After years of reviewing b-grade and lesser known platformers, it's time to take on the king. Super Mario 64. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: / nitroradofficial / nitrorad / nitrorad
As per the piano being beaten, I remember hearing something about that being an earlier thing you could do in the game but they made it invincible at the last minute, so they forgot to change it in the book.
On the other hand, you CAN actually kill Snacker in Banjo-Kazooie. You've gotta time your use of eggs quickly enough and aim right or dive at him from the shore with the Wonderwing active.
I remember my first getting into the infinite stairs to the last level. Me and my brother ran up the stairs for 10 minutes, as the music made us more and more nervous. I started saying that was no way we could get to the top and that we had to go back, but my brother didn't want to look back because he was afraid of the stairs being infinite to the way down too. He asked me to go down the stair for him, but I didn't want neither because I also was afraid of that possibility. After running up the stair a bit more, we decided to head back, and when we saw that we didn't have moved nothing our minds were blown away... and also relieved that we were not forever trapped in the staircase.
Jairo, the Cow Oh my god, I love these nostalgic childhood stories. They are so cute and amazing and you only have experiences like them as child. I’ve definitely done stuff like this before playing games with my brother and family when I grew up even though I’m too tired to remember any stories at the moment. I loved your story though, Jairo. It’s great to hear and took me back. ^_^
@@justanotheryoutubechannel yeah, I love this kind of stuff. It's like writing a book/story about a game, but from your perspective in the first time you played it, full of these moments that are unique for each player! It was like me and my sister, when we first played Super Mario Galaxy 2, and we just had no idea how to outrun Peewee Piranha, and since we didn't know at the time there were walkthroughs or guides online, we checked the Tutorial DVD for some tips, and we then realized we could actually attack it. Given it was the first Mario game we ever played, and we were 9 and 6 (with me as the oldest), it wasn't that embarrassing at the time.
23:22 Trust me, you weren't the only kid that wasn't terrified of the piano, that pretty much summed up childhood me as well, right down to the giant fish in tinyhuge island part. Between that, the robot sharks from Spyro 2, and the Lurker Shark from Jak and Daxter, I was terrified of the idea of being eaten whole by some aquatic monster as a kid. Heck, going back to play Mario 3 for the first time, I'm still terrified of big bertha.
BayLaugh Animations Yeah, the piano was already there and it just wasn’t scary, while the big cheep cheep just comes out of no where, and then B O O M, you’re dead.
@@NitroRad Honestly, actually, none of the SM64 enemies really terrified me that much. Ocarina of Time, however... whew, those Redeads terrified me as a Kid. Replaying it years later, I was able to thank my lucky stars I never made it past the Water temple and was dumb af, otherwise I would have ran into the lovely Dead Hand. Either that or I did run into him and it's a repressed memory.
Jak and Daxter does not exist. It is a fake game that was never made and no one has ever heard of it. Including you and I. Just like other fake games like Banjo Kazooie and Gex.
Just wanted to say "Hey, thanks!" for making these kinds of nostalgic videos. My only brother passed away this year and watching these videos of yours has taken me back to a better time when me and my brother would have an absolute blast playing through amazing games like Mario 64. Finding/watching your videos has been a bright spot in what has been a very difficult year for me, so thank you for making them!
Thank god someone finally put into words how i feel about mario 64's jumps. Sunshine has fludd, galaxy has the speen, oddessey has the cappy dive jump thing. But mario 64 doesnt give you a get out of jail free card and it makes every jump feel earned. But i also understand that it can make 64 hard to get into
I played through the entirety of SM64DS, and yeah, you have to think quite well about the jumps you have to make. I remember not varying my jumps all that much in Mario Galaxy 2, though maybe that was because I was younger, but even still, the controls in there feel snappier, the there isn't any dumb knockback from bad landings, and the SPEEN is a good save. Despite Galaxy 2 having a lot of death pits, it's still less stressful than 64... But I still had a really pleasant time with the game, way more than I expected in some stages. I expected Lethal Lava Land to kick my ass, Hazy Maze Cave to be exhausting to explore, and Shifting Sand Land to be unpleasant. But no! LLL was pretty fun, especially with the Koopa Shell riding, that was super fun! HMC was quite exciting to explore! SSL... ok yeah, still not a fan of the death sand pits, or the fact you can't leave the pyramid, but even still, it was all way more fun than I anticipated! Tall Tall Mountain? Way less taxing than I expected, didn't die from falling nearly as much as I expected, and I didn't even need to climb the whole thing every time! Tick Tock Clock was fun to experiment with, even if I had to climb it more times, one too many times I'd say. Really, even Tiny-Huge Island, with stupid Klepto, and the stupid bottomless pits where there should be water, and those stupid tiny ramps that make you slide off the whole thing to your death instead of water, and the stupid tiny enemy knockback... it still wasn't as painful as I expected. Some of the stuff I did made me feel tense and stressed, as I wasn't all too confident on the controls, but I still did it nonetheless without any issues! Screw Rainbow Ride tho. Not bad, I still enjoyed it, but way too overkill with the death by falling, for an entire Course nonethless.
I just remembered that Pac Man had a series of 3D platforms himself: Pac Man World. You should take a look a those since basically everyone only thinks about his arcade game but never his platforming series.
As a kid I though there was a secret outside the castle. I never knew how to unlock the cannon by the little lake, but when I found the secret slide behind the Peach panting and how it was the same one as on the front of the castle. I though that by unlocking that cannon and launching into the Peach picture on the front of the castle was how you saved her and unlocked her as a playable character. Forget L is Real, I say P is real!
I completely agree with everything. I love this game, but it has problems. I thought I was the only one dying a lot in Super Mario 64 although I’m very good at the game. I really like how you don’t have to have a double jump to have good platforming, but I do like what they did in Super Mario Odyssey, how you can use Cappy to either stop momentum or give you an extra action after you jump on him, but it’s not easy to use at first and how it’s not necessarily, but it helps to do some really cool stuff. I love power ups, although people usually hate them in this game due to them being very situational, but I really like them, Metal Mario being my favorite. I like how the metal suit was brought back in Super Mario Odyssey.
