Mario's Slides
| Mario's Slides | |||
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 In Super Mario 64 DS | |||
| Appears in | Super Mario 64 DS New Super Mario Bros. | ||
| Type | Mario's minigame (Super Mario 64 DS) Variety minigame (New Super Mario Bros.) | ||
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Mario's Slides is one of Mario's minigames in Super Mario 64 DS and a Variety minigame in New Super Mario Bros. Its gameplay is similar to that of another Super Mario 64 DS minigame, Connect the Characters.
This minigame's music is an arrangement of "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" from Super Mario Bros. 3.
Gameplay[edit]
The player must draw lines on the Touch Screen with 
to guide Mario to the Star and avoid the Piranha Plants. Mario goes down the slides nonstop on every path he comes to until he reaches the bottom, leaving the player to create new routes for him by drawing lines on the Touch Screen. If the two down arrows on either side of the Touch Screen are touched, Mario goes faster. As the minigame progresses, the lines previously drawn remain, making it difficult to keep up. After five Stars are collected, the player advances to the next stage, and the difficulty increases. Some stages later on have more than one Mario and Star in it, although more than one Mario can be led to the same Star. If Mario lands in a Piranha Plant, the minigame ends.
New Super Mario Bros. features a two player version named Vs. Mario's Slides, exclusive to the 1 on 1 category meaning it can only be played when two systems are connected. In this version, the players take turns directing Mario to the star on their Touch screen. Each time Mario reaches a star, he travels the other direction towards the opponent’s Touch screen. The game continues until Mario reaches a Piranha Plant, the player whose Touch Screen has Mario on it when this occurs loses.
In Super Mario 64 DS, the background features two cliffs in a night sky above water. In New Super Mario Bros., it is different, instead featuring a background akin to that of an underground level.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario 64 DS[edit]
- In-game description:
- English:
Guide Mario down the slides to the Star. Draw lines on the Touch Screen to create new routes for him. Collect 5 Stars to move up a stage.
- English:
New Super Mario Bros.[edit]
- In-game description:
- English:
Guide Mario down the slides to the Star. Draw lines on the Touch Screen to create new routes for him. If Mario lands in a Piranha Plant, it's game over! Collect five Stars to move up a stage.
- English:
- Vs. Mario's Slides:
- English:
Guide Mario down the slides to the Star. Draw lines on the Touch Screen to create new routes for him. When he hits a Star, Mario will move toward your opponent. Hit a Piranha Plant, and you lose! - Other languages:
- Spanish (Europe):
Márcale el camino a Mario. Traza líneas en la pantalla táctil para llevarlo hasta la estrella. Cuando alcance una, se moverá hacia tu oponente. ¡Si toca una Planta Piraña, perderás!
(Translation: Lead Mario the way. Draw lines on the touch screen to guide him to the star. When he reaches one, he'll move toward your opponent. If he touches a Piranha Plant, you lose!)
- Spanish (Europe):
- English:
Gallery[edit]
Vs. Mario’s Slides
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アミダス Amidasu | From「阿弥陀籤」(amidakuji, a traditional Japanese style of lottery), and possibly the initial of "slide" or "star" | [1] | |
| Chinese | 马力欧滑行 Mǎlì'ōu Huáxíng | Mario Sliding | [?] | |
| French | Guide Mario vers l'étoile | Guide Mario to the star | [?] | |
| German | Marios Rutschpartien | Mario's Glissades | [2] | |
| Italian | I tubi di Mario | Mario's pipes | [3] | |
| Korean | 사다리 타기 Sadari tagi | The Korean name of amidakuji | [4] | |
| Spanish | Lazarillo | Literally "guide dog"; also includes latiguillo ("pipe") | [?] |
