I really, really hate rainbow ride and its stupid 100 coin star. my favorite course is big boo's haunt because it has boos and a really frightening atmosphere
what about you?
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Favorite and least favorite course of Super Mario 64 ?
- Thread starter DoABarrelRoll
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Tick Tock Clock is probably my favorite course. It pretty much says "fuck exploration", and goes into glorious pure platforming. Rainbow Ride is a close second to me for similar reasons. And though they probably don't count, I thought all the Bowser courses were pretty damn good. A sort of predecessor to the style of 3D Mario you find in the Galaxy games and 3D Land (I prefer Linear Mario to Open World Mario).
Dire Dire Docks is my least favorite, it's just a really boring water level with very little platforming. Similar deal with Jolly Roger Bay.
Also: X5Dragon, are you really talking about Super Mario 64, or are you talking about Mario Kart 64? Mixing up those two games sounds absurd to me...
Dire Dire Docks is my least favorite, it's just a really boring water level with very little platforming. Similar deal with Jolly Roger Bay.
Also: X5Dragon, are you really talking about Super Mario 64, or are you talking about Mario Kart 64? Mixing up those two games sounds absurd to me...
i haven't gotten too far into it yet [ if you ask how i haven't gotten too far in a game released 17 years ago, my best friend gave me his wii when he upgraded to wii u, and it had super mario 64 on it - i played some before ocarina of time because he was like YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT IT'S MY CHILDHOOD and i was like OKAY]
that said, my favourite so far is, honestly, bob-omb field. i like how green and pretty it looks, and those little bob-ombs are pretty cute and make amusing noises. king bob-omb has a design that made me chuckle when i first saw it, as well. mario controls a bit poorly in flight in sm64, i feel, but that's my only real complaint that wasn't just me being stupid. chain chomp = <3
but that ice level with the penguin slide is freaking awful omg how can you stand the slipperiness i live in canada and i swear to god ice is not that slippery
that said, my favourite so far is, honestly, bob-omb field. i like how green and pretty it looks, and those little bob-ombs are pretty cute and make amusing noises. king bob-omb has a design that made me chuckle when i first saw it, as well. mario controls a bit poorly in flight in sm64, i feel, but that's my only real complaint that wasn't just me being stupid. chain chomp = <3
but that ice level with the penguin slide is freaking awful omg how can you stand the slipperiness i live in canada and i swear to god ice is not that slippery
Gonna give my favorite to Bob-omb Battlefield.
Yes, I know it's the first course, but Bob-omb Battlefield had a taste of everything that was Mario 64 (with the exception of water levels. Dear God water levels are awful.) It was an iconic real thrust into an iconic game, and it still holds up well.
Least Favorite? Dire Dire Docks. I can barely tolerate Water levels in Zelda when you actually get good water stuff like Iron Boots or Zora Link. Mario just doesn't do water well AT ALL.
Yes, I know it's the first course, but Bob-omb Battlefield had a taste of everything that was Mario 64 (with the exception of water levels. Dear God water levels are awful.) It was an iconic real thrust into an iconic game, and it still holds up well.
Least Favorite? Dire Dire Docks. I can barely tolerate Water levels in Zelda when you actually get good water stuff like Iron Boots or Zora Link. Mario just doesn't do water well AT ALL.
Like others, Dire Dire Docks and the Ice levels were my least favorite. I can't stand ice levels at all in games period, and Mario has never been a good swimmer.
However, my favorite is Tick Tock Clock for sure. Like Theorymon, I loved the pure platforming it has and how the level would rotate depending on what hand the clock was on.
However, my favorite is Tick Tock Clock for sure. Like Theorymon, I loved the pure platforming it has and how the level would rotate depending on what hand the clock was on.
Fishy
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Hmmm. This is hard. I really like Shifting Sand Land and Lethal Lava Land because of their secondary maps - entering the volcano, the pyramid, etc. When I discovered each of those sections of those worlds it was immediately refreshing and awesome.
Whomp's Fortress is probably my least favorite, as it seems to be the least designed/creative map. The owl is cool, but once you get the owl you can basically use him to get the rest of the stars, and it's not as challenging. I enjoy getting all the red coins on that map though.
Whomp's Fortress is probably my least favorite, as it seems to be the least designed/creative map. The owl is cool, but once you get the owl you can basically use him to get the rest of the stars, and it's not as challenging. I enjoy getting all the red coins on that map though.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
UGH DIRE DIRE DOCKS KJWHRLKGJHRKGH
I echo the sentiments of the Bowser levels, those were always challenging yet very enjoyable. Another favorite of mine was Tall, Tall Mountain, I loved the hidden slide. I also enjoyed Wet, Dry World, and Tick Tock Clock was just a masterpiece.
