Dare I say, I think this one is better than the original Mario 64 in almost every aspect.
The new content is good, the minigames are great, the extra characters are a welcome addition and Luigi is just straight up broken lol. Seriously, you can skip so many platforming challenges with that bastard, it's hilarious.
People like to say that this one is worse than the original because of the controls, and while I do agree that this game should be played with an analog stick instead of a D-pad, I never felt it was that big of an issue. To me this game plays just fine with the D-pad, I never felt like the game was unplayable or the levels were too hard this time because of it.
Sure, doing tricks (Especially sideflips) with these controls is harder, and specifically in the latter half of the game, the D-pad can be an issue with so many precise platforming sections, but by that point I was already used to it. I played this game recently on an emulator (Since I no longer have a DS and I could not get the game for my 3DS) to make sure I wasn't just wearing nostalgia goggles... I actually had a lot of fun even now all these years later!
I did play with a pro controller but I used the pro controller's D-pad to move just to keep it authentic. Is it the same as playing with the tiny DS D-pad? Idk but I still didn't really care about the difference that much, it was still Mario 64 but better.
Overall, I recommend this one after having experienced the original. I genuinely believe that this one is just a better version of that game, with the downside of less accurate controls and kind of ugly graphics; I will always defend it for as long as I live.
The new content is good, the minigames are great, the extra characters are a welcome addition and Luigi is just straight up broken lol. Seriously, you can skip so many platforming challenges with that bastard, it's hilarious.
People like to say that this one is worse than the original because of the controls, and while I do agree that this game should be played with an analog stick instead of a D-pad, I never felt it was that big of an issue. To me this game plays just fine with the D-pad, I never felt like the game was unplayable or the levels were too hard this time because of it.
Sure, doing tricks (Especially sideflips) with these controls is harder, and specifically in the latter half of the game, the D-pad can be an issue with so many precise platforming sections, but by that point I was already used to it. I played this game recently on an emulator (Since I no longer have a DS and I could not get the game for my 3DS) to make sure I wasn't just wearing nostalgia goggles... I actually had a lot of fun even now all these years later!
I did play with a pro controller but I used the pro controller's D-pad to move just to keep it authentic. Is it the same as playing with the tiny DS D-pad? Idk but I still didn't really care about the difference that much, it was still Mario 64 but better.
Overall, I recommend this one after having experienced the original. I genuinely believe that this one is just a better version of that game, with the downside of less accurate controls and kind of ugly graphics; I will always defend it for as long as I live.