Game: Super Mario 64
Genre: Platformer Adventure
Developer: Nintendo
System: Nintendo 64 (N64)
Total Score: 90/100
Value Score: 9/10
• Story: 7/10
• Characters: 7/10
• GamePlay: 9/10
• Graphics: 9/10
• Sound: 10/10
• Music: 10/10
• Length: 8/10
• Replay Value: 10/10
• Player Value: 10/10
Pros
+Fantastic course design
+Courses change depending on when you enter them and which Star you are going for
+Gameplay mechanics give Mario more freedom than previous games
+Gameplay Style changed from side scroller platformer from start to end towards collectathon on a open world environment.
+Voiceovers for the first time in the series
+Health style life bar gives players more chance of taking risks instead of being limited to one or two hits
+Power ups are available but vary completely different from previous games such as the inclusion of Metal Mario, Invisible Mario and Winged Cap Mario
+Fantastic Musical Score
+A lot of replayability and lengthy single player mode to collect all of the power stars.
Cons
-Certain invisible walls which may of been made in error or intentionally yet annoying that may end up costing you a life
-Controls can be annoying thanks to the design of the N64 controller