Nintendo 64

Super Mario 64

Trivia

Game Informer Magazine (Issue #138, Oct. 2004) named it one of the "Top 25 Most Influential Games of All Time".

It was named #6 out of 200 of the "Greatest Games of Their Time" by EGM Issue #200 (Feb. 2006).

There was going to be a sequel done, for either the N64 or 64DD, that would have Luigi as a playable character too, but it was never completed. It is possible that this game later became Luigi's Mansion.

Super Mario 64 was voted #4 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll in Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 37).

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Jul 18, 2007.

After dropping into the first Bowser stage, he calls you "Friend". This is a reference to Super Mario RPG, when Bowser was Mario's ally.

One of the biggest mysteries surrounding this game is that of an inscription on the star statue in the castle courtyard(near the entrance to World 5.) The inscription reads, "L is Real 2041" or "Eternal Star". No one can decipher what this means.

After collecting every star in the castle, Bowser will say a different message upon his defeat in the sky. Also, a cannon opens outside the castle to launch you onto the roof for a big surprise!

Have you ever wondered what Mario's surname is? Both Mario and Luigi have the surname Mario. Therefore their full names are Mario Mario and Luigi Mario!

How did Mario get his real name? Well, when Minoru Arakawa, the president of Nintendo of America in New York, first saw "Jumpman" he thought, "Hey! He looks just like the landlord of our office!" and the landlord´s name was Mario Segali and he came from Italy, so that´s it!!!

In 1981 Shigeru Miyamoto guided by Gunpei Yokoi made the first game for Nintendo starring our dear Mario. It was the arcade game Donkey Kong. By then Mario didn't even had a proper name! He was just called "Jumpman" and was a carpenter (When Donkey Kong came to the US and Europe Jumpman had been renamed to Mario)! Yes its true, Mario was first a carpenter before he became a plumber! Shigeru once described his character in Donkey Kong as "a funny hang-loose king of guy" and designed his character to be goofy and awkward! He also starred in the sequel to Donkey Kong: Donkey Kong Jr. In Dk Jr. Mario had gotten his real name: Mario. Then Mario Bros came out and his brother Luigi was born.

Who knows how Mario will look in the future. Maybe he'll wear metallic clothes!"

-Shigeru Miyamoto, c1991 (and, as we all know, in SM64 he did!)

The guy who did the voice for Mario in Mario 64 is Charles Martinet (if you wanted to know it).

Super Mario 64 was voted #12 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Jul 28, 2001.

Super Mario 64 was the very first game for the N64!