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'''''Super Mario 64 DS''''' (known as '''''Super Mario 64 × 4''''' in development<ref>http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/22/super-mario-64-x-4-ds-beta/</ref>) is a game from the ''[[Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series made for the handheld game system [[Nintendo DS]]. It was the first Mario game to be released on the [[Nintendo DS]] and is also the first 3D ''Mario'' game for a handheld console. The game is an enhanced remake of the 1996 game ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]], bearing some new features on its storyline, gameplay and graphics. Unlike ''Super Mario 64'', [[Mario]] is not the only playable character (nor is he even available at the start); [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], and [[Wario]] become playable characters and also join the adventure in order to rescue [[Princess Peach]] from [[Bowser]]. Other new features within the game include a multi-player mode, in which up to four players can play simultaneously on each Nintendo DS connected together locally; [[minigame]]s to play with each character, and new additions to the story mode such as new missions and levels.

Apparently, Luigi and Wario somehow read the letter themselves and catch up behind Mario. Luigi accidentally causes a fight. After the three bump into each other, they race into the castle, when [[Bowser]] ambushes them.

Yoshi tries to enter the castle, but the doors are locked. The Lakitu Bro. says that he saw a [[rabbit]] with the [[key]]. After grabbing the rabbit, the rabbit gives up the key to Yoshi. Inside, Toad tells him Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach and stolen the Power Stars. He also says the last time he saw the heroes is when they jumped into the Bob-omb painting. Yoshi decides to investigate.

Yoshi starts collecting Power Stars, rescuing Mario, Luigi, and Wario in the process. As the heroes continue to collect the rest of the stars, they encounter Bowser twice. After collecting at least 80 stars, Mario finally battles Bowser for the final time at the top of the castle.

Bowser ends up defeated, gives up, and hands Mario the [[Giant Power Star]] before he explodes. When Mario grabs the final Power Star, wings suddenly appear on his cap allowing him to fly.

Finally, he lands in front of the castle where Luigi, Wario, and Yoshi are waiting for him. As his wings fade away, Mario uses the power of the Power Stars to make Peach appear in front of the castle. All four rush up to her as she wakes up. Peach thanks them, and kisses Mario and says they will make a cake for her heroes. Peach and the heroes walk into the castle, the credits roll and after the credits, the cake, with [[Princess Peach]], [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], and [[Yoshi]] figures, is shown at the very end.

*In standard mode, the chosen character is controlled with the Control Pad. The stylus can also be used in Standard Mode. Jump is {{button|ds|B}}; punching, kicking, and sticking out Yoshi's tongue is {{button|ds|A}}; and dashing is {{button|ds|Y}}. The {{button|ds|R}} button is used for crouching, while {{button|ds|L}} handles the camera together with the {{button|ds|Pad}} Control Pad. Additionally, if the player presses and holds {{button|ds|B}} and presses {{button|ds|A}}, the player will wall kick (if playing as Mario). Compared to ''Super Mario 64'', where Mario was moving as fast as the player tilted the {{button|n64|Stick}} of the Nintendo 64 controller, the characters in ''Super Mario 64 DS'' move much more slowly when the running button is not pressed.

[[File:TheDoors.png|200px|thumb|The door with ''M'', ''L'', or ''W'' above it represents the room where the plumbers are trapped. After unlocking one, the player can swap characters.]]

To switch between characters, there are three doors each symbolizing the character's first letter of their name. To use them, the player must go through the door, and the corresponding character will come out of the door. Switching to ''Yoshi'' will mean reentering the door that complements with the same character once more. There are four doors in total. However, the white door is not a playable character and instead contains a secret power star which can be unlocked if player catches the 8 Glowing Rabbits. Once the power star is obtained, the player can re-enter the door, but there will be no effect, and the player will simply exit it and groan.