I also forgot to touch on the fact that the ability to turn was really hard, especially in Super Mario 64DS.with it only having a D-Pad. I’ve died a lot playing it just trying to get the red coins in Bowser’s first place.
Did you know? Mario 64 was actually just a re-skin of Doki Doki Panic 2. The Doki developers were so mad, they fueled their rage into a game, a product of hatred, of disgust. That game was... Bubsy 3D
I was a dumb kid. I never had that moment of "Wait, it's Mario in 3D?!" I got the game along with the 64 and all I knew was that it's a video game and it's Mario. Whether it was 2D or 3D didn't matter to me. But I spent countless hours playing it. I would explore the castle thoroughly and every level trying to find any secrets. I would go to the Metal Cap switch room and really explore it. For some reason, I felt like there was something special about that room, other than the metal cap switch. I always found it cool how you get there by entering Hazy Maze Cave and if you let the water current take you, you end up outside the castle. The interconnected world in the game always amazed me. It's been years since I played it. The Switch needs a Virtual Console. I want to replay this!
14:29 True. In my opinion, Toy Story 2: Buzz lightyear to the rescue subverts the "kicked out of level by collectable" simply by giving you an option to either leave a level or search for more tokens.
I also never understood what was so "scary" about the piano. When I was a kid I never made it to the part with the big fish but I imagine if I did, it would have scared me too.
other than the fact that it's some kind of screamer you can use a little logic and observing it. It's a living object that has teeth and is really loud. Maybe it never scared you because big boy's not afraid of that, it's easy to understand that it made a lot of kids scared.
I remember I discovered your channel when I saw the video stating that you were gonna do CZcams full time and I thought "Cool... who the heck is this guy?". Fast forward a few months and your one of my favourite CZcamsrs. You deserve way more subscribers, dude!
Super Mario sunshine to this day is my number 2 favorite game. It was 1 until Skyrim. Bought a game cube off a guy at work. Used to play for hours with my girlfriend at the time. She used to work nights, and i days. She'd go around collecting extra life's while i was at work. I'd come home, and loose them all. When i got stuck, she would try. Things i was horrible at she was good. We beat it together. That right there is why i married her.
Honestly Mario 64 needs a remake for the switch since SM64DS doesn't play well with a D-Pad. All these mistakes could be fixed and it could feature the best of both versions!
So, you've probably heard like a billion people talk about how this Open Area Is A Very Smart Design Choice Because It Allows The Player To Grow Accustomed To The Controls
Wario World is pretty short (I ended up finishing it in 4 hours when I rented it a long time ago) but it's a damn good time. If I remember correctly, it was also developed by Treasure, my favorite developer, so I highly recommend it if you ever get a chance to play it.
"There are games that set standards, create genres, and move the industry forward". Although the common folk typically abbreviate this to just "Nintendo games".
Not necessarily... Most of the times, yeah, but there are those games that set a standard on their own for different genres, made by different entities. Sega, Sony, maybe Microsoft, Midway, Rockstar, Capcom, Konami when it didn't suck, Ubisoft when it didn't suck, indie games, Activision when it didn't suck, not EA, there was a lot of development in the world of games... for better or for worse. I mean, the game Slender: The Eight Pages, as basic and bare as it was, paved the way for those free roam stalker horror games. It's a genre that some see as cheap horror, but it's an entire game genre nonetheless, and when done right, it can be great!
I just found your channel and I gotta say you have very high quality videos on every aspect (video quality, editing, writing, delivery). Subscribed right away!
Another great vid! I'm glad to see Your channel growwing, I've been with ya every since LISA and am glad to have been introduced to so many new great obscure games!
You really really need to play Jak & Daxter. You bunched it in with all the games that "just add a double jump", but there is so much control in Jak & Daxter with the roll and spin mechanics. It would be a magnificient game for you to experience and I know you would make a great video out of it!
I really love how you can master this game, it's so fun when you're really used to the mechanics. I really don't think the N64 control stick is bad at all, maybe if yours is in bad shape, you should buy a new one and hope it's in better shape. The Final Bowser did genuinely scare me as a 5 year old lol I had to turn off the game and then I was able to do it the next day lolol. Love the video
There's loads more videos about this game out there but Im digging how in depth you go with your thoughts on stuff like design and controls. Great work as usual!
Currently doing a first playthrough of SM 64 (late, I know) and I didn't know about the wing cap or shifting sand land course... Thanks dood! Great vid btw, earned a subscription.
Every time I play a classic title on the N64 the control stick is so stiff that it eventually breaks. I grew up with Playstation’s full 360 degree control stick so I guess this is bound to happen eventually.
FearlessOtaku 99 Just get a good third party controller. Though the stubby stick is useful since most N64 games are built for them (OOT64's aiming is good enough with the original stick, not so much with a GameCube stick)
Stiff? the N64 stick is anything but stiff. That's what I don't really like about it. Since it's so lose and quick and doesn't have as much resistance as modern controllers I very often overshoot targets and precision is very difficult since I can't really push the stick halfway.
Going back to watch this/finally watching it after replaying Mario 64 and actually forming an opinion on it. It's so impressive how much you've improved presentation wise. Everything here is good, your points are great & the script flows well, but your delivery on the lines have improved so, so much, your current videos don't even feel like you're reading from a script. Mario cap off to you Nitroman
Mario 64 probably still has my favorite 3D Mario movement system ever. Odyssey has real smooth Mario controls, but Mario 64's gimmick free system is still very versatile and just feels great. It's just pure 3D platforming!
I think it's why Mario made the transition to 3D so much smoother than Sonic did. Mario 64 is extremely basic and generic. They focused on just making Mario good to control and then made stages to use that control. No multiple characters, no gimmicks, no expensive cutscene's and the powerups were just changing Mario's properties and not even the physics. They don't change his weight, feel or give him any new moves. I think if Sega had made Sonic adventure in a similar way it would have gone over way better. Maybe something similar to secret rings but with tighter controls.
