Mario Builder 64 is “a toolbox letting you fulfill all of your SM64 dreams,” say its creators.
In terms of longevity, influence, and jaw-dropping community projects, if there’s a console counterpart to Doom, it’s Super Mario 64. Nintendo’s generation-defining platformer and its timeless movement mechanics, adorable aesthetic, and a speedrunning community that occasionally leverages quantum mechanics to get faster clear times have ensured that Mario 64 has always remained relevant.
But where Doom’s community has long had tools to go beyond the hardware and software limitations enforced by its 1993 release, Mario 64 diehards have had only a few janky editing tools to work with. Even with such limitations, there’s been no shortage of incredible romhacks for Mario 64 over the years, but there’s always been a high technical bar to triple jump over when it comes to making custom stages.
