Super Mario 64

Also known as Mario 64, SM 64, M64, M 64, スーパーマリオ64, Super Mario Bros. 6, Super Mario Brothers 6, Super Mario Bros. 64

1996 three-dimensional platform video game developed by Nintendo

Game data

Metacritic 94

Released: 1996-06-23
User rating: 4.38 / 5
Genres: Platformer
Platforms: Nintendo 64
ESRB: Everyone

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89Critic score · 1 ratings

89User score · 2,051 ratings

Mario is super in a whole new way! Combining the finest 3-D graphics ever developed for a video game and an explosive soundtrack, Super Mario 64 becomes a new standard for video games. It's packed with bruising battles, daunting obstacle courses, and underwater adventures. Retrieve the Power Stars from their hidden locations and confront your arch-nemesis— Bowser, King of the Koopas! • Run freely in a grassy meadow, tip-toe through a gloomy dungeon, climb to the top of a mountain, or take a swim in the moat! • Leap headfirst into a watery painting and soon you'll be searching for the surfa…

Released: 1996
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
Engine: Super Mario 64 Engine
Franchise: Mario Bros., Mario
Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Publisher: Nintendo, Playtronic, Gradiente

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Key facts

Developer: Nintendo EAD
Publisher: Nintendo
Director: Shigeru Miyamoto
Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto
Designers: Yoichi Yamada Yasuhisa Yamamura Kenta Usui Naoki Mori Yoshiki Haruhana Makoto Miyanaga Katsuhiko Kanno
Programmers: Yasunari Nishida Yoshinori Tanimoto Hajime Yajima Daiki Iwamoto Toshio Iwawaki Takumi Kawagoe Giles Goddard
Artists: Shigefumi Hino Hisashi Nogami Yoshiaki Koizumi Hideki Fujii Satoru Takizawa Masanao Arimoto Tomoaki Kuroume Yusuke Nakano Yōichi Kotabe
Writer: Leslie Swan
Composer: Koji Kondo
Series: Super Mario
Platforms: Nintendo 64 iQue Player
Release: Nintendo 64 JP : June 23, 1996 NA : September 29, 1996 PAL : March 1, 1997 iQue Player CHN : November 18, 2003
Genres: Platform , action-adventure
Mode: Single-player
Kana: スーパーマリオ64
Romanization: Sūpā Mario 64

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Encyclopedic overview

Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the first Super Mario game to feature 3D gameplay, combining traditional Super Mario gameplay, visual style, and characters in a large open world. In the game, Bowser invades Princess Peach's castle, kidnaps her, and hides the castle's Power Stars in different worlds inside magical paintings. As Mario, the player traverses levels and collects Power Stars to unlock areas of the castle, reach Bowser and rescue Peach.

Director Shigeru Miyamoto conceived a 3D Super Mario game during the production of Star Fox (1993). The team spent about one year on design and twenty months on production, starting with the virtual camera system. The team continued with illustrating the 3D character models and refining sprite movements. Yoji Inagaki recorded the sound effects, and the score was composed by Koji Kondo.

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