The DS remake solves plenty of problems and adds more playable characters. I wonder if they will ever remake Sunshine and put Waluigi or Shadow Mario as playables. It would be rad... as long as it has a joypad instead of D-pad.
heyyy that's a very good video. i really gotta agree with the points you made on the controls (and level design) and also the fact that you went quite in-depth when explaining your points
Eh, I'd say Smash Ultimate was way better than Mario Odyssey. Unfortunately, YT doesn't show exact dates for comments, so if this was made before that game came out, then that's my mistake.
Excellent review as always, James! It's odd how rare we get Super Mario 64 reviews-- perhaps because it's one of those 'been there, done that' occasions, but regardless, it's always nice to take a step back from the new and indie titles and look at the past. ...AndIknowthisruinstheentirespielbutyoushouldtotallycheckoutBlueOmenOperation
maybe it was one of those "copyright traps" ??? where an author puts in deliberately fake info to catch someone copying their work like they used to do with encyclopedias and maps with fake streets and towns
So excited to see this video! Mario 64 is by far my favorite video game (even with the genuine flaws you mentioned.) I've been replaying it recently with a friend, and we're one star away from finishing. After seeing this video, I can't wait to get started again! Keep up the awesome work!
Another great review, James! I've been waiting for this video for a long time and it didn't disappoint. I like how you were not afraid of pointing out this game's flaws despite how much you love it. It truly is a legendary game and, dammit, you made me want to replay it :)
I never get tired of the stages of the game. Specially the clock stage, I think it gets more exciting when you enter the world with the things getting crazy. And making extreme jumps in the rainbow cruise, ooooh yes! I agree with the camera thing and the whole OST is gorgeous
Another fantastic review! This is one of the best SM64 review I've watched in a long time. Most reviews just talk about how great and influential it was but not many take the game into a modern context. 64 is a game that shows how far we've come in just 20 years.
A lot of people shit on the DS remake, but I loved it, and frankly didn't have the same issues people seemed to mention about controlling it with the d-pad. Worked fine to me.
Apparently certain courses like Tick Tock Clock were given wider pathways and platforms to make them less aggravating to navigate. And yeah, I honestly didn't have problems with using the D-Pad most of the time except when it came to controlling Wing Cap Mario. Thank God for Luigi's incredibly broken backwards somersault!
GreenTengu97 I have only played the remake with an Xbox 360 controller so I can't comment on the controls but the rest of it was good!, Don't like it as much as the N64 version though.
The N64 was my second console after the GASP. I had Mario 64, Donkey Kong 64, Glover, all of the 64 Bomberman games, and of course Banjo Kazooie and Tooie. Kirby Crystal Shards, and Pokemon Snap... I never knew how good I had it with games when I first played it because my brother gave them all to me. I honestly cherish the memories this console brought me, and the groundings that resulted playing these games a bit too much. I remember when I was in high school, I had a boyfriend, and we would frequently play games together. Like, it was our go to to spend time with each other. He had never played Banjo Kazooie. I freaked out, and we took turns getting puzzle pieces and had a blast. It was genuinely magical seeing him react to the game for the first time, especially on our huge, modern living room tv. Modern day games are fun, but it's always important to look back at the past to see how far we've come. Even though I was a bit late to the party, I still got to experience the genuine charm of these old games and I'm incredibly thankful for it. Keep up the great work Nitro Rad, and don't ever forget to look back on things that for you where you are today.
Also haha, I was the opposite. There was a sign that said "don't become dory's lunch," and I spent a while pounding her back and swimming to her front to see if she would eat me. I do t think it's possible for it to actually happen tho.
I have never played Mario 64. I was born on 2000 and I am a PlayStation gamer so I have played Crash Bandicoot but not Mario... Well I actually have played the very first Super Mario Bros but what am trying to say is: Nitro Rad thank you for explaining this game like we don't know it cause I don't!
Crash Weezerman On DS the flimsy DPAD is a bit hard to do diagonals with. The 3DS has the Circle Stick that still only recognizes 8 inputs on DS games but it makes diagonals easier and "feels" nice
Man, this was a really great video. Super Mario 64 is definitely one of my favorite games of all time, and this video gave me an even better understanding of why it's so good, as well as understand its flaws better. For example, even though this game has my favorite controls in a 3D Mario game, this gave me an even better understanding of why I like them so much. I don't think I've had problems making smaller and more precise movements though, I guess I'm just good at the game. The game taking you back to the hub after getting each Power Star never personally bothered me either, but because of how well you explained, I can definitely see why people don't like it, I can see how it'd be annoying doing the same things over and over again. Anyway, I really appreciate this video, a review of this game that both makes me get a better understanding of why I love it and also gives me a better understanding of what people don't like about it is actually something I've wanted. Thank you!
I want to make my own game based around the "every painting/picture tells 100 words" phrase, but with real life paintings, but like... if they were interpreted by an imaginative child. Like, the Mona Lisa would have a rennaissance era level, but instead of being realistic it would play off stereotypes and romanticisation the rennaissance. So, for example, there would be fantastical wooden steam punk-esque machines designed by ol' Leonardo da Vinci and they would each have their own gameplay elements. There's so much potential in this concept because there's so much art. You could visit the medieval era and fight knights dragons and save the princess, you could visit the wild west and blow up gold mines on dusty cliffsides, you could take to the seas and explore massive fleets, you could go to a Victorian era neighborhood and solve murder mysteries with Sherlock Holmes and the list goes on as long as there's new art concepts to explore. You could even subvert expectations and go off the wall by having a level look very average, but then when you enter the stage you'd realize there was some hidden element right out of the field of view of the painting, for example, maybe some Norman Rockwell painting looks super average 1950s American suburbia, but then you realize it's in a post apocalypse and that on idealic scene was the only one remaining. If any coders are reading this and are interested in helping me make this please find me 😐
I cant believe just a year ago discovering your channel you had 19,000 subs, now you almost have 54,000 if you keep this up you will hit 100k in another year:)
Daimon Shaw I fucking love Sunshine, it has issues but I wouldn't pick any other Mario game over it (unless you count Luigi's Mansion as a Mario game.. if so I would take that every time).
