Current Events > Getting all 120 stars in Mario 64 was a huge waste of time

(+) Yeah! (+)

I remember doing this without a guide. Back then there were rumors that you unlocked Yoshi or Luigi, but all you got was extra lives. So disappointing. This is why the N64 lost the console war

The collectables are usually trash and not worth doing in games.

Although that said. I kinda miss the days of secret hidden secrets in games before the Internet spoiled everything.

Any mortal kombat fans here that remember the Super Unlockable rumors?

And also that Secret Sonya turned out to be real.
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Originally there was going to be a set of Star Road style levels unlocked but they ran out of time.

Yeah, at that point, those 100 lives were pointless, since you pretty much did everything there is to do in the game.
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Wasn't there a new jump also?
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It's a me, Mario
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You get extra dialogue from bowser
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DrizztLink posted...

Wasn't there a new jump also?

yeah, it changed the third jump in the triple jump to a constant flip with sparkles, and it made you take no fall damage.
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Did this back in the day, then deleted my save thinking i could do it again...

Nope, still a few levels i just cant collect 100 coins in lol
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100% rewards that affect gameplay are so dumb.
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bob742omb posted...

DrizztLink posted...

Wasn't there a new jump also?

yeah, it changed the third jump in the triple jump to a constant flip with sparkles, and it made you take no fall damage.

It's really bad too because it makes you bounce when you land so it's actually worse than the normal triple jump.
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Complaining about a 20 year old video game The Topic
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IKR

And the worst part was that even when you got the ingame reward, you eventually stopped playing the game to play something else and the whole thing was literally for nothing.

Which is different from every other challenge in every other game because... because...
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DevsBro posted...

IKR

And the worst part was that even when you got the ingame reward, you eventually stopped playing the game to play something else and the whole thing was literally for nothing.

Which is different from every other challenge in every other game because... because...

Nah, Mario 64 has amazing replay value. I still play it! One thing Nintendo does better than anyone is platforming.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Although that said. I kinda miss the days of secret hidden secrets in games

The Banjo-Kazooie colored eggs / ice key were fucking iconic in terms of speculation
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SM64 is fun and boring at the same time. I'll occasionally get a rush to go back and play it, but then I remember how irritating and uninteresting it can be.
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It's not about the destination, it's about the journey.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Although that said. I kinda miss the days of secret hidden secrets in games

The Banjo-Kazooie colored eggs / ice key were fucking iconic in terms of speculation

Stop n' Swap would've worked, but Nintendo released a newer model of N64 that brought down the allowable swap time from like 10 seconds to 1 second, making it impractical.

But Banjo Kazooie was coded to allow you to remove the cartridge at that point.
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