "Have you run '''in to''' any headhunters lately??" instead of "into."
+*At the end of the game, when Mario speaks to [[Yoshi]] on the castle roof, he says, "Mario!!! '''It''' that really you???" instead of "Mario!!! Is that really you???"
+*If Mario is one Star short of opening a ★ door, the message still refers to the word needed in the plural: "You need 1 more Star'''s'''" instead of "You need 1 more Star."
+Those errors remained in the [[Virtual Console]] version. However, they were removed in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', as Yoshi is a playable character and the message that appears when the player does not have enough Stars to open a ★ door is instead "You need [number] more."
-==Glitches==
+==Pre-release and unused content==
-{{main|List of glitches in Super Mario 64}}
+{{main|List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content}}
-The most famous glitch is probably the {{conjecturaltext|Backwards [[Long Jump]]}} which will let the player climb any stairs including the Endless Stairs. Another famous glitch is the {{conjecturaltext|Black Room of Death}} which is Mario being trapped in the castle walls.
+One unused asset is the [[Blargg]], which is still in the game's data, and would have appeared in Lethal Lava Land, Bowser in the Fire Sea, and Wing Mario Over the Rainbow. Also, the [[Big Boo (character)|Big Boo]] held a key instead of a Star inside him. The purpose of the keys was to unlock many of the doors in Big Boo's Haunt—there was even a "key counter." 32 levels were planned for the game, but only fifteen of them made it into the final product.
 ==Staff==
 {{main|List of Super Mario 64 staff}}
 '''Game director'''
 *Shigeru Miyamoto
 '''Assistant directors'''
 *Yoshiaki Koizumi
 *Takashi Tezuka
 '''Mario face programmer'''
 *Giles Goddard
 '''Course designers'''
 *Kenta Usui
 *Naoki Mori
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 *Katsuhiko Kanno
-==Trivia==
+==Development==
-*When ''Super Mario 64'' was being localized for the English speaking countries, many small changes were made. For example, Princess Toadstool never reads her letter aloud in the Japanese version of ''Super Mario 64''. In 1997, ''Super Mario 64'' was re-released in Japan as ''Super Mario 64 Shindō Pak Taiō Version'' (スーパーマリオ64振動パック対応バージョン), along with ''Wave Race 64''. It featured all the changes from the English game, plus Rumble Pak support.
+''Super Mario 64'' was the last game to be directed by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].
-*In North America, ''Super Mario 64'' was released three days before the launch of the Nintendo 64 system itself, much like when ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' was released one day before the release of the [[Nintendo GameCube]].<ref>http://www.pennoaks.net/archive64/Miscellaneous_Articles/N64_US_Launch.htm</ref>
-*If a second controller is plugged into the N64, it can be used to control the camera while Peach congratulates Mario and during the credits.
+During the development of ''Super Mario 64'', the title screen featuring [[Mario's face]] came from 3D struggles, leading Miyamoto to suggest playing with Mario's model like a programmer. Additionally, Miyamoto took up swimming at the time, which is reflected in Mario's breaststroke move.<ref>MacDonald, Keza (September 14, 2020). [https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/sep/14/super-mario-at-35-marios-makers-on-nintendos-most-enduring-mascot Super Mario at 35: Mario's makers on Nintendo's most enduring mascot]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved November 15, 2020.</ref>
-*This game defined the layout of the N64 controller. The {{button|n64|stick}} was added for better multi-directional movement, and the {{button|n64|c}} were added for free camera control. This implies that a lack of control options, not just the need for better processing power, was what pushed the game from the SNES to the N64.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glC3zXaJjtQ#t=3m10s]</ref>
-*''Super Mario 64'' was one of the games featured at ''The Art of Video Games'' exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2012.<ref>http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/#games</ref> The game won voting in the "action" category for the Nintendo 64, beating out ''Banjo-Kazooie'' and ''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire''.
+==Reception==
+''Super Mario 64'' received critical acclaim, garnering a score of 9.8 from IGN, 9.4 from GameSpot, and 9.75 from Game Informer. Although it was criticized for its camera system and difficulty, it was praised for its graphics, its level design, its soundtrack, and the ''Super Mario'' franchise's shift from 2D to 3D. Sometime after the game's release, rumors about secret glitches, Stars, and hidden characters circulated. Among the most notable is the widely publicized hoax that Luigi was hidden and fully playable, causing [[List of rumors and urban legends#Luigi in Super Mario 64 .2F .22L is real 2401.22|false rumors to circulate on how to unlock him]].
