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The Cat Room is a hidden room found in some personalized copies of Super Mario 64, replacing the Bowser Room on the 7th Floor. it is a room with a red carpet, white bricks on the wall, the outside window texture, and the outside castle roof texture on the ceiling. It has a painting of a cat on a wall. Finding it indicates the player will unlock the Cat Ending later on in the game.

Entering the Cat Room will initiate a cutscene where a cat appears from the cat painting and runs around the room. The player must catch the cat, likely using Waluigi or MIPS due to their enhanced speed. Catching the cat will spawn a castle's secret star, and unlock the cat as a playable character. The cat's special ability is negating fall damage, having a high jump and a fast speed, as well as a claw attack.

Entering the cat painting will lead to a level known as Cat World that is a large cat tree with several cats. There is a star at the top of the cat tree, a star for collecting 8 red coins, and a star for clawing at a scratching pole using the cat's claw attack.

It is believed the Cat Room was removed after too many characters were added to Super Mario 64 and overloaded the cartridge, the removal of the Bowser Room, as well as the removal of the hidden endings. Why Cat World was removed is unknown however, likely due to time constraints, as the name appears to be a beta level name, as well as the removal of the Cat Room and cat playable character.