SM64: Last Impact is a Hugely Ambitious Super Mario 64 Fan Mod

Meh

Better pick this up before it disappeares!

My entire reaction to that trailer: "OMG!", "Holy s***!"

Well done, Kaze.

Well done.

Truly impressive work!

Nice to see this nice romhack get a mention here.

Metroid: Rogue Dawn is also in it's final testing phase.

@Ninten-san Last time Nintendolife reported on a fan game (AM2R) there were a ton of readers who got angry and blamed Nintendolife of supporting copyright infringement (among other things).

Nintendolife isn't "afraid" of anything, but I'm sure they don't want to spend the next couple of days having to defend their journalistic interests from armchair lawyers.

so for everyone angry at Nintendolife, Kotaku did it first.

Nintendo: We can't reveal the NX until we protect our intellectual properties first! DMCA-ed

Looks really good, gotta download it!

@Phin68 If that is what Nintendo is waiting on then they might as well cancel the NX. Everyone and their mother loves to steal, mod and hack Nintendo.

Can I play this on ED64?

Saw a Youtuber TAS some of the levels of this mod and it looks pretty neat.

@Ninten-san @Utena-mobile I think this is more about "Nintendo wouldn't know if you didn't reported it". Basically blaming NL for the C&D the next day after they highlight it.

This looks very impressive. Has it been confirmed to work on the Everdrive, or is it emulator only?

I have a friend who's doing a Let's Play of this, so I'll experience it through that. Looks very cool though.

...It won't be removed. It's a rom hack, not a fangame.

@RennanNT Someone has to get the word out. News sites like these are what allows a large number of people to discover these mods, and those numbers are what keeps it alive after the C&D. Yes, it'll be taken down, but because of news articles like these, enough people know about it that it will continue to be easy to find online and people will keep downloading it from each other.

Not saying I'm for or against these, just saying the double edged sword of journalism may seem to kill it but it really just makes it stronger.

Trailer looks good overall, but some of those new features/enemies look meh. I figured a new one of these would come out eventually. Strange how Nintendo doesn't seem to care about SM64 ROM hacks.

Doesn't work on Wii VC, it doesn't support games higher than 32MB, Not64 plays it but is slow when you're in places with a lot of stuff.

Well done. Looks amazing. And that camera problem

Makes me wish that Super Mario 64 2 never got cancelled

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy
I wouldn't be so sure... Square Enix has been known for going after rom hackers in the past. Some excellent, extensive Chrono Trigger hacks have bitten the dust thanks to them.

Let's see.
The ideas seem solid, and the hack takes a milestone from Nintendo's flagship franchise only to improve upon its formula, graphics, and gameplay, resulting in an interesting and creative take on a timeless classic.

Yep, it's gonna be taken down.

NO. Just NO.
No hacking with whatsoever reasons....
I would better play original with default quality.

Hmm.. its still up? I downloaded this on my phone (to later transfer to my computer) while I was out in case it got taken down, but I guess I didn't have to.

@SmaMan And has Nintendo?

Doesn't look Mario-ish at all, and it'd be nice if people stopped leeching from Nintendo and made their OWN thing.

@Simbabbad: They do.
The number of original non-Nintendo projects out there is uncountably high.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy @Nicolai I have never heard of a SM64 ROM getting canned, although I've only known they were a thing for a few years. Star Road is a very successful ROM hack that has been around several years with no problems. There are mountains of lesser SM64 ROM hacks as well.

Rom-hacks are fair game. I won't worry too much.

I wish Nintendo would just license this, replace Mario and the other characters and assets if they must and let everyone share the wealth

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1... Nintendo ninjas!

@Phin68 I second what @Ryu_Niiyama said. Defending their IP is an eternal endeavor for Nintendo. It'll only stop when people stop using their IP without permission. Also, I know (or at least hope) you're joking about the NX part, but I feel compelled to point out the obvious fact that defending copyrights of old games doesn't have any impact on unveiling a new console.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy "...It won't be removed. It's a rom hack, not a fangame."

