Super Mario 64 launched in 1996 for the Nintendo 64 and brought Bob-ombs into full 3D for the first time, especially in Bob-omb Battlefield, the game's first course. These wind-up bomb enemies had been in Mario games since the late 1980s, but their SM64 explosion became the version most players remember. Clips of the blast later spread through YouTube edits and soundboards alongside other classics like the Mario Jump, and creators still reuse it for retro gaming jokes and exaggerated cartoon explosions.