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| Super Mario 64 DS is a remake of the 7-year-old classic for the
Nintendo 64. Super Mario 64 is scheduled to be released on November 21st 2004 along with the Release of the Nintendo DS. The graphics of Super Mario 64 DS are now clearer and sharper than the N64 Version of the Game. That also means that this is the first handheld made by Nintendo to have 3d graphics. In Super Mario 64 DS there will be 2 ways to control the actions of your characters. First you can use the D-pad to control the characters but the d-pad only gives you a usual walk and you have to press and hold down the y button. You can also use the touchscreen as an analog controller. In analog mode, a circle appears and you use your thumb with the Nintendo DS Thumbstrap to imitate the analog stick. The touch screen will also be used to control the camera angle. The main difference between Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS is that Super Mario 64 DS has four playable Characters instead of just Mario. Throughout the game, you can now play as Mario, Yoshi, luigi, and Wario. Also there aren't going to be a lot of Super Mario 64's original caps, or hats that the characters were in the game. They have been replaced by character specific abilities. Mario is the original playable Character in Super Mario 64 and still has his old moves but he also has his new power-up ability. It allows Mario to inflate like a balloon (which happens to be similar to the P-Balloon from Super Mario World) and float for a short time. Luigi is another classic character that has his usual ability to jump extra high. Wario is the evil counterpart to Mario and is the big yellow guy. Warios special ability is like Super Mario 64's Metal Cap. Wario can break through barriers and walls that other characters have to find away around. Yoshi is got to be the most well rounded character in the game. Yoshi has his usual flutter jump to get him higher in the air and his tongue. Yoshi can throw out his extra long tongue to catch and eat enemys. Hen Yoshi catches and eats an enemy, it gets turned into an egg that follows behind Yoshi and can be used to throw at other enemies. But yoshi's exclusive ability is like the invisibility cap from Super Mario 64 and the ability to breathe fire. Super Mario 64 DS is actually a sequel to the N64's original Super Mario 64. Mario saved the princess and now hosts parties around the castle. As a party is about to start with only Mario, princess Peach, luigi, and wario there, bowser traps them all in the castle. Apparently, Yoshi is still on the roof and fell asleep out of boredom. When he wake up, he finds himself alone in the palace. So he sets out to search for the others. Throughout the game yoshi will use various character caps to gain the look and abilities of that character for a short time. Even some of the goals are character specific meaning that Yoshi has to use the character caps to get certain stars, or objects you need to collect to finish the game. Also instead of there being 120 stars in the game there are now 150 stars. Some of the new goals are that you have to collect MIPS rabbits. There are also more levels that were added to the game to make it more interesting to play. There is the land of mysterious floating platforms, A level composed of lakes of purple slime, and a level of a tropical town that resembles the main town from Super Mario Sunshine. It even has tropical music from Super Mario Sunshine playing in the background. One of the new bosses is a mutated goomba named goomboss. There are now minigames being added to the game. The minigames are divided up into four categories with 9 mini Games in each category. One Category for each character. Mario's games are an action-oriented set of games and are similar to the games of WarioWare. They include Mario Slides, Sort or 'splode, Bounce and trounce, bounce and pounce, trampoline time, shuffle shell, connect the characters, trampoline terror, and shell smash. Yoshi's set of games are the most friendly set of games and they are Wanted!, Loves Me?, Hide and boo seek, Puzzle Panel, Boom Box, Tox Box Shuffle, Which Wiggler?, Mix-a-jug and Puzzle Panic. Yoshi's are mostly puzzle type games. Wario's games are focus on what the Miscreant loves most, cash and destruction. The games are as follows, bob-omb squad, snowball slalom, Bingo Ball, Coincertration. Psyche out, Slot Shot, Lakitu Launch, Intense Coincentration, and Giant snowball slalom. Luigi has a set of casino like games to entice the gamers, and these games are Memory Math, Pair a Game, Picture Poker, Mushroom Roulette, Mario slot, Lucky Stars, Pair a game and on, Memory Master, and Super Mario Slot. So from the 36 minigames that this game is to have, there will be many happy hours of minigames to come. Nintendo decided to add multiplayer to the new version of Super Mario 64 and they did. On the title screen, there is no more grab and stretch Mario, a grab and stretch drawing of Yoshi have replaced it. You can clear the screen and send messages to other players just like pictochat. The game is also is Download link compatible. That means players can play multiplayer with just one game pak almost just like Mario kart super circuit. The way that multiplayer games are played is the players race to collect the most stars. You can either run and jump and grab the star or, my favorite way, to attack the other plyers and steal there stars. There will be many multiplayer levels and no just the castle courtyard like was shown at this years E3. In the end this game will be a hit even with gamers that have not played the original Super Mario 64. |
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