+''Super Mario 64'' was one of the games featured at ''{{wp|The Art of Video Games}}'', an exhibition held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2012.<ref>http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/#games</ref> The game won voting in the "action" category for the Nintendo 64, beating out ''{{wp|Banjo-Kazooie}}'' and ''{{wp|Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire}}''.
+{|class="wikitable reviews"
+!colspan="4"style="font-size:120%;text-align:center;background-color:silver;"|Reviews
+|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
+|Release
+|Reviewer, Publication
+|Score
+|Comment
+|-
+|N64
+|Doug Perry, [http://ign.com/articles/1996/09/26/super-mario-64 IGN]
+|9.8/10
+|align="left"|"''In fact, this game is exactly as one might hope it would be: Mario in 3D. More freedom, more space, more options, better graphics, improved and elaborated control schemes -- it's all there. Possibly the greatest videogame achievement ever. Don't rent. Buy.''"
+|-
+|N64
+|Gamespot Staff, [https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-mario-64-review/1900-2544714/ GameSpot]
+|9.4/10
+|align="left"|"''Mario 64 is a game that rewards the curious, the original, and in some cases the bludgeoningly stubborn and tenacious. If Mario 64 is even a rough indication of what's to be expected from Nintendo, or from games in general, then we just might have a revolution of sorts in our very hands.''"
+|-
+|Wii
+|Corbie Dillard, [http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/vc/super_mario_64_n64 Nintendo Life]
+|10/10
+|align="left"|"''Finishing the game won't take you too long but as with most Mario games that's not really the point, it will take you weeks (and quite possibly months) to discover all the secrets contained within this game.''"
+|-
+!colspan="4"style="background-color:silver;font-size:120%;text-align:center;"|Aggregators
+|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
+|colspan=2|Compiler
+|colspan=2|Platform / Score
+|-
+|colspan=2|Metacritic
+|colspan=2 style="background-color:LimeGreen"|[http://www.metacritic.com/game/nintendo-64/super-mario-64 94]
+|-
+|colspan=2|GameRankings
+|colspan=2|[http://www.gamerankings.com/n64/198848-super-mario-64/index.html 96.41%]
+|}
+===Sales===
+''Super Mario 64'' is the best-selling game for the [[Nintendo 64]], selling 11.62 million copies worldwide, as of December 31, 2009.
+==Appearances in other media==
+{{rewrite|Explain in which books it has been adapted|section=y}}
+{{construction|section=y}}
+''Super Mario 64'' has received various manga adaptations.
+<gallery>
+Kunissue16.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
+Kunissue17.jpg|''Super Mario-kun''
+Kunissue18.jpg|''Super Mario-kun''
+Super Mario-Kun Lightning Bolt SM64.jpg|''Super Mario-kun''
+Super Mario-kun v18 Bowser1.png|''Super Mario-kun''
+Pikkapika Super Mario 64.jpg|[[Super Mario-kun (Pikkapika Comics)|''Super Mario-kun'' (Pikkapika Comics)]]
+SM64 comic Headless Snowman.jpg|The [[Headless Snowman]]
+Super Mario 64 Kodansha.jpg|[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|''Super Mario'' (Kodansha manga)]]
+Kodansha MIPS.jpg|''Super Mario'' (Kodansha manga)
+SM64 Scuttlebugs KC.jpg|''Super Mario'' (Kodansha manga)
+SM64 Wet-Dry World map KC.jpg|''Super Mario'' (Kodansha manga)
+SM64 4Koma Flamethrower.jpg|''[[4-koma Gag Battle]]''
+koma Unagi.jpg|''4-koma Gag Battle''
+Ganbare Mario 64.jpg|''[[Ganbare Mario]]''
+</gallery>
+==Official descriptions==
+===Wii U eShop description===
+North American version: <i>On a bright, sunny day in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario goes to visit the princess but finds her castle eerily empty. Leaping through pictures hanging from the walls, he enters 15 magical worlds in a quest to collect the 120 Power Stars pilfered by evil Bowser and save the day. The game's vast worlds teem with daunting obstacle courses, hidden items, puzzles and more than 30 types of enemies. Take advantage of Mario's large selection of moves, including running, jumping, swimming, stomping, punching, and even backward somersaulting! Special caps give him short-lived powers, including the ability to fly. Super Mario 64 features unmatched camera control that makes adventuring in its 3D world a snap, even for newcomers.</i>
+European and Oceanian version: <i>Invited to Princess Peach's castle, Mario discovers that she has once again been kidnapped by Bowser and his minions. However, something has changed... This time the adventure is in 3D!
