Super Mario 64 DS

Super Mario 64 DS
Also known as: Shényóu Mario DS (CH) Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: December 2, 2004 Released in US: November 21, 2004 Released in EU: March 11, 2005 Released in AU: February 24, 2005 Released in KR: July 26, 2007 Released in CN: 2007 This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused objects. This game has unused models. This game has unused items. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences.

Το Super Mario 64 DS είναι remake του Ν64 παιχνιδιού ίδιας ονομασίας για το DS, κυρίως γνωστό για την προσθήκη minigames, καινούργιων χαρακτήρων, και βελτιωμένων γραφικών.

To do: Unused scenario for Peach's Castle that was meant for multiplayer. The final version uses a separate level, unlike the other multiplayer courses. Parameter 2 of entrances lets you spawn as other actors. It is a bit glitchy and you can't really control the actor. obj_hatena_switch_red appears to be unused. It has different lighting to the used model. Apparently there is a free-fly debug tool. Find out how to activate it in a retail ROM.

Επιλογή Χάρτη

Το παιχνίδι περιέχει ένα μενού επιλογής χάρτη το οποίο μπορεί να επανενεργοποιηθεί χρησιμοποιόντας τους κωδικούς Action Replay που βρίσκονται παρακάτω. Εμφανίζεται στη φόρτωση ενός savefile και επιτρέπει τη πρόσβαση σε κάθε χάρτη του παιχνιδιού, συμπεριλαμβανωμένων των δοκιμαστικών επιπέδων. Η ημερομηνία έκδοσης της ROM φαίνεται στο πάνω μέρος της οθόνης.

Για τη χρήση της επιλογής χάρτη, καταχωρείς 2202xxxx 00000002 στην Action Replay, και χρησιμοποιείς τον παρακάτω πίνακα για να αντικαταστήσεις το xxxx με τη τιμή που αντιστοιχεί στην έκδοσή του παιχνιδιού που χρησιμοποιείται.

Japan	US	Europe	US Kiosk Demo
A07C	9E00	AED8	A098
Japan Revision 1	US Revision 1	Korea	China
A0B4	A0B8	9EB8	C208

More so, selecting a map that doesn't have a star select screen from the map select menu brings you to a a plain screen with a wooden Bowser emblem. In addition, a Bowser jingle (with laugh included) will play instead of the standard level jingle when loading the Bowser boss maps.

(Source: Skelux)

Build Date

Within the ROM there is a text file called BUILDTIME that contains the following build dates:

US	Japan	US Revision 1	Japan Revision 1
2004-10-15 23:29:24 Administrator	2004-10-25 18:50:33 Administrator	2004-11-05 21:13:01 Administrator	2004-11-09 12:31:12 Administrator
US Kiosk Demo	Europe	China	Korea
2004-11-11 11:16:17 Administrator	2005-01-13 08:50:39 Administrator	2007-05-16 11:41:10 yosimoto	2007-05-18 22:30:30 Administrator

Crash Debugger

Το παιχνίδι έχει έναν crash debugger ο οποίος εκτελείται παρόμοια με αυτόν στο Ocarina of Time. Ο συγκεκριμένος είναι λίγο λιγότερο τεχνικός και έχει παραπάνω πληροφορίες, αλλά παρουσιάζει πολύ λιγότερες λεπτομέρειες.

Για πρόσβαση στην οθόνη crash dump, κρασάρεις το παιχνίδι (για παράδειγμα, βγάζοντας τη κάρτα του παιχνιδιού). Αφου έχει γίνει αυτό...
Κρατάς L + R + A + Αριστερά, και το αφήνεις.
Κρατάς Κάτω + B, και το αφήνεις.
Κρατάς Start + Select.

This screen also exists in Animal Crossing: Wild World and New Super Mario Bros. It was used by the developers to debug crashes and other errors in the game since it helps pinpoint exactly where an issue occurred in the code.

