MIPS
Model fromSuper Mario 64
Species	Rabbit
First appearance	Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

“Yeeoww! Unhand me,brute! I'm late, so late, I must make haste! Thisshiny thing? Mine! It's mine. Finders, keepers, losers... Late, late, late... Ouch! Take it then! A gift fromBowser, it was. Now let me be! I have a date! I cannot be late for tea!”

—MIPS,Super Mario 64

MIPS,^[1] also known as theYellow Rabbit,^[2] is a minor character found in the basement of theMushroom Castle inSuper Mario 64. He isPrincess Peach's petrabbit.^[3]

History[edit]

Super Mario 64[edit]

InSuper Mario 64, MIPS first appears in the basement after the player collects 15Power Stars. WhenMario approaches MIPS, the latter runs away. After Mario catches him, he rewards Mario with a Power Star, saying thatBowser gave it to him. MIPS appears in the basement a second time after Mario has collected 50 Power Stars, and he can catch MIPS again for another Power Star. MIPS does not reappear for the rest of the game after that.

Along with Mario, MIPS was the first character created forSuper Mario 64. He was used extensively in earlyNintendo 64 test simulations and ultimately made it into the final game because the development team liked him so much.^[4] MIPS is named after theMIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) architecture, the instruction set used in the Nintendo 64. Several of MIPS's lines reference theWhite Rabbit fromAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, and the Player's Guide even paraphrases the second verse of his song from theDisney adaptation when introducing him during the section on the basement's Secret Stars.^[5]

MIPS does not make a reappearance inSuper Mario 64 DS, instead being replaced by the rabbits scattered throughout the castle for each player character to find. They are modeled after MIPS, but they do not give up Power Stars. Instead, they give upkeys to unlockminigames in theRec Room. Two of Mario's, one ofWario's, and one ofYoshi's rabbits can be found in the same location MIPS was in the original game. The rabbits are also internally named "MIP"^[6] with their key known as a "MIP Key,"^[7] with the former corroborated by the Shogakukan guide.

Mario no Bōken Land[edit]

MIPS inMario no Bōken Land

MIPS makes a cameo in theSuper Mario 64 storyline ofMario no Bōken Land.

Mario Party 3[edit]

Several rabbits resembling MIPS can be seen gathering near theItem Shop ofWoody Woods inMario Party 3. They appear in three colors: yellow, pink, and orange, which are colors matching the rabbits that replace MIPS inSuper Mario 64 DS. The only absent color is green.

Minecraft[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack inMinecraft, goldrabbits are retextured to look like MIPS.

Gallery[edit]

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  Screenshot fromSuper Mario 64

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  Full map of Woody Woods, with yellow, pink, and orange rabbits resembling MIPS around theItem Shop

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  Gameplay of Woody Woods at the Item Shop, where MIPS-like rabbits can be seen

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  A Gold Rabbit inMinecraft that looks like MIPS

Names in other languages[edit]

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "Notes" column.

Notes[edit]

• Mario wasoriginally able to throw MIPS, but this was removed.^[13]
• Originally, a rabbit that is most likely MIPS was going to be raced, but it ended up being replaced byKoopa the Quick in the final due to Mario not being able to keep up with it because it was too fast during testing.^[14]

References[edit]

MIPS coverage on otherNIWA wikis:

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Ukikipedia

• Rabbits
• Pets
• Super Mario 64 characters