One of Super Mario 64The few remaining puzzles have been solved, thanks to a player who figured out how to open a previously “unopenable” door from the 1996 Nintendo 64 classic. We have a nearly four-hour YouTube video to thank that detailed how invisible walls work Super Mario 64and the persistence of the gaming community towards the new discovery.
This previously inaccessible door is located in the Cool, Cool Mountain world, where Mario memorably meets a mother-child penguin duo – and also competes against a giant penguin in the Big Penguin Race mission. (This serves as an amusing reminder that penguins are known as “penguins” in the Mario universe.)
According to a new video from YouTube content creator and Super Mario 64 Expert Scott Buchanan (aka Pancakes2012), the person who finally solved the game’s locked door puzzle Alexpalix1, an experienced speedrunner who has developed dozens of tool-assisted runs. Alex took advantage of the mother penguin’s hit zone from Cool, Cool World to push Mario through an invisible barrier, but added a quick turning move to pull off a perfect maneuver that allows Mario to open the door – not into it to fall to death.
Interestingly, Alex was reportedly inspired by this Buchanan’s earlier video Super Mario 64The use of invisible walls
Buchanan provides a very brief overview of how invisible walls work Super Mario 64 and how Nintendo intentionally used them to prevent players from accessing the unopenable door in question. But his nearly four-hour video is running Super Mario 64S Invisible Walls is also a fun and informative watch if you have time.
But for now, you can just enjoy a community of video game players doing once again what was previously thought impossible.
