There are cutesy green field like levels with trees and mountains, as well as lava and snow levels, under water based levels and more. These coins help guide you through the levels like bread crumbs leading to clues and help keep the players from getting lost as each Power Star will have you tackle a level in a different order.
Each level features 100+ gold coins which once collected will grant Mario a bonus Power Star. Something Mario 64 got so right was the variety of levels and the exploration that would be needed to conquer them. The game can be beaten in a few hours if you are a veteran of the game, or quicker if you’re a speed runner, but for new players you can expect a good few play sessions to learn the maps and beat each of the 15 worlds within. All his moves and special powers are taught to the player cleverly throughout the game which creates scenarios where you will have to use every one of Mario’s skills. Mario get then get power ups which allow him to walk through objects, become invincible and like a T-100 terminator, and most impressively of all, fly. Mario can tip toe at a snails pace if you want, or he can walk, trot, jog or run. Jump, double and triple jumps, somersaults, wall kicks, crawling, climbing, swim, and most revolutionary at the time analogue movement. Mario has lost a few of the moves he had in this game over the years, and maybe gained a few (mostly through power ups) but the template for Mario’s movement that he uses to this day was laid out here. The controls for Mario are every bit as good as they were years ago.
It arguably took other developers years to catch up to what Nintendo did first try as most Playstation, Saturn, Dreamcast and even other N64 platformers didn’t have the depth, controls, or camera system as well tuned as Mario 64. It’s extraordinary to think how well Nintendo nailed the new concept of a 3D platformer with their first effort. Instead of a ton of levels where you run form point A to point B as the Super Mario Bros games had proceeded, you instead have 15 courses which were large open areas where you would be able to explore and collect multiple Power Stars as the goal of each stage.
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The game sees you play as Super Mario who must once again rescue Princess Peach from the grips of Bowser, but for the first time ever the gameplay was in full 3D. The big question for this review is whether the Switch version that has been released as part of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack is a good version to play, and more importantly if the game still holds up today or if we’re just viewing it through the rose tinted glasses of nostalgia. It’s also widely seen as perhaps the greatest launch game on a console of all time. It’s one of those games which ever since it’s release has been spoken of as a contender for the greatest video game of all time. We all know that Super Mario 64 is a great game.
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