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|image=[[File:Endless Stairs.png| | |image=[[File:Endless Stairs.png|250px]] | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]]) | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{quote|To open the [[Big Star Door|door]] that leads to the "endless" stairs, you need 70 [[Power Star| | {{quote|To open the [[Big Star Door|door]] that leads to the "endless" stairs, you need 70 [[Power Star|Stars]]. Bwa ha ha!|Bowser}} | ||
The '''endless stairs''' (also stylized | The '''endless stairs''' (also stylized as the '''"endless" stairs''') are an obstacle within the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]], first appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and later reappearing in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. They are behind the final [[Big Star Door]], which leads to [[Bowser in the Sky]]. If the player has fewer than 70 [[Power Star]]s in ''Super Mario 64'' or has 80 Power Stars and does not have [[Mario]] in ''Super Mario 64 DS'', they can still enter the Big Star Door, but they will endlessly climb this flight of stairs, seemingly gaining no ground, though they can easily exit through the entrance. Once the player manages to collect 70 Power Stars (80 and Mario in the [[Nintendo DS]] remake), the endless stairs finally end, and Mario will be able to access [[Bowser in the Sky|the final level]] of the game when he reaches the top. | ||
The "endless" stairs illusion is created by warping Mario back once he reaches a certain point.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlB0hkVGHUo&t=7m33s</ref> This can be easily seen in the DS remake via the minimap, as well as the fact that the ceiling at the top of the stairs is actually slightly visible in this version. | |||
The | |||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
| | |Jap=はてしない かいだん | ||
| | |JapR=Hateshinai Kaidan | ||
| | |JapM=Endless Stairs | ||
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The audio track that plays seems to be based on the {{wp|Shepard tone|Shepard tone audio illusion}}. | The audio track that plays seems to be based on the {{wp|Shepard tone|Shepard tone audio illusion}}. | ||
{{media table | {{media table | ||
| | |type1=audio | ||
| | |name1=SM64-Looping Steps | ||
|description1= | |pipe1=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' | ||
|description1=Endless Stairs | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:SM64 Notendless.png|thumb|150px|[[Mario]] at the top of the | [[File:SM64 Notendless.png|thumb|150px|[[Mario]] at the top of the stairs with fewer than 70 [[Power Star]]s]] | ||
*There is [[List of Super Mario 64 glitches#Backwards | *There is [[List of Super Mario 64 glitches#Backwards Long Jump|a glitch]] with which the player can bypass ever needing to collect at least 70 Power Stars, but only for the [[Nintendo 64]] version. | ||
**However, [[List of Super Mario 64 DS glitches#Fall | **However, [[List of Super Mario 64 DS glitches#Fall Through the Stairs|a different glitch]] can be used to access this in the DS remake. | ||
*The endless stairs are similar to the {{wp|Penrose stairs}}, which are also endless stairs, except the latter | *The endless stairs are similar to the {{wp|Penrose stairs}}, which are also endless stairs, except the latter are formed in a loop to produce the endless illusion, while the former follow the more traditional fashion of stairs by going up. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{SM64}} | {{SM64}} | ||
[[Category:Super Mario 64 | [[Category:Super Mario 64 Objects]] | ||
[[Category:Super Mario 64 DS | [[Category:Super Mario 64 DS Objects]] | ||
[[it:Scale infinite]] | [[it:Scale infinite]] | ||
