Underplayed Gems

Super Mario 64: Shadow Edition (2021)

Super Mario 64: Shadow Edition cover
Developer
Thodds
Platforms
Nintendo 64
Genres
Platform, Adventure
Main story
about 5.0 hours
Where to get it
Website

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How it feels

Play as Shadow in a high-speed Sonic Adventure-style riff on Mario 64, complete with Homing Attacks and Spin Dashes.

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About

Super Mario 64: Shadow Edition is ROMhack/mod of Super Mario 64 that replaces Mario with Shadow, changing the gameplay style to be similar as the gameplay seen in the Sonic Adventure series. Shadow can run much faster, run over the water and do recognizable techniques such as the Homing Attack, the Spin Dash. When in water, Shadow can't swim, he jumps infinitely instead. Shadow can also go Super and the player can change the damage system to that of Mario 64 or that of the Sonic series.

Screenshots

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