Did you know that Nintendo had a beta version of Super Mario 64 co-op with a playable Luigi character running at Spaceworld 95? If not, this rarely seen footage should confirm the rumors of Luigi being in the legendary game.
In a 1996 interview with director Shigeru Miyamoto, he described a room made of simple LEGO-like blocks where Mario and Luigi could run around in there, climb slopes, jump around, and perform other tricks. The footage you see here appears to show just that. As a matter of fact, Luigi was in Super Mario 64 all the way until the final year of development, in which he had to be cut due to the N64’s memory limitations.
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The screen was split and they went into the castle separately. When they meet in the corridor, I was incredibly happy! (laughs) Then there was also the mode where the camera is fixed and we see Mario running away, steadily getting smaller and smaller,” said Miyamoto.
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