Reviewers praised its ambition, visuals, gameplay, and music, although they criticized its unreliable camera system. Super Mario 64 received critical acclaim as one of the greatest video games of all time. As one of the launch games for the Nintendo 64, Super Mario 64 was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, and later in North America and Europe in September 1996 and March 1997, respectively.įeaturing a dynamic camera system and 360-degree analog control, it established a new archetype for the 3D genre, much as Super Mario Bros. A multiplayer mode featuring Mario's brother Luigi was cut, but rumors spread of his inclusion as a hidden character.
The high-fidelity graphics were created using the Nichimen N-World toolkit.
Development lasted approximately three years: one on design and two on production. As Mario, the player explores Princess Peach's castle to rescue her from Bowser.ĭirector Shigeru Miyamoto conceived a 3D Mario game during the production of Star Fox (1993). It builds upon the Mario tradition of gameplay elements, visual style, and characters. Super Mario 64 features 3-dimensional freedom of movement within a large open world based on 3D polygons. It was developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo. Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform game for the Nintendo 64 and the first Super Mario game to feature 3D gameplay.
