| System |
Nintendo 64 |
| Developer |
Nintendo |
| Genre |
3D Platformer |
Peach has baked a cake for Mario. When he arrives, it turns out Bowser has kidnapped Peach and stolen the Power Stars. Mario must head into mysterious painting worlds to retrieve the Power Stars if he is to break Bowser's spell.
Collect Power Stars to unlock the doors in Peach's Castle and reach new levels. Each stage has six Power Stars to collect. Defeat a boss, win a race, find 8 Red Coins, or just find one that has been hidden.
Mario has a huge range of new moves to help him move around in 3D. He can long jump, triple jump, backflip and wall kick. He can stomp, punch, kick, grab, throw and pound enemies. The new Wing, Vanish and Metal Caps temporarily give Mario special abilities.
A remake of Super Mario 64 with all-new gameplay features, characters and touch screen controls. Mario, Luigi, Wario and Yoshi have to work together to find the Power Stars. You start out as Yoshi and have to rescue the other heroes. Before you find them, you can wear hats in order to transform into the other characters and use their special abilities.
There are a few new levels, bonus rooms and boss battles in the game, increasing the number of available Power Stars from 120 to 150. Catching rabbits during the Adventure also unlocks touch screen minigames for that character in the "Rec Room".
Super Mario 64 DS also features a multiplayer battle mode where up to four players can connect wirelessly to fight for Power Stars in arenas from the game.
Nintendo 64 Version
Nintendo DS Version
The rabbit you can find in Peach's Castle basement is called MIPS. He is named after MIPS Technologies, a subdivision of the Silicon Graphics company that developed the Nintendo 64 processor. The rabbit was a test model for the Super Mario 64 engine when the game was in early development.
3D Series
