Super Mario 64

 Nintendo 64
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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 1818 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 66 out of 1818
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  1. superlakitu64
    Dec 4, 2021
    10
    Super Mario 64 legte den Grundstein für die Ära der modernen 3D-Platformer. Auf diesem Spiel bauen alle folgenden Teile auf. Super Mario 64 nutzte die ihm durch das Nintendo64-System gegebene Limitation sehr gut aus und gab ein Musterbeispiel, wie sich Mario in 3D anzufühlen hat. Und das Internet zeigt eindrucksvoll, dass sich das Konzept "Super Mario 64" bewährt hat. Super Mario 64 istSuper Mario 64 legte den Grundstein für die Ära der modernen 3D-Platformer. Auf diesem Spiel bauen alle folgenden Teile auf. Super Mario 64 nutzte die ihm durch das Nintendo64-System gegebene Limitation sehr gut aus und gab ein Musterbeispiel, wie sich Mario in 3D anzufühlen hat. Und das Internet zeigt eindrucksvoll, dass sich das Konzept "Super Mario 64" bewährt hat. Super Mario 64 ist heutzutage in den Augen vieler ein goldener Klassiker, welcher immer gerne für den ein oder anderen Speedrun hergenommen wird. Auch aus heutiger Sicht ist dieses Spiel also gut gealtert.… Expand
  2. Kermito_San
    Dec 18, 2021
    10
    Super Mario 64 did not invent the 3D in the videogame, but sure was the first to do it right, it did it so well that even today it's still engaging, precise, and very fun.
    Being one of the first 3D games the developer made the right choice of starting the game in an open area with no music. This way the player can experience not only the movement controls but also the camera, which is    Super Mario 64 did not invent the 3D in the videogame, but sure was the first to do it right, it did it so well that even today it's still engaging, precise, and very fun.
    Being one of the first 3D games the developer made the right choice of starting the game in an open area with no music. This way the player can experience not only the movement controls but also the camera, which is very important to master from the begging since a jump usually fails because of our miscalculations based on the camera angle.
    To further demonstrate how this is not the traditional game, Mario has been given different jumps and moves, while also having the ability to punch enemies.
    After entering Peach castle, the player can choose which level he wants to play, in which order, and how many of them; as Mario 64 does not need you to complete all the levels in an area to advance to the next one.
    Every level is unique and fun in its own way. When you think that the game can't possibly get better it strikes you with a new idea and it does get better.
    I will talk about the music very briefly: it's just great! every single track fits perfectly, sounds great, and gives you different feels that go toe to toe with the level vibe.
    The amount of work to make this game is huge and you can really see it when you finally complete it, understanding how this gem shaped the way for all other 3D games to come

    10 / 10 Kermito San    … Expand
  3. kostas_
    May 13, 2023
    10
    An all time classic. The first mario 3d game really has it all. Fun and addictive gameplay. Smooth controls. Many different worlds you can play in and a soundtrack filled with classics. I always love revisiting this game.
  4. AzumaTaki12
    Feb 1, 2022
    10
    I love this masterpiece! :) even though is a old game, the graffics are just so good for the epoch! I am pried of know 'bout this gold. :)
  5. DomyMaio
    Feb 8, 2022
    10
    È LA PERFEZIONE IN PERSONA‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
  6. nintendofan721
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Super Mario 64 was the first 3D platformer in gaming history, and still holds up as one of the best! You get to explore peach’s castle and can access the levels in the game by jumping into paintings and pits around. There are 120 different stars to collect, and the levels are all super memorable and classic! Bob-omb Battlefield, Whomp’s Fortress, Wet Dry World, Tick Tock Clock, you nameSuper Mario 64 was the first 3D platformer in gaming history, and still holds up as one of the best! You get to explore peach’s castle and can access the levels in the game by jumping into paintings and pits around. There are 120 different stars to collect, and the levels are all super memorable and classic! Bob-omb Battlefield, Whomp’s Fortress, Wet Dry World, Tick Tock Clock, you name it! There are also secret stars you can find around Peach’s castle which adds to the fun! The graphics were excellent at the time, with an advancement to 64 pixels which is why it’s called the Nintendo 64. The soundtrack is filled with classic tunes that constantly get stuck in your head! The controls are very solid and still hold up well to this day. There were some creative ideas for power ups in this game. Instead of the old mushroom and fire flower, they added the Wing, Invisibility and Metal caps which all worked out so well and you even had to enter secret levels to be able to access them which made it more fun. The Boss fights were easy but fun, and who could forget “So Long Gay Bowser”! I guess if I had to say one bad thing about this game, it would have to be the camera, which can be annoying to deal with. This is one of the biggest and most important games of all time and is still highly replayable to this day!… Expand
  7. neomoonsevin
    Jan 22, 2023
    10
    I loved this back then was an excellent RPG many awesome memory's back then then I played it on the Nintendo ds remastered such a great franchise
  8. nippeliito
    Apr 12, 2022
    10
    I could go very in depth about all the things that mario 64 dos well but it's easier to list the negatives. 1: there is none, this game has no negatives in my opinion. graphics are fine and everything else is perfect. I played this game for the first time last year on switch with mario 3d all-stars and got hooked. now i have completed he game 12 times and 100% it once.
  9. Random07
    May 1, 2022
    10
    I'm a sm64 speedruner, so i just can say is one of my favourite games, i only hate the camera.
  10. Asmar-real
    May 18, 2022
    10
    This is one of the best games of all time I love it . Its a freaking great expirience
  11. Tampasco
    Dec 13, 2022
    10
    Jogo que criou como se faz jogos em 3D pro mundo, e ainda hoje é o melhor Mario de todos os tempos. Obviamente esse jogo está no meu top5 e fez grande parte da minha infância por seu ótimo.