I echo the sentiments of the Bowser levels, those were always challenging yet very enjoyable. Another favorite of mine was Tall, Tall Mountain, I loved the hidden slide. I also enjoyed Wet, Dry World, and Tick Tock Clock was just a masterpiece.
blitzlefan
shake it off!
I actually didn't like Tick Tock Clock that much. It was a really cool concept, but the platforming was really really exasperating at times. Mess up and down down down you go. The ice levels were a pain in the butt too.
For some reason though, I really liked Lethal Lava Land. Perhaps it was the colors or just the fact that lava was a really cool thing. The water levels could be frustrating at times, but the music was beautiful.
For some reason though, I really liked Lethal Lava Land. Perhaps it was the colors or just the fact that lava was a really cool thing. The water levels could be frustrating at times, but the music was beautiful.
Honestly, I wasn't a big fan of Lava Land, if only for aesthetic reasons. It's like a level designer was watching his kids play "the floor is lava" and just designed a level based on the placement of things on the floor.
Entering the volcano was pretty sweet, though.
Entering the volcano was pretty sweet, though.
This this this. I don't know how much time I spent on that beach going in circles (what was it? Tiny-Huge Island?) because I'd always lose it as soon as I got on that little green hill.
I loved Shifting Sand Lands, hated Hazy Mazy Cave though. No wonder it took me so long to find the Metal Cap.
For me, the best ones are the Bowser levels and the Ice levels. I also used to use the snowman to get rid of Mario's hat as a challenge.
On the other hand, I could barely stand the water levels. All of them. The only reason I went in them is because I wanted all the stars for 100% completion.
On the other hand, I could barely stand the water levels. All of them. The only reason I went in them is because I wanted all the stars for 100% completion.
My favorites would definitely have to be the two ice levels. It's weird, normally I hate ice in platformers, but here it's actually done really really well.
Least favorite is easily Lethal Lava Land. If you're wondering why, I am a rabid completionist. I try to get every coin on every level, since there is a hard maximum for each. Just try to get a maximum coin score on that level, I'll wait.
Least favorite is easily Lethal Lava Land. If you're wondering why, I am a rabid completionist. I try to get every coin on every level, since there is a hard maximum for each. Just try to get a maximum coin score on that level, I'll wait.
There's a single coin at the top of the volcano sector involving punching the horned bomb from the very top of the volcano down to the very bottom then leaping after it with just the right timing, landing in lava, and then making it back to a tiny platform while you're flailing about from the lava with the horrendous on-fire controls that do not mix well with a tiny platform.
In any other level, you would go after such a murderously hard coin right the hell away, so that if you fail to get it, it isn't going to cost you around 10 minutes of work. In Lethal Lava Land, you cannot do that, since it's in the volcano, which you cannot return from after entering.
Oh, and the beginning part, before you go after that one coin, is far from easy itself, because guess what, coins vanish when they touch lava. You need to take the shell at the start, and if you take a single hit, just kill Mario in the lava, it's faster than resetting. But you'll probably want to deal with that box that you have to grab first, it drops 5 coins into an area that gets flooded with lava periodically, so you have to angle it exactly right. Not to mention all of the horned bomb enemies on the surface side, who just love to have their coins go off in a direction you didn't expect and force a reset. It is just entirely too easy to make a simple mistake here, and the level will not show the slightest hint of mercy.
In any other level, you would go after such a murderously hard coin right the hell away, so that if you fail to get it, it isn't going to cost you around 10 minutes of work. In Lethal Lava Land, you cannot do that, since it's in the volcano, which you cannot return from after entering.
Oh, and the beginning part, before you go after that one coin, is far from easy itself, because guess what, coins vanish when they touch lava. You need to take the shell at the start, and if you take a single hit, just kill Mario in the lava, it's faster than resetting. But you'll probably want to deal with that box that you have to grab first, it drops 5 coins into an area that gets flooded with lava periodically, so you have to angle it exactly right. Not to mention all of the horned bomb enemies on the surface side, who just love to have their coins go off in a direction you didn't expect and force a reset. It is just entirely too easy to make a simple mistake here, and the level will not show the slightest hint of mercy.
Lethal Lava land and any of the ice levels were my favorite. I guess because of the scenery and music in those. I hate Wet, Dry land because it was just really annoying to go through the first time. I had no sense of direction in that place.
