Mario Universe ☆ Super Mario 64 ☆

[XACE-K]

I didn't have the guts to stay in Big Boo's Haunt for an entire star search... the piano just stamped the stay away sign on my little boy mind

Same with me. The piano just scared me too much. I always wanted to avoid that room. Unfortunately there was a red coin in that room if my memory serves correctly.

My real fear was Shifting Sand Land. I HATED the bird.

I hated that bird too. It was so annoying as a little kid. But I hated the boss mission more because I had no idea how to beat it.

 

[Veggi]

I think it's so funny that the bird's name is Klepto.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Same with me. The piano just scared me too much. I always wanted to avoid that room. Unfortunately there was a red coin in that room if my memory serves correctly.

Yeah, the first time I entered the room to obtain the red coin I was like 'Did that piano just move...?!"

Needless to say, it was pretty scary.

 

[Mr.Freeman]

I think it's so funny that the bird's name is Klepto.

Really?

I never knew. That's funny, but a little sad too.

 

[Fuelbi]

Its funny how the "So long, ____ Bowser" discussion has spread all over the internet. It just shows how bad the sound quality was that people have yet to come to a conclusion. Still, I guess it doesn't really matter what he says since we'll all likely continue to say it the same way (regardless of if it turns out to "eh" or "king").

Bringing this back to topic, what does he actually say? To me it sounds like either "So long, me bowser" or "So long, gay bowser" :/... curious as to what he actually said

 

[UberMario]

Really?

I never knew. That's funny, but a little sad too.

Why is it sad? It fits his thieving habits perfectly.

Bringing this back to topic, what does he actually say? To me it sounds like either "So long, me bowser" or "So long, gay bowser" :/... curious as to what he actually said

"So lon-ge Bowser!" It's supposed be his accent (making the "g" in "long" strong rather than light).

 

[Fuelbi]

Why is it sad? It fits his thieving habits perfectly.



"So lon-ge Bowser!" It's supposed be his accent (making the "g" in "long" strong rather than light).

Wow lol, I guess bad sound quality does this huh?

 

[Segtendo]

Wow lol, I guess bad sound quality does this huh?

 

[Luigitoilet]

Wow lol, I guess bad sound quality does this huh?

It's not just the sound quality. The Bowser levels are huge and Mario's voice reverberates. At least this is the case for the first Bowser level in the cave. It's been so long I couldn't tell you if it's the same for the other two.

 

[Mr.Freeman]

Why is it sad? It fits his thieving habits perfectly.



"So lon-ge Bowser!" It's supposed be his accent (making the "g" in "long" strong rather than light).

Well, Kleptomania is usually associated with having other mental disorders.

So he's crazy.

 

[UltiMario]

"So lon-ge Bowser!" It's supposed be his accent (making the "g" in "long" strong rather than light).

People thought it was something other than this? I thought it was really obvious, people, it's Mario games, take things at face value.

/surprised

 

[Fuelbi]

Me among other people actually thought he said words like "meh" or "gay" or "me"

...yeah I dunno

 

[Luigitoilet]

People thought it was something other than this? I thought it was really obvious, people, it's Mario games, take things at face value.

/surprised

I literally heard "So long big ugly" for most of my childhood. It's kinda embarrassing to say.

 

[Patinator]

I always thought it was "So long, King Bowser!". ^^;

Super Mario 64 was... the first game I ever got. When I was like 3. It was a boatload of fun, too... still is. And of course when you're three, you think everything's magical and so the whole game made me 8D all the way through. e_e; I've never gotten all 120 stars, though. Or 150 in the remake... Go ahead, laugh. XD;

 

[Segtendo]

I always thought it was "So long, King Bowser!". ^^;

I think that's what it is.

 

[UberMario]

So does anyone know about the shortcut in Bowser in the Sky?

 

[Patinator]

Apparently I don't- would you mind informing this ignoramus? ^^;

 

[UberMario]

Spoiler

You can backflip on the "ferris wheel" platforms to skip the Thwomp and land near the stairs.

And you're not an ignoramus for not knowing something unneessary in a game. lol triple negative sentence

 

[Mr. Johan]

I took that nifty trick as a common sense kind of deal when I noticed

Spoiler

the difference in elevation between the ferris wheel and the above platform was a tad low

.

And yet it took me forever to find the 8th Red Coin there.

Bowser in the Sky is a charm though. Took me a while to notice the 4 pillars near the end had some remarkable hieroglyphics on them.

 

[UberMario]

I think that if there was any evidence that Super Mario 64 was based directly off the scrapped Super Mario FX (a game abandoned early in development [in favor of the N64] for the SNES Super FX chip, like Star Fox or Stunt Race FX), it would have to be the Bowser stages, they remind me so much of Stunt Race FX's model style it's ridiculous.

(SMFX was mentioned by the producers to have existed, but scrapped before any announcements were actually made for it, they said that the SNES would not have the capacity for most levels and would pose constraining limitations on the level design).

