Super Mario 64 - Hazy Maze Cave - 100 Coins - 51/120

Hazy Maze Cave is an underground cave level and course six in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. In both games this course is located in the basement of Princess Peach’s Castle. The course has many hidden ledges, nooks, crannies, and alcoves, countless bottomless pits, and even an underground lake with a large but friendly sea monster named Dorrie. A map can be found in many areas of the course. The Hazy Maze, the level’s namesake, is located deep within the cave. The Hazy Maze is a labyrinth whose passageways are clouded with a highly toxic yellow gas (purple in the remake). Mario’s health is slowly depleted the longer he stays in the maze, and he will eventually suffocate if he is unable to get fresh air. To make matters worse, the Hazy Maze is full of Snufits, Monty Moles, Scuttle Bugs and Swoopers that can hinder Mario’s progress. Fortunately for Mario, there are small areas of higher ground scattered throughout the maze, a Metal Box (Metal Mario is unaffected by the poisonous fumes), and several escape routes that are clearly marked on the map just outside the entrance. Obtaining certain Stars requires the use of certain escape routes. Some people mistakenly believe that the entire course is the Hazy Maze; however, the Hazy Maze title only applies to the aforementioned maze. There is a special hidden area in this course called the Cavern of the Metal Cap that can be accessed through a door near the underground lake. The Metal Cap’s ! Switch is located here, along with eight more Red Coins that can be collected to receive one of the castle’s Secret Stars. In the remake version, the Metal Cavern doesn’t have the metal cap switch and instead has several Power Flowers that can be used for Wario & Mario to be used with an extra star at the top of the course only accessed by Mario’s balloon ability. This is one of the few levels not accessed via a painting; instead, Mario must enter the door to the right of the entrance to Lethal Lava Land and jump into a pool of liquid metal inside. ★ LINKS: • Video Description by - • MGZ Channel - • Facebook Fanpage - • Twitter Feed -