A launch title as a remake of a launch title 8 years later!
~Introduction~
This game is
a launch title for the revolutionary Nintendo DS, however it is really
a remake of another launch title for the also revolutionary (for 1996-2001)
Nintendo 64. Both veteran gamers to the N64 version and newer ones for
this will absolutely love this game!
~Story~ 10/10
Princess Toadstool
Peach is inviting Mario, Luigi, Wario for a party at her castle, with cake!
Who could resist this wonderful chance for some awesome cake and a tour
of Peach's massive castle? So the trio set out for this party, while Yoshi
is snoozing atop the castle, unaware of what is going on or is going to
happen! Later Yoshi awakens, and Lakitu informs him that Mario and his
friends have been missing for a long time. This is not good! It's up to
Yoshi (for now) to investigate the castle and save his buddies!
~Gameplay~ 7/10
The 4 heroes
explore a fully 3D world. Their home base- where they begin and enter different
worlds, is of course, the princess' castle. They enter worlds in a quite
unique fashion- by jumping into paintings! Each world has several Power
Stars, which the heroes use to open new doors and areas. There are 150
in all, however they don't need all of them to finish the game. Now for
the bad parts: the controls and the camera. You see, since the game was
developed for the N64, which uses a control stick, when they ported this
to the DS, it's the same world all right, in full 3D, but the DS uses a
control pad, and my fingers have been hurting from trying too hard to move
around since the stick is a light push or pull while the pad is a press.
However this has been fixed by adding a dash button (Y). You can also use
the Touch Screen to be original. I also hated the camera. A lot of the
time when I tried to move the camera via L, it would go "bibib" which means
I can't do it, so the camera would always end up in the wrong place and
I would die or get hurt!
~Graphics~ 9/10
The graphics
are a giant leap from the N64 version. They are very beautiful. Later DS
games have better graphics, but since this is the first one, it deserves
to get a 9 for graphics.
~Sound~ 10/10
Beautiful revamped
sound from the N64 version, and now there are even more sounds with 3 more
characters and abilities.
~Version Differences~
10/10
There are many
differences, and I plan on including a lot of the major ones. First of
all, we have 3 more characters and the story is gigantically changed from
the N64. The Touch Screen is available for use as one of the game modes.
Now that there are 4 characters that all have a special ability from special
flowers: Mario can inflate to a balloon and float, Luigi can be invisible,
Wario can be metal, and Yoshi can breathe fire. Each character also has
an ability they have without the boxes: Luigi can float after a backflip,
Yoshi can swallow and flutter jump, Wario can break heavy things, and Mario
can wall jump. Since the game has a pad, you use Y to dash. There are 150
Stars, 30 more than the original's 120. In the N64, after getting all Stars
you could go on the roof where Yoshi is, and he would give you 100 lives
and a special triple jump, but since Yoshi is now playable, it has been
deleted. Each character except Yoshi also has a cap in stages. Anyone can
get any cap except their own and have all of the cap owner's characteristics
except their voice. One room has 4 doors in it; 3 are character rooms where
the characters switch out if they have the key for the door. The last one
is a special door opened with a key from some rabbits and has a Star the
first time you enter; after that it has a bunch of Boos and they chase
you out. To enter the castle, Yoshi has to catch a rabbit, which has the
key to the castle. There are now 36 minigames that you get keys for from
rabbits. There is DS Download Play, which is a highly updated version of
Link Play on the GBA. DS Download Play is the multiplayer aspect of the
game.
~Lasting Appeal~
10/10
This game will
last you a long time. With 150 stars, you'll get a great kick out of the
game. With the mutiplayer function, you'll also want to keep playing, now
with friends!
~Conclusion~
This game is
nothing less than the original, but everything more! Anybody will get to
love this game, and yet, with the minor flaws, everything overrules them,
and so it deserves a 10/10.
Rating: 10/10
Game Release: Super Mario 64 DS (US, 11/21/04)
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