+Nitro Rad It's 2017 and bullet points are used en masse, old timer. Keep up with the times B-) +MechaMinilla99 Good for you, man. I also have a soft spot for inferior sequels.
My mom loves this game!😂
Your mom has good taste
For a pinned comment, this doesn't have a lot of replies/likes. Time to fix that
Dude, everyone loves this game!
what a wholesome comment
Plushcap my mom hates it
then bubsy 3d came out and nintendo miyamoto said "shit we did it wrong"
Scarily enough bubsy 3d got really good reviews at launch. This is the dangers of being blinded by cutting edge technology.
And Crash Bandicoot sealed the deal
BallOfBlood
I wish. The games conventions are just easier to realize as shit now. Also Sonata Arctica rocks. Rock on dude.
um.... are you a bubsy fan?
Hans animations it’s a joke, bubsy 3D sucks and Mario 64 is amazing and they’re very very different and so this guy made a joke that bubsy did better
As per the piano being beaten, I remember hearing something about that being an earlier thing you could do in the game but they made it invincible at the last minute, so they forgot to change it in the book.
On the other hand, you CAN actually kill Snacker in Banjo-Kazooie. You've gotta time your use of eggs quickly enough and aim right or dive at him from the shore with the Wonderwing active.
FrameRater ah that makes sense
You could kill the piano? How?
Mr. Grombo you can’t
Aha! That's what i thought. Thanks a lot.
"Idk dude I had balls of steel for scary stuff in games" Earlier - "I was too scared I got my sister to play this part for me" lmaoo
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
i feel like those are two completely different situations
The haunted mansion scared me
I love it when you review unknown indie games like these nitrorad!
BUDDY UR FRIKED IN THE HEAD IF U NEVER AINT HEARD OF MARIO 64 SMH BUD WHAT YA GOT GOIN ON UP IN DERE
super mario 64 is the darksouls of all mario games !11
XD
This game is dark souls 7
Ibrahim Hassan this is a first party game. Yl
I remember my first getting into the infinite stairs to the last level.
Me and my brother ran up the stairs for 10 minutes, as the music made us more and more nervous. I started saying that was no way we could get to the top and that we had to go back, but my brother didn't want to look back because he was afraid of the stairs being infinite to the way down too. He asked me to go down the stair for him, but I didn't want neither because I also was afraid of that possibility. After running up the stair a bit more, we decided to head back, and when we saw that we didn't have moved nothing our minds were blown away... and also relieved that we were not forever trapped in the staircase.
Jairo, the Cow Oh my god, I love these nostalgic childhood stories. They are so cute and amazing and you only have experiences like them as child. I’ve definitely done stuff like this before playing games with my brother and family when I grew up even though I’m too tired to remember any stories at the moment.
I loved your story though, Jairo. It’s great to hear and took me back. ^_^
@@justanotheryoutubechannel yeah, I love this kind of stuff. It's like writing a book/story about a game, but from your perspective in the first time you played it, full of these moments that are unique for each player! It was like me and my sister, when we first played Super Mario Galaxy 2, and we just had no idea how to outrun Peewee Piranha, and since we didn't know at the time there were walkthroughs or guides online, we checked the Tutorial DVD for some tips, and we then realized we could actually attack it. Given it was the first Mario game we ever played, and we were 9 and 6 (with me as the oldest), it wasn't that embarrassing at the time.
23:22 Trust me, you weren't the only kid that wasn't terrified of the piano, that pretty much summed up childhood me as well, right down to the giant fish in tinyhuge island part. Between that, the robot sharks from Spyro 2, and the Lurker Shark from Jak and Daxter, I was terrified of the idea of being eaten whole by some aquatic monster as a kid. Heck, going back to play Mario 3 for the first time, I'm still terrified of big bertha.
Clanker in Banjo Kazooie and the giant robot fish in DK64 both also gave me nightmares
BayLaugh Animations Oh god the lurker shark, you’re bringing back repressed memories.
The ants in Spyro 1 were scarier to me. And I only played Spyro 1 for the first time a fee years ago.
BayLaugh Animations Yeah, the piano was already there and it just wasn’t scary, while the big cheep cheep just comes out of no where, and then B O O M, you’re dead.
@@NitroRad Honestly, actually, none of the SM64 enemies really terrified me that much.
Ocarina of Time, however... whew, those Redeads terrified me as a Kid. Replaying it years later, I was able to thank my lucky stars I never made it past the Water temple and was dumb af, otherwise I would have ran into the lovely Dead Hand. Either that or I did run into him and it's a repressed memory.
Me:”Ehh I watch too many SM64 reviews”
*Nitro Rad*
Me:”Can’t ever have too many SM64 reviews can ya?”
Deadly Drinking Game Idea: Take a shot everytime James says "star"
Take a drink for every star in this game.
Genius.
Happy Dea--I mean drinking!
Blu please no-
Alexander Potec 121 drinks. Whew.
Auughhh I'm a friggin cat.
3 years in and still not Jak and Daxter review. You're killin' me.
Jak and Daxter does not exist. It is a fake game that was never made and no one has ever heard of it. Including you and I. Just like other fake games like Banjo Kazooie and Gex.
@Milan Andreoli lol
I think he mostly focuses on obscure platformers, and Jak and Daxter is not obscure.
@@dapperfan44 He just reviews obscure platformers like SUPER MARIO.
6 now
"Mama Mia!! Yahoo! Wahaa! Spaghetti! I committed tax fraud!"
~Mario, Super Mario 64 (1996)
Jomaster The Second it's Yoshi that committed tax fraud SMH don't you know the lore
Who's titties did what now?
Wut
So long, gay Bowser!
