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Narrative Divergence and Conditional Completion: Analyzing the “Good Ending” in Super Mario 64 (sm64.z64)

| Feature | Standard Ending | 120-Star Ending | |---------|----------------|------------------| | Yoshi appearance | No | Yes – atop the castle | | Message from Yoshi | None | “Thank you so much for playing my game!” | | Post-credits gameplay | Normal castle | Cannon to roof unlocked permanently | | Peach’s dialogue | Basic thanks | Acknowledges Mario’s full effort | sm64.z64 good ending

At offset 0x2F4A30 (US ROM), a flag check runs: if (gTotalStars == 120 && gCompletedGame == TRUE) spawn_yoshi_on_roof(); sm64.z64 good ending

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