+Leaping through pictures hanging from the walls, Mario searches for 120 Power Stars stashed away in vast, magical worlds teeming with daunting obstacle courses, hidden items, puzzles and an army of enemies! Mario has a huge repertoire of moves, including running, jumping, swimming, stomping and punching, and performing a backward somersault that can help him reach even the highest platforms. Special caps give him short-lived powers, including the ability to fly - and if troublemakers swipe Mario's cap, he'll have to grab it back!
+Mario runs freely in a grassy meadow, tiptoes through a gloomy dungeon, climbs to the top of a snow-covered mountain, hot-foots it over lava lakes and swims in the castle moat. He can explore an ancient pyramid and even race Koopas for fabulous prizes. And, of course, he must fight his arch-nemesis Bowser, King of the Koopas - not once, but three times!
+Please note: Super Mario 64 on Wii U Virtual Console is the US version of the game.</i>
+===''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'' description===
+''[[Princess Peach]] has invited Mario to her castle to enjoy some cake! On his arrival, he's greeted by an eerie silence...until [[Bowser]]'s laughter echoes through the halls. Thus begins an adventure to rescue the princess by exploring the magical worlds within the castle's many enchanted [[painting]]s. This first 3D action game in the Super Mario series launched alongside the Nintendo 64 system. The introduction of the analog Control Stick set a new standard for later games in the series.''
+===Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online description===
+<i>Retrieve the Power Stars and confront the ruthless Bowser!
+On a bright, sunny day in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario goes to visit the princess but finds her castle eerily empty. Leaping through pictures hanging from the walls, he enters 15 magical worlds in a quest to collect the 120 Power Stars pilfered by evil Bowser and save the day. The game's vast worlds teem with daunting obstacle courses, hidden items, puzzles, and more than 30 types of enemies. Take advantage of Mario's large selection of moves, including running, jumping, swimming, stomping, punching, and even backward somersaulting! Special caps give him short-lived powers, including the ability to fly.
+Super Mario 64 features revolutionary camera controls that make adventuring in its 3D world a snap, even for newcomers.</i>
+==Glitches==
+{{main|List of Super Mario 64 glitches}}
+A notable glitch is the {{conjectural|Backwards [[Long Jump]]}}, which lets Mario slide upward on any staircase, including the [[endless stairs]]. Another notable glitch is the {{conjectural|Black Room of Death}}, which traps Mario behind the boundaries of the castle walls. It can be achieved in several ways, including using the Backwards Long Jump glitch. Another rather known glitch is the cloning glitch, often used to collect more coins than the actual number of coins in the game.
+As in many other N64 titles, the cartridge can be tilted in the console to achieve messed-up results. For example, Mario's body will flip horizontally, but he can still be controlled. Also, the music will be heavily corrupted.
+In multiple areas of the game in the Japanese version, there are unintended invisible walls that Mario can bump into. An example is the one on [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] just above the wooden log.
+Using a well-timed [[Triple Jump]] on the slope near the castle, Mario can climb the castle without the [[cannon]]. Also, when he reaches a corner, he can fall down slightly and grab on to a ledge. Mario can then pull himself back up onto the roof, at which point he loses a life. For unknown reasons, he also loses his cap. This occurs because when Mario grabs the ledge, he is out of bounds, but the game waits until he pulls himself back up before causing him to lose a life. Something similar can happen if a door leads out of bounds or into a wall, but that can happen only through modding or glitches.
