Rare footage emerges of Super Mario 64, Kirby Bowl 64 prototypes
Nintendo Everything • • technology
Key Points:
- Now In Game Channel released a video showcasing prototypes of Super Mario 64 and Kirby Bowl 64, originally displayed at Spaceworld/Shoshinkai ’95, revealing notable differences from their final versions.
- Super Mario 64's prototype featured bigger hitboxes for chests, two types of fish in Whomp’s Fortress, and altered cannon mechanics, along with modified environments compared to the released game.
- Kirby Bowl 64, a cancelled title, showed gameplay similar to Kirby’s Dream Course and a mode akin to Kirby Air Ride; both Kirby Bowl 64 and an N64 version of Kirby’s Air Ride were cancelled before the GameCube release of Kirby Air Ride.
- The video also includes a brief glimpse of a Mario Kart prototype, though very little footage was shown.
- Early prototypes of Nintendo games, such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, often differ significantly from final releases, providing insight into the development process.