Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo DS)

...As of 31st March 2005 Super Mario 64 DS had sold 250,00 copies since European launch alone. Now that isn’t bad going! >>>>>>>>>>>Cake anyone? The game begins with Princess Toadstool inviting Mario to her castle to sample the delicious cake she’s made for him. Mama Mia! Out nowhere the Village People arrive… What?! Oh Mario, Luigi and Wario? Hmmm, there are similarities! After a slight “Chuckle Brothers” slapstick moment they all run to the castle ...
...are! You can pick Super Mario 64 DS up for about £25 if you have a look around. The amount of time you will spend playing this game with all its 150 stars, mini game and multi player options, I consider this to be a bargain. Now if you will excuse me I’ve spent far too long away from my DS, it’s time to don my fake moustache and surrender another few hours to Mario and his relentless game playing! ...

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Review of Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo DS)

Super Mario 64DS is a conversion of an old N64 classic. As a cutesy platform game it is an ideal conversion for the DS. With its simple controls, dual screen and wireless multiplayer possibilities the DS is ideally suited to this style of game and perhaps this is why Super Mario 64DS is by far the biggest selling DS game currently available. As with all platform games there is little in the way of plot. The old adage of "princess goes AWOL" familiar ...
...The difficulty level to Super Mario64 DS offers a nice learning curve with initial levels being straightforward and later levels offering fiendish puzzles and the "leaps of faith" all platform fans dread. Fortunately, with a save option following every level progression is a rewarding, rather than frustrating experience. This is a game that should appeal to everyone be it for the simplistic minigames or innovative platform play. The two-player option ...

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...all my beloved games including Super Mario 64 which was one of my favourite games (apart from Goldeneye.) While browsing through the new Argos catalogue, I found the game now avalible in the DS format. It would be great to have it again. ===What Is It?=== Super Mario 64 (NDS Format) is a take off, of the original N64 game. The game has 4 playable characters of Mario, Lugie, Wario and Yoshi. This has bits added and taken away so if you have played ...
...exactly the same. Also added are a big selection of mini-games which was not included in the older game. ===Where To Buy/Price=== The game was released in 2004/5 which really surprised me as I had just not seen it before, I think I had just thought there was one overall Mario DS game maybe. The game is very common, and will be found anywhere that sells DS games. I got mine out of Argos for £29.99 which is around the average price for a DS game. ...

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...Nintendo DS's ability, it took Super Mario 64 and gave it a touch screen responsive control system. That was its first wrong move. Although you can adjust the controls to fit your needs, I found that the learning curve does take quite a while. Also in a competition, the N64 control would win hands down over the DS controls for the game. It is essentially the same game as was released about 10 years ago, but as the legendary game it is it can always ...
...are 3 save slots on Super Mario 64 DS, so that if the game is being played by more than one person you don't all have to argue over who gets to save their games. Also like the original, when the game first starts up you can play with Yoshi's face just like you could play with Mario's face those 10 years ago. It's touch of Nintendo magic like this that you won't find in other games. The graphics have also been given an overhaul, and there is a staggering ...

Nathan_Innit 07.11.2006 · Read full review
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...after a good 9 years Super Mario has been given new hope as his adventure starts all over onto the small handheld DS. Undoubtly one of the best games on the N64 and now it can be played in the palm of your hand, what more could you wish for? If you didn't know already you are this little man with a red cap. He is on a mission to defeat the evil Bowser and win back his beloved Peach (how sweet). However, new to the DS sequel is Yoshi, Luigi and Wario ...
...believe was the success of Super Mario 64 was the fact that you have complete control and can roam the land doing whatever you wish. There's no completing one level and moving onto the next in these two games, instead you are granted access to every level and mission for your own pleasing. Did you enjoy racing Koopa Troopa to the top of the hill? Then revisit the level and do the goal all over again which gives this game good play back marks in my ...

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INTRODUCTION Mario DS is the first mario games to come out on the Nintendo DS. It is a platform game in which you get to control either Mario, Luigi, Yoshi or Wario. When you first start the game you will start off playing using Yoshi, then you will have to 'unlock' the other characters as you progress through the game. If you have played the old N64 mario games then you will notice that this is very similar, except what nintendo have done is port ...
...a good job on it. The game is even better than its predeccessor. It simply has more coins to collect and also it has something called Mini Games. I will come back to Mini games later. GRAPHICS The games graphics are fairly good. We know that the Nintendo DS graphics aren't going to be anything that you might expect on the playstation 2, but they are pretty good considering it can fit in your hand, and if you have a big enough one; your pocket! ...

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...begins. Be a super star. The game is all about these power stars. Bowser and his 'baddies' have stolen all of the 150 stars (30 more than the original game) and locked them away in the castle's paintings. It's now your job, using all of the four different characters to your advantage, to grab all the stars that Bowser took back and finally rescue princess peach. Each course consists of 7 stars, along with an extra bonus star for collecting 100 ...
...Then there are 15 huge different courses, varying from windy desserts, all the way to blistering cold mountains! Then not to mention the increasingly hard to find, 'castle secret stairs' stars which are scattered around secret areas in and out of the castle. Don't stop now… A great plus for SM64ds is that it's so addictive; impossible to put down, and always giving. The levels are very well designed that when you die you rarely feel as it was ...

