Super Mario 64 wasn’t the first 3D game, not even the first 3D jump and run.īut in contrast to the competition, it showed at the first attempt how it was done correctly and brought with it numerous other “firsts”: The first blockbuster game that relied on analog stick control the first to offer a real, freely rotating camera the first to establish how Collectathons work, a subgenre that should dominate both the N64 and PS1 portfolios in the years to come after the release. Where the chubby Italian previously only moved from left to right, a whole world was suddenly open to us to explore. The first 3D excursion by the world’s most famous plumber is still considered an absolute milestone not only in the jumping game genre, but in the video game world itself. Super Mario 64: Just say the title of the adventure and many players fall into sweet raptures.
On the occasion of the 35th birthday of the most famous plumber in the world and the resurrection of the adventure as part of Super Mario 3D Allstars, we look back on his first 3D appearance and thus on perhaps the most important video game of all time.
Milestone, revolution, trailblazer, turning point: there are not enough grandiose terms to put the relevance of the N64 adventure Super Mario 64 into words. Super Mario 64: Perhaps the most important video game of all time