+===Angled dive===
+When Mario enters the water, the angle he was facing before entering is preserved in a datum; therefore, when he jumps and lands on dry land, the next dive he performs starts with this angle. A few frames afterward, the angle fixes itself and the dive is completed correctly. Several things "reset" the angle, including grabbing a ledge, shooting from a cannon, changing areas, and jumping while facing a slope. This glitch does not affect the dive itself, just the animation.
+==Gallery==
+{{main-gallery}}
+<gallery>
+Mario Victory Pose Artwork - Super Mario 64.png|[[Mario]]
+SM64 - Mario Bowser Back To Back Artwork.png|Mario and [[Bowser]]
+Metal Mario Scene Artwork - Super Mario 64.png|[[Metal Mario]] in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]]
+SM64 Artwork Goomba.png|[[Goomba]]
+Star.gif|[[Power Star]]
+</gallery>
+==Soundtrack==
+{{main|Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack}}
+''Super Mario 64''{{'}}s soundtrack comprises 34 music cues composed by veteran composer [[Koji Kondo]]. The majority of the cues are new material, with some being interpretations of familiar melodies from earlier media. It also includes hundreds of sound effects; sound designer Yoji Inagaki felt that sound effects were equally as important as music.<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0106/koukaon/interv/talk/index.html</ref>
+An album tying in with the game was published by {{wp|Pony Canyon}} under license from Nintendo as the first of ten soundtracks in the ''[[Nintendo 64 Sound Series]]''. In addition to all of the game's music cues, the album includes Mario's opening voiceover and a piano arrangement of the Piranha Plant's lullaby.
+The music for ''Super Mario 64'' was scored using Best Service's Voice Spectral, Brüse & Brüse AudioProduction's Acoustic Drums, {{wp|Avid Audio|Digidesign}}'s SampleCell II CD-ROM Library #1, the {{wp|E-mu Proteus|E-mu Proteus/1}}, ILIO's {{wp|Synclavier}} World & Orchestral, the {{wp|Korg Wavestation}}, Optical Media International's Universe of Sounds: Sonic Images Vol. 1, Q-Up Arts' The Denny Jaeger Private Collection Vol. 1, Rarefaction's A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, {{wp|Roland Corporation|Roland}}'s {{wp|Roland JD-990|JD-990}} synthesizer and {{wp|Roland Sound Canvas|Sound Canvas SC-88}} module, [https://www.spectrasonics.net/ Spectrasonics]' Bass Legends and Supreme Beats, and the Yamaha VL1.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JJBlHHDc65fhZmKUGLrDTLCm6rfUU83-kbuD8Y0zU0o/edit?pli=1#gid=717751203</ref> Many of the sound effects in the game were sourced from {{wp|Sound Ideas}}' General Series 6000 and Series 1000 sound effects libraries and the sound effects libraries of American film studios {{wp|Warner Bros.}} and {{wp|Universal Pictures}}.<ref>https://soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Mario_64</ref>
+===Media===
+{{main-media}}
+{{media table
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+==References to other games==
+[[File:Statue SMB style.png|thumb|The carving]]
+*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' – Carvings of Mario and Bowser from this game appear on several pillars in [[Bowser in the Sky]]. An arrangement of the [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]] plays on the title screen, and the [[Underground Theme]] can be heard in the music for the [[Hazy Maze Cave]] and [[Wet-Dry World]]. There is also a small jingle used at the [[Power Star]] select screen that sounds identical to the first few notes of the Ground Theme in this game.
+*''[[Super Mario World]]'' – The idea of Switch Palaces is, in a way, brought back. Also, when [[Yoshi]] is met, he says to Mario "''It has been so long since our last adventure!''" possibly referring to this game. Also, the soundtrack follows the same composition technique used in ''Super Mario World'' in a similar way where there is a signature melody in the game that is heard across different levels in several variations ("[[Super Mario 64 Main Theme]]," "Snow Mountain," "[[Slider]]").
+*''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' – The theme used for [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]] in this game, specifically the string instruments playing in the background, is reworked into [[Wing Mario]]/[[Vanish Mario]]'s theme for ''Super Mario 64''. The idea of collecting [[Red Coin]]s first appeared in this title as well. Fly Guys appear as enemies. Ukkikis also appear as non-playable characters. The grunts made by certain enemies and bosses, such as [[Bully|Bullies]] and the [[Whomp King]], are based on those made by the bosses of this game when hit.
