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The Super Mario 64 debate

What the community thinks of Super Mario 64, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.

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  1. Desiree_87

    played this at my cousins house way too many times, still remember the slide level music stuck in my head for days after

  2. NovaMaster2

    not gonna lie, the movement is genuinely great, best part of the whole thing honestly, but the camera actively fights you in half the levels and pretending otherwise just because it's an old favorite doesn't fix the actual problem people have with it every single time.

    NeonSniper

    Which star gave you the most trouble back then? For me it was always the one on the moving platforms over the lava.

  3. LaurySniper

    I remember spending an entire summer just running around the castle grounds before even touching a star, just to feel the controls.

    Kuphal99

    Replying to NeonWarden

    Won a lot of arguments with friends over whether it aged well, never really settled anything honestly.

    Phyllis_73

    I never touched the castle grounds like that myself, but I get the pull, some games just ask to be walked through slowly first.

    VinylOwl

    People keep bringing up the same summer memories every time this comes up, funny how a 19th place ranking never stops the nostalgia train from rolling through here.

    NeonWarden

    The 61% winrate against modern picks says more about nostalgia voting than actual quality honestly.

    Nova_Corwin

    Tbh the analog stick calibration mattered more than people admit, ever notice how much smoother it feels with a proper stick?

    lenoir_bernadette

    Je retiens surtout la musique de la glisse, comme toi, et rien depuis ne m'a fait cet effet précis

  4. claire72

    I get the camera complaints, you all have a point there, but running around that castle still feels magical to me!!

  5. Pagac35

    Beat this over a long weekend with my brother, taking turns each star, good memories overall.

    Kemmer94

    Taking turns sounds nice (until one of you gets stuck on the same star for an hour) but that's not really evidence it holds up.

  6. davis_lelah

    And people still act like this game is flawless, the camera fights you constantly and nobody wants to admit it after all these years.

    JazlynMaster

    Nobody admits it because most of us stopped noticing years ago

  7. NovaOwl

    I keep coming back to this one every few years, not really sure why honestly, and every time I notice something different, sometimes it's the music, sometimes it's just how open the castle feels, it's not perfect by any means but there's something there that keeps pulling me back in.

    IronPilot

    the open castle feeling really is the thing for me too, what part usually pulls you back in first?

  8. mae14

    19th feels low, or actually maybe not low enough for how much this game basically invented, it should be way higher honestly!!

    GlitchByte51

    honestly the winrate surprised me too, i expected it to have dropped off by now against newer stuff

  9. RogueNinja62

    Dix-neuvième depuis un moment déjà et ce classement ne va pas bouger pour si peu, mais bon, je trouve toujours qu'on lui accorde trop de crédit juste parce qu'il a marqué son époque. La caméra pénalisait déjà à l'époque et on l'excuse encore aujourd'hui sans vraiment se poser la question, alors que d'autres jeux plus récents encaissent bien moins de clémence pour des défauts similaires.

    descamps_frederique

    La caméra reste un VRAI problème pour moi aussi, mais bon, ça ne m'empêche pas d'y retourner de temps en temps quand même.

  10. GhostPhoenix

    La caméra reste le vrai souci comparé à Portal, où le level design compense l'absence de contrôle manuel, ici on se bat encore avec l'analogique parfois.

    QuestRex5

    Replying to IrenePlayer

    Was it the same with you back then, always voting out of habit like that, or did something specific keep you coming back to it over the years?

    IrenePlayer

    Replying to FrameKid

    Totalmente, y por eso sigo votando por él en cada duelo aunque juegue poco estos días.

    FrameKid

    la cámara sí, pero el movimiento sigue siendo una pasada, para mí eso pesa más

  11. ArcadePhoenix2

    Dix-neuvième, bon, ça ne va pas changer grand chose à mon quotidien, mais je vote toujours pour lui par principe.

    vshields

    Voting out of principle is fine, but next to Portal's precision the movement here just feels... looser, less deliberate

  12. Silent_Bazin

    Mon frère et moi on se relayait sur chaque étoile, chacun son tour, ça reste un des seuls jeux qu'on faisait vraiment ensemble.

  13. GhostByte2

    Face à Uncharted, il fait pâle figure niveau mise en scène, mais la liberté de mouvement reste supérieure encore aujourd'hui.

    LootNinja25

    Same here with the slide music honestly, still hums in my head sometimes, funny how one level can stick like that forever.

    Aaron_85

    Coincido en lo del movimiento, aunque me pregunto si realmente aguanta tan bien comparado con juegos más recientes del género o es solo costumbre nuestra.

    CritRunner70

    Ojalá la cámara solo fuera un problema mío, pero llevo veinte años peleándome con ella igual que todos aquí.

  14. SilviaAce

    Me parece que se sostiene bastante bien, aunque tal vez estoy siendo generosa porque le tengo cariño, la cámara sí molesta un poco.