Super Mario 64 for Canon Game

By Next 2 Generation

I played this game for about 3 weeks. During these 3 weeks, I have found lots of fun and exciting experience on playing game. This game released in 1996 in Japan. It is a long time ago, but nowadays the game still bring me indulging in adventuring the Mario world and listen to the familiar music.


It’s me, Mario….

Super Mario 64 is a 3D platform game for the Nintendo 64 game console made by Nintendo. As we all know, Mario is a super hero in Nintendo series games. And at this time, Shigeru Miyamoto who is the father of Mario put the hero on 3D modelling first time. As I first play this game, the start scene is a big head of Mario and I can drag the head to any directions to make any shapes. Through this function, at the beginning of the game, player has been deeply attracted by ever played experience. How cool a game I can see Mario in 360 degrees.

Graphic and controlling

After get into the game, Mario stands in a 3D world and I can move my hero forward, backward and turn left or right. Maybe this is not a exciting point in modern world. But image it is 14 years ago, players never touch any 3D games, wow… what you think? You can not only make Mario jump forward and backward just like “Super Mario Bro”, and also Mario can fly all over the world as well as run around enemies.

Makes me more interested is I have two views can choose, one view is Mario and another one is LAKITU a lovely tortoise fly with a cloudy. This function was created by Nintendo. It looks like some current games that can transfer between first person view and third person view.

But the views also make player’s controlling more difficult. When player uses Mario view, the camera cannot follow the Mario exactly thus result in mistakes. For example, when Mario crosses a wood board, player cannot control Mario to go straight and have to adjust the directions again and again.

The graphic of the game is simple and beautiful. Low polygon count, extremely colourful and huge. Game was designed by excellent animation and good frame rates. The worlds are filled with enemies that attack Mario as well as friendly creatures that provide information. You can find most of the famous Mario game characters and they are all re-created by 3D technology.



Game story and play

The main line is traditional story like other Mario games: Mario fright for enemies and finally save princess Peach life. Even though the story is old, the details are attracted for players. The player control Mario jump into different levels. The story occurs in Peach castle. Mario in order to save Peach must collect stars to open the locked gates and beat the boss. Like many previous Mario games, you must explore everything, leave no rock unturned, no mushroom mute, no door unopened.

In the castle, there are many gates which are locked and a star number printed on the doors. Mario must collect enough stars to open these gates to get in room and jump into the picture hang on the room wall. Every picture stands for one level.

This is a bright point of this game. Because it is not like other previous games, use a small scene to represent the main scene and every picture brings Mario into another totally different world. Some story occurred in land, some of them under the ocean and even into outer space. Player can get various game experiences as well as be free to wander a closed world in all directions and discover the environment without time limits.



In each level, Mario must collect stars as many as possible. There are many ways to achieve the goals. Player can beat boss, collect all red coins or yellow coins and some uncontemplated ways such as release the chain chomp by pounding on the stake beneath the red coin. Expect the level stars amount is 120; Mario can also collect 15 secret stars.

Some levels have special boxes which contain power-ups. The Wing box allows Mario to fly; the Metal box makes him immune to most damage, allows him to withstand wind, walk underwater; and the Vanish box renders him partially immaterial and allows him to walk through some obstacles such as line network, as well as surrendering immunity to some forms of damage.

Closing comment

As a whole, Super Mario is a successful canon game for players on video game history. It was the best-selling Nintendo 64 game. The challenging experience of working toward each new level is far greater than the game's minimum flaws.


Last but not least word: Mamma Mia…

Reference

http://au.ign64.ign.com/articles/150/150606p1.html --02/04/2010

http://www.sca.ch/mario/marioswi.htm --03/04/2010

http://danielprimed.com/2007/11/images-that-defined-gaming-%E2%80%93-super-mario-64 --07/04/2010


---------------------------Presentations Script------------------------------------
Mario:M
John:J

J:   How are u doing, Mario.
M: thank you very much, John. Mamamia. My pleasure to be here talking with you.
J:   No doubt, no doubt. My pleasure.
M: Thank you very much.
J:  there's dozen of things they want to know about. Let us start talking about a fantistic project Super
     Mario 64 from Nitendo. Lots of players have played this game since released in 1996. So what
      makes this game special?
M: thats lots of game out there study me, Mario. But they know Super Mario si the best from best. this is
      my first new 3D platform game since the day. Back to the day, I feel free warnding all my mushroom
      kingdom. I got try some new sweet moves. And since playing game, players can choose two camera
      views. My friend LAKITU will take camera around me.
J:   what's move you mean?
M:  first of all, I'd like to do all my classic mives like jumping, collecting coins and pounding on the
      stake. more funning is I can fly with wings. I can even do all sort of cool cool crazy jumps like
      deeper jump and wall jump.
J:   So what is the game destination?
M: Bower keeps napping princess Peach and Mario keeps busy to save her.
J:  she is getting napping double lot.
M: Mamamia, I think it is time for all of us to get a better security system for the castle. When
      somethings happen, it is getting cool cool crazy, but at least, keep Mario busy.
J:   what are other advantures the players find in the Super Mario 64?
M:  Well, they get me fight dozen of enermies, plus we gonna busy all of locations. sometimes, Mario
      swimming under the water, sometimes Mario running through desert. Even flying in the sky.
J:   you are always a busy man.
M: Thank you guys. Sonic just call me. See you next time. remember me: It's me, Mario.....