'Super Mario 64' Gets Fan-Made HD Remake

Nintendo fans from the 1990s are about to feel either nostalgic or old, as "Super Mario 64" is officially 19 years old. One of Nintendo 64's best games—maybe even the best, according to certain fans—"Super Mario 64" was a groundbreaking game during it's time as Nintendo brought the 3D platform successfully to gamers. The game later set the standards for future 3D "Super Mario" games and laid the foundation for other games to improve upon like the "Super Mario Galaxy" games for the Nintendo Wii.

Now a group of fans, who grew up with the N64 classic, are planning a "Super Mario 64" HD remake. Aside from following the original story, the game plans to feature a multiplayer mode in some sort of capacity, though it is unknown if it will be similar to the versus mode multiplayer in the "Mario 64" DS port or something entirely new as the original game had no multiplayer to speak off.

One of the developers of the game, Marcus Richter, spoke with IGN about the remake and promised plenty of Easter eggs, which will supposedly be around every corner, for fans to fawn over. He also expressed that the group has remained very faithful to the N64 game even though they added improved graphics and similar controls.

The project community manager for the game, Justin Crouch, pointed out that there is no planned release date yet because the group is not sure how long the game will take. However, he did promise that the project would not simply lie down and die due to the staggering amount of people willing to help and contribute to it.

Of course, this does lead to one very big concern: Nintendo itself. The company has a reputation for being overly protective of its products, with Bleeding Cool pointing out that it has made mass Youtube copyright claims on anything with its products in it, even content it gives to others for promotional purposes. The team has stated that its dream project is a non-profit one similar to the fan-made "Pokemon Uranium," but only time will tell if the company will let it slide or ban them for trying.

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