This is really one of the biggest advantages to playing Super Mario 64 DS over the original, that the game features so much more content than the Nintendo 64 version. As Yoshi finds & rescues his friends you get access to their special abilities opening up the path to even more Power Stars. This was worked into the story by explaining that Mario, Luigi and Wario were all tricked by Bowser and now found themselves trapped inside of Peach’s Castle. While the original game had you solely wearing Mario’s cap throughout the adventure on the DS you would also take control of Yoshi, Wario and (finally) Luigi on your quest to recover all the Power Stars. Super Mario 64 DS launched alongside the DS and quickly became one of the system’s best-selling games cementing the legacy of Mario’s 1st 3D adventure.īut despite both being launch games for new, innovative systems both Super Mario 64 and 64 DS were actually quite fundamentally different. The Nintendo DS needed a game that would show off just how different this system was from the Game Boy line with its almost purely 2D visuals so what better game to showcase than the poster-boy for 3D gameplay. In 2004 Nintendo was hoping to supplement their Game Boy Advance line of handhelds with a new, more powerful gaming system that would give players a brand new way to play. Super Mario 64 DS was also tasked with launching a brand new piece of Nintendo hardware though under vastly different circumstances. Camera controls, large open world, full 360° control and gameplay that takes advantage of all axis’ of movement were all things that Super Mario 64 thought us how to do, and when these gameplay elements are merged with Nintendo’s high-end quality control standards, refined gameplay and presentation you had the recipe for an instant classic. While 3D games weren’t all that new never before had gone into the third dimension so masterfully and many of the elements that we still enjoy in modern 3D platformers were established in Super Mario 64. When it was released back in September of 1996, Super Mario 64 was an absolute revolution. But if you want to play it today, what’s the best way to do so? Both of these games helped launch new Nintendo hardware, each of which featured brand new control methods for the gaming world at large and its no doubt the Super Mario 64 is one of the best games ever made. For this first installment we’ll be looking at the Nintendo 64 classic Super Mario 64 and its remake for the Nintendo DS. In this set of articles we’ll be comparing the two titles directly and try to determine if the remake actually improved on the original release or if you should stick to the original release. Welcome everyone to the first installment in our series of grudge matches between an original game and its remake.
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