To complete the game, the player needs to find the three heroes who where locked behind doors by Bowser:

|rowspan=4 |The first and default character of the game, Yoshi must find Mario, Luigi, and Wario, who have been imprisoned behind doors by Bowser. He has decent speed at both running and swimming and is good at jumping, being able to flutter kick to reach higher places. However, he cannot punch nor kick and consequently cannot grab large enemies, and his ground pound isn't strong enough to break Brick Blocks or defeat Boos; instead, he can eat small enemies and turn them into throwable eggs, making him the only character with a projectile attack. He is also the tallest character in height.

|'''Power''' || 0/3

|rowspan=4 |Mario is flung behind a door with [[Goomboss]] and is necessary to find. Using Yoshi, from the starting point in the castle, the player should go up the stairs and to the right door. The player should go straight to the next door, go through the 8 star door and hop into the Mario painting. The player has to fight Goomboss for the [[Mario Key|M Key]] by jumping into a hollowed tree stump at the highest point of the level. Then the player has to go back to room with the stained glass windows with Peach on them and unlock the M Room to find Mario. He's the shortest of the four in height, but as the most balanced of the four playable characters, and medium of all stats, Mario plays very much the same as he did in the original ''Super Mario 64'', with good all-round capabilities. He is a required character to complete the game since he is the only character that can enter the [[Bowser in the Sky|final level]].

|'''Power''' || 2/3

|rowspan=4 |Mario's younger, twin brother Luigi is optional to find, but is required to obtain some Power Stars, as well as Wario. The player has to go to the top floor of the level [[Big Boo's Haunt]] with Mario. When Mario reaches there, he has to fight [[King Boo]] for the [[Luigi Key|L Key]], which is used to open the door to obtain Luigi. Next to Yoshi, Luigi has the weakest attacks, but he has the best speed, swimming, jumping capabilities, and greatest agility. He can [[scuttle]] (which is similar to Yoshi's flutter kick) to briefly slow down his descents, slowly hover down from a backflip, and can even run on water briefly, due to his light body. His height is similar to Wario's.

|'''Power''' || 1/3

|rowspan=4 |Like Luigi, Wario is optional to find, but is needed to grab stars the others cannot retrieve. Once the large door right at the head of the stairs is unlocked, Luigi has to go inside, then get past another door leading to [[Snowman's Land]]. There are two [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]]s, so the player has to use Luigi to go transparent into the mirror by the Snowman's Land wall, and he has to fight [[Chief Chilly]] for the [[Wario Key|W Key]], which is used to open the door to find Wario. He has the worst speed at both running and swimming and jumping capabilities of the four, but he is by far the strongest- being the only one able to smash through black bricks, rolling rocks, etc., grab signs, and send enemies flying with a single blow. In VS Mode, Wario has the unique ability to pick up stunned opponents, spinning, and throwing them. His height is tied with Luigi's.

|'''Power''' || 3/3

When hit by an enemy, the cap topples off and the character needs to retrieve it in limited time. When the cap disappears, it reappears on a different, set, random location in the course.

If Mario, Luigi, or Wario lose their original caps, they cannot pick up any other characters' caps until they retrieve their own.

Each of the four characters has a special power from the Power Flower found inside a [[? Block]]. Only Mario can get something other than a Power Flower from the ? Block, which is the [[Cape Feather|feather]] that transforms him into [[Wing Mario]]. Once he has taken the flower, a hero uses his new powers in a short time, that may last about 20 seconds. Notwithstanding, Mario's wing form can last a bit longer, about one minute. Additionally, Luigi's and Wario's powers last shorter compared to Mario's equivalent forms in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.

|Yoshi's fiery breath has the ability to melt ice and roast enemies. Players use {{button|ds|A}} to make Yoshi breathe the fire, which temporarily replaced his lick attack. Yoshi is given a time limit which restricts the time given to breathe fire. This ability can also be reached with a bonfire, found in snowy courses such as [[Cool, Cool Mountain]]. However, this will only give Yoshi one fire breath before the ability is canceled itself by a short amount of time.

|In this form, Luigi has the ability to become invisible and is able to pass through solid matter. The player can control Luigi as normal. Vanish Luigi is not immune to lava, quick sand and drowning. The ability will wear off within a short amount of time.

|This form gives Wario the ability to become metal, which gives him more power and invincibility. Merely touching an enemy will defeat it. He also sinks when submerged in water, which allows him to walk on seabeds. However, Metal Wario will sink fairly quicker than normal in quicksand. Normal controls are used in this form. The ability will wear off after a short amount of time.