Παρακάτω εξηγούνται κάποιες πληροφορίες σε αυτό:

• Το αρχείο κειμένου BUILDTIME τυπώνεται στο πάνω μέρος της οθόνης
• StageNo - Εσωτερικό όνομα του επιπέδου.
• PlayerID - Ο χαρακτήρας που χρησιμοποιούταν εκείνη τη στιγμή.
• LayerNo - Άγνωστο.
• RoomNo - Άγνωστο.
• LoopProc - Ποιό μέρος του main βρόγχου έτρεχε τη στιγμή του crash· αντιστοιχεί σε μια συγκεκριμένη virtual συνάρτηση στον actor που είχε το πρόβλημα.
• ProfName - Αναγνωρίζει ποιός τύπος actor δημιούργησε το πρόβλημα. Ο πρώτος αριθμός είναι το ID του τύπου (στην παραπάνω εικόνα, είναι 3, το οποίο αντιστοιχεί στο STAGE). Ο δεύτερος αριθμός είναι άγνωστος.
• file-id - Άγνωστο, μπορεί να είναι το τελευταίο ID αρχείου που διαβάζονταν από το file system της ROM.

Unused Areas

Test Maps

There are two test levels in the game. Either input the Action Replay codes listed on the Notes page, then hold Select when loading a used save file, or use the map select. The levels don't have proper star select screens, so they just display text from other parts of the game. The names for the unused maps come from the crash debugger/map select and model/directory names, respectively.

Test Map (test_map)

To do: Expand on the different functions of the objects/terrain in the levels, including info on which objects appear during which missions.

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  The minimap

• 

  The starting point

This is where the real meat is. Lots of stuff used for terrain and object testing, as well as general level testing stuff.

The checkerboard textures from Super Mario Sunshine's debug room make their third appearance here. They must really get around.

There are some tiles in the top-right corner of the map with Japanese characters. Each one exhibits the corresponding ground type's behavior when stepped upon:

• Top Row - 雪 (Snow), 花 (Flower), 氷 (Ice)
• Middle Row - 水 (Water), 土 (Soil), 木 (Wood)
• Bottom Row - 岩 (Rock), 砂 (Sand), 草 (Grass), 無 (Nothing)

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  Overhead...

• 

  ...and side view.

Onimasu Test Map (test_map_b)

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  Overhead...

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  The starting point

This level mostly consists of a flat checkerboard plain with a bunch of Tox Boxes trundling around. This map was used for testing them as the name "Onimasu" (オニマス) is the Japanese name for Tox Box.

There is also an icon for the spiked balls from the Bowser battle in the top left corner of the map.

(Source: Parasyte, Mega-Mario)

Original Peach's Room

In the original game, the room containing The Princess' Secret Slide is a small hexagonal room with a sign and three stained-glass windows of Peach. The DS remake replaced this with a much larger room in a separate map with the sign, two stained-glass windows - with the one on the right warping to the slide, doors that allow you to swap characters, and a door going to Peach's Rec Room.

Despite this, the original room is still a part of the castle model, complete with the sign and Secret Slide warp, though most of the textures are incorrect and it doesn't have any collision. The sign has the same settings as the final room.

By removing the warp behind the door in the foyer that goes to the map containing the new room, setting the door so it goes to area 6 (the area the original room is in), and adding collision data, the player can enter it.

In the early room, the setting of the exit that defines the entrance the player returns to after losing a life or getting a star is set to entrance 0x00 - standing on the center of the main castle floor, which is also used when the player exits a level via the pause menu. In the final room, the exit is set to entrance 0x0 - falling down to the center of the main castle floor, which is also used for when you lose a life or get a star in the "? Switch" level. The warp is also smaller in the early room, to fit the smaller window.

Unused Actors

To do: There are four unused Tick Tock Clock mechanical objects. Document them and check if they exist in the original game. (source: Fiachra)

Cap Blocks (0x0021 to 0x0023)

Internal Name	Object	Actor	Files
CAP_BLOCK_M CAP_BLOCK_W CAP_BLOCK_L	33 34 35	23 24 25	/data/normal_obj/obj_hatena_box/ obj_cap_box_m obj_cap_box_w obj_cap_box_l

The game contains three M/L/W blocks that give the corresponding character's cap when hit. These objects work perfectly but are unused in the final game. However, they can be found in the Test Map. They won't release anything unless the character is already unlocked, or the cap object exists in the level via object 254.