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I remember the first time when I played Mario 64 on N64 I thought it was ok but seemed confusing as i always saw people with 150 stars. You would always be controling Mario, no one else. You'd get mad trying to do a certain level. You would tear your hair out trying to find the last red coin. Well guess what Mario 64 DS has all of that except for you can change characters, theres a map, and the map shows where there red coins are. Mario Fans Prayers ...
...Mario going into Princess Peaches castle, the it changes to Luigi and Wario appearing out of a pipe and running to gatecrash the party. You then see Yoshi sleeping and he is woken up by a voice saying that Mario, Luigi and Wario havent come out yet. So you end up going looking for them. Thats the begining and guess what the main story is that Princess Peach has been captured.....again. Just like in all the Mario games. What is it with her she must ...

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...available on the other New Super Mario Bros game. The graphics are average on this game, as the DS cannot really support great graphics, however I like this about the DS and its games as it reminds me of the great retro games I played as a child. I think that overall this is a great game for the DS if you liked the original game for the Ninteno 64 or if you have never played the 64 version, if you enjoy Mario games in general. ...

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...we first got out N64, Super Mario 64 was one of the most well known and popular games, but it was always to expensive for our mum to buy us so i had to survive on stealing my cousin's version and playing it whenever my brother's weren't. I never got very far. Years later, I inherited my favourite game console of all time, the N64 while my brothers moved onto bigger things like the Playstation2. So i set off to look for this game so i could play it ...
...was still expensive as far as N64 games go and i forgot about it and satisfied my gaming needs with a Nintendo DS. One day, i was at my boyfriend's house seeing what games he could lend me (I was getting bored of Nintendogs) and he revealed SuperMario 64 DS! He'd never played the original and hadn't realised it was just an improved version of the game i'd been looking for. So i stole it off him and began to relive my childhood and play the game, ...

LooCee 29.11.2005 · Read full review
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Super Mario 64 DS was a Nintendo DS launch game. It is the same as the Nintendo 64 version. So why buy this? The DS version of Super Mario 64 include THREE new characters to play as. They are Yoshi, Luigi and Wario. You will have to unlock these characters though! Each character has their own unique power ups and abilities that only they can do so don't think you can get away with just playing as Mario! There are also loads more stars to collect ...
...the original version! When i bought this game i was thrilled because it was my favourite games from the N64! I couldn't wait to start and play as Yoshi and Luigi - my two favourite characters! So i start the game and I loved the title screen but i think they should have kept the interactivity with Mario's face the same as on the N64 because the pencil drawing isn't as fun. I started a new game and I liked starting as Yoshi because he is one of my ...

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Every Nintendo Console should have its own Mario game, And the DS is no exception. When I picked up this game in the shop my first thought was oh it just the Mario off the N64 which would have been great anyway as that was such a good game! However this game is so much more than the original version as Nintendo have added stuff in to make it a great addition to the DS. In the original you played as Mario (as normal) trying to save Princess Peach ...
...DS Version you get to play as Yoshi, Mario, Luigi & Wario who all have different moves available to help you through the maze of levels. Another addition Nintendo have made is to add a number of minigames that become available as you progress through the game, these use the full functionality of the touchscreen and are just as much fun as the main game itself. Overall, I think the game is ideal for kids and the kids that are still trapped inside ...

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I got this game when I got my DS when it was released. It was also the first Mario game I bought. I absolutely loved it. I will describe the actual gameplay first. This game stars the main four Mario game Heros: Yoshi, Mario, Luigi and Wario. In the beginning, Princess Peach has written a letter to Mario inviting him to the castle for cake. Mario, Luigi and Wario follow. Who would refuse cake? Anyway, time passes and Yoshi finds out that the three ...
...the three mustached heros and Princess Peach, defeat Bowser and collect the 150 power stars. After rescuing Mario, Luigi and Wario, they become unlocked-each character has their own special abilities. Along with the main Adventure, there are many mini-games which can be unlocked. You have eight at first, but after catching rabbits in the main adventure, you can unlock more-a total of thirty six. The Graphic are amazing for that of a handheld console. ...

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Super Mario 64 DS is a platform/adventure game starring Nintendo's iconic superstar, Mario, along with his friends Luigi (his brother), Yoshi (pet dinosaur) and Wario (his evil counterpart). Super Mario 64 DS is a virtually a port of the popular Nintendo 64 game of the same name. However for those who owned the original game, there have been some changes. Instead of Mario, you can play at parts of the game as the famous plumber, or his brother, ...
...reason friend in this game). The game is set at Princess Peachs Castle where she has baked some cakes for our four heroes. However something seems wrong when Peach is nowhere to be found. Furthermore the characters are able to explore new worlds through painting in the castle. Their objective: to rescue Peach from the clutches of Bowser by collecting Stars from the paintings to get the power to fight him. The game can be played using the stylus ...

fernando160 23.06.2007 · Read full review
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...Nintendo 64 was around, the super mario games were the best games for the Nintendo 64. The success of super mario has been carried onto the new consoles Nintendo has released, with so many improvements to the quality of the game and new challenges. The game is admittidly a little difficult to get used to playing with the stylus rather than a controller, but it is soon mastered with a little practice and patience. The buttons on the side of the DS ...
...does help to master the controls more quickly and take some of the burden off the stylus. The number of stars you can collect has been increased from 120 to 150, increasing the time you spend playing the game. You can also play with more characters than in the original series. You are able to switch between the characters of Mario, Luigi, Wario and Yoshi, and make use of the different abilities they possess. My personal favourite skill is Yoshi's ...

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