===Rabbits===

Each character has seven colour coded rabbits to catch. Yoshi's rabbits are yellow, Mario's rabbits are pink, Luigi's rabbits are green, and Wario's rabbits are orange. The rabbits will give up keys to minigames drawers in the Rec Room. Since Yoshi has to open up the castle, there are eight yellow rabbits, instead of the regular seven.

|Outside the [[Peach's Castle|castle]], at the end of the bridge left

|Outside the castle, at the end of the bridge middle

|Outside the castle, at the end of the bridge right

|Outside the castle, in a patch of flowers to the right

|Outside the castle, at the bottom of the drained moat

|Outside the castle, in the small hedge maze

|In the basement, in front of the entrance to Lethal Lava Land

|Outside castle, left of the bridge

|Outside castle, at the bottom of the moat, but only after the moat has been drained

|Inside the room with the entrance to Jolly Roger Bay

|In the basement, in front of the entrance to Lethal Lava Land left

|In the basement, in front of the entrance to Lethal Lava Land right

|On the second floor of the castle, at the very top of the stairs

|On the second floor of the castle, in the room with the large mirror wall

|On the second floor

|Behind the castle, in the courtyard with the Boos (back flip right outside the doorway)

|In the basement, in the room where the water can be drained from the moat

|In the room with the entrance to the Bob-omb Battlefield

|In the room with the entrance to the Goomboss Battle, behind the Rec Room

|Outside the castle, on the roof

|150 Stars

|Outside the castle, over the bridge

|In the room with Whomp's Fortress

|In the courtyard with the Boos, behind the star statue

|In the basement, in the dead end, near Toad

|On the second floor of the castle, in the halls with the entrance to Tiny-Huge Island

|Near the Tick Tock Clock

|Near the entrance to Over the Rainbows

After defeating the first two Bowser levels, the player recieves keys to access the basement and second floor, respectively.

The following table displays information regarding each course, the Power Stars found within each course, and what character is required to obtain the Power Star. As stated above, when the player's coin meter reaches 100 for the first time in a particular course, a bonus [[Power Star]] appears, making a total of 8 Power Stars available in each course.

|The player has to fight King Bob-omb one last time, but this time the player must pick up and throw him. Yoshi cannot defeat him this time because he can't grab enemies.

|The player has to get onto the floating islands to collect 2 of the 8 Red Coins and get back down on land to collect the rest.  

|The player has to jump into the cottage's chimney and slide down to the end.

|The player has to carry [[Tuxie]] the baby [[Penguin]] back to her mother.

|The player has to race to get the Power Star in a limited time as fast as possible.

|As Wario, the player has to smack the ? Block in the lower level and snag the Power Flower. Then the player has to go to the [[! Switch]] below the water, press it, go into the door it opens, and then Wario has to do two Long Jumps to obtain the Power Star. The player can also somersault to the ledge as Luigi, which makes the long jumps easier.

|The player has to find and go down the Mountain's secret slide. Near a [[Fwoosh]], the player will have to leap into the wall where the coins indicate to enter the slide.

|The player needs to wall-kick, back flip or [[Flutter Jump]] to get all 8 Red Coins in the walled maze. Though difficult, the coins can be gotten as Wario utilizing a series of triple jumps.

|The player will have to take the same way from the previous star, then head for a structure with triangle platforms. After pressing the switch, the player has to make it to the top before the triangles reset and become impossible to climb.

|The player will have to blast to the highest island where a [[Chuckya]] is located. The player will have to grab the star as fast as possible.

|The player will need to use use Metal Wario to collect the 8 Red Coins in the speeding river behind the main waterfall in Hazy Maze Cave. To enter, get down to the bottom section of the cave. The player has to ride on Dorrie to gain access to a door nestled in a nook by the lake. Then the player will have to jump into the pool to enter the area and get the eight red coins to reveal the Power Star. Another star can be found using Mario. At the small island at the end of the area, the player will have to jump into the block and grab a Power Flower. Then the player has to float up, following coins, to grab another star. If the player gets sucked by the strong water current, they'll end up in the moat out front of the castle.

|The player will have to fly and collect the 8 Red Coins from the many clouds. Enter by leaping into the alcove to the right in the room with the entrances to Rainbow Ride/Tick-Tock Clock/Bowser in the Sky. Also, on the island with a cannon, the player has to grab the Wario hat. The player will have to talk to the Bob-Omb Buddy, leap in the cannon, and carefully fire Mario/Wario to the island with a Black Block. The player can also get the star by long jumping from the start to the black brick. The player must then break it and grab the Power Star. If the player falls, they will return to the lake outside the castle and do not lose a life.