Using the following Action Replay code for the appropriate version will cause these blocks to spawn. The USA code replaces trees with them while the European code spawns them near the player.

Block	USA Code	Europe Code
M Block	1210443A 00000017	021130EC 00000021
L Block	1210443A 00000018	021130EC 00000022
W Block	1210443A 00000019	021130EC 00000022

Rock Triangle (0x00B6)

To do: This piece of rock is used under the falling pillars in Jolly Rodger Bay. Can it be seen?

Internal Name	Object	Actor	Files
KI_HASIRA_DAI	182	59	/data/special_obj/ki_hasira/ ki_hasira_dai

A rock triangle only solid on top. Yay.

Multiplayer Stairs and Barrier (0x0128 & 0x0129)

Internal Name	Object	Actor	Files
MC_DODAI MC_HAZAD	296 297	340 341	/data/special_obj/ mc_dodai.bmd mc_hazad.bmd

The multiplayer Peach's Castle features direct reproductions of the stair and barrier objects as part of the level model, therefore the separate objects are unused.

There is an Action Replay code for the USA version here (will appear near you): Multiplayer Stairs: 021130ec 00000128 Multiplayer Barrier: 021130ec 00000129

Fire Ring (0x0141)

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Use the debug menu to debug the crash.

Internal Name	Object	Actor	Files
FIRERING	321	281	Unknown

There is an object called FIRERING that crashes the game. There are no objects that fit this description in either the original or the remake.

This object's actor code is contained in an overlay that isn't loaded via the regular system. Maybe it was meant to be loaded and used as a sub-object by something?

Red Koopa

Internal Name	Object	Actor	Files
NOKONOKO	21	203	/data/enemy/nokonoko/ nokonoko_red.bmd shell_red.bmd (and the standard Koopa animation files)

This Koopa shows different behavior than the standard green version. It runs into the player rather than fleeing from them, though it doesn't hurt the player. When knocked out of its shell, it will chase after it. When defeated while shell-less, it gives a blue coin, just like green Koopas.

The shell obtained from knocking a Red Koopa cannot be ridden or picked up. The player can kick it to launch it in one direction; it then continues following a straight line, knocking out enemies in its path, until it crashes into a wall and disappears in a puff of smoke. If Yoshi eats a red shell, he can spit fire, as he could in Super Mario World.

Red Koopa Troopas can be added to a level by changing a Koopa's Parameter1 to 0x0001. They can also be seen with the following Action Replay codes.

Version	Code
USA Revision 1 (replaces trees with Red Koopas)	1210443A 000000CB
Europe (will appear near you)	021130EC 00000215
Europe (makes a red shell appear near you)	021130EC 00000254

(Source: http://Kuribo64.net)

Unused Actor Parameters

• Tox Boxes are able to follow regular paths, and that's what they do in the second test map (Onimasu Test Map). However, in Shifting Sand Land, the only used level where they appear, this ability isn't used; they follow hardcoded paths instead.

• If the Power Flower object has Parameter1 set to 1, it acts like the Wing. At some point in development, the Wing Cap may have been obtained from a Power Flower instead of causing Mario to float.

Unused Actor Behaviors

To do: The link for the source is dead. Update it with a new source or upload the unused actors behavior and Princess Peach unused animations via video/gif on here.

Some enemies have a behavior for touching the character when they are huge, even if you cannot become huge in that level. Sometimes it is just how they react to metal characters, but sometimes they have unique behavior for the powerup (mostly just being destroyed).

