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I enjoyed this video about the grass in Super Mario 64. By explaining how the grass worked in Super Mario 64 and how it could've been better, you gave me a much better understanding of the grass in Super Mario 64, the flaws with the grass in Super Mario 64, and how the grass in Super Mario 64 could've theoretically been made even better than the grass in Super Mario 64 currently is. I especially liked how clear and concise you were about breaking down each element of grass, such as that found in Super Mario 64, and the numerous techniques that developers, such as Nintendo, the developers of Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64, utilize to make their grass look as good, or better than, the grass in Super Mario 64. With this understanding of the grass from Super Mario 64 and how it could be improved, we can better know how to make games with grass that looks better than that found in Nintendo's 1996 classic, Super Mario 64, a game developed by and published by Nintendo that was the first game in the series to feature 3D gameplay and pioneered the 3D platforming genre, in which you control Mario and traverse a variety of stages, many of which feature grass, to save Princess Peach from the evil Bowser. The grass is a plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. Common grass is used to cover the ground in places such as lawns and parks. The grass is usually the color ‘green’. Grasses are monocotyledon herbaceous plants. The grasses include the "grass" of the family Poaceae. This family is also called Gramineae. The family also includes some of the sedges (Cyperaceae) and the rushes (Juncaceae).[1] These three families are not closely related but all of them belong to clades in the order Poales. They are similar adaptations to a common lifestyle. True grasses include cereals, bamboo, the grasses of lawns (turf), and grassland. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, sprouted grain, shoots, or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatching thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving, and many others. Many grasses are short, but some grasses can grow very tall, such as Bamboo. Plants from the grass family can grow in many places and make grasslands, including areas that are very arid or cold. Several other plants look similar to grass and are referred to as such but are not grass family members. These plants include rushes, reeds, papyrus, and water chestnut. Seagrass is a monocot in the order Alismatales. Grasses are important for many animals, such as deer, buffalo, cattle, mice, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and many other grazers. Unlike other plants, grasses grow from the bottom, so when animals eat grass they usually do not destroy the part that grows.[2] This is part of why plants are successful. Without grass, the soil may wash away into rivers (erosion)