+==References in later media==
+[[File:SMO Mushroom Moon 28.png|thumb|The recreation of the Mushroom Castle's courtyard in ''Super Mario Odyssey'']]
+*''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' – A possible theme for [[Wrinkly's Save Cave]] is similar to "[[Inside the Castle Walls]]," the music for the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]], suggesting that [[Wrinkly Kong]] is playing this game.
+*''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' – The Mushroom Castle is hidden on [[N64 Royal Raceway|Royal Raceway]], and its appearance is identical to its design in ''Super Mario 64''. The Castle Grounds are also there and unchanged between the two games. As a drawback, the castle is inaccessible. Penguins in [[N64 Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]] have an identical appearance and come in various sizes.
+*''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' – This game was created using a modified version of ''Super Mario 64''{{'}}s engine, and it was developed alongside it. Additionally, the notes for the [[zeldawiki:Song of Storms|Song of Storms]] are displayed as stars in the night paintings of the second floor in the Mushroom Castle.<ref>[https://twitter.com/HiteiGG/status/1139259008739663872 HiteiGG's Twitter post, showing the Song of Storms in Super Mario 64]</ref>
+*''[[Mario Party]]'' – The board [[Mario's Rainbow Castle]] is similar to the secret course Tower of the Wing Cap. Mario's title screen (if he is the most recent winner of a board game) depicts him with the Wing Cap flying with the other playable characters.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' – Most of Mario's moves, animations, and voice clips in this game are derived from the ones in ''Super Mario 64''. [[Metal Mario]] appears as a boss. Two levels based on places here are also accessible, namely [[Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros.)|Peach's Castle]] and [[Meta Crystal|Metal Mario's stage]]. Although [[Luigi]] did not appear in the game, his moves, animations, and voice clips are identical to Mario's in ''Super Mario 64'', except his voice clips are higher-pitched versions of Mario's.
+*''[[nwiki:Card Hero series|Trade & Battle: Card Hero]]'' series – One of the collectible monsters introduced in the first game resembles the [[King Bob-omb|Big Bob-omb]] and shares the same name in Japanese, {{hover|ボムキング|Bomu Kingu}} ("Bomb King"). The monster's redesign in ''[[nwiki:Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero|Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero]]'' makes the similarities even more apparent.
+*''[[Paper Mario]]'' – This game starts the same way, with a letter being sent from [[Princess Peach|Peach]]. Peach's Castle design in this game is similar to that used in the box art of ''Super Mario 64''. Also, the main room is nearly identical (however, the doors lead to different rooms).
+*''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' – Peach's Castle reappears in the background of [[GBA Peach Circuit|Peach Circuit]], [[SNES Mario Circuit 1|Mario Circuit 1]], and [[Mario Circuit 4]]. The music for [[GBA Bowser's Castle 1|Bowser's Castle 1]], [[GBA Bowser's Castle 2|Bowser's Castle 2]], [[GBA Bowser Castle 3|Bowser's Castle 3]], and [[Bowser's Castle 4]] is a sped-up arrangement of Bowser's battle theme from this game.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' – Two [[stage]]s based on areas from ''Super Mario 64'' appear: [[Princess Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros. Melee)|Princess Peach's Castle]] (which also appears as a trophy) and [[Rainbow Ride]]. Metal Mario reappears as a boss and a trophy. Additionally, the [[Cap Block|Metal Box]] returns in this game as an item and a trophy. Mario still has his voice clips, moves, and animations, and [[Luigi]] still has Mario-like voice clips, moves, and animations. One of [[Kirby]]'s [[Stone (move)|Stone]] forms is based on the [[Thwomp]]'s design first used in this game.
+*''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' – A section of the music played inside Peach's Castle plays on the status screen.
+*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' – A brief clip of Mario's fight with Bowser is seen when [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] scans Mario. A few of Mario's voice clips are reused in this game.
+*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' – In [[Woohoo Hooniversity]], a room with four blocks can be seen in it; one of them is a block from ''Super Mario 64''. The name of the game is even mentioned in the description of the blocks, and the professors are trying to figure out why the block vanishes when struck.