• Princess Peach, as she appears in the ending, has a behavior for being talked to; you can do this by placing Peach in a map with a level editor and going up to her and pressing A or B. When talked to she goes into her default pose of standing completely still and upright, which looks quite awkward, and says the same lines Bowser says at the start of the final boss battle. This does not necessarily mean that you could have talked to Peach at some point in development; the behavior could just have been put there for some technical reason. Peach also has animations for running, being idle, and jumping, possibly indicating a scrapped playable role.

• The Ice Block, Pushable Block, CCM Ski Lift, and CCM Ice Sheet can be smashed by players in giant form. The CCM Ski Lift breaks up into Brick Block shards, like the Rolling Log object (and Brick Block) does, but the Ice Block and Pushable Block have their own unique shards. The CCM Ice Sheet has to be ground-pounded and smashes the same way as when Wario ground pounds it, which is the used scenario.

(Source: Nickolox)

Unused Entrances

To do: rewrite this, adding images and listing which stages do/don't have the unused entrances

Most levels have four entrances grouped around their starting point, out of which only one entrance is used for single-player levels, leaving the other three unused. The exceptions are the character painting levels and the Play Room, which suggests that they were created late in development.

Early footage saw multiple players in Bob-omb Battlefield.

The presence of the unused entrances indicates that the full 4-player mode was scrapped after most of the levels were already made, which is actually not that early in the game's development cycle. Since Super Mario 64 DS was one of the console's launch titles, it is quite probable that the cooperative mode was scrapped due to lack of time to finish it. Or simply due to technical constraints; note that Super Mario 64 DS is one of the rare games that includes Download Play but not multi-card play.

In the final game, it was replaced by a competitive game limited to scaled-down versions of four small courses.

It's worth noting that a full-game multiplayer mode was, according to some interviews, planned for the original Nintendo 64 game (and its canceled 64DD expansion), using the split-screen variation. It appears that they originally intended to revive the concept in this remake.

Unused Graphics

Goomba Low-Model

An unused low-polygon model for a Goomba. It's possible that the game was meant to switch out the normal model with this one at a certain distance from the camera, as is common in many 3D games, but the low draw distance for objects rendered it useless. Although coins do use a low-model when viewed from a distance, this may be because there are often many on-screen at once.

Unused Star Select Screen

An unused, rather simple Bowser-themed variant for the star select screen. Used in the unused map select.

Battle Fort Painting

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  The painting

• 

  Bird's eye view of the battle fort in a Level Editor

Its filename (for_vs_cross.bmd) implies that it was made for the Battle Fort level. It goes unused since the only entrances to the Battle Fort are a hole in the Courtyard and through VS Mode (which uses a generic sky painting). The painting object can be set to display this graphic.

It appears to depict an early design of the course, most notably the sides are multicolored and there are no squares on each edge.

5 Star Door

Star graphics for a door that would require five Stars to unlock...except the door object has no such variation.

Powerup Item

File	Texture inside nsbmd
/data/normal_obj/ obj_powerup_item.nsbmd	obj_powerup_kari (object_powerup_temporary)

The name for the Power Flower actor is obj_powerup_item, so it is likely that this was a placeholder graphic for the Power Flower.

Coincentration Graphics

The sprite set from the minigame Coincentration contains some Mario and Luigi sprites from Super Mario Advance 4 which obviously aren't used in the final game. There's also an unused "defeated" Wario frame, which presumably would have been used before he falls on his back.

(Source: Ragey)

Hidden Graphics

To do: Is this an oddity, or do they need to be this shape to achieve the shimmering effect?

The left and right edges of the shape used for the shimmering water of the file select screen are spiky, but the edges are always offscreen so they can't be seen.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Ονοματικές Περιέργιες

VS Painting Room

Τα δεδομένα των μοντέλων στο δωμάτιο που οι Yoshi πηδούν μέσα σε έναν πίνακα στην Vs. mode ονομάζονται e3_start_map_r00.bmd. Το Ε3 πιθανότατα βγαίνει από το Electronic Entertainment Expo· το δωμάτιο μάλλον είχε δημιουργηθεί για την δοκιμαστική έκδοση του παιχνιδιού στην Ε3, και παραμερίστηκε προσωρινά εως να χρησιμοποιηθεί πάλι στην τελευταία έκδοση.

