Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Yesterday brought us another substantial Nintendo leak. Game protoypes, source code, and other data began to spread online. If that wasn’t enough, we found out about a pitch for an online Pokemon PC title and were able to get an early look at some classic games, including beta sprites and early designs.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, yet another major Nintendo leak has turned up today. The latest one is all about the N64 such as the system’s operating system and lots of games.

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Super Mario 64 has been around since 1996. Yet it wasn’t until today that a new discovery was made, and it has nothing to do with a speedrun or anything along those lines. Rather, it turns out that the game has a piece of buggy code, resulting in some incorrect animation relating to Mario.

The glitch comes down to the smoke Mario emits when he’s touched fire. Tucked away inside the game’s files is a better looking smoke particle. Just one line of code was updated to access it – “G_IM_FMT_RGBA” was changed to “G_IM_FMT_IA”, and then everything displays as it should.

Here’s a comparison between the two versions (original vs. fixed):

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Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in Podcast | 0 comments

Hello, my green and red shells! In this episode of NEP, we’re talkin’ kart racing since both Mario and Sonic have games out! We also discuss mobile gaming in general and Nintendo’s approach to microtransactions; we then talk the state of the Sonic movie being pushed back to February 2020. Oni and Galen have plenty of opinions, and you sure don’t need to agree with them, but feel free to eavesdrop on our conversation anyway!

Thank you for 30 episodes! Help the show grow so we can make 30 more by sharing the podcast with a friend and rating us on your listening platform of choice, such as iTunes.
Thanks for listening!

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, News, Random | 0 comments

Super Mario 64 doesn’t exactly have a whole lot of voice acting, but there is one line that has caught on with fans over the years. That’s largely in part because no one has been able to say for certain what Mario actually says. Of course, we’re referring to his fight with Bowser – specifically when Mario spins the Koopa King around and throws him.

Charles Martinet, who voices Mario, has finally cleared up the situation. After one fan asked about the line on Twitter, Martinet confirmed that the character says, “So long kinga Bowser!”

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Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Beta footage has appeared for two notable Nintendo games. Game Catalogue 2, a ’90s Japanese video game show hosted by Famitsu, featured Super Mario 64 and Super Mario RPG prior to their release. Recordings of both episodes have now popped up online.

For Super Mario 64, we’re able to see a few interesting things. First, Cool Cool Mountain’s portrait is just a generic snow-capped mountain. Other than that, the footage shows placeholder voices for Mario.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, Videos | 1 Comment

Not one, but two episodes of Nintendo Minute have gone live this week. Along with yesterday’s Super Mario Odyssey video, a new one is up looking back at Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. View the full episode below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 15 Comments

Just a day after the feature was announced, one fan has already given Super Mario 64 the same hat capture ability that Nintendo will be including in Super Mario Odyssey. Check out the results below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 22 Comments

While playing Super Mario 64, have you ever wondered what the text says on the statue pictured above? You can find it in the courtyard inside the castle.

Fans had long debated about what the text on that statue had said. “Eternal Star” was one possibility. “L is Real” – or “L(uigi) is real February 4, 2001 in Paper M(ario)” – was another.

Reddit user b0nd18t shared a photo of a response letter received from Nintendo Game Counselor Michael D. Chandler way back in 1998. The staffer who wrote back apparently revealed the “meaning” of the mystery. You can read it in full below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 4 Comments

Some of the earliest known pictures of Super Mario 64 have been unearthed from Nintendo 64 patent documents. Even though we only have two images, it doesn’t make them any less interesting. Both provide a look at what Nintendo was imagining for Peach’s Castle way back when.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

Super Mario 64 has plenty of 1-Up Mushrooms to find. Yet there’s one in particular that has really been making the rounds online over the past few days.

Inside Whomp’s Fortress, you can smash a breakable wall in the tower midway through the level. Doing so reveals a secret 1-Up Mushroom to collect.

Here’s a look:

How many of you were aware of this secret before? Based on the popularity of the above clip, it seems like quite a few players missed it originally!

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