 

[Veggi]

Spoiler

You can backflip on the "ferris wheel" platforms to skip the Thwomp and land near the stairs.

And you're not an ignoramus for not knowing something unneessary in a game. lol triple negative sentence

Haha, that brings back memories. XD

I never wanted to deal with that thwomp when I was a kid so I always skipped it.

 

[UberMario]

Oops, I meant Whomp. XD

 

[pitskeyblade]

I loved the music in this game, especially in the Jolly Roger Bay (if that's what it's called. I can't remember it's been so long lol). Whenever Mario would die, the Bowser face that showed up always creeped me out as a little kid.

 

[T-block]

Jolly Roger Bay had really good music (the track is called Dire Dire Docks...it's the same song)... I've always loved that song even though I hated water levels back then.

 

[Mr. Johan]

Dire dire docks is a very beautiful song. It was an amazing breath of fresh air after all the peppy, bouncy songs that comprised the sidescrollers' soundtracks.

 

[Segtendo]

Dire dire docks is a very beautiful song. It was an amazing breath of fresh air after all the peppy, bouncy songs that comprised the sidescrollers' soundtracks.

Dire Dire Docks gives me goosebumps

 

[Golem the Stern Father]

Dire Dire Docks gives me goosebumps

Goosebumps? That?
Now Bowser's Final Boss Theme, THAT gave me goosebumps when I played it the first time.

 

[Fuelbi]

Goosebumps? That?
Now Bowser's Final Boss Theme, THAT gave me goosebumps when I played it the first time.

They simply don't make songs as good as these anymore.... oh wait, they do


But what scared me more than that was this. **** bro, this music kept me away from Big Boo's Haunt when I was little

 

[Segtendo]

This drums in this are SO sick. It's awesome.

And Celebi, all I'm saying is this: PIANO.

 

[Golem the Stern Father]

... all I'm saying is this: PIANO.

I actually got pranked by my friends, who are twins, into getting that red coin totally unexpecting what scared me half to death.

BTW, this is a good use of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL4E7wBvS8w

 

[Patinator]

Yeah... SM64 had a lot of good music. I can't really think of anything that isn't good. I know the credits theme sure is beautiful...

 

[Golem the Stern Father]

I can't really think of anything that isn't good.

An alternate 120 star final boss fight would have been sweet, just saying...

 

[TheSundanceKid]

I loved this game it would keep me entertained for hours basically just replaying levels. I also loved MIPPS for some reason, lol.

 

[B_T]

I've heard a lot about this. I never had a lot of consoles, and I obviously didn't have a N64, but when I got the DS version I was pretty excited...

...only that I was utterly terrible at it. The game frustrated me so much I stopped playing at around 10 stars. Sigh.

And then I gave it another shot a few months ago, easily getting all 150 stars. Though I gotta admit, Hazy Maze Cave and Rainbow Ride's 100 coin stars are hell.

Good good good game. Now if only my Wii wasn't terrible so I can play some SMG(2)...

 

[Jake The Preacher]

You guys ever realized that Mario 64 is one of the very few times you're inside Peach's castle and it's important to the plot?

 

[SphericalCrusher]

My favorite Mario platformer of all time. I speedrun this game (used to run it more) and I am just a huge fan of it. I replayed the DS version, but right now, I've been replaying it on WiiU VC.

 

[NintenPunk92]

Ive been recently making my own mario 64 game by using "Toads Tool 64" its called "Super Mario 64: The Blue Stars" it might take me a while to finish the game and its not a big hack like "Super Mario Star Road" its just somethong i wanted to do for a while. once im done with it i gotta poat the rom file somewhere so that way people can download it. does anybody know any websites> or is there someway i can post it here?

 

[Pachinkosam]

I love this game my big brother said this game is too difficult. i used to hate the rainbow road stage it was a lot of falling i may say.

 

[TimeChain]

Ah...Super Mario 64. One of the games that really got me into video games. Well, more specifically the DS port. I remember when I was a kid and I saw Super Mario 64 for the first time. On Youtube. The year was like, 2008, but despite being made in 1996, my 9-year old mind was blown. I've seen Mario in 3D before, but something about Super Mario 64 really stood out to me. Maybe it was because the video was a speedrun of the game, I dunno.
I admit, there are some things about the game haven't aged very well like the level design looking a little shallow at times like in Rainbow Cruise and Tick Tock Clock, and the camera feeling a bit dated (plus the fact that in the DS version, you control using a d-pad which how in god's name did I get around that as a kid?!), but for a game released in 1996, it's aged very well. The music is fantastic, the levels are fun, the visuals are bright and colorful, the hub-world has full of surprises, and it's worthy for being called one of the most revolutionary video games of all time.

 

[ELITEWarri0r115]

It has been years since I have played Mario 64... but The other day, I got Mario 64 DS. Got all 150 stars within a week. Yet I couldn't get all stars in the N64 port...