Super Mario 64 DS 2004

Is it still worth playing?

Nintendo's 2004 platformer for the Nintendo DS, an enhanced remake of Super Mario 64 in which, as before, Princess Peach has to be rescued from Bowser. You start as Yoshi and gain Mario, Luigi and Wario as the story progresses, controlling four characters through 3D courses, each with special maneuvers of its own. The remake has new courses, items and Power Stars, with 150 stars in the game, though not all are required to finish it. Each course is an enclosed world where you are free to wander and discover the environment without a time limit, inhabited by hostile enemies and by friendly creatures who help or ask for help. On the touch screen, an overhead map shows your course and item locations, and virtual buttons rotate the camera. There is still more than one way to explore each course, with four characters who each have their own moves.