8-Star Door

The only Star door in the DS game which does not also exist in the original N64 version is the 8-Star one that leads to the Mario painting. Its graphics file is obj_door0_star10, indicating that this door went through some adjustments during development.

Coincentration

The "Coincentration" minigame's internal name is "wrecking_crew", a reference to the NES game.

Level Oddities

Multiplayer Castle's Outdoor Garden

It is actually possible to go on top of the roof without glitches (by using Yoshi's flutter ability namely), and there it's possible to notice a few differences from the main game's map:

• The towers and hills have a different kind of coding which makes them way more slippery (the towers especially), making it hard to get on the roof.
• The central tower lacks collision, so does the extension of the roof where Peach's stained glass is. The roof's collision also doesn't match the model, namely the area adjacent to the hill.
• The castle's back, which normally is entirely modeled, is missing here.
• The boxes, fences, and 1-ups are missing.

Unseen Chunk

There's a weird grey chunk floating just outside the entrance to the Big Boo Battle room. It is made from three triangles and serves no purpose. There's no collision mapped where it's positioned. The developers probably left this in as a mistake.

Strange Hitboxes

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.

While these are technically used, in Tall Tall Mountain and possibly more levels, many of these strange invisible hitboxes are hidden out of bounds on the map. They can only be interacted with if you have the Super Mushroom, and show a number when standing in them. If you kill an enemy before touching one of them, the number above your head will increase, otherwise, it will just show the number 1. They play a "box breaking" sound when hit. They cannot be found in the level files meaning they are most likely hard-coded into the game. It is important to note that these are not duplicates of the secrets as they function differently (for example, secrets can be hit regardless of whether you have a mushroom or not, and the number they show isn't based on the number of enemies you hit).

Pre-Render Oddities

Castle's Outdoor Garden

This render uses a different skybox (which turns out to be based on the N64 version of the desert background), and lacks both of the towers' flags, the sign, and fence near the flower bed, the two trees near the sandy slope on the left, as well as the sandy slope itself(!). The central tower also appears to be much shorter, and the surrounding hills on the left much higher.

There is also a black square on the right castle wall which can be seen in pre-release footage to be an alcove containing a cannon hole.

Castle's Outdoor Garden

While the render itself is accurate aside from missing the trees, it's the way the texture is used in-game that is quite an oddity. Indeed it shows the lake being on the right while the little clearing is on the left, which is due to the texture being accidentally flipped in-game.

Castle's Courtyard

Here the trees and signs are missing... that's pretty much it really.

Bob-omb Battlefield

This render uses a different skybox, which looks overcast as opposed to clear and sunny. The floating island is also missing, so does the bridge leading to the higher part of the mountain (though it could actually be there, the compression got in the way).

Whomp's Fortress

While this render keeps the original N64 render's orthographic view, this one did add the two floating islands which used to be missing... except their position still isn't accurate.

Tall Tall Mountain

Much like in the original N64 render, there are additional mushrooms that do not exist in-game. The skybox is also different, lacking the far-away islands and having different cloud formations. The portal to the mountain's slide also appears completely white, as opposed to being hidden as a regular wall.

Sunshine Isles

Once again the skybox is entirely different, alongside the small isles being closer to the larger central one.

Rec Room

This texture of the floor is different, namely missing its purple spots. A few stars were also moved here and there, and some are colored differently.

Loves Me...?

This render is missing both the trees, sign, and the fences (a piece of the fence still remains near the flower bed, though).