    Nota Final: 9,7
  12. GDsReviews
    Jun 2, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Super Mario 64 brought Mario into 3D for the first time, and did it masterfully as still easily one of the greatest and most influential games in history. While Super Mario 64 did not necessarily create everything it did, its package set the blueprint for future platforming games, and still is fun to play over a quarter of a century since it first came out.

    This game starts legendarily showing a 3D Peach's Castle with a 3D Mario coming out of the green pipe, and into the castle to Bowser's iconic "Bwa Ha Ha!" laugh. This castle serves as the hub for the game, and you are taken to diverse landscapes of 15 courses and 15 secret field areas of fields, ice, caves, lava, sand, water, a haunted mansion, the sky, and even inside a clock. Bowser is fought in 3D 3 times in this game. The first two times you get a key that unlocks a major part of the castle. The third and final time is as the final boss of game.

    The soundtrack for this game debuted many of the most iconic themes in the Mario series and some cases gaming in general, and if you collect all 120 stars, you are in for a special treat.

    There is a special joy while playing this game. You get the feeling that Nintendo wanted to make a historic statement with Mario going 3D, and you feel it every second you play it. You haven't seen all of gaming, never mind platformers, Nintendo, and Mario until you play Super Mario 64.    … Expand
  13. AmericanVirtual
    Jun 16, 2022
    10
    The best 3D platformer. I'm a little biased, as this is the firs tone I ever played back around age 8-10, but it really is excellent. The gameplay is great. Only downside is the camera, but to me it's not that big of a deal.
  14. Potreen
    Jun 14, 2022
    10
    Another early game that sat the standards of 3D single player games extremely high. Many hours of unique gameplay and not a single boring second. A masterpiece.
  15. VincentKirby
    Jul 9, 2022
    10
    One of the best games of all time. Excellent stages, a great ost, some of the best gameplay i've witnessed in a game and many other things. You might say that the graphics are not the best but i don't care that the graphics aren't 8K 120 fps.
  16. trinovatic
    Nov 27, 2022
    10
    No tengo la edad para haberlo jugado en la N64, lo jugué muy tarde y en emulador y aun asi me gustó, de los mejores videojuegos de la historia, muy icónico y aparte CLASSIC.
  17. wesker3407
    Sep 5, 2022
    10
    A game that defines the word classic, tight and responsive controls great level design. Don't forget the dedicated speed running community behind this game.
  18. PatiKunTom
    Sep 28, 2022
    10
    This is such a great game I still this game even to this today because its so much fun. This is one of the greatest 3D Mario game heck probably one of the best 3D platformers of all time
  19. SMSpeedrun
    Oct 6, 2022
    10
    Ein einzigartiges Spiel, ein Remake ist Wichtig!
    Allein schon wegen den Speedruns!
  20. yoda55777
    Nov 17, 2022
    10
    digo so uma coisa:esse jogo e revolucionario para os jogos de mundo aberto e incrivel como esse jogo e atemporal era de ouro dos jogos da nintendo:zelda ocarina of time majoras mask e mario 64
  21. AntiqueGull
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    Классика Нинтендо, прошёл эту игру трижды, советую
  22. DanielGG91
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    Hoy en día sigue siendo un juego referencia por algo. Una obra maestra de la jugabilidad y diversión, con la variedad de escenarios y puzles, uno de los mejores plataformas 3D que he jugado.
  23. Isaac8849
    Nov 16, 2022
    10
    The absolute benchmark for not only 3d platformers, but 3d games in general. The movement is so good that you could have fun in an empty room, but it also helps that the levels are for the most part good. There's a variety of glitches that improve the gameplay, by adding extra spice to speedruns. Also, there is an extensive modding community. There is really no valid criticism for this game.
  24. MarioReviewer
    Nov 18, 2022
    10
    This is hands down the best of the best of 3D platformers. In my list of best game of all time, this one comes at a close #2, but #1 would have to go to Super Mario Bros. 3. Nevertheless, Super Mario 64 is a game every single person living and breathing on this planet should play, and this is no over exaggeration. Literally all this game is shining
