Editing MIPS

{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:Super Mario 64 Rabbit.png]]<br>MIPS, in his original ''Super Mario 64'' appearance
|species=[[Rabbit]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]]) 
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote|Yeeoww! Unhand me, brute! I'm late, so late, I must make haste! This [[Power Star|shiny thing]]? Mine! It's mine. Finders, keepers, losers... Late, late, late... Ouch! Take it then! A gift from [[Bowser]], it was. Now let me be! I have a date! I cannot be late for tea!|MIPS|Super Mario 64}}

'''MIPS''',<ref>The ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide''. Pages 49, 43, 44, 83, 103.</ref> also known as the '''Yellow Rabbit''',<ref>(February 24, 1998). [https://web.archive.org/web/19980224194031/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/super_mario64/bonuses.html Bonus Stars]. ''Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy'' (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved February 23, 2018.</ref> is a minor character found in the basement of the [[Peach's Castle#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Mushroom Castle]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. He is [[Princess Peach]]'s pet rabbit.<ref name=Encyclopedia>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section, page 85. 「ピーチ姫の飼っているウサギ。」 ("''Princess Peach’s pet rabbit.''")</ref>

Along with Mario, MIPS was the first character created for ''Super Mario 64''. He was used extensively in early [[Nintendo 64]] test simulations and ultimately made it into the final game because the development team liked him so much.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100218201702/http://www.miyamotoshrine.com/theman/interviews/1096.shtml Shigeru Miyamoto Interview from Nintendo Power (October 1996) at Miyamoto Shrine]</ref> MIPS is named after the {{wp|MIPS architecture|MIPS}} (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) microprocessor, the instruction set used in the [[Nintendo 64]]. Several of MIPS's lines reference the {{wp|White Rabbit}} from ''{{wp|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland}}''.

==History==
===''Super Mario 64''===
MIPS, the rabbit, can be first seen in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', after the player collected fifteen [[Power Star]]s. He is found in the basement of the Mushroom Castle - when [[Mario]] approaches MIPS, he runs away. After Mario catches MIPS, the rabbit rewards him a Power Star. MIPS appears in the basement a second time after Mario has collected fifty Power Stars, and Mario can catch MIPS again for another Power Star. MIPS will not reappear for the rest of the game after that. 

In the remake ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', MIPS does not make a reappearance, instead being replaced by the rabbits scattered throughout the castle for each character to find. They are modeled after MIPS, but they do not give up Power Stars. Instead, they give up [[key]]s to unlock [[minigame]]s in the [[Rec Room (Super Mario 64 DS)|Rec Room]]. Two of Mario's, one of [[Wario]]'s, and one of [[Yoshi]]'s rabbits can be found in the same location MIPS was in the original game. The rabbits are also internally named "MIP"<ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>MIP</tt>)</ref> with their key known as a "MIP Key,"<ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>OBJ_MIP_KEY</tt>)</ref> suggesting a connection.

===''Mario Party 3''===
MIPS also makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' in [[Woody Woods]], where several can be seen gathering near the item shop. MIPS appears in three colors: orange, yellow, and pink, which are colors matching the rabbits that replace MIPS in ''Super Mario 64 DS'' (the only absent color is green).

===''Mario no Bōken Land''===
[[File:MIPSBouken.png|thumb|150px|right|MIPS in ''Mario no Bōken Land'']]
MIPS makes a cameo in the ''Super Mario 64'' storyline of ''[[Mario no Bōken Land]]''.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ミップ<ref name=Encyclopedia/>
|JapR=Mippu
|JapM=MIP
|Fra=MIPS
|FraM=-
|Ger=MIPS
|GerM=-
}}

==Trivia==
*Mario was [[List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content|originally]] able to throw MIPS, but this was removed.<ref>[[tcrf:Prerelease:Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)|The Cutting Room Floor]]</ref>
*MIPS is involved in a [[List of Super Mario 64 glitches#MIPS Glitch|glitch]] where if the player picks him up and places him near a wall, Mario will go through that wall.
*Originally, a rabbit that is most likely MIPS was going to be raced, but ended up being replaced by [[Koopa the Quick]] in the final due to Mario not being able to keep up with it because it was too fast during testing.<ref>"[http://shmuplations.com/mario64/ Super Mario 64 – 1996 Developer Interviews originally featured in the official strategy guides]" ''shmuplations.com''. Retrieved September 10, 2018.</ref>

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