Editing The Princess's Secret Slide

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|image=[[File:The Princess's Secret Slide.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario 64''<br>[[File:SM64DS Secret Slide.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario 64 DS''
|unlock=1 [[Power Star]]
|stars='''''Super Mario 64'':'''<br>{{SM64 item icon|Power Star}}{{SM64 item icon|Power Star}}<br>'''''Super Mario 64 DS'':'''<br>[[File:Star SM64DS.png]][[File:Star SM64DS.png]]
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'''The Princess's Secret Slide''', referred to as '''Princess Toadstool's Secret Slide''' by a sign, is one of the secret [[level]]s in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', as well as being one of the three [[Slide (Super Mario 64)|slides]] in the games. The entrance to the course is in the [[Princess Peach's room|Princess's room]], located behind the [[★ door]] marked with a "1" on the mezzanine of the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]. Inside the room are three stained glass windows with images of [[Princess Peach]] on them. [[Jump]]ing into the one on the right leads to the slide. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', the room is expanded to include the locked doors with [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], and a [[Power Star]] behind them, and the number of stained glass windows is reduced from three to two, but the stained glass window on the right still leads to the slide. The level is also used as one of the four courses in the [[Super Mario 64 DS#VS mode|VS mode]].

This level and [[The Secret Aquarium]] are the only two hidden courses outside the [[Bowser]] courses to retain their original names in the DS remake.

==Layout==
[[File:SM64DS Princess' Secret Slide Map.png|frame|left|Map of The Princess's Secret Slide in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'']]
The player starts in a room with a [[Blue Coin Block]] to the right. Once the player enters the slide ahead, a timer begins. The slide first takes the player down a large tunnel, which leads to a steep downward slope. After a large 270-degree bend is a series of drops with a [[1-Up Mushroom|1-UP Mushroom]] in this area followed by several bends, ultimately leading to the final room of the slide. If the player falls off the slide, they will be brought back to the lobby of the castle with no life lost. In the VS mode course, the first Power Star can be found at the start, the second is in the middle of the slide, and the last three are in the final room.

This is the only secret course that contains [[Blue Coin]]s, and the only course that has no [[Red Coin]]s in the original game.
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==Missions==
[[File:PeachSlideEnd.png|200px|thumb|The bottom end of the slide]]
This secret stage has two Power Stars to collect, and it is the only stage in the original game to contain two of the castle's Secret Stars.

===First Star===
The player must ride the slide all the way to the bottom and hit the [[! Block|yellow block]] to collect the Power Star.

===Second Star===
This Star will appear only if the player reaches the bottom of the slide in under 21 seconds. The Star will appear in front of the yellow block that contained the first Star.

==Music==
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|file5=SM64-Slide Theme.oga
|title5=Stage theme
|description5=The Princess's Secret Slide
|length5=0:30
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The music that plays in the course is a variation of the "[[Super Mario 64 Main Theme]]," as well as [[Cool, Cool Mountain]]'s music, involving a Western style, with an instrumentation of a harmonica, a bass, drums, a banjo, and a whistle. This music can also be heard during the races with [[Koopa the Quick]] and in most other secret courses, in secret areas that involve a slide, and in other regular courses such as [[Tick Tock Clock]] and [[Rainbow Ride]].

This music has since been arranged in multiple future titles in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], including the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] (''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as the main track for the [[Rainbow Cruise]] stage, combined with the [[Underwater Theme]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''); ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' in the [[Tall Trunk Galaxy]] mission [[Tall Trunk's Big Slide]] and in the [[Rolling Coaster Galaxy]]; ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' during the minecart sections in [[Bowser's Snow Fort]]; ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' while the player rides [[Plessie]], which was reused in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' during part of the [[Coins Galore]] minigames; and ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'' and ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' as one of the tracks that can be played in events, which is [[Toad]]'s theme in the latter game. The original song is also featured in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM64-Facing Secret Slide.png|The window leading to The Princess's Secret Slide in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64DS-Facing Secret Slide.png|The window leading to The Princess's Secret Slide in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
The Princess's Secret Slide Starting Area.png
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ピーチのかくれスライダー
|JapR=Pīchi no Kakure Suraidā
|JapM=Peach's Hidden Slider
|Spa=El Tobogán de la Princesa
|SpaM=The Slide of the Princess
|Ita=Lo Scivolo della Principessa <small>(''Super Mario 64 DS'')</small><br>Scivolo segreto della Principessa<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 91</ref>
|ItaM=The Princess' Slide<br>Princess' secret slide
|Fre=Glissade de la Princesse<br>Glissade Secrète de la Princesse (VS Mode)
|FreM=The Princess's Slide<br>The Princess's Secret Slide
|Ger=Toadstools Rutschbahn (''64'')<br>Peachs Rutschbahn (''DS'')
|GerM=Toadstool's Slide<br>Peach's Slide
|Kor=숨바꼭질피치슬라이더
|KorR=Sumbakkokjil Pichi Seullaideo
|KorM=Hide-and-Seek Peach Slider
|Chi=公主的秘密滑梯<ref>From the pause menu of the stage in [[iQue]]'s localization of ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''</ref>
|ChiR=Gōngzhǔ de Mìmì Huátī
|ChiM=The Princess's Secret Slide
}}

==Trivia==
*After [[Mario]] gets the first Star from the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], the message that appears erroneously says that the entrance to this secret level is on the second floor, while in fact it is on the mezzanine.
*[[List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content|Originally]], this stage was going to house a yellow [[! Switch]] item for boxed [[Green Shell|Koopa shells]].<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)/Oddities#Secret_Slide|Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved July 31, 2020.</ref>
*The ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' version of this level is later referenced in ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'', where [[Super Mario 64 DS (microgame)|a microgame]] has the player control Mario to get to the goal.

==References==
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