*Mario has logged in*
ItS a Me MaRiO
WA-HOOOOOOOO
top ten scariest monsters in survival horror games.
Mario: Prepare for the copyright strike com-- THIS VIDEO CONTAINS CONTENT FROM NINTENDO WHO BLOCKED IT UNDER COPYRIGHT GROUNDS.
Toilet in wonderland. Art.
Just wanted to say "Hey, thanks!" for making these kinds of nostalgic videos. My only brother passed away this year and watching these videos of yours has taken me back to a better time when me and my brother would have an absolute blast playing through amazing games like Mario 64. Finding/watching your videos has been a bright spot in what has been a very difficult year for me, so thank you for making them!
I had a friend that actually thought Super Mario 65 would come out. He ate glue
Nice vinesauce vinny quote
Gerald Rucker a fellow vinesauce
I thought he said paste idk tho
I never had a nintendo console as a kid so I thought this legitimately was the 64th iteration of Mario
Fun fact, I actually named a villain team of Open Source OCs I'm working on The Terminal 7. Tho, I've only got 4 done, tho I can link 'em if you want.
Thank god someone finally put into words how i feel about mario 64's jumps. Sunshine has fludd, galaxy has the speen, oddessey has the cappy dive jump thing. But mario 64 doesnt give you a get out of jail free card and it makes every jump feel earned. But i also understand that it can make 64 hard to get into
I played through the entirety of SM64DS, and yeah, you have to think quite well about the jumps you have to make. I remember not varying my jumps all that much in Mario Galaxy 2, though maybe that was because I was younger, but even still, the controls in there feel snappier, the there isn't any dumb knockback from bad landings, and the SPEEN is a good save. Despite Galaxy 2 having a lot of death pits, it's still less stressful than 64... But I still had a really pleasant time with the game, way more than I expected in some stages.
I expected Lethal Lava Land to kick my ass, Hazy Maze Cave to be exhausting to explore, and Shifting Sand Land to be unpleasant. But no! LLL was pretty fun, especially with the Koopa Shell riding, that was super fun! HMC was quite exciting to explore! SSL... ok yeah, still not a fan of the death sand pits, or the fact you can't leave the pyramid, but even still, it was all way more fun than I anticipated!
Tall Tall Mountain? Way less taxing than I expected, didn't die from falling nearly as much as I expected, and I didn't even need to climb the whole thing every time! Tick Tock Clock was fun to experiment with, even if I had to climb it more times, one too many times I'd say. Really, even Tiny-Huge Island, with stupid Klepto, and the stupid bottomless pits where there should be water, and those stupid tiny ramps that make you slide off the whole thing to your death instead of water, and the stupid tiny enemy knockback... it still wasn't as painful as I expected. Some of the stuff I did made me feel tense and stressed, as I wasn't all too confident on the controls, but I still did it nonetheless without any issues!
Screw Rainbow Ride tho. Not bad, I still enjoyed it, but way too overkill with the death by falling, for an entire Course nonethless.
I just remembered that Pac Man had a series of 3D platforms himself: Pac Man World. You should take a look a those since basically everyone only thinks about his arcade game but never his platforming series.
Grilac yep. And now James covered the whole trilogy.
Fun fact: In pmw3 he is voiced by the voice actor of Thomas the tank engine from the show
@@snowyicicle1335 WHAT??!!!??!!?!!
@@anameraucana1688 yup
@@snowyicicle1335 well, former CG voice actor
As a kid I though there was a secret outside the castle. I never knew how to unlock the cannon by the little lake, but when I found the secret slide behind the Peach panting and how it was the same one as on the front of the castle. I though that by unlocking that cannon and launching into the Peach picture on the front of the castle was how you saved her and unlocked her as a playable character. Forget L is Real, I say P is real!
We should learn about the Nintendo Empire in school.
nintempire
video game history needs to be a thing in school
The Great 90s War The Nintempire vs The Segarmy
Hungry Ditto the Nintendo empire is still here
Haruhi Suzumiya and the sega now cooperates with nintendo to survive.
I completely agree with everything. I love this game, but it has problems. I thought I was the only one dying a lot in Super Mario 64 although I’m very good at the game. I really like how you don’t have to have a double jump to have good platforming, but I do like what they did in Super Mario Odyssey, how you can use Cappy to either stop momentum or give you an extra action after you jump on him, but it’s not easy to use at first and how it’s not necessarily, but it helps to do some really cool stuff. I love power ups, although people usually hate them in this game due to them being very situational, but I really like them, Metal Mario being my favorite. I like how the metal suit was brought back in Super Mario Odyssey.
Holy F R I C K
3D Mario Marathon.
I also forgot to touch on the fact that the ability to turn was really hard, especially in Super Mario 64DS.with it only having a D-Pad. I’ve died a lot playing it just trying to get the red coins in Bowser’s first place.
Nintardo 64 I love your mii. I didn't read your entire comment I just wanted to say that
xmish16 Thank you.
don't worry bud do like my friend did. replay the game with a 3DS I tried and it was very smooth.
Did you know? Mario 64 was actually just a re-skin of Doki Doki Panic 2. The Doki developers were so mad, they fueled their rage into a game, a product of hatred, of disgust.
That game was...
Bubsy 3D
poor doki doki panic developers. Always getting shat on by Nintendo.
A Very Disappointed Red Engineer yeah, a sad story indeed
DUN DUN DUUUUUN
No.
When this game was released they Doki Doki panicked.
I was a dumb kid. I never had that moment of "Wait, it's Mario in 3D?!" I got the game along with the 64 and all I knew was that it's a video game and it's Mario. Whether it was 2D or 3D didn't matter to me. But I spent countless hours playing it. I would explore the castle thoroughly and every level trying to find any secrets. I would go to the Metal Cap switch room and really explore it. For some reason, I felt like there was something special about that room, other than the metal cap switch. I always found it cool how you get there by entering Hazy Maze Cave and if you let the water current take you, you end up outside the castle. The interconnected world in the game always amazed me. It's been years since I played it. The Switch needs a Virtual Console. I want to replay this!