+*''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' – The game starts in the same way: Peach sends Mario another letter.
+*''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' – The music that plays during the minigame [[Artist On the Court]] is an arrangement of "Inside the Castle Walls."
+*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' – [[Tick Tock Clock]] appears as a racetrack in this game. Several bosses found here also reappear in this game.
+*''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' – The theme for Peach's Castle is a cover version of this game's castle theme.
+*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' – This game uses many things that originated in ''Super Mario 64'', such as [[Dorrie]], and a Bowser head closes in on the screen when Mario loses a life. Also, the Wing/Vanish Cap theme is present for invincibility in this game. This is largely because many assets in this game were reused from ''Super Mario 64 DS''.
+*''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' – A cover of the music that plays in Big Boo's merry-go-round is featured in this game, as the theme associated with Boo sidekicks.
+*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' – The game starts in the same way, with Peach sending Mario another letter. Also, "Bowser's Road" is covered for [[Bowser's Star Reactor]] and [[Bowser's Dark Matter Plant]]. Also, the falling asleep idle animation returns.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' – The music from the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] is unlockable, and the Rainbow Ride stage and Metal Box from the previous game return as well. Mario retains the moves and animations that originated in ''Super Mario 64''.
+*''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'' – Both songs that play when the player plays in [[Peach Ice Garden]] and goes into said place in the Challenge mode are arrangements of the music for Peach's Castle from this game.
+*''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' – The music for when the Mario Bros. first enter Peach's Castle and when everyone is removed from Bowser's Belly is a cover of the Peach's Castle theme. Also, both games end in a view of a cake with Mario and Peach figures on it.
+*''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'' – In the [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Wii version]], an arrangement of Cool, Cool Mountain's and Snowman's Land's music is used in [[Dream Snowball Fight]]. The main theme and the Bowser stage theme are also used. In the [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|Nintendo DS version]], the Cool, Cool Mountain theme is also rearranged as the second part of the Mario & Sonic Download Medley in [[Ultimate Figure Skating]].
+*''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' – Peach's Castle reappears in the game. Winning a [[Toad House]] minigame plays the jingle heard after Mario exits a course with a [[Power Star]], and when the player reveals a pair of Bowser or [[Bowser Jr.]] icons in the minigame [[Power-up Panels]], the short tune that plays when Mario tries to enter a locked door is heard.
+*''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' – In both [[Tall Trunk Galaxy]] (during the mission [[Tall Trunk's Big Slide]]) and [[Rolling Coaster Galaxy]], an arrangement of "[[Slider]]" plays at a moment. Also [[Whomp's Fortress]] reappears as the [[Throwback Galaxy]], alongside [[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddies]] and the [[Whomp King]]. Both games start with Peach sending a letter to Mario. Also, an orchestral cover of "Bowser's Road" plays in [[Bowser's Lava Lair]] and [[Bowser's Gravity Gauntlet]].
+*''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' – The sound effect of Mario falling from a high place is reused, plus the platforming style is mixed together with ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy''. Also, when Mario waits outside a purple [[Mystery Box]] on the map screen, the [[endless stairs]] music from ''Super Mario 64'' can be heard.
+*''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' – Metal Mario appears as a playable character.
+*''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'' – A cover of the music for Peach's Castle is used for [[Peach's Palace]]. On the Bowser's Castle court, a cover of the Bowser battle music is played.
+*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' – The first few notes of the theme for Peach's Castle are played during the intro.
+*''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' – The theme "Slider" is covered during the minecart part of [[Bowser's Snow Fort]].
+*''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' – A cover of the theme "Slider" plays when the player rides [[Plessie]]. In [[Shifty Boo Mansion]], a level in ''Super Mario 3D World'', there is a [[Green Star]] hidden behind a portrait of a Boo that can be entered like the pictures in Peach's Castle.
