I will never forget mine and my brother's disappointment with Super Mario 64. We could not believe this game was not similar to Super Mario World. At that point, our experience with Mario was with the 2D formula: get to the end of the stage, beat the boss in the castle, go to another world. Super Mario 64 was clunky, confusing and even frustrating in the beginning. The idea of 3D games was interesting in the magazines, but nauseating in real life. It didn't take long for me to fall in love with this game and to start appreciating the new. I still don't understand how we got this game instead of something more similar to Crash Bandicoot, but after some years and some playthroughs, I love Super Mario 64 more and more.