    with charm and adventure and Mario    This is hands down the best of the best of 3D platformers. In my list of best game of all time, this one comes at a close #2, but #1 would have to go to Super Mario Bros. 3. Nevertheless, Super Mario 64 is a game every single person living and breathing on this planet should play, and this is no over exaggeration. Literally all this game is shining
    with charm and adventure and Mario himself is no different. It would have been easy to do the awful 'down is up, up is down' style of movement (I'm looking at you, Star Fox on the SNES) but no, instead Miyamoto made one of the most soothing controls in videogame history, and although it's aged well... FINE (I'm such a fanboy...), it's still so fun to just kill the baby penguin by dropping him off the cliff, throw Bowser into a spiky ball and give him paranoia for the rest of his sad life and to BLJ into Princess Peach's great grandfather's clock. Who knew this game could be so dark?    … Expand
  25. RANDOMJUKE
    Jan 4, 2023
    10
    This is an absolute must-play that defines whether or not a reviewer can be trusted. The movement takes center-stage yet the levels remain masterfully innovative and filled with secrets. The game perfectly balances complexity with accessibility. There’s so much charm and passion crammed into this ancient cartridge that I can’t help but wonder how they managed it. It felt like I was notThis is an absolute must-play that defines whether or not a reviewer can be trusted. The movement takes center-stage yet the levels remain masterfully innovative and filled with secrets. The game perfectly balances complexity with accessibility. There’s so much charm and passion crammed into this ancient cartridge that I can’t help but wonder how they managed it. It felt like I was not only playing a game but experiencing a piece of history. There are definitely a lot of things (the camera, the water physics, platforms that are too small, etc.) that prevent 64 from holding up today but that doesn’t stop it from being a legendary masterpiece that set the standard for 3D platformers and all Mario games to come.… Expand
  26. FreeBorger
    Jan 9, 2023
    10
    Seriously the best game ever made genuinely love it so much would play this 100 times and play it a 100 more
  27. aaronnmp96
    Feb 3, 2023
    10
    My first video game, possibly the most important game for the industry, the gameplay is very good, the story is the basics of super Mario...
  28. Alpa
    Mar 14, 2023
    10
    Einer der besten spiele die es gibt es macht bis heute noch spaß es ist mein Lieblings Super Mario Spiel.
  29. StickyKeysstu
    Feb 14, 2023
    10
    OMG! This is easily one of, if not the best 3D platformers every made! Infinite charm, Great gameplay and an awesome story, Super Mario 64 pushes video gaming as a whole to a new limit. Many people make fun of this game for its low graphics and more poly designs, but this is to be expected from a game that was made in 1996. despite this, the game is still extremely addicting, proving thatOMG! This is easily one of, if not the best 3D platformers every made! Infinite charm, Great gameplay and an awesome story, Super Mario 64 pushes video gaming as a whole to a new limit. Many people make fun of this game for its low graphics and more poly designs, but this is to be expected from a game that was made in 1996. despite this, the game is still extremely addicting, proving that any game can be great, no matter the looks, because its all about the experience!… Expand
  30. Barrack_obama
    Feb 21, 2023
    10
    this game is COMPLETE UTTER TRASH GARBAGE NOTHINGNESS BORING LAME GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY
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#1 Best N64 Game of 1996
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#1 Most Discussed N64 Game of 1996
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#1 Most Shared N64 Game of 1996

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Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Nintendorks
    80
    The distribution of power stars in the levels is horrendous. I think 7 stars in one level is more than enough, don't you think? I understand that there are memory constraints, but there either could have been less stars overall, or 1 (maybe 2) more level(s). Definately a problem.
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  2. Electric Playground
    100
    It has quickly grown to become the standard by which almost all other games are measured.
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  3. Gaming Maxx
    99
    This is definitely a game no game collection should be without...Seriously!
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