<s>
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
was	O
a	O
codename	O
for	O
two	O
different	O
development	O
projects	O
at	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
first	O
used	O
in	O
1997	O
for	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
for	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
reused	O
for	O
a	O
GameCube	B-Application
tech	O
demo	O
at	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Space	O
World	O
trade	O
show	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
gradually	O
incorporated	O
the	O
demonstrated	O
graphics	O
and	O
physics	O
concepts	O
into	O
the	O
rapid	O
object	O
generation	O
of	O
Pikmin	B-Application
(	O
2001	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
physics	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
(	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
sphere	O
walking	O
technology	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Twilight	I-Application
Princess	I-Application
(	O
2006	O
)	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
demo	O
led	O
to	O
widespread	O
analysis	O
,	O
rumors	O
,	O
and	O
anticipation	O
in	O
the	O
media	O
throughout	O
the	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
was	O
first	O
used	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
January	O
1997	O
by	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
possible	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Super	O
Mario	O
64-2	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
interchangeably	O
with	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
rumored	O
expansion	O
and	O
sequel	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
was	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
,	O
but	O
was	O
canceled	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
's	O
commercial	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
are	O
currently	O
working	O
with	O
a	O
system	O
where	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Luigi	O
can	O
co-exist	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
are	O
both	O
controllable	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1999	O
,	O
Miyamoto	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Well	O
,	O
for	O
over	O
a	O
year	O
now	O
at	O
my	O
desk	O
,	O
a	O
prototype	O
program	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Luigi	O
has	O
been	O
running	O
on	O
my	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miyamoto	O
had	O
considered	O
the	O
two	O
next	O
frontiers	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
series	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
gameplay	O
mechanic	O
of	O
walking	O
on	O
a	O
rotating	O
sphere	O
,	O
and	O
coincidentally	O
a	O
setting	O
in	O
spacebut	O
it	O
took	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
resonate	O
these	O
ideas	O
with	O
the	O
production	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
learned	O
greatly	O
from	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
adaptation	O
to	O
the	O
3D	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
and	O
he	O
briefly	O
experimented	O
with	O
rolling	O
fields	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Paper	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
(	O
2000	O
)	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Doshin	B-Application
the	I-Application
Giant	I-Application
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
he	O
eagerly	O
proposed	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
become	O
the	O
first	O
sphere	O
walking	O
game	O
but	O
the	O
staff	O
rejected	O
such	O
an	O
exceedingly	O
massive	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
gained	O
permanent	O
fame	O
when	O
reused	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
technology	O
demonstration	O
at	O
the	O
Space	O
World	O
event	O
on	O
August	O
24-26	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
was	O
controlled	O
by	O
staff	O
to	O
show	O
new	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
and	O
the	O
processing	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
upcoming	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
demo	O
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Yoshiaki	O
Koizumi	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
the	O
director	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
demo	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
2D	O
Mario	B-Application
spawned	O
increasing	O
numbers	O
of	O
smaller	O
Mario	B-Application
figures	O
,	O
independently	O
walking	O
across	O
a	O
circular	O
board	O
,	O
until	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
onscreen	O
characters	O
reached	O
128	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
declared	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
15	O
most	O
anticipated	O
games	O
of	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
secrecy	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
elaborate	O
demonstration	O
of	O
the	O
camera	O
system	O
,	O
GamePro	O
assumed	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
precautions	O
are	O
warranted	O
as	O
developer	O
after	O
developer	O
aped	O
the	O
exact	O
camera	O
mechanism	O
from	O
Mario	B-Application
64	I-Application
for	O
their	O
titles.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Koizumi	O
said	O
he	O
spent	O
much	O
thought	O
after	O
the	O
event	O
about	O
the	O
"	O
close	O
to	O
impossible	O
"	O
undertaking	O
of	O
productizing	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
as	O
demonstrated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combining	O
that	O
demo	O
's	O
rounded	O
surface	O
with	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
need	O
to	O
freely	O
roam	O
,	O
Koizumi	O
's	O
next	O
imagined	O
groundbreaking	O
objective	O
was	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
Mario	B-Application
walking	O
upon	O
a	O
gravitational	O
sphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
had	O
always	O
been	O
distinctly	O
separate	O
development	O
of	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
and	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Sunshine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Miyamoto	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
similar	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
anyway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
obviously	O
we	O
were	O
doing	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Mario	B-Device
128	I-Device
demo	O
that	O
we	O
were	O
showing	O
at	O
Space	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
separately	O
we	O
were	O
doing	O
work	O
on	O
experiments	O
that	O
we	O
made	O
into	O
Mario	O
Sunshine.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Space	O
World	O
2001	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Sunshine	I-Application
was	O
unveiled	O
as	O
the	O
next	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
commemorated	O
the	O
height	O
of	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
hype	O
in	O
the	O
2001	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Melee	I-Application
with	O
a	O
battle	O
stage	O
titled	O
"	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
"	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
assailed	O
by	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
128	O
tiny	O
Mario	B-Application
figurines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Miyamoto	O
predicted	O
that	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
would	O
let	O
players	O
"	O
feel	O
the	O
newness	O
that	O
was	O
missing	O
"	O
from	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Sunshine	I-Application
because	O
he	O
thought	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
as	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
revisitation	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rumors	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
not	O
having	O
shown	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
at	O
E3	O
2003	O
was	O
because	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
