> thriving Super Mario 64 rom hacking community that is rarely hit with notice

Probably limited resources. The ones that do get hit are the big ones like Super Mario 64 Online [1] . Instead of the hacks themselves they seem focus on youtube quite a bit. I know a lot of Super Mario 64 emulation and emulation of other Nintendo properties is often DMCAed on that platform. [2] discussion [3]

[1] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43axqp/nintendo-s...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKtaFU2ky9E&t=192s

[3] https://www.ign.com/boards/threads/nintendo-is-abusing-youtu...