Mario has made his triple jump to 3D gaming with the N64's launch title, Super Mario 64. This game set the bar for what 3D Platformers needed to be successful. Control Mario with the control stick and handle his jumps and and attacks with the A and B buttons.
The open opens with Mario being invited to Princess Peach's Castle
for special gathering and to eat a cake prepared by Peach herself. Once Mario arrives, he finds that Peach is nowhere to be found! A Toad informs him that Bowser has kidnapped Peach as well as placed the
castle's Power Stars in the portraits and walls all around him. It's up to Mario to recover these Power Stars from the worlds inside the portraits to unlock doors in the castle, all leading up to defeating Bowser and saving Princess Peach!