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In the Japanese version of Super Mario 64, it is possible to change the direction Mario is facing during the cutscene after collecting a Bowser Key by standing under the key’s spawning point and entering first-person view. Note that in this version, the key appears as a Power Star after collecting it.
In Super Mario 64, performing a Slide Kick allows Mario to bounce off lava once without taking damage.
Super Mario 64 contains a unique metal wing texture intended to appear when Mario picks up both the Wing Cap and the Metal Cap power-ups at the same time. This is not normally possible in-game as those power-ups never appear together in the same stage. However, we are able to view Mario in this state with a GameShark code.
The low-polygon model of Hatless Mario in Super Mario 64, viewed from multiple angles.
In Super Mario 64, picking up a Cork Box, throwing it and then catching it again results in it permanently retaining the ability to damage enemies. Placing the Cork Box in this state between Mario and the peg holding back the Chain Chomp in Bob-omb Battlefield, it is possible to trap the Chain Chomp in a loop of lunging at Mario, hitting the Cork Box and being launched vertically upwards.
In Super Mario 64, touching the four corners of the deepest part of the drained passage in the basement of Peach’s Castle will make a hidden 1-Up Mushroom appear.
Comparison of the size differences between a Bob-Omb Buddy and Mario in Whomp’s Fortress in Super Mario 64 (top) and Throwback Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2 (bottom). Given how the Bob-Omb Buddies’ dialogue strongly implies that Throwback Galaxy and Whomp’s Fortress are the same place, the change in proportions means that in the intervening time, either they have grown or Mario has shrunk.
Mario and the Super Mario 64 sound team (Koji Kondo, Yoji Inagaki and Hideaki Shimizu) from the Japanese Super Mario 64 official soundtrack booklet.
The design of Peach’s Castle seen on the cover and in official artwork of Super Mario 64 (top row) does not actually match up with the castle used in the game (bottom left). Instead, the castle much more closely resembles the design of Peach’s Castle used in Paper Mario (bottom right), notably the striped roof and the oval emblem above the door. Whether the Paper Mario castle was based specifically on the artwork or both were based on an unused version of the Super Mario 64 castle is unknown.
