Pyramid Puzzle
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| Pyramid Puzzle | |||||||
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| Location | Shifting Sand Land | ||||||
| Mission number | 6 | ||||||
| Game | Super Mario 64 /Super Mario 64 DS | ||||||
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"Pyramid Puzzle" is the sixthmission ofShifting Sand Land inSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS. InSuper Mario 64, this is the course's final mission. Its objective is to find fivesecret points within the pyramid.
Layout[edit]
The player must first enter the pyramid and climb to the top, as if they were doing the course's third mission, "Inside the Ancient Pyramid". Another way to do this is by standing on the four pillars to activate the secret entrance, as in the course's fourth mission, "Stand Tall on the Four Pillars". Once the player reaches the top of the "sandfall" just before thePower Star, they need to climb down to the small ledge below with acoin. Collecting the coin starts a secret counter, and collecting five of the special coins in the pyramid is the mission's objective. It is possible to touch the five secret points without collecting any coins by just barely touching the top of each secret's hitbox.[1]
After touching the secret point, the player then has tojump down to a small platform on the left side of the "sandfall", followed by jumping to the platform on the right side, touching the points and collecting the coins as they go down. The player must then jump into the stream ofmoving sand and touch the two secret points within it. Once the player touches all five points, the Power Star appears at the end of the stream. However, the player has to be careful when collecting it, otherwise, they will fall into thequicksand below.
In the DS version of the game, the coins are replaced bySilver Stars, and the Power Star appears in aStar Sphere, making it easier to collect (but this also means this mission cannot be done while another mission is selected).
Naming[edit]
"Pyramid Puzzle" is the only Silver Star mission in the DS version that does not have "Silver Star(s)" in the title.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | きょだいピラミッドのナゾ[?] Kyodai piramiddo no nazo | Riddle of the Huge Pyramid | |
| Chinese | 金字塔之谜[2] Jīnzìtǎ zhī Mí | Puzzle of the Pyramid | |
| French | Énigme de la pyramide[?] | Pyramid Enigma | Super Mario 64 |
| Puzzle de la pyramide[?] | Pyramid Puzzle | Super Mario 64 DS | |
| German | Löse das Pyramidenpuzzle![?] | Solve the Pyramid Puzzle! | Super Mario 64 |
| Pyramidenpuzzle[?] | Pyramid Puzzle | Super Mario 64 DS | |
| Italian | Puzzle piramidale[?] | Pyramidal puzzle | Super Mario 64 DS |
| Il labirinto della piramide[3] | The pyramid maze | ||
| Korean | 거대피라미드의수수께끼[?] Piramideu ui susukkekki | Riddle of the Huge Pyramid | |
| Spanish | Laberinto de la pirámide[?] | Pyramid Maze |
References[edit]
- ^UncommentatedPannen (July 13, 2021).Coinless, Capless, & Cannonless Challenges.YouTube. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^From thescore sheetMedia:SM64DS course list in Chinese.png and the star menu ofSuper Mario 64 DS as localized byiQue.
- ^Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 89