+*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' – The merry-go-round music from Big Boo's Haunt can be heard near the Aqua Cups ride in [[Water Park]].<br>As part of their promotion of Wave 2 of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'', several official ''Mario Kart'' {{wp|Facebook}} pages localized for European audiences posted a screenshot showing [[Tanooki Mario]] driving near a [[penguin]] in {{classic-link|GBA|Snow Land}}, with descriptions that translate to "Penguins never forget" or "A penguin never forgets";<ref>MarioKartESP (August 17, 2022). [https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartESP/photos/3794688187321548/ Los pingüinos nunca olvidan.] ''Facebook''. Retrieved November 27, 2022.</ref><ref>MarioKartItalia (August 17, 2022). [https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartItalia/photos/3240767289514140/ Un pinguino non dimentica mai.] ''Facebook''. Retireved November 27, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/EzWoU Archived] via November 27, 2022, 22:01:36 UTC via archive.today.)</ref><ref>MarioKartNL (August 17, 2022). [https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartNL/photos/5305106349602508/ Een pinguïn vergeet nooit.] ''Facebook''. Retireved November 27, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/vVVe0 Archived] via November 27, 2022, 22:04:13 UTC via archive.today.)</ref><ref>MarioKartPT (August 17, 2022). [https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartPT/photos/4774626602636935/ Os pinguins nunca esquecem.] ''Facebook''. Retireved November 27, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/6iAPE Archived] via November 27, 2022, 22:02:38 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> the descriptions, together with the picture, likely reference a popular gameplay act in ''Super Mario 64'' wherein players would intentionally drop the [[Baby Penguin]] off-bounds in the course Cool, Cool Mountain,<ref>March 6, 2013. [https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/19sxq6/we_all_did_this_super_mario_64/ We all did this - [Super Mario 64<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. ''Reddit'' (/r/gaming). Retrieved November 27, 2022.</ref><ref>Fairfax, Zackerie (March 10, 2021). [https://screenrant.com/super-mario-64-baby-penguin-cliff-kill-save/ What Super Mario 64's Penguin Reveals About Its Players]. ''screenrant.com''. Retrieved November 27, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210719013026/https://screenrant.com/super-mario-64-baby-penguin-cliff-kill-save/ Archived] July 19, 2021, 01:30:26 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> implying that Mario is culpable for this act and that penguins hold a grudge against him as a result.
+*''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' – A cover of "Koopa's Road" plays in [[Bowser's Peculiar Peak]].
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' – Peach's Castle (64) appears as a DLC stage, which returns from the original ''Super Smash Bros.'' In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', the original version of the main theme returns, and an arranged version of the theme is featured in the DLC stage in both games.
+*''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' – The victory theme and the [[Game Over (theme)|Game Over theme]] are used when the [[Costume Mario#2|Mario]], [[Costume Mario#11|Silver Mario]], and [[Costume Mario#12|Gold Mario]] costumes complete a level or lose a life, respectively. Additionally, when a [[Super Star]] is obtained, the Wing Cap theme is played for the Mario costume and the Metal Cap theme is played for the Silver Mario and Gold Mario costumes.
+*''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' – [[King Bob-omb]] reappears as a boss in this game.
+*''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' – The game marks a return to the non-linear, open-ended style of gameplay for 3D ''Super Mario'' platformers established by this game. An arrangement of Bowser's theme can be heard in the song "[[Break Free (Lead the Way)]]." The [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]] is filled with many references to Mario's past, mostly ''Super Mario 64''. Its [[regional coin|regional currency]] is based on the design of the coins from ''Super Mario 64''. Additionally, Mario can dress up as the original ''Super Mario 64'' model of himself by buying the [[Crazy Cap#Mario 64 Cap|hat]] and [[Crazy Cap#Mario 64 Suit|costume]] separately at the Mushroom Kingdom [[Crazy Cap]] shop. Also, the Metal outfit is just the ''Super Mario 64'' suit but with a metal coat. The jingle that plays when Mario collects a [[Power Moon]] is an arrangement of the course jingle from ''Super Mario 64''. Also, the brochure held by [[Hint Toad]] and in the [[Odyssey]] depicts the Bob-omb Battlefield.
+*''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'' – An arrangement of Bowser's level and battle themes is played during the [[The Final Battle! (mission)|final battle]] against [[Bowcien]] in Adventure Mode.
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' – The [[Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros.)|Peach's Castle]] stage returns in this game, along with [[Princess Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros. Melee)|Princess Peach's Castle]] and [[Rainbow Cruise]].
