Is mario 64 a collectathon?

[Anonymous No.5212521]

https://www.strawpoll.me/17022824

[Anonymous No.5212562]

The stars are more like a translation of the flagpoles/goals/end blocks from the 2D games, so no, It's not a collectathon, at least like how Spyro and Banjo are.

[Anonymous No.5212567]

Dunno. Never played it. It 64s anything like Sunshine, then nah. Not a collectathon.

[Anonymous No.5212583]

Yes, SM64 is a collectathon.
>>5212562 had a pretty good point, but I believe the definition of a collectathon is the necessity to collect, not the amount of stuff you can collect.
You go throughout multiple worlds to reach point A and B several times, sure, but you're not following a set path, you're collecting enough to clear a threshold.

That's also why it's entirely a platformer exclusive subgenre because if you spread that definition too thin, Zelda could be considered a collectathon.

[Anonymous No.5212589]

No. Maybe if the game kept track of every coin you collected.

[Anonymous No.5212598]

>>5212583
Tl;Dr

You don't collect flags/coins/items in og mario to progress, it's just to rack up points, like most other games of that era.

[Anonymous No.5212613]

>>5212521
Rare didn't develop it, so no.

[Anonymous No.5212643]

>>5212521
Absolutely.
Nonlinear design, progress blocked by how many stars you've collected, star given when you collect all the red coins on a level, star given when you collect 100 coins on a level.
It's just like Banjo Kazooie and it only seemed different because it wasn't as well designed. BK's pacing was better because it let you stay in a level to collect as much as you want, while SM64 kicked you out each star to accommodate the level changes it couldn't do on the fly.

[Anonymous No.5212701]

>>5212521
No.

Jesus no.

[Anonymous No.5212735]

>>5212521
>>5212583
No. You get a single reward of a star for performing an objective in Super Mario 64. A collect-a-thon is a game where you collect numerous xx/(total amount) items. When you enter or exit a world only one item remains accumulated in SM64 (stars). In Banjo Kazooie if you exit a world and re-enter a world all your numerous doodads you collected are still there (iirc the music notes do reset though).

[Anonymous No.5212756]

>>5212735
*collect and retain numerous xx/(total amount) items.

[Anonymous No.5215005]

Yes. Why the fuck wouldn't it be?

[Anonymous No.5215024]

>>5212735
Try beating the game without COLLECTING stars. pro tip, you can't!

[Anonymous No.5215043]

>>5215024
WRONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFlH90SrOKM

[Anonymous No.5215074]

>>5215043
You think an exploit from a speed runner negates the fact that sm64 is a star collectathon? Are you really this dumb? I mean technically you can beat the game with no stars, but it in now way is this a faithful representation of how the game was meant to be played. Here's your (you), I guess.

[Anonymous No.5215124]

>>5212562
>It's not a collectathon, at least like how Spyro and Banjo are

Banjo is less of a 'collectathon' precisely because it doens't force you to exit the level whenever you get a star.

[Anonymous No.5215128]

>>5215124
That's retarded.

[Anonymous No.5215132]

SM64 was the fucking coining game of the collectathon genre, we wouldn't have Banjo or Spyro without it, you dense fucks

[Anonymous No.5215137]

>>5215124
>Banjo is less of a collectathon than Spyro or SM64
why were you raised this way?

[Anonymous No.5215147]

>>5212521
Mario 64 was a mistake.

2D linear Mario > 3D non-linear Mario

[Anonymous No.5217008]

>tfw the only good parts of mario 64 are the bowser levels

[Anonymous No.5217090]

>>5212521
I’m sorry, but it’s not a collectathon.