Juice Strats

A young man juicing up his Nintendo 64 console

Juice Strats are a series of strategies in Super Mario 64 that involve submerging the N64 in various types of juice.

A young woman juicing up her Nintendo 64 console

Different varieties of juice seem to have different effects on the game.

• Apple juice appears to make Mario jump higher.
• Pineapple juice appears to make Mario jump farther
• Lemon juice appears to speed up the game by 400%
• Pomegranate juice appears to destroy the console
• Prune juice appears to give Mario the runs
• POG seems to be the best juice to use for the A Button Challenge, as it makes Mario do repeated kicks without having to hold down the A button.

More Information

Juice Strats was discovered on September 23rd, 2012 by rennenhoek1991 after reviewing a twitch video sent to him by an unknown individual, where speedrunner and TASer Granite839 accidentally dropped his N64 into a nearby container of apple juice.

Juice Strats became a hot-button issue in the SM64 community, as many complained that it constituted Hardware Manipulation, after nearly a year of community discussion, it was banned from runs on July 21st, 2013.