Super Mario 64 DS

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Super Mario 64 DS is an enhanced remake of the 1996 video game Super Mario 64. It was one of the launch titles for the Nintendo DS. This remake features various new characters, levels, modes of play and minigames, much of which takes advantage of the features of the DS system.

When the Nintendo DS was first revealed, Super Mario 64 DS was an early production demo. It was later confirmed as a Nintendo DS release game. In its early stages, the game was referred to as Super Mario 64x4. Early screenshots show all four characters playing at the same time, flying around with the Wing Cap.

Gameplay

Courses

There are a total of 15 courses in the game, generally accessible through various gateway paintings hung on the wall. An area gateway can be found because when the character you control moves close to an area gateway, the gateway will ripple as if a stone was dropped in it. When the character jumps into the gateway, a star select screen will appear. To continue, select a star on the screen by using the touch screen or arrow keys and then touch the character icon on the touch screen to enter the course.

The 15 normal courses are Bob-omb Battlefield, Whomp's Fortress, Jolly Roger Bay, Cool Cool Mountain, Big Boo's Haunt, Hazy Maze Cave, Lethal Lava Land, Shifting Sand Land, Dire Dire Docks, Snowman's Land, Wet-Dry World, Tall Tall Mountain, Tiny Huge Island, Tick Tock Clock and Rainbow Ride. Every course except Big Boo's Haunt, Rainbow Ride, Shifting Sand Land, Dire Dire Docks, Tick Tock Clock and Hazy Maze Cave is accessible through a painting, or in one case, 2 paintings. Big Boo's Haunt is accessed through a small mansion model. Rainbow Ride is accessed through a hole in the floor. Shifting Sand Land is inside a wall. Dire Dire docks is within a large pool of water that appears to defy the law of gravity. Tick Tock clock is within a clock face. Hazy Maze Cave is inside an oil pool. Snowman's Land's painting is disguised as a wall. The course Tiny Huge Island has two entrances that will make the course Tiny or Huge respectively. Wet-Dry World and Tick Tock Clock are also affected by the way you enter them. Wet-Dry World's water level starts higher the higher you jump in the painting, and Tick Tock Clock's moving parts move faster, slower, or stop depending on the position of the minute hand when you enter.

New stars/courses

There are 150 Power Stars in the game — an addition of thirty from the original (although seven of the original stars have been removed, resulting in 37 new stars). Each of the fifteen main courses from the original game now has eight stars to be obtained (including the stars you recieve if you collect 100 coins in that course), and there are now thirty castle secret stars, up from the original's fifteen.

Secret stars

There are 30 secret stars that can be found in the castle. They come from a variety of sources, including speaking with Toads, entering paintings that lead to small extra courses, and small worlds that lead to fights with Bowser. There are also some stars hidden in the castle.

Caps

Mario, Luigi, and Wario Hats are available in levels, by wearing a character's hat, a character can transform into the character whose hat they are wearing (their physical appearance changes, but their voice doesn't). The hats fall off if the character gets hit physically, but can be reacquired before disappearing. Hats are shown on the touch screen map. Yoshi comes with the ability to start a level wearing the hat of any of the unlocked characters.

Characters (except Yoshi) cannot wear a hat if they are lacking their own.

Types of new Power Stars

Switch Star - Upon pressing a star-shaped switch, a Power Star appears in a glass sphere somewhere in the level. The player must run to the star before the timer expires. Switch Stars are featured in Courses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, and 15, the Goomboss battle, all three Bowser levels, and The Secret Under the Moat.

5 Silver Stars - The player must collect five Silver Stars scattered around the level for a Power Star to appear. Each time the player is hit by an enemy, he/she loses one silver star and must recollect it. Silver stars are featured in Courses 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 14, as well as Sunshine Isles and Battle Fort.

The only course that does not have either of the new types of stars is course 12, and courses 8 and 14 are the only ones which have both.

There is a glitch in Version 1 Concerning the Silver Stars in Snowman's Land. If the player enters and exits the igloo, the stars will re-appear, even after he or she has all 5. Collecting a sixth one will freeze everything except the player.

The rabbits

As you move around in Princess Peach's castle and progress to new areas, you will find that there are many rabbits scampering around the halls. You will also find rabbits outside of the castle. If you capture a rabbit with any character, you will earn whatever the rabbit was carrying. Rabbits can be captured either by Yoshi's tongue or, with any of the other characters, picking them up. Although the rabbits flee when you approach them in the game, each rabbit will stay in its area and will not leave the area that it is in.

The amount, types and location of rabbits change in the game based upon the character that is currently being used. When Mario is the character being used, the rabbits have a reddish tinge, when Luigi is being used, the rabbits have a greenish tinge and Wario will see orange hued rabbits, based upon the character's dominant color. Yoshi will see yellow colored rabbits.

Toward the middle of game play (about 50 stars collected), glowing rabbits will begin to appear in a random fashion. If you capture a glowing rabbit and release it, you add to a total count. When that total reaches 8, you are given the key to unlock the door without a character in the character select room, which will contain a star, important in any attempt to gain 150 total stars. Attempts to visit that room afterwards lead to ghost sounds and the character exiting the room without any effect. The glowing rabbits appear in a seemingly random fashion. However, exiting the game and then returning to the game tends to result in more glowing rabbits appearing.

