Completed with 120 stars collected; maximum coins in 12/15 worlds. Super Mario 64 was the defining 3D platformer of its day, setting the standard for everything that followed in the genre - and its good, though unsurprising, to find that it still holds up well to this day. Of course, it's clearly been surpassed by many more recent releases, but Mario remains a joy to control and the level design perfectly-judged. In terms of its packaging as part of the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection, it has to be said that it's disappointing that Nintendo hasn't been more ambitious, as there's little improvement beyond a resolution increase and some increased texture quality - but that can't detract from the quality of the underlying game that still shines through.

Reviewed on Dec 27, 2022


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