Hayashida: Later, I asked (Yoshiaki) Koizumi-san, and he said that they tried a goal pole once for Super Mario 64. I suppose he thought this was an area that deserved effort. Iwata: The impression the goal pole makes has a big influence over the impression that the game makes. In an interview between Iwata and Koichi Hayashida regarding Super Mario 3D Land, it was mentioned during a discussion about the flagpole that it was once considered to be incorporated into Super Mario 64. Miyamoto: That was a remnant of an experiment we did where Mario and Luigi would run away from each other but you could still see them both. When they meet in the corridor, I was incredibly happy! (laughs) Then there was also the mode where the camera is fixed and we see Mario running away, steadily getting smaller and smaller. The screen was split and they went into the castle separately. You've tried each time, but it's never quite come together… Even with Mario 64, it started with Mario and Luigi running around together, didn't it? Iwata: Ever since Mario Bros., you've had your heart set on making a multiplayer Mario game.

This, apparently, inspired the multiplayer function of New Super Mario Bros. It was also stated that one could see Mario and Luigi meet in the corridor. Wii, Iwata stated that there used to be a multiplayer function that was scrapped from Super Mario 64, likely due to hardware limitations.

ĭuring an interview between Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto regarding New Super Mario Bros. The crouching trip kick ( + ), present in the final game, was intended to be for attacking short/small enemies, but the developers never added any enemies that were specifically targeted by that move. He is also seen climbing a ladder, swinging around a pole, and pushing a door and a block of ice.

In some sketch-ups of the game's early development in Super Mario History, Mario is seen jumping on a piano with the phrase ピアノの上をあるく (Walk atop a piano). Thirty-two courses were initially planned for the game, but only 15 of them made it into the final product.

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