

Retrospectively, Super Mario 64 has been considered one of the greatest video games of all time. It is the best-selling Nintendo 64 game, with nearly twelve million copies sold by 2015. It received critical acclaim, with reviewers praising its ambition, visuals, level design, and gameplay, though some criticized its virtual camera system. Super Mario 64 was highly anticipated by video game journalists and audiences, boosted by advertising campaigns and showings at the 1996 E3 trade show. The sound effects were recorded by Yoji Inagaki and the score was composed by Koji Kondo. The team continued with illustrating the 3D character models-at the time a relatively unattempted task-and refining sprite movements. Development lasted nearly three years: about one year on design and twenty months on production, starting with designing the virtual camera system.

Yellow Toad ( New Super Mario Bros.Director Shigeru Miyamoto conceived a 3D Super Mario game during the production of Star Fox (1993).

