Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the first Super Mario game to utilize three-dimensional graphics. Along with Pilotwings 64, it was one of the launch titles for the console. It is the best-selling game on the Nintendo 64, with more than eleven million copies sold.

As one of the earlier 3D platform games, Super Mario 64 is based on open world playability, degrees of freedom through all three axes in space, and relatively large areas which are composed primarily of true 3D polygons as opposed to only two-dimensional sprites. The game established a new archetype for the 3D genre, much as Super Mario Bros. did for 2D sidescrolling platformers. In the evolution from two dimensions to three, Super Mario 64 places an emphasis on exploration within vast worlds that require the player to complete multiple diverse missions, in addition to the occasional linear obstacle courses as in traditional platform games. While doing so, it still preserves many gameplay elements and characters of earlier Mario games, and the same visual style.

The game begins with a letter from Princess Peach inviting Mario to come to her castle for a cake she has baked for him. However, when he arrives, Mario discovers that Bowser has invaded the castle and imprisoned the princess and her servants within it using the power of the castle's 120 Power Stars. Many of the castle's paintings are portals to other worlds, in which Bowser's minions keep watch over the stars. Mario explores the castle for these portals to enter the worlds and recover the stars.

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Alternative Titles

スーパーマリオ６４, 슈퍼마리오 64, 超级马里奥64

Platform

Nintendo 64

Developer(s)

Nintendo EAD

Publishers(s)

Nintendo, Playtronic

Genres(s)

Action, Platformer

NA Release Date

September 26, 1996

JP Release Date

June 23, 1996

EU Release Date

March 1, 1997

AUS Release Date

October 12, 1996

ESRB Rating

Everyone

ACB Rating

G

MVGL User Score

8.7 by 2217 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

2.0667

Composer(s)

Koji Kondo

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3021 User(s)

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