Super Mario 64, released in 1996, changed Mario a great deal. Super Mario 64 was a great game and many of us spent many hours playing through the colorful world it offered. Now Super Mario 64 is out for Nintendos new handheld system, the Nintendo DS. Super Mario 64 DS gives you the good old game plus many new features. The game presents a lot of new stuff as I mentioned and that’s what makes this game really interesting. Here you don’t only play Mario but you get to play Yoshi, Luigi and Wario as well. Super Mario 64 DS is a really good game that in some cases lives up to the original. It really warms my heart to have the legendary game in my pocket at all times. Graphics: The graphics are really great and enjoyable. The characters look great and despite a few bad textures it runs on smooth frame rate and overall the game is colorful and looks very alive. Of course it helps that your playing it on a small screen which smoothens some rough spots out. The map on the lower screen seems to work quite well. And even though it’s not perfect you can’t really complain. The graphic’s in the mini-games are also very nice. All in all the graphics look great and Super Mario 64 DS puts on a great show. Plot: The plot is pretty much the same as it is in the older game. Princess Peach invites you too her castle but she is then kidnapped. It is up to Mario, Luigi, Wario and Yoshi to come to her aid. Mostly you jump into paintings and thereby enter a nice colorful level filled with all sorts of wild things. Your main objective is too collect power stars from the levels. With the stars you can access different places and in the end you must save Princess Peach after fighting Bowser a few times. The story is nice and the action is better. The levels are mostly bright and colorful. Everyone should have a good time playing Mario 64 DS. Gameplay: The gameplay works well for the most part except bad controls. The controls really do mess things up a bit and at times you might get frustrated enough to jump in front of your TV and plug your N64. The controls could, by all means, be a bit tighter. Falling of cliffs happens a bit too often and some stars are way to hard to find. Beeing a huge fan of the old Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64 I didn’t have to many problems but some new timers might have it rough. Some stars are simply to hard to find and you might find yourself turning your DS off a few times because you simply can’t find the damn star. Even tough a few stars might be tough to find you will most likely find them later on and there is most likely plenty of other stuff to do. The controls are quite annoying but you’ll get used to it. Let’s not forget the touch-sensitive mini-games you can get by catching rabbits. These mini-games can be fun for short periods of time and it’s nice playing them when you seem stuck in Adventure Mode. If you know other DS owners you can play a competitive four-player mode. This mode takes advantage of the system’s wireless game download feature and therefor only one of you needs to have the Super Mario 64 DS gamecard (does not work for all DS titles). But, this multiplayer mode is quite boring and even tough it can be fun for several minutes it’s not something you will be coming back to again. The goal of this multiplayer game is to be the player with the most stars when the time ends. Meaning you will have to battle the other players for the stars. You can only select a few levels for this mode and as I said, it’s a nice extra but really nothing that interesting. Sound: The sound is great. Just like in the old game. It retains the same music tough a few new speech samples have been added for the new characters. The music is memorable and enjoyable. Some effects seem to be played on low bitrate but for the most part everything is smooth and the tunes are great. The music is, like almost everything about this game, colorful and bright and really makes you feel good. Overall, Super Mario 64 DS is a really good game and if you have a DS you should own this game. It is definitely the best game out for the DS yet. -Kristófer K. a.k.a KKx2000
When you think of Mario you think of one of the best and most popular video game characters of all-time. Mario has had many amazing games and one of the best if not the best is Super Mario 64. Once hearing about Nin... Read Full Review
The Good: Still the same fantastic game you remember, nice mini-games, longer replay value, a great, and better polished port, a great revisit to the classic game. The Bad: Multi-player is rather pointless, control ca... Read Full Review