If a player collects 150 stars, a cannon will be opened in the front of the castle. You can use the cannon that is opened to launch a character to the top of Peach's castle. If Luigi is used, a green rabbit can be found which will unlock the last Luigi mini game if every other green rabbit was found and picked up.

Minigames

One of the new features of Super Mario 64 DS are the minigames. It offers nine minigames for each character, adding up to 36 minigames. These minigames largely take advantage of the touch screen of the Nintendo DS. The player starts with eight minigames, and the rest are unlocked in the single player adventure by catching various rabbits, similar to the rabbit MIPS in the original game (the one the player needed to chase around in the castle basement). Each rabbit gives the player one key to the drawer in Princess Peach's rec room, which allows one more minigame to be played.

Multiplayer

In Mario's multiplayer mode, up to four people can participate in a capture-the-flag style game. Everyone rushes around collecting stars and coins, and the player with the most stars at the end of the allotted time wins. All players start off as Yoshi (player one is green, player two is red, player three is blue, player four is yellow), but Mario, Luigi, and Wario caps can be found in the stages, allowing players to switch. Only one Super Mario 64 DS card is necessary for multiplayer matches other players' DS units must download the necessary data. Also, all four characters can fly in multiplayer mode, while in adventure mode only Mario can fly.

Story

Super Mario 64 DS begins when Mario receives an invitation to eat a cake at Princess Peach's castle, with Luigi and Wario tagging along. Yoshi is sleeping on the castle as they enter, and awakes later on to realize they still have not left. He uses a key acquired from MIPS the rabbit, and enters the castle. Once inside, however, Yoshi discovers that Bowser has taken over, and has kidnapped Mario, Luigi, Wario, Princess Peach and all of the Toads in the castle. Mario and friends must defeat King Bowser and release Princess Peach from captivity by obtaining Power Stars scattered throughout the different levels, along with secret stars that Bowser himself was unaware of.

Characters

Super Mario 64 DS features Mario, Yoshi, Luigi and Wario as playable characters. Each character has unique abilities and move sets. A box containing a flower has different effects on different characters; Yoshi breathes flames which scorch enemies and melt ice; Mario inflates into a balloon and floats as in Super Mario World; Luigi vanishes allowing him to pass by enemies and through some obstacles, as the Vanish Cap allowed Mario to do in the original Super Mario 64; Wario transforms into metal, making him invulnerable to water, lava, and strong winds, as the Metal Cap allowed Mario to do in the original Super Mario 64. A summary of the unique character abilities is as follows:

Character	Unlocked At	Power Flower Effect	Exclusive Move(s)	Exclusive Stars
Mario	Goomboss Battle	P-balloon	Wallkick, Feather,	18
Luigi	King Boo Battle	Vanish Cap	Scuttle jump, Spin backflip, Run on water briefly.	15
Yoshi	Have at Beginning	Breathes fire	Swallow enemies, Spit enemies, Toss eggs, Flutter jump, Can swallow fire and exhale it on objects and enemies. Can start a level wearing any unlocked character's hat.	2
Wario	Chief Chilly Challenge	Metal Cap	Smash black bricks/other heavy objects. Can Swing and Fling other players in VS. mode.	13

Being Bundled

During June and July of 2005, Super Mario 64 DS was included free with the purchase of an "Electric Blue" Nintendo DS system in North America. Many retailers also honored the deal with the original "Titanium" DS ^{[#endnote_bundle]}.

Waluigi rumors and the \"black box\"

Just as Luigi was rumored (but never found) to be in Super Mario 64, similar rumors about Waluigi have been spread about in Super Mario 64 DS. A source behind a number of rumors is a black box (or possibly a small aperture) visible on the castle wall on the adventure select screen, but not in the actual game. Many of the Waluigi rumors have been in some way related to this black box, claiming that he is hidden inside of it. As for the box, some say it is invisible, while others suggest only players with 150 stars can see it. The latter claim, however, can be easily proven wrong if you have 150 stars, and if the box does exist in the game, it is yet to be found. Also, many newcomers to the game may think that the unmarked door in the character room contains Waluigi, though it actually contains a star and a boo.

Reception

Reviews were almost universally positive, and it quickly became one of the DS' top-selling games. However, there have been plenty of criticisms, as well, such as the lack of reward for collecting all 150 Stars, the fact that Luigi's jumping capabilities are a bit overpowered, making it easier for players to win using him, and the fact that the D-Pad is not as good at controlling the characters as an analog stick.

Awards

• IGN: Editors' Choice Award

Voices

Mario, Luigi, and Wario: Charles Martinet

Yoshi: Kazumi Totaka

Princess "Peach" Toadstool: Leslie Swan

Bowser: Frank Welker (uncredited)

Toad: Jen Taylor

References

1. ↑ "[Electric Blue Nintendo DS Bundle Sparks Sales]", [Nintendo.com], July 1 2005.

External links

• [Super Mario 64 DS official site]
• [Super Mario 64 DS] at MobyGames
• [StrategyWiki's SM64 DS wiki guide] (previously hosted by Wikibooks)
• [GameSpot review of SM64DS]
• [GameFAQs profile]

 

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