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Super Mario 64 Review
Published by Shade
01-10-2007
Super Mario 64 Review

Never thought it would happen again? Well it has! Shade has once again took up review writing again. Now I know what most of you are asking yourselves, Since when has Shade wrote a review? Well I have except they got sooo covered up by the newer ones nobody really notices them, If ya got some spare time, Check em out: The Legend of Zelda: A link to the past and Paper Mario Alright, Enough talk, On with the review:

Story

Mario Just got a letter from princess peach! It goes a little like this:


Upon hearing that Mario quickly rushes to the castle with his best pair of overalls and a red cap. When he gets there by sewer (pipe) he is greated by Lakitu, Lakitu tells him that he will be the camera for the way.

As Mario heads for the door he can almost taste the cake, he's just thinking of how wonderful it will be! Expecting to hear Peach's sweet voice greet him with a "Hi Mario, Im over here!" He quickly thrusts the door open. Instead of a "Hi Mario!" He hears a very gruff voice saying

"NOBODIES HOME, NOW SCRAM BWA HA HA HA!"

One name rushes to Marios head: BOWSER! While wondering what happened Mario quickly rushes to the first door, and the start of your adventure.

Graphics

Well I'll say this, This game has the BEST graphics out of all the launch games for the N64, Wait a minute.. Its also the ONLY launch game.. Does that make it the worst too? Nah couldnt be. Aaaanywho, this is one of the very first games to be made 3-D and that was a HUGE graphical improvement back in the day. It may be all made out of shapes, Just look at mario in a screenshot somewhere, but its still colorful and 3-D, Ya couldnt really beat that back then -

(5/5) On Graphics

Sound

Now I believe the sound part of this game is where it really shines. You can hear thwomps' UGH as they hit the ground. Coins bouncing on the ground is a sound that you hear a lot - yet never get bored of. And what I really love about this games music is that little chime whenever you get a star. Just little things like that really add up. And the music when you're in a bowser level, classic. I can even hear all these things right before im about to type them. Dont take my word for it, Ask anybody whos played this game! -

(5/5) On Sound

Gameplay

Gameplay I think is where it gets a little.. button mashy. Its not so bad with A to jump, B to punch and such, But what im talking about is some of the moves such as A+B and while in midair - Z. Its that kinda stuff that im talking about. Its soo hard for me to press all those buttons in that order, Just watch me trying to wavedash XD. Another part of gameplay that I have a problem with is the wall kicking, I'd time it perfect, EVERY TIME. But noooo it was like YOU STAY OFF THE WALL YOUNG MAN. So then I made Mario hire Bowser as a slave to kill the wall. Then it let me jump up. Anyways-

3.5/5 On Gameplay ((4/5) On Ratings Board)

Replay Value

Well I think that the replay value of this game stands out WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, More than most games. This is because you can beat the game with 70+ stars. But even when you do that, Your Quest isnt over until you get all 120 stars. I dont know about you, But I just have this driving force to collect all of them. And believe it or not, Up to this day I still havent done that yet, I have like 113 or so. Im so close I can almost taste it, But yet so far away. You would never guess how hard some of them are to get. -

Replay Value - Was going to be a (4/5) Before But.. After typing all that I changed my mind, It made even ME want to go play it for myself - (5/5)

And For All You Lazy people:

Pros:
  • Music Never Gets Annoying
  • You can play right away! No Seemingly Neverending Cutseen at beginning.
  • I like Pie! LOL
  • Fun Gameplay! (When You're not trying to wall jump)
  • Keeps you hooked until the very end!

Cons:
PS You can stop watching that movie at 52 Seconds - Unless you want to see somebody playing a level.

OverAll: (4.8/5) This game is GREAT. If you dont have it for the Wii's VC and you can spare $10 on a game, Go for it! I didnt give this game a perfect because I dont like giving out perfects, If you find me giving out perfects, It would be a game that I absolutely LOVE, A game that you'd find me giving a perfect to would be a game that doesnt annoy me at times (cough cough WALL JUMP)

Anyways, As most of you know If you've read my reviews before - I like to save screenshots for last, And here they are:






And that ends my review! Thank you for reading!
Member rating
Graphics
90%90%90%
9.00
Sound
93.2%93.2%93.2%
9.32
Gameplay
93.2%93.2%93.2%
9.32
Longevity
83.5%83.5%83.5%
8.35
9 users rated 90% average

  #1  
By B-Coz on 01-10-2007
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6
Sound
80%80%80%
8
Gameplay
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10
Longevity
80%80%80%
8
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Re: Super Mario 64 Review

Nice review.
I should've known Pie would be involved in this:p
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By Trapte on 01-10-2007
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Great Job Shade. Except for Minor XD's and PIE, It was enjoyable.
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By InJoyAndSorrow on 01-10-2007
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QUOTE:believe it or not, Up to this day I still havent done that yet, I have like 113 or so. Im so close I can almost taste it, But yet so far away. You would never guess how hard some of them are to get. -
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me and my friend are at 119 stars.we cant do the "jump over the rainbow" mission
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By Shade on 01-10-2007
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Originally Posted by the used View Post
QUOTE:believe it or not, Up to this day I still havent done that yet, I have like 113 or so. Im so close I can almost taste it, But yet so far away. You would never guess how hard some of them are to get. -
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me and my friend are at 119 stars.we cant do the "jump over the rainbow" mission
You mean the one titled "Somewhere over the rainbow?" I dont know where to go on that one lol.
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By backinblackdog on 01-10-2007
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nice review shade, the video at the end is sweet
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  #6  
By fabianmo on 01-10-2007
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Re: Super Mario 64 Review

Nice Review Man
I really like this game and have 120 stars ob both versions (N64 and DS)
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By CosGrove on 01-10-2007
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Good Review Shade, to be honest, i havent played this game before, and ur Review inspired me to download it onto my Wii just Now It looks like its a Good game, and u rated it good. THanks
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By Snowdog on 01-10-2007
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Re: Super Mario 64 Review

Super Mario 64 = sheer perfection. The second best title on the n64 (behind oot). Sm64 CREATED the 3-d platformer. It's a true classic!
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By Shade on 01-11-2007
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Originally Posted by CosGrove View Post
Good Review Shade, to be honest, i havent played this game before, and ur Review inspired me to download it onto my Wii just Now It looks like its a Good game, and u rated it good. THanks
Your welcome, You wont be disappointed
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