extraordinarily	O
innovative	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
other	O
developers	O
stealing	O
the	O
ideas	O
from	O
the	O
gameas	O
some	O
had	O
assumed	O
about	O
the	O
Space	O
World	O
2000	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Miyamoto	O
later	O
confirmed	O
that	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
was	O
still	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
had	O
planned	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
in	O
a	O
new	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
George	O
Harrison	O
stated	O
that	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
may	O
not	O
appear	O
on	O
GameCube	B-Application
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshiaki	O
Koizumi	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
directed	O
the	O
original	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
demonstration	O
,	O
joined	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
new	O
EAD	O
Tokyo	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
pushed	O
him	O
to	O
hold	O
a	O
much	O
bigger	O
vision	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
game	O
and	O
Koizumi	O
said	O
this	O
:	O
"	O
By	O
working	O
on	O
[	O
Donkey	O
Kong	O
Jungle	O
Beat ]	O
together	O
,	O
I	O
got	O
to	O
know	O
the	O
staff	O
well	O
enough	O
by	O
then	O
,	O
and	O
I	O
thought	O
,	O
if	O
it	O
was	O
with	O
this	O
team	O
,	O
we	O
may	O
just	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
tackle	O
the	O
new	O
and	O
difficult	O
challenge	O
of	O
making	O
spherical	O
platforms	O
work.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
's	O
President	O
Satoru	O
Iwata	O
requested	O
Miyamoto	O
's	O
singular	O
signature	O
effort	O
to	O
turn	O
this	O
product	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
,	O
into	O
a	O
showcase	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miyamoto	O
again	O
confirmed	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
in	O
an	O
interview	O
during	O
February	O
2004	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
failed	O
to	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
believed	O
this	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
announcements	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Twilight	I-Application
Princess	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
both	O
revealed	O
at	O
the	O
2004	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miyamoto	O
again	O
asserted	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128s	I-Device
experimental	O
nature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
GDC	O
2005	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
's	O
VP	O
of	O
Marketing	O
,	O
Reggie	O
Fils-Aimé	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
would	O
be	O
shown	O
at	O
E3	O
2005	O
,	O
probably	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
non-interactive	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Miyamoto	O
from	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
Wired	O
News	O
reporter	O
confirmed	O
that	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
would	O
not	O
be	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
but	O
rather	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
definitively	O
moved	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
(	O
then	O
code-named	O
Revolution	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
gave	O
his	O
least	O
ambiguous	O
comments	O
regarding	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Questioned	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
a	O
Japanese	O
radio	O
station	O
,	O
he	O
revealed	O
that	O
Mario	B-Application
would	O
have	O
a	O
new	O
character	O
by	O
his	O
side	O
and	O
reiterated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
appear	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
with	O
a	O
different	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
mentioned	O
that	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
had	O
played	O
a	O
large	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
conception	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
console	O
(	O
then	O
known	O
as	O
Revolution	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
had	O
done	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
went	O
as	O
far	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
was	O
based	O
around	O
"	O
this	O
new	O
type	O
of	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Miyamoto	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
forgotten	O
whether	O
Super	O
Mario	O
64-2	O
had	O
been	O
prototyped	O
for	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
become	O
other	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
whether	O
he	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
demo	O
's	O
gameplay	O
functions	O
are	O
being	O
used	O
in	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
Miyamoto	O
responded	O
,	O
"	O
From	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
we	O
were	O
originally	O
making	O
Mario	B-Application
64	I-Application
,	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Luigi	O
were	O
moving	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
hinted	O
that	O
some	O
elements	O
inspired	O
by	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
running	O
upon	O
a	O
spherical	O
surface	O
,	O
had	O
been	O
incorporated	O
into	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
mentioned	O
that	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
was	O
merely	O
a	O
demonstration	O
of	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
's	O
power	O
and	O
restated	O
that	O
several	O
techniques	O
from	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
had	O
become	O
foundational	O
gameplay	O
concepts	O
of	O
the	O
Pikmin	B-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
"	O
The	O
one	O
question	O
I	O
'm	O
always	O
asked	O
is	O
,	O
'	O
What	O
happened	O
to	O
Mario	B-Device
128	I-Device
?	O
'	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
you	O
already	O
played	O
it	O
...	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
called	O
Pikmin	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
presented	O
as	O
a	O
public	O
demonstration	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
GameCube	B-Application
's	O
computational	O
power	O
and	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
programming	O
prowess	O
,	O
the	O
secrecy	O
and	O
hype	O
of	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
provoked	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
anticipation	O
in	O
video	O
gaming	O
of	O
2001	O
and	O
into	O
the	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
height	O
of	O
its	O
intrigue	O
is	O
commemorated	O
in	O
the	O
2001	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Melee	I-Application
a	O
battle	O
stage	O
titled	O
"	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
"	O
(	O
Event	O
22	O
)	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
assailed	O
by	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
128	O
tiny	O
Mario	B-Application
figurines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
technology	O
and	O
concepts	O
within	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
demonstration	O
became	O
or	O
inspired	O
core	O
components	O
of	O
other	O
Nintendo	O
games	O
:	O
the	O
explosive	O
herding	O
and	O
wandering	O
behaviors	O
of	O
multitudinous	O
tiny	O
automata	O
in	O
the	O
Pikmin	B-Application
series	I-Application
since	O
2001	O
;	O
the	O
physics	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
in	O
2002	O
;	O
the	O
sphere-walking	O
gravity	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
series	O
since	O
2007	O
and	O
the	O
gravity-defying	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
Iron	O
Boots	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Twilight	I-Application
Princess	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
128	I-Device
demo	O
,	O
Yoshiaki	O
Koizumi	O
,	O
became	O
the	O
director	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