Well, 3 years later, and your wish came true!
14:29 True.
In my opinion, Toy Story 2: Buzz lightyear to the rescue subverts the "kicked out of level by collectable" simply by giving you an option to either leave a level or search for more tokens.
I also never understood what was so "scary" about the piano. When I was a kid I never made it to the part with the big fish but I imagine if I did, it would have scared me too.
FrameRater It's probably moreso that it startled people. But since a lot of ppl played it as kids it stuck with them
I've watched NitroRad long before I was at all relevant.
I thought the piano was hilarious. I thought it was a looney tunes gag.
Lol I played the ds version and the piano terrified me (I don’t remember what I thought about the fish)
other than the fact that it's some kind of screamer you can use a little logic and observing it.
It's a living object that has teeth and is really loud. Maybe it never scared you because big boy's not afraid of that, it's easy to understand that it made a lot of kids scared.
I remember I discovered your channel when I saw the video stating that you were gonna do CZcams full time and I thought "Cool... who the heck is this guy?". Fast forward a few months and your one of my favourite CZcamsrs. You deserve way more subscribers, dude!
Super Mario sunshine to this day is my number 2 favorite game. It was 1 until Skyrim. Bought a game cube off a guy at work. Used to play for hours with my girlfriend at the time. She used to work nights, and i days. She'd go around collecting extra life's while i was at work. I'd come home, and loose them all. When i got stuck, she would try. Things i was horrible at she was good. We beat it together. That right there is why i married her.
that sounds like a dream come true...
Wish I had your luck. Relationships predicated on video games always end in utter disaster for me.
That made me tear up ;w;
23:58 "I don't know dude, maybe even back then I had balls of steel"
*Was scared of Nessy in Hazy Maze Cave he had to get his sister to help him*
Honestly Mario 64 needs a remake for the switch since SM64DS doesn't play well with a D-Pad. All these mistakes could be fixed and it could feature the best of both versions!
64DS works a bit better with the 3DS circle pad I find
KHC Plays why would Nintendo remake 64
KHC Plays a second remake? No thanks
Remake on 3DS, switch or both. Would be amazing. And less Focus on minigames.
+xmish16 the original SMB had even more so i see no problem in that
So, you've probably heard like a billion people talk about how this Open Area Is A Very Smart Design Choice Because It Allows The Player To Grow Accustomed To The Controls
Man, @Nitro Rad
If you wanna quirky Mario Spin-off platformer, try Wario World for the Gamecube
Deaddy Fazpool did you just @ on CZcams? Also your name and pfp is cancer.
at least he doesn't call things "cancer"
Wario World is pretty short (I ended up finishing it in 4 hours when I rented it a long time ago) but it's a damn good time.
If I remember correctly, it was also developed by Treasure, my favorite developer, so I highly recommend it if you ever get a chance to play it.
savage
would you say the game is a treasure
"There are games that set standards, create genres, and move the industry forward".
Although the common folk typically abbreviate this to just "Nintendo games".
Not necessarily... Most of the times, yeah, but there are those games that set a standard on their own for different genres, made by different entities. Sega, Sony, maybe Microsoft, Midway, Rockstar, Capcom, Konami when it didn't suck, Ubisoft when it didn't suck, indie games, Activision when it didn't suck, not EA, there was a lot of development in the world of games... for better or for worse.
I mean, the game Slender: The Eight Pages, as basic and bare as it was, paved the way for those free roam stalker horror games. It's a genre that some see as cheap horror, but it's an entire game genre nonetheless, and when done right, it can be great!
I just found your channel and I gotta say you have very high quality videos on every aspect (video quality, editing, writing, delivery). Subscribed right away!
Another great vid! I'm glad to see Your channel growwing, I've been with ya every since LISA and am glad to have been introduced to so many new great obscure games!
You really really need to play Jak & Daxter. You bunched it in with all the games that "just add a double jump", but there is so much control in Jak & Daxter with the roll and spin mechanics. It would be a magnificient game for you to experience and I know you would make a great video out of it!
He'd still point out that Jak's triple jump makes some jumps too easy to make.
Godamnit, now I wanna play Mario 64. I guess it's time to spend 30 minutes trying to get my cartridge to work...
Flacokra Make sure you have those S-Video cables! Composite is awful
I really love how you can master this game, it's so fun when you're really used to the mechanics. I really don't think the N64 control stick is bad at all, maybe if yours is in bad shape, you should buy a new one and hope it's in better shape.
The Final Bowser did genuinely scare me as a 5 year old lol I had to turn off the game and then I was able to do it the next day lolol. Love the video
There's loads more videos about this game out there but Im digging how in depth you go with your thoughts on stuff like design and controls. Great work as usual!
Who else is here in 2020 rewatching this to prepare themselves to play Super Mario 64 in Super Mario 3D All Stars?
Yay, 3D Mario Marathon!
you're vids are all so fun and relaxing to watch !
Love your videos, you have an amazing voice for this sort of thing. Keep it up!
Currently doing a first playthrough of SM 64 (late, I know) and I didn't know about the wing cap or shifting sand land course...
Thanks dood! Great vid btw, earned a subscription.
I wasn't scared by the piano,
Giant eel, on the other hand though...
Every time I play a classic title on the N64 the control stick is so stiff that it eventually breaks. I grew up with Playstation’s full 360 degree control stick so I guess this is bound to happen eventually.
FearlessOtaku 99 Just get a good third party controller. Though the stubby stick is useful since most N64 games are built for them (OOT64's aiming is good enough with the original stick, not so much with a GameCube stick)
Stiff? the N64 stick is anything but stiff. That's what I don't really like about it. Since it's so lose and quick and doesn't have as much resistance as modern controllers I very often overshoot targets and precision is very difficult since I can't really push the stick halfway.
marinus18 I see some people using limp analog sticks on their GC remote, looks kinda broken (in the physical sense.) is that normal?
