Editing MIPS

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Super Mario 64 Rabbit.png]]<br>MIPS, in his original ''Super Mario 64'' appearance
|species=[[Rabbit]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]]) 
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote|Yeeoww! Unhand me, [[Mario|brute]]! I'm late, so late, I must make haste! This [[Power Star|shiny thing]]? Mine! It's mine. Finders, keepers, losers... Late, late, late... Ouch! Take it then! A gift from [[Bowser]], it was. Now let me be! I have a date! I cannot be late for tea!|MIPS|Super Mario 64}}
'''MIPS''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=49, 43, 44, 83, and 103|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]}}</ref> also known as the '''Yellow Rabbit''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980224194031/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/super_mario64/bonuses.html|title="Bonus Stars" - Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|publisher=Nintendo.com|accessdate=February 23, 2018}}</ref> is a minor character found in the basement of the [[Peach's Castle#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Mushroom Castle]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. He is [[Princess Peach]]'s pet [[rabbit]].<ref name=Encyclopedia>{{cite|quote=「ピーチ姫の飼っているウサギ。」 (Princess Peach’s pet rabbit.)|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section|page=85}}</ref>

==History==
===''Super Mario 64''===
In ''Super Mario 64'', MIPS first appears in the basement after the player collects 15 [[Power Star]]s. When [[Mario]] approaches MIPS, the latter runs away. After Mario catches him, he rewards Mario with a Power Star, saying that [[Bowser]] gave it to him. MIPS appears in the basement a second time after Mario has collected 50 Power Stars, and he can catch MIPS again for another Power Star. MIPS does not reappear for the rest of the game after that. 

Along with Mario, MIPS was the first character created for ''Super Mario 64''. He was used extensively in early [[Nintendo 64]] test simulations and ultimately made it into the final game because the development team liked him so much.<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20100218201702/http://www.miyamotoshrine.com/theman/interviews/1096.shtml|deadlink=y|title=Shigeru Miyamoto Interview from Nintendo Power (October 1996)|publisher=Miyamoto Shrine}}</ref> MIPS is named after the {{wp|MIPS architecture|MIPS}} (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) microprocessor, the instruction set used in the Nintendo 64. Several of MIPS's lines reference the {{wp|White Rabbit}} from ''{{wp|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland}}''.

MIPS does not make a reappearance in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', instead being replaced by the rabbits scattered throughout the castle for each player character to find. They are modeled after MIPS, but they do not give up Power Stars. Instead, they give up [[key]]s to unlock [[minigame]]s in the [[Rec Room (Super Mario 64 DS)|Rec Room]]. Two of Mario's, one of [[Wario]]'s, and one of [[Yoshi]]'s rabbits can be found in the same location MIPS was in the original game. The rabbits are also internally named "MIP"<ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>MIP</tt>)</ref> with their key known as a "MIP Key,"<ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>OBJ_MIP_KEY</tt>)</ref> with the former corroborated by the Shogakukan guide.

===''Mario Party 3''===
MIPS also makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' in [[Woody Woods]], where several can be seen gathering near the item shop. MIPS appears in three colors: yellow, pink, and orange, which are colors matching the rabbits that replace MIPS in ''Super Mario 64 DS'' (the only absent color is green).

===''Mario no Bōken Land''===
[[File:MIPSBouken.png|thumb|150px|MIPS in ''Mario no Bōken Land'']]
MIPS makes a cameo in the ''Super Mario 64'' storyline of ''[[Mario no Bōken Land]]''.

===''Minecraft''===
In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', the [[minecraftwiki:Gold Rabbit|Gold Rabbits]] are re-skinned to look like MIPS.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM64 Asset Model MIPS.png|Model of MIPS from ''Super Mario 64''
MP3 Woody Woods Board.png|Full map of Woody Woods, with yellow, pink, and orange rabbits assimilating MIPS around the [[Item Shop (Mario Party series)|Item Shop]]
WoodyWoodsToadShop.png|Gameplay of Woody Woods at the Item Shop, where MIPS-like rabbits can be seen
Minecraft Mario Mash-Up Gold Rabbit Render.png|A Gold Rabbit in ''Minecraft'' that looks like MIPS
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ミップ<ref name=Encyclopedia/>
|JapR=Mippu
|JapM=MIP
|Fre=MIPS
|Ger=MIPS
|Ita=Mips<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=85}}</ref>
|Ita2=MIPS<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia''|page=93}}</ref>
}}

==Trivia==
*Mario was [[List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content|originally]] able to throw MIPS, but this was removed.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Prerelease:Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)|Prerelease:Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=January 19, 2017}}</ref>
*Originally, a rabbit that is most likely MIPS was going to be raced, but it ended up being replaced by [[Koopa the Quick]] in the final due to Mario not being able to keep up with it because it was too fast during testing.<ref>{{cite|url=shmuplations.com/mario64|title=Super Mario 64 – 1996 Developer Interviews|publisher=shmuplations.com|accessdate=September 10, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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