Super Mario 64 DS begins when Lakitu flies down to Peach's castle, holding a camcorder on a fishing hook. Mario jumps out of a pipe in the castle grounds, soon followed by Luigi and Wario, who have secretly seen the letter. They rush to the castle, leaving Yoshi dozing on the castle roof (which incidentally was ... where he was in the original Super Mario 64). Lakitu wakes Yoshi up (who somehow has ended up in front of the castle, probably taken there by Lakitu) and tells him that Mario, Luigi, and Wario have not returned. Yoshi dashes into the castle only to find the doors locked. After retrieving a key from a yellow rabbit, he enters to find out from a nearby Toad that Bowser has kidnapped the princess and that he has stolen the Power Stars and is using them to create worlds inside the castle paintings for his minions.