+*''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' – The original theme "Slider" is featured as a sound effect under the "Musical" category, represented by the [[Nintendo 64]] logo.
+*''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' – A [[cannon]] from ''Super Mario 64'' appears. The Main Theme and "Inside the Castle Walls" are arranged into the film's score. The Bob-omb Battlefield appears in the film when Mario, Peach, and [[Toad]] are journeying to the [[Donkey Kong Island|Jungle Kingdom]]. The sun floor pattern surrounding the map is similar to the floor pattern in the first floor of Peach's Castle. King Bob-omb appears at Bowser and Peach's wedding. A [[Maw-Ray]] appears. Bowser's laugh is used in "Press Start." One of the attacks used by the Mario Bros. against Bowser in the final battle involves grabbing him by his tail, spinning him, and tossing him upwards, similar to the attack used to defeat Bowser from ''Super Mario 64''.
+*''[[pikipedia:Pikmin 4|Pikmin 4]]'' – The "Mechanical Harp (Lullabies)" treasure found in the second sublevel of the Cavern for a King plays "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" when being carried by Pikmin or interacted in the Treasure Catalog.
+*''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' – Part of "[[Koopa's Theme]]" plays when Bowser is transformed into [[Castle Bowser]] from the effects of the [[Wonder Flower]]. An arrangement of "Slider" plays during the level [[Bonus: Coins Galore!]] [[:File:Metal Wonder Effect theme (SMBW).oga |A new variant]] of the Metal Mario power-up theme plays when characters turn metal under a [[Wonder Effect]].
+==Names in other languages==
+{{foreign names
+|Jap=スーパーマリオ{{ruby|６４|六十四（ろくじゅうよん）}}
+|JapR=Sūpā Mario Rokujūyon
+|JapM=''Super Mario 64''
+|ChiS=神游马力欧 (iQue Player)
+|ChiSR=Shényóu Mǎlì'ōu
+|ChiS2=超级马力欧64 (''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'')<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/topics/article/a_200904_01_sc.html|title=《超级马力欧64》、《超级马力欧阳光》和《超级马力欧银河》。 3款历代的3D马力欧收录在Nintendo Switch的《超级马力欧 3D 收藏辑》，将于9月18日发售！|publisher=Nintendo HK|language=Chinese|accessdate=September 2020}}</ref>
+|Chis2R=Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Liùshísì
+|ChiSM=iQue Mario
+|ChiS2M=Super Mario 64
+|ChiT=超級瑪利歐64<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/topics/article/a_200904_01.html|title=《超級瑪利歐64》、《超級瑪利歐陽光》和《超級瑪利歐銀河》。3款歷代的3D瑪利歐收錄在Nintendo Switch的《超級瑪利歐 3D 收藏輯》，將於9月18日發售！|publisher=Nintendo HK|language=Chinese (Traditional)|accessdate=September 2020}}</ref>
+|ChiTR=Chāojí Mǎlì'ōu Liùshísì
+|ChiTM=''Super Mario 64''
+|Kor=''Super Mario 64''
+}}
 ==References==
+===Notes===
+{{footnote|note|A|{{cite|author=Mizu-chan|title=''Miniature Japanese garden''|location=Minato, Tokyo|publisher=[https://muza-chan.net/ Muza-chan's Gate to Japan]|date=21 Jan. 2014}}}}
+{{footnote|note|B|Private correspondence with shmuplations clarifies that the text they translated as "diorama"<ref name=shmup/> was written as 箱庭 (''hakoniwa'') in the original text.<ref name=shoga/>}}
+===Citations===
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nsmj/index.html Official Super Mario 64 Japanese website]
+{{NIWA|NWiki=1|StrategyWiki=1|Ukikipedia=1}}
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+*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nsmj/index.html Official ''Super Mario 64'' Japanese website]
+*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/s_camp/sm64/index.html Official ''Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version'' Japanese website]
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+*[https://www.ique.com/games/11011.htm#top ''Super Mario 64'' Chinese website]
+*[https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/USA/NSME/NSME_E.pdf American English instruction booklet]
+*[https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/JPN/NSMJ/NSMJ_J.pdf ''Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō Version'' Japanese instruction booklet]
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