A game that will never be forgotten.
150 stars to collect Four playable characters More than two dozen touch-screen, dual-screen mini-games
Super Mario 64 DS starts out a bit differently than the original game. Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, and Wario are invited to Princess Peach’s castle to enjoy some cake. Yoshi falls asleep on top of the castle while waiting for the other three characters to show up. When they do finally arrive they end up disappearing inside the castle walls. It’s up to Yoshi to rescue the other three characters and together they will need to free the imprisoned princess from Bowser’s evil clutches. Each character has his different set of moves and special powers. Yoshi has his extended jump and can eat enemies and throw homing eggs to take out bad guys. If you find a fire flower he will be able to shoot out flames from his mouth. Mario has his standard set of moves, but new to this version is his ability to find mushrooms to become super-sized and walk over enemies and other obstacles with ease. If he comes across a fire flower he inflates into a gigantic balloon and can hover across bottomless pits and reach new areas in the levels. Luigi can jump far and can turn invisible with the proper power-up. Wario can break certain blocks and turn to metal so he can sink to the bottom of water areas. Each character has limitations too. For example, Yoshi can’t pick enemies up, which creates new challenges to solve. The first boss is a giant Bob-Omb. In the original game Mario would pick him up and throw him. In this version when you play as Yoshi you have to eat the small bombs and spit them back out at the big bomb to blow him up. Scattered across the different levels are hats for the other characters. If you nab the hat, your character will transform into that specific character, complete with his move set and power-up abilities. So, if you go to Bowser’s level and try to beat him with Yoshi, you will need to nab Mario’s cap so you can grab Bowser’s tail and throw him.