Could You SURVIVE in Super Mario 64?

i dont think you could. i could though. i'm built different.
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Music Used:
Intro - Dire, Dire Docks (Super Mario 64)
00:31 - Looping Steps (Super Mario 64)
00:42 - Water Temple (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
02:18 - Mark of the Traitor (Final Fantasy VII)
04:49 - Into the Thick of it (Secret of Mana)
08:09 - World Map 3 (The Legend of Dragoon)
11:11 - Stickerbrush Symphony (Donkey Kong Country 2)
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[DarkArtistKaiser]

I just want to imagine Mario or whoever this is suppose to be surviving, hunched over a make shift fire in a corner of one of the rooms or what not with a cheep cheep over the fire, and Peach just comes down, sees this, and is like "We have a pantry you know."

[covereye]

"Mario doesn't know how to use tools." That's the biggest insult you could give a plumber.

[rickydo]

The enemies are Mario's enemies, doesn't mean they'd be hostile towards you and since some of them are also smart enough you could probably socialize with them, maybe they'd be willing to help you out with food too.

[Coaltergeist]

This premise would make for a hilarious romhack. Normal Dude 64: you have a hunger bar, one life, and you have a super pitiful jump. You take like 30 seconds to climb up a ledge, but hey, you're a bit taller!

[dulol]

After many decades in the Mushroom Kingdom, you finally breathe your last. You feel your grasp on life easing. Your vision becomes blurrier and darker, and the sounds become distant. It's like falling asleep, but slower, and you're conscious through all of it. You become still, but don't feel breathless. And then, the light at the end of the tunnel finally embraces you. You realize there's an afterlife, and is about to start pondering about religion, when it all comes back and you suddenly land on your feet, 67 years younger - just like the day you were just brought here. At the corner of your vision, you see a number decreasing. You've just lost a life.

[genghisdingus]

If everything respawns when you leave the level then you can walk into the Dire Dire Docks painting area. Smash the glass holding the fish and simply pick them all up to cook.

[originalketer]

8:00
"This world wasn't built for people, like us.
It was built for Italians"
Finally, a place for me!

[SinisterPixel]

For food, don't forget there are mushrooms hidden EVERYWHERE, and supposedly Goombas are meant to be some sort of sentient mushroom, so you have a decent source of meat and vegetables

[pipeisreal]

for sustainability: others have pointed out various permanent changes to the castle, like the moat and the pillars. but there is one other thing: the toad that gives you a star. the fact that you can get a star from him, jump into a stage, talk to him again, and he won’t try to give you a star, implies that he retains his memory, something perhaps shared across all toads.

[oliviertilanus]

10:20, I wouldn't say that the castle resets. If you do enough things in stages you can permanently change the castle's form. For example: groundpounding the pillars in the basement, unlocking the hidden stage for the wingcap or opening the doors to the different levels. I'd say that making a bed is the same as any of these tasks.

[koolaid]

Maybe the only one I'd change is sociability. There are more people to talk to other than just the Toads. Yoshi is on the roof (if you manage to get up there), the penguins in Snowman's Land both speak, Koopa the Quick speaks, the pink Bob-ombs speak, and bosses speak (they are straight up enemies, however I'm sure after a while they won't be as aggressive to you when they realize your basically just trapped there.) Still not a 5/5 because most these characters are very different to a normal person, but at least you have variety in people you can communicate with.

[danielgehring]

I dunno, I think I could save Peach eventually. I could harvest planks, rope, and weapons from the various levels, and might even be able to get a resistance going among the Toads. Maybe form an alliance with the pink Bob-ombs, Mother Penguin, and that thieving monkey.
Although the biggest question is, do I know it's actually M64 world when I'm dropped in? Like, can I use my previous knowledge from playing the game to know where to go? 'Cuz there ain't no way I'm walking into a sentient picture-teleporter without knowing _exactly_ where it's going to take me.

[lemonadesnake]

3:20 apparently according to 64 ds, barbecued goomba is a delicacy.

[DrPumpkinz]

Goombas are either shiitake mushrooms or chestnuts depending on who you ask (if you ask me they're mushrooms) so that could help with the vitamin deficiency.

[ethanlloyd]

My one major problem with living in this world, is that you're essentially trapped. You're stuck in these pits that just fall off into the void. There's no other place that's accessible. With most other games, even though you don't see it, you are given the impression that it's a massive world out there. With Mario 64, there's only the castle, levels and the void. I'd go insane after a while

[lrmclinn]

You:"Could you get a days worth of calories out of that one turtle?"
Me screaming at the screen: "YES THAT'S A 5 FOOT TURTLE I COULD LIVE FOR A MONTH OFF OF THAT SOB!!"

[Ad-imne]

This makes me realize how nice it is to have a stationary, indoor, normal ass bed to come home to every day.

[ENCHANTMEN_]

Remember that since you're not Mario, you could negotiate with Bowser. Maybe he could lend you a hand in exchange for tribute.

[WhoisCake]

I absolutely love this idea for a series. So many worlds to think about under this new lense of CAN you survive there.

[afish]

An isekai anime where the protagonist is brought into a platformer instead of an RPG and the survival situation is more dire.