|The player will have to race up the four outcroppings above the see-saws, avoiding the lava to claim the timed Star by wall-kicking up the various ledges near the Bowser warp pipe. Collect 8 Red Coins to earn another Power star.

|The player will have to race up the spinning purple spear with an [[Amp]] rotating around it to claim the timed Switch Star after hitting the switch below the Whomp. The player can also collect 8 Red Coins to grab another Power Star.

|In the Rec Room, the player will have to leap into the small painting of a sunny island. Here, the player has to grab 5 Silver Stars to earn a Power Star.

|After 50 Power Stars are secured, Glowing Rabbits randomly appear around the castle in place of ordinary ones. Eight must be grabbed to earn a Star, but they are so scarce, it's rare to find one. When playing as Yoshi, he can find six rabbits out in the front of the castle, three in front of the bridge, one in the moat, one in the flowerbed, and one in the hedge. The seventh one can be found in the basement, next to the Lethal Lava Land painting. They do not appear in the place of a rabbit unless the rabbit in question has been caught before. When the last one is caught, a key is given that unlocks the last room in the Character Selection area. Inside this room is a Power Star. If Mario, Yoshi, Luigi and Wario go in the room after the Power Star is collected, a [[Boo]] is heard laughing and Mario, Yoshi, Luigi or Wario exit the room and groan.

|The helpful Toads have snagged three stars, as the only way to get them is to talk to them. Toads with stars are: Near the entrance to the Hazy Maze Cave course; On the castle's second floor, near the painting that leads to the Tall, Tall Mountain course; And on the castle's third floor, just right of the big clock that leads to Tick Tock Clock. However, they will not give any Stars until the player has collected 25, 40, and 60 Stars, respectively.

[[File:SM64DS Dark World Star 2.png|thumb|Mario fighting Bowser in [[Bowser in the Dark World]].]]

|A giant Mr. I that hides in a secret room at the top of the mansion along with a [[Boo]]. He attacks by shooting blue flames at the player and can be defeated if the they run around him enough times.

''Super Mario 64 DS'' includes a multiplayer VS mode, which can be played with up to four players. When DS systems are connected, the host player will select a stage. Once the stage has been select, each player will compete to get the most Power Stars and Coins within the time limit. After the round is finished, the results will shown the ranks of player with the most stars and coins. If all players have the same stars, then the one with most coins wins. All players in this mode play as a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]; the first player (the host) plays as the default [[Green Yoshi|green]] Yoshi, the second player plays as [[Red Yoshi]], the third player plays as [[Blue Yoshi]], and the fourth player plays as [[Yellow Yoshi]]. Despite the color differences, each Yoshi has identical abilities, and all are able to pick up the caps of Mario, Luigi, and Wario to use the abilities of those characters. All characters are able to fly.

*The door on the top right corner of the lobby only contains two [[Princess Peach|Peach]] murals (one still leading to [[The Princess' Secret Slide]]), as well as five additional doors. The three doors with letters above them allow the player to switch between characters; the remaining door contains a [[Power Star]] and the door in the back center leads to the [[Rec Room (Super Mario 64 DS)|Rec Room]]. In the original, the room is smaller and contains three Peach murals inside it (one leading to the Secret Slide).

*Some [[Brick Block]]s are red, while others are black. Black Brick Blocks can only be broken by [[Wario]]. In the original, all [[Crate|crate]]s are brown and have cracks in them.

*[[King Boo]] claims to be [[Big Boo]].

*''[[Super Mario 64]]'' - This game is a remake of ''Super Mario 64'', [[Mario]] has the same attacks, moves and some of his voice clips in this game and Yoshi is seen on the Roof in the beginning, which is a reference to the original ''Super Mario 64'' where you can find Yoshi on the Roof if you collect 120 Power Stars and Blast yourself to the top. Also, some of Peach's voice clips were reused in this game.

*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' - All the bosses reappear in this game. Also, some of Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Wario's quotes and sounds are reused here. [[Tick-Tock Clock (race course)|Tick Tock Clock]] is now a playable course.  

*(caught by Yoshi) "You...can't...EAT...ghosts! Eee hee hee!"