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Super Mario 64 (1996)

Nintendo EAD

Nintendo 64 · Wii · Wii U

4.38 from 9270 ratings · #58 top rated on Grouvee

15564 members have it in their collection · 506 playing now · 1956 backlogged · 1003 wish listed

How long? Main story 20h · with extras 23h · 100% 37h (from 48 logged playthroughs)

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 … Read more
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 surface in an underwater realm! • On-the-fly, 3-D rendered gameplay delivers the action of ruthless enemy attacks from every angle! • Find the Caps that give Mario super powers and ponder the mysteries of the pyramid; you can even race Koopas for fabulous prizes! • With the Nintendo 64 Controller and its analog Control Stick, Mario can crawl, kick down obstacles, swim, do reverse flips, and even stick the landing on his backwards somersault! • Saved game information is stored for up to four players in memory. Read less

Details

Developers
Nintendo EAD
Publishers
Gradiente, Nintendo, Playtronic
Genres
Adventure, Platform
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Open world
Franchises
Mario, Mario Bros.
Series
Super Mario, Super Mario 64
Event
Dai-7-kai Shoshinkai Soft Tenshikai / Famicom Space World '95

Release dates

  • Jun 23, 1996 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 64
  • Sep 29, 1996 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 64
  • Sep 29, 1996 (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo 64
  • Mar 01, 1997 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 64
  • Mar 01, 1997 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo 64
  • 1998 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 64
  • Nov 19, 2006 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
  • Dec 07, 2006 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
  • Dec 08, 2006 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
  • Apr 01, 2015 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
  • Apr 01, 2015 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
  • Apr 02, 2015 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii U

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Rating distribution

5 stars
5036
4 stars
2953
3 stars
1060
2 stars
179
1 star
42

Community All Reviews Statuses

epeternally

Status epeternally Mar 14, 2026

Watching someone who has never played Super Mario 64 experience it for the first time is endlessly entertaining. She's currently struggling through "Wall Kicks Will Work", which is one that I've always despised. Nintendo were definitely right to make wall kicks easier to pull off in the DS version. She fell from the platform after pulling off the jump the …

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Watching someone who has never played Super Mario 64 experience it for the first time is endlessly entertaining. She's currently struggling through "Wall Kicks Will Work", which is one that I've always despised. Nintendo were definitely right to make wall kicks easier to pull off in the DS version. She fell from the platform after pulling off the jump the first time and remarked "I feel like that should be guided" - a sentiment I can not disagree with in the slightest.

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Roach

Status Roach Jun 27, 2025

It’d be neat if they localized these. There’s quite a few of these manga series and not just for Mario.

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TheBreezus

Status TheBreezus Aug 13, 2024

I just flipped/finished up the game but I have not completed it for a lack of a better term. I got the 70 stars, and spun bowser out, and got some cake from peach, so not a bad way to finish the game.

This game was still wildly playable. Definitely a classic that is still playable to this day.

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I just flipped/finished up the game but I have not completed it for a lack of a better term. I got the 70 stars, and spun bowser out, and got some cake from peach, so not a bad way to finish the game.

This game was still wildly playable. Definitely a classic that is still playable to this day.

You got to flip this game, tech folk.

As with many nintendo/japanese games, save states are your friend!

Personally I like this one the most out of the nes/snes/n64 era so far, I still have to play paper mario. Right now im working on the duo legend of zelda games on n64. Then ill come back to mario, maybe.

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Sora0803

Status Sora0803 Jul 29, 2024

I jumped into SM64 with my NS expecting a simple platformer but little did I know it was a world where walls hide secrets, paintings eat you, and even a plumber can fly. As I made my way through the castle each star I got felt like Mario winking at me, "You thought that was easy?" The game is all …

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I jumped into SM64 with my NS expecting a simple platformer but little did I know it was a world where walls hide secrets, paintings eat you, and even a plumber can fly. As I made my way through the castle each star I got felt like Mario winking at me, "You thought that was easy?" The game is all about making you think you’ve seen it all and then surprising you around the next corner. I wasn’t just playing I was solving a puzzle with every jump and spin. I also played the browser-based SM64 on Super Mario 64 and the experience was amazing.

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DucksOnQuack

Status DucksOnQuack May 12, 2024

Me and my friends played through Super Mario 64 via Co-Op Deluxe and had so much fun with it. What I loved about it was how players had freedom to go to which ever levels they wanted. You could go into Whomp's Fortress and see me trying to do Owless. Go into Lethal Lava Land and see someone burning themselves. …

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Me and my friends played through Super Mario 64 via Co-Op Deluxe and had so much fun with it. What I loved about it was how players had freedom to go to which ever levels they wanted. You could go into Whomp's Fortress and see me trying to do Owless. Go into Lethal Lava Land and see someone burning themselves. Going into the 2nd floor of Peach's Castle to see 3 people trying to backwards long jump. Are there any good co-op mods for other single player games like SM64 Co-Op DX? 4 players at least and I know that there is a co-op mod for the Ocarina of Time PC port: Ship of Harkinian.

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the_dunce

Status the_dunce Feb 16, 2024

I've had this game since 1999 (my fifth birthday), and now after playing the SM64Plus PC port in 2024 I finally get why people like this game, and why I never really did. Obviously I'm not going to expect Nintendo to nail everything on the first try and the game was still a technological feat at the time, but 60 …

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I've had this game since 1999 (my fifth birthday), and now after playing the SM64Plus PC port in 2024 I finally get why people like this game, and why I never really did. Obviously I'm not going to expect Nintendo to nail everything on the first try and the game was still a technological feat at the time, but 60 FPS, a smooth rotating camera that can also move on the Y axis, and being able to collect more than one star per run of a level makes a night and day difference for this game. The first two points make Mario control for me the way I always heard people who really like this game describe its movement, and the last point showed me exactly why I always preferred Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie as a kid, because even then I didn't want to play each level 6 times in a row to get every star. Definitely recommend trying it out for anyone that hasn't.

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benhenry3

Status benhenry3 Jan 18, 2024

Absolutely amazing game! It is so much fun I even learned how to speedrun it. The controls are a bit clunky but it was a perfect introduction to 3D mario.

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Yungbeck

Status Yungbeck Dec 17, 2023

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I love reuniting families for the holidays! 💙🐧☃️

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Yaru

Status Yaru Oct 14, 2023

I was intending this to be a full 120 stars run, but then I remembered red coin stars are a thing on this game. In news that may or may not be related, I'm now just happy with reaching the ending and stopping there.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Sep 30, 2022

Did Mario ever got wings on his hat in this game or is the cover a blatant case of false publicity?

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Gigiopo

Status Gigiopo Mar 5, 2022

enter image description here Such a fun game, got used to the weird controls and aiming for the 120 stars. I can see how this was so acclaimed when it came out!

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maeday

Status maeday Oct 10, 2021

Man, I hate Mario 64 with a passion, but last night I watched Michael from Achievement Hunter play through 4 hours of a randomizer and goddamn if that wasn't some of the most entertaining frustration I've ever witnessed. At least the game is good for something.

ADDENDUM: Okay, yeah, it's good for a lot of things. I respect its place …

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Man, I hate Mario 64 with a passion, but last night I watched Michael from Achievement Hunter play through 4 hours of a randomizer and goddamn if that wasn't some of the most entertaining frustration I've ever witnessed. At least the game is good for something.

ADDENDUM: Okay, yeah, it's good for a lot of things. I respect its place in history, its cultural relevance and its impact. I still hate it though.

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Stokesology

Status Stokesology Aug 3, 2021

Dear Santa,

Please have Nintendo produce a N64 Classic mini console, it would be ever so much fun. If thy wish contains Super Mario 64, I promise (🤞🏻) not to throw thy young penguin off the cliff.

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PoisonSoldier

Status PoisonSoldier Jun 26, 2021

Finished the game with exactly 70 stars, will be returning to the game later to collect all 120.

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