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    SCDevinA's Super Mario 64 (N64)

    [February 23, 2007 04:24:53 PM]
    After playing more of Super Mario 64 for the N64 I've come up with a few question, firstly why there was never an N128 or N256. I suppose those names just wouldn't be as great as the N64, but they would be fun systems! (the Wii just isn't doing it for me!)

    The iconic status of SM64 is truly amazing however, and the game itself really allowed Nintendo to do and become what it is today. Some might argue for Zelda, Ocarina of Time being a major factor in Nintendo's history as well, but even that game relied heavily on SM64's success.

    Game play for this game is really great, with the button layout seemingly installed in every gamer's brain. Game roleplay-history is somewhat more detailed in this game, but really doesn't play a major role in the game itself. What does play a major role is the camera-system for the game, which really is quite innovative since Nintendo actually decided to make the camera a character in the game, and thus explain away the ability of the player to move the camera about to get a better angle.

    A fun factor in SM64 can be its bugs. Though not very prevalent, these bugs are often times very well known, being documented on YouTube, and vary from being infinitely long staircases, to very speedy ones, to levitation abilities for Mario.

    Of interest is one rumor that surrounded the game since its launch; Luigi. Many said he was an unlockable player, which certainly from my gameplay I have not seen and seems to never have been able to be unlocked. This rumor is, however, widely supported by a small graphic that appears at the base of a statue, purportedly reading "L is real 2041". In my quest to discover its meaning, I did find that the theory was posed that this was a spoiler for the Paper Mario game, which was released February 5th, 2001 (with at least one source saying it was released on the fourth), which would coincide with the 2041 in the cryptic phrase. (Of not is that the phrase is indeed blurred out, and many would say it does not even say L is real 2041". I believe this to be true however since it would seem very improbable for so many to report the text as such BEFORE February 5th 2001 when Paper Mario was actually released.

    All in all I realy actually enjoyed this game for the N64. Gameplay was great, background story just enough,l and the challenge of all 15 (or 25 including mini-games) games was great, and I really enjoyed playing it. And now to return to my Super Mario game for the DS Lite...
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    [February 23, 2007 04:11:08 PM]
    Wow! Super Mario 64; it has been a long time!

    A long while back I had the pleasure of waking up one morning to the news that my cousin had been able to purchase that "brand new Nintendo system"--the Nintendo 64. With this system he had a brand new copy of Super Mario 64: while I had been upstairs playing old super mario brothers, a new world awaited me!

    SM64's nostalgia-factor is very high for many people; many have memories like mine of the first time they played it. It really pioneered the world of 3d video games on entertainment systems and brought that frontier to the millions.

    One of SM64's crowning glories today is the communal factor and social recognizability of the game itself. Everyone seems to know who Mario is, and just which Mario is saying "itsssaa meea! Mario!" Therefore, as soon as I started up the game, I had a room full of people cheering me on.

    There will be more later, as I complete more of the game!
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    GameLog started on: Friday 23 February, 2007

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