As if that makes any difference.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy What @-DEMISE- said!

Yes, because Mother 3's ROM hack totally got removed after all the publicity it had, or any major mod for that matter. Oh wait.

Meh

@-DEMISE- Nintendo has never gone after modifications of their games. They only ever go after projects that can't be played on one of their consoles (so far). They haven't shut down a single Pokémon GBA ROM hack (and there are hundreds, maybe thousands that are plenty popular), but they shut down Pokémon... what was it, Uranium? I believe so.

Rom hacks aren't the same as a fan game. It'll be fine.

@-DEMISE- Yeah it actually does...

@ShadJV Totally. I was just pointing out what the article was referring to. Once is on the web, there is no way to remove it completely, one can find it if they really want to, but they need to know it exists first.

Downloaded! Can't wait to try it out.

@Kevlar44 No, it actually doesn't. Even if ROM hacks aren't themselves outright illegal (if they're released as a standalone patch), that doesn't change the fact that Nintendo can shut down any website that distributes them if they use their characters' names/likenesses or their game's name to promote the hack, or shut down every YouTube channel that does a let's-play of the mod, under the DMCA. This all comes down to the fact that Nintendo owns the copyrights and trademarks of everything associated with SM64, so if someone is using their copyrighted IP to push products that use that IP, Nintendo can claim DMCA to take that content down, which effectively blocks the ability to mass-distribute the hack. This is a method Nintendo has used before, and I see no reason why they wouldn't do it again. @Braok

Wow that is incredible! Kudos to this developer/madder! Very well done.

@-DEMISE- Has Nintendo ever taken down a ROM hack?

@-DEMISE-
Well, I never said that they couldn't take it down. But based on their history, I doubt they will take it down.

@-DEMISE- They don't necessarily own the code in a rom hack and the vast majority of copyrighted data is already contained in the rom being modified. They have never taken one down so why live in an imaginary world where they will/do. Clearly mods and hacks have been received and treated differently than fan games using IP's and assets that don't belong to the creators, hence they are different despite your claims. Don't know how this is even a debate, the proof is in the pudding.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy I think they ordered a C&D on a fan-made Twilight Princess HD, before the official version was revealed.

Yeah, I saw this the other day and it def looks cool.

@Mega_Yarn_Poochy Project M.

This is incredible. At this rate, modders will have outdone Nintendo in new content for Nintendo products recently... Very impressive.

Meanwhile, we have a bunch of people actually complaining about this!? Haters gonna hate...

Also, it might not work in Project 64 without a few settings first. There's a video explaining it linked to in the file, but here's the quick version.

1. Options -> Show Advanced Settings.
2. Set Memory to 8MB.
3. Set Counter Factor to 1.
4. Configure -> Audio Plugin -> Sync Game to Audio

After that, though, it'll work just swimmingly.

Anyone got a download link for this as they all seem to be dead.

@XyVoX The mediafire link still works for me

@BaffleBlend THANK YOU!

@Fbigabig Great comment there bro.

In all seriousness, been waiting for this mod for months, so glad it finally came out.

@samuelvictor If that's true, I think that warrants a serious investigation into this "Jason Allen" person. The situation certainly does exemplify the lack of foresight of those behind the passing of the DMCA back in 2000. (No thanks for rubber stamping it, Clinton...)

@Utena-mobile Why would regular people get mad at the site for that? If anything, they should've been mad that Nintendo chose to shut down the damn thing.

I'm jumping into this one for sure!

"Tons of new enemies and NPCs!"

Immediately shows footage of a Thwomp.

Don't worry, I get that this hack is an impressive feat and there are more new enemies and such, I just found this amusing since Thwomps are in the original.

Just started playing this after a lot of finagling to get my PS3 controller to work with my laptop. It's pretty buggy, Mario clips through walls a lot, but other than that, it's a pretty fun game.