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Super Mario 64 Ds
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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.
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This is not a straight port of Super Mario 64, but a complete remake of the N64's flagship title. The first thing you'll notice is the change in the controls. With no analogue stick you have to choose from a number of alternative control methods. You can move with the Control Pad, and use the buttons to run, jump and perform Mario's other moves. Alternatively you can use the Touch Screen as a 'virtual analogue stick', offering you precise control over your movements - although it is a little more fiddly than traditional analogue controls, as the 'target' that determines your movement and speed moves as you do.
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Mario 64 DS ... supports multiplayer play - off a single cartridge, no less - although this is largely just a star-collecting exercise within some constrained levels. It's fun for a short amount of time, and is at least a good demonstration of the strength of the DS's wireless connections.
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Super Mario 64 DS features a greatly diverse amount of levels to traverse and explore. You'll find yourself venturing through a battlefield, swimming with the fishes underwater, seeking supernatural spirits in a ghost house, avoiding being burned by volcanoes, and even avoiding the hands of time, among many others. Simply put, if a highly solid amount of explorable areas if what you're looking, then you've come to the right place.
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When the Nintendo DS was first revealed, Super Mario 64 DS was an early production demo. It was later confirmed as a Nintendo DS release game. In its early stages, the game was referred to as Super Mario 64x4. Early screenshots show all four characters playing at the same time, flying around with the wing cap. There is ... an early screenshot of all the characters fighting Bowser in an empty room. This isn't in the final version as there is no way of fighting Bowser using all the characters at the same time.
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