Διαφορές Ανάμεσα στις Περιοχές

Παγκόσμια	Ιαπωνία	Κορέα	Κίνα

Το Ιαπωνέζικο logo περιέχει μέταλλο γύρω από το κείμενο και δίνει περισσότερη έμφαση στο "DS" με ένα μαύρο περίγραμμα γύρω από τα γράμματα. Το Κορεάτικο logo χρησιμοποιεί λίγο σκοτεινότερα χρώματα. Το logo που χρησιμοποιηθηκε στις παγκόσμιες εκδόσεις είναι πιο κοντά στο πρωτότυπο design του logo από το Super Mario 64, με ξύλο γύρω από τα γράμματα και χρυσό γύρω από το "64". Επίσης, το "DS" έχει λιγότερη έμφαση. Περίεργα, η λέξη "Super" είναι όλη κυανό αντί να χρησιμοποιεί διαφορετικά χρώματα. Η βαθμίδα στο φόντο έχει επίσης αλλάξει ώστε να είναι πιο κοντά στο κυανό, ενώ η Ιαπωνική έκδοση χρησιμοποιεί ένα βαθύτερο μπλέ που μοιάζει με τα χρώματα της κάτω οθόνης. Η Κινέζικη έκδοση σπάει την παράδοση, αποδίδοντας σχεδόν όλο τον τίτλο στα Κινέζικα, αντί να χρησιμοποιήσει έναν υπότιτλο.

Korean Version

To do: Look into exact ROM data changes.

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  Exclamation Mark Block

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  Block Placement

• In Korea, there are very strict anti-gambling laws that assign any game with some form of interactive gambling content an "Adults Only" rating. Possibly to avoid this, the Rec Room and all of its associated mini-games were removed in the Korean version of Super Mario 64 DS. This also means that the bunnies that give out keys that unlock mini-games when captured and the Toad that appears in the Rec Room inside Peach's Castle are missing.
• The Korean version lacks a backlight setting.
• There is a new object on top of the castle: a ! Block that gives unlimited extra lives when hit from below and acts like a normal solid object when hit from above or from the side. The ? Block was moved to make room.
  • The upper lives limit was changed from 99 to 100.

(unlimited lives ! block: http://blog.naver.com/k9y7h2/120124962785)

Revisional Differences

To do: There's more, this is just a start. source Add a glitches exclusive to USA Revision 1.

US Revision 1

The following bugs/mistakes were fixed in this version:

• There are various bugs related to Yoshi's eating ability. Generally, if Yoshi or an object changes state while he's eating (e.g. a Power Flower disappears, or Yoshi takes damage), the game can glitch in various ways or freeze entirely.
  • In Tall Tall Mountain, when Yoshi licks and eats a character transformation hat while Ukiki is jumping in the air, the game will freeze just before Yoshi finishes his transformation process.
• If the player collects or eats a transformation hat and their animation state changes (e.g. by collecting a Power Flower or grabbing hold of a ledge), then the transformation hat will remain stuck to the character's feet until another hat is collected or the player leaves the course.
• In Shifting Sand Land, if the player is wearing a transformation hat and lets Klepto bump into them while they are standing still and holding an item, the game will freeze.
• In Bob-omb Battlefield and Tiny-Huge Island, the Koopa Troopa and small Koopa Troopa (respectively) lack the ability to climb some steep surfaces, and will just walk in place.
• In Whomp's Fortress, if you grab the Super Mushroom, warp to the top of the fortress, make your way to the wooden plank and run up to the side of it, you'll get a constant stream of extra lives.
• In Dire Dire Docks, when the submarine is present, you can jump under one of the back fins and immediately ground pound to be pushed through the water surface, allowing you to walk underwater.

Europe

The European version inadvertently presents some new bugs.

• In Star 5 of Snowman's Land, "Snowman's Silver Stars", entering and exiting the igloo after collecting all five Silver Stars will cause them to respawn. Collecting one will cause everything but Mario to freeze (or cause the game to freeze if you're riding on a Koopa shell).
• A glitch was introduced that allows you to carry Stars by jumping on a Goomba and eating a Star as Yoshi. They have basic physics when spat out, sliding along the ground.
• One form of the Yoshi tongue glitch is possible in Jolly Roger Bay by licking up a cap and getting squashed by a pillar before the cap goes into Yoshi's mouth.

Korea

The Korean version fixes the game freeze part of the Silver Star glitch, but the rest of the glitch still occurs.

(Source: Original TCRF research)