Nighttime Castle Grounds

Nighttime Castle Grounds is an area in B3313.

Description[]

Starting the game at nighttime (8:00 PM to 4:59 AM) will spawn the player here instead of Castle Grounds. Exits that normally lead to Castle Grounds also have a random chance of leading to a variation of the nighttime grounds, no matter the time of day.

The Nighttime Castle Grounds differ from the daytime variant in the following ways:

Water is drained from the moat.
Pressing L no longer switches characters between Mario and Luigi.
The fake window containing a wing cap block is removed, as well as the door behind the clock symbol.
Going out of bounds by the lake now kills the player instead of warping them to Eel Graveyard.
Yoshi is missing, both from the roof and from outside the cave.

Origins[]

The area is inspired by the Shoshinkai beta version of Super Mario 64. The Toad statue behind the castle can be seen in some of Annielogue's videos, but the area is otherwise an original creation.

There is no music playing in this area, but ambient nighttime sounds can be heard.

Warps[]

Warps that normally lead to the daytime Castle Grounds have a chance to lead here instead. The Beta Lobby exits have chances to lead to either Castle Grounds or the sunset version.

Two-way[]

Beta Lobby A: Go through the left door of the front double doors.
Beta Lobby E: Go through the right door of the front double doors.
Crescent Castle: Go through the back double doors.
Genesis Basement: Swim into the hole under the bridge.
Silent Hall: To the right of Crescent Castle, jump onto the mini-balcony across from the waterfall and enter the door.
Toad's Lobby: Go through the door in the wall behind the Toad statue.

Leading here[]

Beta Lobby B: Enter the double doors at the back at night (random chance with Castle Grounds)
Beta Lobby C: Enter the double doors at the back. (random chance with Castle Grounds (Sunset))
Beta Lobby D: Enter the double doors at the back. (random chance with Castle Grounds (Sunset))
Crescent Castle: In the art hallway's right-side room, enter the hole in front of the cloud painting.
Plexal Basement: In the main room's front side, swim down the tunnel in the floor and then through the hole.
The Void: Jump into the large hole.
Floating Hotel: Jump off the area to land on the castle roof.

Leading away[]

Scary Sewer Maze: Under the bridge, jump into the hole inside of the castle wall.
Dark Hallway: Enter the cave in the wall behind the castle.
Sunken Castle: Enter the hole underwater next to the waterfall.
Lobby.z64 (beta): Going through the front doors has a random chance of warping here.

Dialogue[]

File startup:[]

WELCOME TO MARIO WONDERLAND. IF YOU'RE THE ADVENTUROUS SORT, PAY A VISIT TO THE CASTLE AHEAD,

Trying any door besides the front doors without any Red Stars:[]

A STRANGE FORCE IS LOCKING THIS DOOR...

Sign by Dark Hallway:[]

IS IT EVEN WORTH TRYING TO WARN YOU?

Gallery[]

v1.0[]

B3313 - Nighttime Castle Grounds

v0.8[]

Changelog[]

v1.0
- Fixed missing door to Crescent Castle entrance.
- Changed skybox.
- Added bird and owl ambience.
- Changed Eel Graveyard warp in the water to kill the player instead.
v0.9
- Added Nighttime Castle Grounds.
Christmas Build
- Added early implementation of Nighttime Castle Grounds.

Trivia[]

In v0.9 and earlier, the double doors to Crescent Castle were missing the left door. The right one worked normally, but if the player opens it from the other side, the game crashes.
Even without Red Stars, it's possible to get to Silent Hall from here.