128 — Supermario

Today, the name lives on in fan communities like Super Mario 128 Central and even as a special event match in Super Smash Bros. Melee , where you have to fight exactly 128 tiny Marios.

Early concepts of gravity that allowed characters to walk on curved surfaces. Where Did It Go? SuperMario 128

While we never saw a box with "Super Mario 128" on the shelf, the project didn't die—it evolved. Miyamoto later famously said, "Most of you already played it... in a game called ." Today, the name lives on in fan communities

The DNA of Super Mario 128 was split across several legendary titles: Where Did It Go

If you were a Nintendo fan in the early 2000s, there was one name that felt like the "Holy Grail" of gaming: . It wasn’t just a rumored sequel to Super Mario 64 ; it was a symbol of the next generation. But as history shows, we never actually got a game with that title. So, what happened to the most famous "lost" Mario game? The Birth of a Codename

The name first surfaced around 1997, mentioned by Shigeru Miyamoto as a potential sequel for the Nintendo 64’s disk drive add-on, the 64DD . When that project stalled, the title moved to Nintendo’s next powerhouse: the . The Space World 2000 Reveal

The console's ability to handle massive amounts of AI and objects simultaneously.