User blog:Booklet Of Goddesses/What About The Other Stars?

Prologue
I bring to you today "proof" of not only a 121st star (122, if you're generous), but Star Discoloring and (more importantly) beta assets. It's been hidden right under our noses this entire time, and I haven't heard a single person discuss this. It's been hiding... in the title screen?

Explanation
Yes, yes, I know that sounds bizarre, but hear me out. The title screen of Mario 64 starts off with the logo, the fun little "Its-a me, Mario!", and then it cuts to the floating War- I mean, Mario head. Everyone knows this, you move his features around, make him look silly, press Start, and be on your way throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. But a rarely discussed secret... is that if you don't press Start and just chill for a minute, you... you see it. The two extra stars.

Star Comparison / Theorizing
These red and silver stars (right) stars look undoubtedly like stars in beta builds (seen on left). Why they would replace 2d sprites with 3d models only to bring the sprites back is beyond me. Although, Silver stars do return in SM64 DS, so maybe they were supposed to be in the N64 version too? Also, fun fact, on the title screen of the N64 version, if you tilt the camera angle down and left using the C buttons, you can hover your hand curser over the silver star. Haven't been able to do anything past that. So only by semantics, we have our 122 stars. Maybe it's a secret collectable? :)

( Editors Note : " shut up im not changing it. just flip your screen upside down like normal people. /hj " ~ E.H.)

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Thank you once again for tuning in to my irrelevant and near incomprehensible tangents, just wanted to get my thoughts out there. See you next time.