You Can Now Play Super Mario 64 Online With Your Friends

September 11th, 2017 - 4:19 PM EDT by Adam Downer

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Poster for Super Mario 64 Online

…What a time to be alive. Back in 1996, children had no way of proving their superiority in Nintendo's classic Super Mario 64 except for bragging on the playground. If Timothy said he could get the 8 Red Coins Star in Bob-omb Battlefield faster than you, you could argue, but you could never know. Until now.


Yesterday, Kaze Emanuar, the modder behind such notable Nintendo fan projects as Super Mario 64 Maker and Super Mario 64: Last Impact, unveiled Super Mario 64 Online, an online multiplayer version of the game that allows players to race, collaborate, and basically do whatever they want in the world of Super Mario 64. By joining a room, up to 24 players can take control of either Mario, Luigi, Waluigi, Wario, Princess Peach, Rosalina, Yoshi, or Toad and enter the Mushroom Kingdom. Each character has unique abilities; for example, the trailer showcaases how Yoshi's jump (which Nintendo fans will recognize as the character's jump from Super Smash Brothers) allows him to get to hard-to-reach stars that Mario would normally require the help of a cannon or owl to reach.

The two-minute trailer, slightly tongue-in-cheek, offers "more players than you'd even want" and a run-through of playing hide and seek in King Boo's mansion. The trailer also provides a tutorial and download link in it's description on YouTube. Emanuar also uploaded an online tutorial video on how to run the game (shown below).


As of today, the game looks like a big hit, with an already healthy community of players on its servers. This likely means that Nintendo, notorious for filing copyright claims on fan-made projects, will kill it quickly. So play it while you can! Be the Super Mario 64 superstar you always told your friends you were!


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