Super Mario 64 DS

Super Mario 64 DS for the Nintendo DS is a remake of Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64. In it you can play as Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, and Wario, compared to the Nintendo 64's version, which only allows you to play as Mario.

Story
Mario, Luigi, and Wario have been trapped by Bowser's minions due to them going in the castle and the castle getting taken over, and it's up to Yoshi to help collect Power Stars and defeat bosses to unlock them and rescue the castle.

Gameplay
As in Super Mario 64, the courses are accessed by the different paintings on the castle's walls, but in the DS game, the player can collect 150 power stars, 30 more than the original game. In addition, Super Mario 64 DS has rabbits which were not in the N64 version. Upon catching one, the active character will receive a key to unlock a mini-game. Each character (Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, and Wario) has a certain number of rabbits to catch, and each rabbit gives up one key.

Character Selection


To switch between there are three doors each symbolizing the character's first letter of their name. To Use them, go through the door and out will pop the character who's door he compliments. Switching to Yoshi will mean reentering the door that complements your character once more.

Flat Caps
When entering a world, bowler hats are visible on your screen. When put on, the character will turn into the corresponding character who owns the flat hat. They are found on Goombas most of the time or randomly place in water or on land.

When hit by an enemy, the cap topples off and the character and will need to retrieve it in limited time.


 * Mario's Hat - a Red cap that allows you to turn into Mario
 * Luigi's Hat - a Green cap that allows you to turn into Luigi
 * Wario's Hat - a Yellow cap that allows you to turn into Wario

Rabbits
Each character has a certain amount of rabbits to catch (they are color coded), plus the sparkled white ones. The Rabbits will give up keys to drawers in the room behind the W, L , and M doors that open mini games.

Get'em!
To have more of a chance beating the game, you need to unlock the three plumbers trapped by Bowser:


 * Mario - use Yoshi, go to where the key shelves are, go through the 8 star door and hop into the Mario painting. Fight Goomba King for the M key
 * Luigi - Go to the top floor of Boo's mansion with Mario and follow the Big Boo's (presumably King Boo's) voice and confront him for the L Key.
 * Wario - Use Luigi to go transparent into the mirror by the Snowman's Land wall, fight Chief Chilly for the W key.

Power Flower Power!
Each of the four characters has a special power from the power Flower in the ? box. Only Mario can get something other than a powerflower from the ? box and that would be a feather to help him fly. These forms last for a VERY short time.


 * Mario: Floating Power


 * The ability to melt ice and such with fire blasts.

Bowser Boss Battles
Bowser has kidnapped Peach, and, as expected, throughout the adventure he holds the keys to the next floors. Beat him by swinging him into the pike balls once (and three times for the final battle )to get his key and, finally, the final power star.

His Subversive Worlds:


 * Bowser in the Dark World
 * Bowser in the Fire Sea
 * Bowser in the Sky

Beta Elements
The game has a lot of beta stuff, that for some reason, was cut from the certified release.

here are some: