Ok so this is my first post and I thought it d be something a bit interesting and I could do a bit of reasearch in the way I m about to reveal some information I have on my own and I ve never seen mentioned in any cheat code page or internet forum any help or links are apreaciated.
OK heres the scoop:
we all know mario 64 one of the most revolutionary games, etc, etc, we know it used catridages and not CDs, well few people know that the use of catridages allowed a NEW way of implementing secrets into the game and that CANT be done with CDs, HOW YOU ASK? easy, catridages offer an autosave future, in other words it would record the first time you played it, even if the game offers a file deletition feature the catridage will record forever that you have used it in the past and Nintendo used the best of this for Mario 64 in a way I would have never guessed.
FIRST SECRET: THE HIDDEN CASTLE OF THE DARK WORLD
Ok so we all remember the stage where you fight bowser for the first time its called "Bowser in the dark world" but whats interesting is that Nintendo programed a SECRET STAGE within it, how you ask? The FIRST TIME you play this stage on any of the files it doesnt matter which, the game bloks the pipe that leads to bowser and what you find instead?.... a HUMONGOUS CASTLE, yes I m not kidding the path goes on leading to a huge castle in the background the path consisted of a group of moving platforms with rings of fire between them, meaning that touching this rings wil make you fall into your death, I myself was able to play this unique expirience the first time i entered this stage, now whats so special about this castle? YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT PER CATIDRAGE and thats it, you fuck up ONCE and bye bye castle no matter how many times you delete a file it wont appear again its a once in a game oportunity, the games automatically records that you entered that stage so its gone forever. Whats insie the castle? well i DONT know, i fell on my way there, sad but truth I was a very unexpirienced gamer at the time, its a miracle i didnt died on my way there so what is inside that castle is somethhing I ve browsed in the internet many times, each time being meaning less... any given info is appreciated.
now just why would Nintendo do that?
My theory is it was a challenge, a way to test someone NATURAL skills, I mean mario 64 was one of the first games of 64 and the new controler taked a bit of time to get used to so my guess is that it was a way to test someone natural playing skill, the reason really doesnt matter the castle is there either way, what DO is important for me is knowing just what is inside that castle and JUST WHAT could be the reward, it had to be something interesting in order to put so much hard work into designing it for a one time chance to clear it.
THE SECOND SECRET: THE SECOND SEA MONSTER
Well some of you sure remember the cave like stage that was found in the basement area of the castle.. the first star implied you to go to the end of the stage and going aboard a huge lake monster well, while I m certain about the nature of this secret, I myself dont know the exact process implied to unlock it, i apologize for this, BUT what is 100% true is that this is a once in a gameplay oportunity, what is the secret a about, well i believe if you go with an specific number of stars you find a HUGE version of that sea monster and I MEAN huge the neck is just large enough to allow you to reach the roof of the cave, I m ashamed to say this but as the kid i was once then I was really scared to go near the creature so I never went to the roof, My suposition is that there is a hidden stage somewhere over the roof once again leading to some secret reward I somewhat suspect to be conected to the secret castle.
THE THIRD SECRET: THE SECRET PEACH PAINTING
Well you sure remember the snow stage of teh game, the one one at the begining and you also probably remember the race against the pengiun well what you probably dont know is that once you are at the very last part of the slide (the ice bridge) there is a hidden peach painting to the right side (if I remember correctly) now while the other 2 secret happen to be 100% truth, this one is only about 70% sicne unlike the other 2 secrets I never got to play or see this however I do witnesed someone jumping to the right and entering the peach painting leading to a green hill (not sonic) like stage while this might been my young imagination I am 80% certain it wasnt but i was young so sorry I cant give you a 100% and tehre is room for doubt I myself have no idea how to get the painting and I m not even sure if this IS A one in a gameplay chance but IT IS most likely to be, once again i believe that the stage is somewhat linked to the other secrets.
YOU WANT TO TRY THIS YOURSELF?
Sure go ahead all you have to do is get an 100% UNUSED COPY of mario 64 and visit each stage respectivly, while its very unlikely there is a chance that these secrets only appear in a limited number of game packs but this is likely not to be true since its too much of a coincidence that my friend also witnessed the same serets when he played his copy of mario 64 its just too much luck for both of us to have special paks but who knows only nintendo knows the real truth.
any secret you may know any web site you may have seento have similar info to this will be higly apreciated, thank yu for reading this (IF ANYONE ACTUALY DID)
ALL THE SECRETS MENTIONED HERE ARE 100% TRUTH WITNESSED (and lived) BY ME.