How explain the magic who involves Super Mario 64? A very difficult task, no doubt. I want to start with the gameplay. Before Super Mario 64, other 3-D games tried, but cannot convince everybody that the 3-D world was the best option for the future of gameplay, especially when the controller of Playstation System make you control them with a semi cross-shaped d-pad, a terrible choice.
But Nintendo deliver a new technology of gameplay, the analog stick, and Mario 64 was the first game to put this gameplay in test. Then everything make sense, and the gameplay of 3-D games got precision and depht.And the graphics only increased the depth sensation caused by the great and 3-D stages of game.
In this fantastic 3-D adventure, Mario need to collect 120 Stars, in order to rescue Princess Peach from the evil clutches of Bowser. The entrance for all 15 stages of the game lies beneath the pictures spread among the walls of an huge "Peach Castle". Mario can walk in 360º around the stages, dive in deep waters, fly through soft clouds, turn invisible and metalic, and sometimes race against penguins, turtles, and other funny characters. It's a magic game for N64 System, perpetual classic of Nintendo, the main standard for all 3-D games after him. Don't forgeting the beautiful soundtrack, with a perfect arrange for each stage of the game. All gamers, hardcore or not, must play this masterpiece of platform games!