@@themidnightotaku22 What do you mean with GC? Gamecube?
Yes
I jist found your channel recently and they are really well done!
Yes. I love long nitro videos.
You deserve so many more subs.
The complains about the control are valid, that’s why I’m glad with the 3D all stars
Doesn't it control the same?
It controls the same
Ziro the button lay-out makes it easier to control
Seeing your face and your videos makes me so happy, NitroRad. Thank you for doing Super Mario 64!!!
Wow, i wasn't expecting this one.
Keep up the GREAT job
I love your videos!
tbh I'm nostalgic for the file select screen because of "Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom," not 64
Yeah Nitro, I don’t ever see Rayman 2 being fun with Tank Controls, I’m glad they made that decision.
I think one of the first trailers of the game, shows Rayman moving around with tank controls.
Going back to watch this/finally watching it after replaying Mario 64 and actually forming an opinion on it. It's so impressive how much you've improved presentation wise. Everything here is good, your points are great & the script flows well, but your delivery on the lines have improved so, so much, your current videos don't even feel like you're reading from a script. Mario cap off to you Nitroman
The sudden burp and reaction was somewhat adorable. Keep it up!
Mario 64 probably still has my favorite 3D Mario movement system ever. Odyssey has real smooth Mario controls, but Mario 64's gimmick free system is still very versatile and just feels great. It's just pure 3D platforming!
I think it's why Mario made the transition to 3D so much smoother than Sonic did. Mario 64 is extremely basic and generic. They focused on just making Mario good to control and then made stages to use that control. No multiple characters, no gimmicks, no expensive cutscene's and the powerups were just changing Mario's properties and not even the physics. They don't change his weight, feel or give him any new moves.
I think if Sega had made Sonic adventure in a similar way it would have gone over way better. Maybe something similar to secret rings but with tighter controls.
The DS remake solves plenty of problems and adds more playable characters. I wonder if they will ever remake Sunshine and put Waluigi or Shadow Mario as playables. It would be rad... as long as it has a joypad instead of D-pad.
it wouldn't just be rad, it would be nitro
h
And they ruined it with the d-pad.
BallOfBlood i got 60ish stars and and couldnt take it anymore.
Shit controls.
D pad control is horrendous compared to a stick. That is a fact.
So happy you are reviewing the classics!!!
heyyy that's a very good video. i really gotta agree with the points you made on the controls (and level design) and also the fact that you went quite in-depth when explaining your points
2 Best games on N64- Mario 64 and orcarina of time
2 Best games on switch- Mario oddysey and breath of the wild
For sure
Eh, I'd say Smash Ultimate was way better than Mario Odyssey. Unfortunately, YT doesn't show exact dates for comments, so if this was made before that game came out, then that's my mistake.
Hey nitro rad you need to play spongebob bfb. Underrated game that offers a lot of fun
And nightmares! :D
Yah
And A remake...... DID YOU FORGET THE UPCOMING REMAKE?!?!?!
Excellent review as always, James! It's odd how rare we get Super Mario 64 reviews-- perhaps because it's one of those 'been there, done that' occasions, but regardless, it's always nice to take a step back from the new and indie titles and look at the past.
...AndIknowthisruinstheentirespielbutyoushouldtotallycheckoutBlueOmenOperation
Wow, great review! Really happy you reviewed this!
PSA: if you switch to mario cam with "R" then zoom it out with "C-Down" it gives MUCH better camera control...
Criticising the games we love is a great practice. It helps make even better games. Though, in this case, this game's just old.
Look at Nitro hitting the big games now he's at 50k! Loving it dude I remember when u barely had 5k
Unlike the other 3d Mario games, this one I can easily replay anytime.
I Definately agree with you on that!
maybe it was one of those "copyright traps" ??? where an author puts in deliberately fake info to catch someone copying their work like they used to do with encyclopedias and maps with fake streets and towns
Actually we don't call them car controls in France
Great video your effort obviously got better through your videos but it really shows in this one
You have a lot of charisma. Keep up the fantastic work you’ll be getting more subscribers in no time
8:45 Aaaaand dead.
I can keep watching Stranger Things later...
So excited to see this video! Mario 64 is by far my favorite video game (even with the genuine flaws you mentioned.) I've been replaying it recently with a friend, and we're one star away from finishing. After seeing this video, I can't wait to get started again! Keep up the awesome work!
Another great review, James! I've been waiting for this video for a long time and it didn't disappoint. I like how you were not afraid of pointing out this game's flaws despite how much you love it. It truly is a legendary game and, dammit, you made me want to replay it :)
How about Conker's bad fur day next?
Are you gonna do a video like this on Odyssey?
I never get tired of the stages of the game. Specially the clock stage, I think it gets more exciting when you enter the world with the things getting crazy. And making extreme jumps in the rainbow cruise, ooooh yes! I agree with the camera thing and the whole OST is gorgeous
Another fantastic review! This is one of the best SM64 review I've watched in a long time. Most reviews just talk about how great and influential it was but not many take the game into a modern context. 64 is a game that shows how far we've come in just 20 years.
17:14 WTF did Mario ? It looks like double jump xD
Kicked
A lot of people shit on the DS remake, but I loved it, and frankly didn't have the same issues people seemed to mention about controlling it with the d-pad. Worked fine to me.
Apparently certain courses like Tick Tock Clock were given wider pathways and platforms to make them less aggravating to navigate. And yeah, I honestly didn't have problems with using the D-Pad most of the time except when it came to controlling Wing Cap Mario. Thank God for Luigi's incredibly broken backwards somersault!
GreenTengu97 I have only played the remake with an Xbox 360 controller so I can't comment on the controls but the rest of it was good!, Don't like it as much as the N64 version though.
This, I loved the 3DS version. I felt like it only added to SM64, all the good stuff and more.
