Animations

This is a sub-page of Development:Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64).

Mario Animations#

"chase" Animations#

File Date: September 04, 1995. Mario walking and chasing with his arms out. His hands are also positioned differently.

File Date: August 29, 1995. A chasing animation, which seems to be for Mario when he is chasing MIPS or something or someone else.

File Date: July 18, 1995. Yet another chasing animation, this time with Mario in full sprint.

"climb" Animations#

File Date: July 18, 1995. A different climbing animation which depicts Mario climbing a wall, possibly a chain link fence or ladder. Mario cannot climb up the sides of walls in the final game.

File Date: July 11, 1995. Mario moving down while climbing something.

File Date: July 11, 1995. A similar climbing animation, but Mario is facing left.

File Date: July 11, 1995. Another climbing animation, with Mario facing right.

"float" Animations#

File Date: July 11, 1995. An animation of Mario floating in water. This was used in the Shoshinkai 1995 demo..

File Date: December 19, 1995. Mario slowly wading through water. This was not used in the Shoshinkai '95 demo.

File Date: August 23, 1995. An early animation of Mario grabbing something, such as a shell, while underwater.

File Date: August 23, 1995. Mario holding onto something underwater, presumably a shell or cork box.

File Date: August 23, 1995. Mario throwing something, such as a shell while underwater.

Waking Up Animation#

File Date: September 19, 1995. An earlier animation of Mario waking up. Based on the name, it would have triggered when A was pressed while sleeping.

"hatwait" Animations#

File Date: December 26, 1995. An earlier animation of Mario taking his cap off after completing a goal, like a mission or a Star.

File Date: April 17, 1996. The same idea, but instead Mario puts his cap back on.

"log" Animations#

File Date: July 11, 1995. An animation where Mario lands on a narrow log or plank.

File Date: July 11, 1995. Seems to be a nervous Mario balancing precariously on a narrow log.

File Date: July 11, 1995. Mario stepping his left leg ahead on a narrow log.

File Date: July 11, 1995. Similar to the above, but with Mario stepping with his right leg.

File Date: July 11, 1995. Seems to be for Mario almost falling off a narrow log, maybe for being too close to the edge, or knocked off balance by a strong gust of wind. Interestingly, this animation was repurposed for use in the 64DD boot logo.

File Date: July 11, 1995. The same animation as above, but Mario is facing right instead.

"mant" Animations#

Leftover animations from the Cape powerup. Mant means Mantle/Cape.

File Date: September 19, 1995. Mario releasing his cape to float down.

File Date: September 19, 1995. Mario preparing to land after floating.

File Date: September 19, 1995. Mario landing after floating, continued from "mantlanding". Mislabeled as "mainlandend", should be "mantlandend".

"mario_slip" Animations#

Seems to be Mario preparing to speed up while sliding. Of note, this animation uses an earlier version of the animation format, even having different joint orders, making this one of the earliest files in the leak. Due to the earlier animation format, this file doesn't contain a header, and thus has no date.

Mario braking while he is sliding, possibly when the player holds back on the joystick. This animation also uses an earlier version of the animation format with different joint orders, making this another one of the earliest files to be found in the leak. Due to the earlier animation format, this file doesn't contain a header, and thus has no date.

"notaking" Animations#

File Date: August 31, 1995. Based on the name, it appears to have occurred when taking or picking up something failed.

Part 2 of the above animation, where Mario returns to his regular idle position.

"oshin" Animations#

File Date: February 6, 1996. Mario hunched forward covering his face. "oshin" translates to "nausea", so it might've been when Mario got nauseous. This potentially occurred on the ship in Jolly Roger Bay, which has unreferenced shake code in the files.

File Date: January 6, 1996. A similar animation to the last one, but with Mario walking.

Pulling Animation#

File Date: July 11, 1995. Mario pulling something heavy with both arms, digging his heels into the ground as he moves backwards.

"punch" Animations#

File Date: October 12, 1995. An earlier version of the punching animation.

File Date: October 12, 1995. An earlier animation of Mario picking something up.

"slip" Animations#

File Date: September 04, 1995. A faster and updated version of mario_slip_accele.

File Date: September 04, 1995. A faster and updated version of mario_slip_brake.

File Date: September 04, 1995. Mario steering left while sliding, but his arms are motionless. This is similar to his sliding animation in the Shoshinkai '95 demo.

File Date: September 04, 1995. Mario steering right while sliding. Again, his arms are motionless.

"squatkick" Animations#

File Date: January 23, 1996. The start of the "Squat Kick", a move that was cut early on. Based on the name, it was likely replaced with the Sweep Kick move in the final game.

File Date: January 23, 1996. Mario in the middle of doing the Squat Kick.

File Date: January 23, 1996. The ending animation for the Squat Kick.

"swim" Animations#

File Date: August 23, 1995. Mario chasing something/someone while swimming.

File Date: August 23, 1995. Seems to be Mario picking something up underwater, similar to floattake.

File Date: August 23, 1995. An earlier animation of Mario carrying something while swimming.

File Date: January 29, 1996. Looks like a more detailed animation for Mario jumping underwater. Interestingly, it appears to be synced to waterwait, meaning it might have been for the earlier version of the Metal Cap.

File Date: July 11, 1995. Mario ceasing swimming, synced to floating, maybe meant for when the player stops making him swim.

File Date: November 7, 1995. An early version of Mario drowning, but he is spinning instead of staying in one direction like the final game.

Taking Animation#

File Date: July 11, 1995. Mario picking something up, but lifting it instead of grabbing it.

"water" Animations#

File Date: January 29, 1996. Similar to swimstop but faster. Likely meant for landing underwater, possibly with the Metal Cap.

File Date: January 29, 1996. Mario idle while underwater, which is similar to his normal standing idle animation as he moves his head from left to right. It might have been for an early version of the Metal Cap, as it syncs well with the running animation.

Star Dance Animation#

File Date: November 7, 1995. Mario performing an extended version of his Power Star victory dance. This is the only animation in the leak that seems to be motion captured.

Lost Animations#

Animations that no longer exist but are referenced by names in "shapedef". Names will be presented with their animation reference names, as their actual file names are unknown.

animeCannonJump#

Likely for leaving the cannon, instead of firing. The final game has no way to leave the cannon without firing.

animeDash#

An unused dashing animation, likely the one seen in the above concept art. It bears a similarity to Wario's Dash Attack.

A somewhat-broken mockup made using the final game's assets.

animeUTurnCont#

Possibly for turning repeatedly. A duplicate, unreferenced animation exists in the final game, but shapedef indicates it was originally a separate file.

animeTitleDemo#

Possibly the animation seen in 1995 B-Roll footage. Was likely used for the early title screen with RCP_MarioTitle and RCP_TitleLuigi.