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In addition to the red, blue, and green switches, there was originally going to be a yellow switch too. When used in game, the switch is automatically set to the "on" position for unknown reasons.
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There's unused text that may have been spoken by a Boo upon entering Big Boo's Haunt, saying "Eh he he... You're mine, now, hee hee! I'll pass right through this wall. Can you do that? Heh, heh, heh!" It was likely removed because no mission involved chasing a Boo through the Level.
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If you pick up Tuxie the baby penguin after returning her to her mother, the mother penguin will angrily follow Mario around until Tuxie is put back down.
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Early in development, there was originally going to be a level-cleared flagpole. However, the developers felt that scouring the land for hidden items was better, so the flagpole was scrapped. It would later be included in Super Mario 3D Land, and Super Mario 3D World.
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The "Slider" and "Snow Mountain" Theme are both variations of the main theme of Super Mario 64, which is played on the "Bob-omb Battlefield". The songs are all played at different tempos and with different instruments, but are largely the same tune.
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In a late pre-release build, stars that have already been collected are in grey shades instead of the dark blue seen in the final version. This was shown during E3 '96 when demonstrating the game before its release.
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The enemy "Whomp" was likely inspired by a Japanese mythological creature known as a "Nurikabe". Nurikabe were said to take the form of a wall either to trick or trap any travelers. It's also said that Nurikabe could expand infinitely in size. The only known way to make it disappear was to knock on its lower-right-hand side.
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In the world "Bowser in the Sky", two Goombas can be seen on the same platform together. These two Goombas are actually part of a Goomba trio object loaded by the game, however, the third Goomba is placed over the edge of the platform, resulting in it rendering at the bottom of the stage, out of reach.
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario 64: Shindou Pak Taiou Version (Game)
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The Japan-only Shindou Pak Taiou edition of the game contains an exclusive Easter Egg on the introductory screen: pressing Z fills the background with images of Mario's face. These images are taken from the frame buffer, and therefore reflect the current state of the 3D model of Mario's head that the player can manipulate.
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Early in development, before Charles Martinet was hired to provide Mario's voice, the developers used stock Looney Tunes voices as placeholders.
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There is a metal wing texture in the game for combining the Wing Cap and Metal Cap, similar to how the Vanish Cap and Metal Cap can be combined in Dire Dire Docks. There are no levels in the game where it would be possible to equip both simultaneously, but they do function and use this texture if given to Mario via hacking.
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There is a glitch that causes Mario to hold his hat in his right hand. This occurs when Mario picks up two hats in rapid succession. If Mario loses his hat in Snowman's Land by being blown away by the giant snowman's breath, and then takes the warp under the tree, his hat will duplicate, and retrieving it will cause this glitch.
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Princess Peach doesn't have any voice acting in the original Japanese release during the beginning and final cutscenes. This was added for all other versions.
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Several of Mario's voiced lines didn't exist in the original Japanese version of the game, and were added for western releases:
• "Hello" and "Press Start to Play" during the demo screen with Mario's head.
• "Okey-dokey!" when choosing a save file.
• "Let's-a go!" when choosing a star.
• "Game over." when Mario runs out of lives.
• His dreams about pasta are missing.
• "I'm-a tired." - when the player is idle.
• "So long-a Bowser!" - when Mario throws Bowser a long distance.
• "D'oh!" - when long-jumping, sliding, or diving into a wall.
• "Boing!" - when bouncing off of a Spindrift's head.
• Mario will say either "Yahoo!", "Wha-ha!", or "Yippee!" during the last jump in a triple jump. In the Japanese game, he says "Yahoo!" every time for the third jump.
• In the opening sequence, Mario says "Yahoo! Ha ha!" when he leaps out of the pipe instead of just "Yahoo!" in the Japanese version.
• "Hello" and "Press Start to Play" during the demo screen with Mario's head.
• "Okey-dokey!" when choosing a save file.
• "Let's-a go!" when choosing a star.
• "Game over." when Mario runs out of lives.
• His dreams about pasta are missing.
• "I'm-a tired." - when the player is idle.
• "So long-a Bowser!" - when Mario throws Bowser a long distance.
• "D'oh!" - when long-jumping, sliding, or diving into a wall.
• "Boing!" - when bouncing off of a Spindrift's head.
• Mario will say either "Yahoo!", "Wha-ha!", or "Yippee!" during the last jump in a triple jump. In the Japanese game, he says "Yahoo!" every time for the third jump.
• In the opening sequence, Mario says "Yahoo! Ha ha!" when he leaps out of the pipe instead of just "Yahoo!" in the Japanese version.
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The Idea for Metal Mario may have come from an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto published in 1991, in Nintendo Power's Mario Mania Player's Guide, Miyamoto reportedly said: "Who knows what Mario will look like in the future? Maybe he'll wear metallic clothes!"
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