GreenTengu97 j i i
They can always use 3DS
Damn your review is good. I'm watching you for the first time. Didn't expected this video to be this good
The N64 was my second console after the GASP. I had Mario 64, Donkey Kong 64, Glover, all of the 64 Bomberman games, and of course Banjo Kazooie and Tooie. Kirby Crystal Shards, and Pokemon Snap...
I never knew how good I had it with games when I first played it because my brother gave them all to me. I honestly cherish the memories this console brought me, and the groundings that resulted playing these games a bit too much.
I remember when I was in high school, I had a boyfriend, and we would frequently play games together. Like, it was our go to to spend time with each other. He had never played Banjo Kazooie. I freaked out, and we took turns getting puzzle pieces and had a blast. It was genuinely magical seeing him react to the game for the first time, especially on our huge, modern living room tv.
Modern day games are fun, but it's always important to look back at the past to see how far we've come. Even though I was a bit late to the party, I still got to experience the genuine charm of these old games and I'm incredibly thankful for it. Keep up the great work Nitro Rad, and don't ever forget to look back on things that for you where you are today.
Also haha, I was the opposite. There was a sign that said "don't become dory's lunch," and I spent a while pounding her back and swimming to her front to see if she would eat me. I do t think it's possible for it to actually happen tho.
I have never played Mario 64. I was born on 2000 and I am a PlayStation gamer so I have played Crash Bandicoot but not Mario... Well I actually have played the very first Super Mario Bros but what am trying to say is: Nitro Rad thank you for explaining this game like we don't know it cause I don't!
15:50 You're showing how Odyssey does exactly that, right?
Just gonna say, I absolutely love how fair you are in this video!
I enjoy your in depth explanations that you do.
Who's here after the mario 3d all stars announcement
yep
Unofficial switch port so good
and yet the original is superior
Could you review herdy gerdy?
WHY ARE YOUR VIDEOS SO GOOD AHH
That loading screen music... god, i love it so much
Rayman 2 - The Greatest 3-D Platformer
Rayman 3 - The Greatestest 3-D Platformer
GooGuGajoob Definitely one of my favourites, but no game in the world can come close to the PS1 Spyro trilogy to me.
MechaMinilla99 Agreed.
Mario 64 DS is arguably a superior remake that solves a lot the problems of the original, as long as you don't play it on DS
Crash Weezerman On DS the flimsy DPAD is a bit hard to do diagonals with. The 3DS has the Circle Stick that still only recognizes 8 inputs on DS games but it makes diagonals easier and "feels" nice
Man, this was a really great video. Super Mario 64 is definitely one of my favorite games of all time, and this video gave me an even better understanding of why it's so good, as well as understand its flaws better. For example, even though this game has my favorite controls in a 3D Mario game, this gave me an even better understanding of why I like them so much. I don't think I've had problems making smaller and more precise movements though, I guess I'm just good at the game. The game taking you back to the hub after getting each Power Star never personally bothered me either, but because of how well you explained, I can definitely see why people don't like it, I can see how it'd be annoying doing the same things over and over again.
Anyway, I really appreciate this video, a review of this game that both makes me get a better understanding of why I love it and also gives me a better understanding of what people don't like about it is actually something I've wanted. Thank you!
I want to make my own game based around the "every painting/picture tells 100 words" phrase, but with real life paintings, but like... if they were interpreted by an imaginative child. Like, the Mona Lisa would have a rennaissance era level, but instead of being realistic it would play off stereotypes and romanticisation the rennaissance. So, for example, there would be fantastical wooden steam punk-esque machines designed by ol' Leonardo da Vinci and they would each have their own gameplay elements. There's so much potential in this concept because there's so much art. You could visit the medieval era and fight knights dragons and save the princess, you could visit the wild west and blow up gold mines on dusty cliffsides, you could take to the seas and explore massive fleets, you could go to a Victorian era neighborhood and solve murder mysteries with Sherlock Holmes and the list goes on as long as there's new art concepts to explore. You could even subvert expectations and go off the wall by having a level look very average, but then when you enter the stage you'd realize there was some hidden element right out of the field of view of the painting, for example, maybe some Norman Rockwell painting looks super average 1950s American suburbia, but then you realize it's in a post apocalypse and that on idealic scene was the only one remaining.
If any coders are reading this and are interested in helping me make this please find me 😐
What about Super Mario 64 DS?
yeah
Nana-Kyoto *extra thicc*
*No way, I do not want any part of this.*
Bup.
*Definitely not commenting because I am early or anything*
YoU beTter GiVe mY boY bUp soMe pRopEr ADheSive
fix the fucking BUP on the wall before my clit explodes
I cant believe just a year ago discovering your channel you had 19,000 subs, now you almost have 54,000 if you keep this up you will hit 100k in another year:)
I was dying for waiting your video. Just in time!
>Super Mario Sunshine
>Better
Ok 64 is far from perfect nowadays and all but...come on.
>
@Nitro Rad
Don't you fucking "greater-than" Daimon. Who the fuck do you think you are? :P
Daimon Shaw I fucking love Sunshine, it has issues but I wouldn't pick any other Mario game over it (unless you count Luigi's Mansion as a Mario game.. if so I would take that every time).
+Nitro Rad It's 2017 and bullet points are used en masse, old timer. Keep up with the times B-)
+MechaMinilla99 Good for you, man. I also have a soft spot for inferior sequels.
Daimon Shaw Sunshine has better camera controls when MANUALLY moving it (works like a more modern video game). The auto cam is bad though.
Nitro rad:I review B grade 3d platformers
*reviews mario 64
I don't see how he is wrong at all. Mario64 IS a b grade 3d platformer.
Now, BUBSY, that's the real shit right there.
Iron Pro to be fair, that poor dude just reviewed another bubsy game
I'm not saying he should only review b grade 3d platformers,I"m saying that shouldnt say that thats all he does.
He said it’s time for the big boys after that dude
@@Neondarkness72 ......get out....just....get out.
SURPRISE REVIEW! Thanks Nitro :)
13:35 - I CAN JUST IMAGINE YOU SCREAMING THIS!
Also, Props for keeping the burp in ;)