The Falcon Punch is where this hack of SM64 really shines. The change in momentum defies the laws of physics, but such is the power of the Falcon. I don’t see how the speed can help in levels that are a lot tighter like Rainbow Ride or Tick Tock Clock except as an extra challenge for people who can beat the game on muscle memory alone.Ī fun mod, do give it a try and see how you can exploit the punch and kick to find new shortcuts in Super Mario 64. Falcon kick is a very powerful kick that launches Captain Falcon straight forward. It can be fun to run around Bob-omb Battlefied and perform Falcon Kicks till the cows come home, but it took me 10 tries to get past the balance bridge after the chain chomp. That said, Super Captain Falcon 64 is quite difficult to complete mostly because of the speed at which you move. The key doors don’t load the next screen when you break them, so you do need to defeat the bowsers in sequence to make progress. Honestly, you can use it to just skip to all the Bowsers without getting any stars (besides the Dire Dire Docks one). The Falcon Punch is a lot of fun to use and abuse to skip ahead in the game. Overall, this is a fun little hack that puts Super Mario 64 in a new light. It does remove all star requirement doors though.Ĭaptain Falcon also has the ability to sprint at super fast speeds after running for a few seconds, which makes him very hard to control for long stretching platforms. I tried to be funny by punching through bosses or a key only to make it so that I can’t complete a stage. This punch will destroy enemies, doors and even essential items, so it is possible to use it to advance through the game as well as to softlock it. Hold the L button to charge and send your opponents packing. It doesn’t launch things further away, the original kick was pretty powerful to begin with.įalcon kick is a very powerful kick that launches Captain Falcon straight forward. The Knee of Justice is (as far as I know) just a replacement for the air kick. Super Captain Falcon 64 brings in a few new moves to the table, including:

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