

The Secret Slide level is very short, basically being a straight line to a Power Star.All three of the Cap courses are very short levels, the Tower of the Wing Cap in particular, as it only consists of a large platform and coins floating in the air, which can be collected for a star in mere seconds by a reasonably skilled player.
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(The game accomplishes this by seamlessly warping Mario back down a few steps when passing a certain point note This is made clearer by the map screen in the DS remake showing the character icon resetting back on the map - meaning the bottom of the stairs is always right behind you however, going fast enough via a series of backward long jumps can scale the "infinite" staircase without any problems so long as you bypass the invisible zone.) You can climb it forever if you don't have enough stars, but the staircase itself is not actually very big. Absurdly Long Stairway: There's a looping staircase leading to the final stage, with accompanying music that keeps going up as you did.

For example, getting the "Collect the Caps." star in Dire, Dire Docks requires you to have both the Metal Cap and the Vanish Cap so you can combine the two and get through the underwater cage in time, though in practice it's possible to beat it with only the Vanish Cap. The jet stream Metal Cap stars can be acquired without the cap with simple but difficult swimming, "Metal-Head Mario Can Move" and "Mario Wings To The Sky" can be beaten with the abilities given at the start as they last just long enough to beat the levels, and the "Vanish Cap Under The Moat" star can be acquired by wall kicking over the grate.

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Super Mario 64 was later brought back to usher in Nintendo's first portable 3D system as Super Mario 64 DS in November 2004 (December 2004 in Japan February/March 2005 in the PAL region). Along with Mario Kart 64, it would be re-released again a year and a half later, alongside Player's Choice newcomer Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. The game was re-released in 1998 as a charter member of the N64 Player's Choice Million Seller Club, along with Mario Kart 64, Wave Race 64, Star Fox 64, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Cruis'n USA, and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.
