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Sonic adventure literally shows you where to go each time you enter the hub with a cutscene, and tikal tells you where to go when you interact with her

Four days late but i must say i love the thumbnail with the Bully standing on Bowser's Sub. And all three are great represenatives for their level.

I believe that, while everyone is entitled to their opinion, that includes Shigiru Myamoto, who felt that the original game had to be shipped out in an *incomplete* state. The DS rerelease was the opportunity for him to finish development at the time that would allow such an event to happen, as we all know what came of the N64 Disk Drive...

Is it possible to actually see the eel come out of the ship? Because when you go up to the top, then back down he’s already swimming around. I’m guessing no, but never really tested it.

The only real problem I had with with what you are saying around 6:40 is that this level is pretty far into the game, at least past the half way mark. People already know how to control Mario pretty well at this point. Also I’m pretty sure everyone just longed jumped to get the star, making the whole platform riding kinda useless. Heck you did it in the video as well. Anyways great vid, I do agree this level is pretty underrated.

When I was new to the game, I had trouble finding the underground lake for some reason.

I think I hit it by mistake the first time

I was wondering, was there a specific reason for making and using gameplay footage with upscaling settings for the 3D models enabled instead of the native resolution for this series?

I thought I heard the Chuck-Ya in DS Rainbow Ride wasn't in the N64 version?

I came to the DS version for the first time this week because my friend said it was the worst port Nintendo ever made... I came out loving it (although I am playing the emulated version with an analog control patch + camera on right stick). Unlocking the 3 characters was the most fun part. Finding their portraits. The new levels before them. The bosses. Luigi's mirror room to enter Wario is probably my biggest "wonder moment" I've ever had in this game. And the star behind the door in the mirror is genius and I love your story about it! Being able to play as more characters ended up being fun, but I wish you could just select any character when you enter a stage or have an easier time switching between them. It's annoying when you get to a certain challenge as Luigi and realize only Wario or Mario can do this and have to walk all the way back, so I ended up being Yoshi for most of the game, which is odd IMO. I also feel Wario's black blocks are silly and pretty arbitrary. I feel they could've found more ways to make him unique and fun to play as like Luigi without gating stars behind random blocks you have to crush. I do find the controls to be a bit more slippery and I just generally have less fun with because of that. But the new stars and changes to the levels tend to be great. Thus, the N64 version will remain the goto version for me. But the DS version is still great and ambitious, and I'm glad it's not just a straight up port like the Switch version.

I loved this game so much, my cartridge no longer reads though 😢

Loved this series, but no retrospective of SM64DS is complete without talking about the minigames! I think most of my playtime was playing those

Terrible backache, Whomp?

Wonder why some of the Tox-boxes have their Anger faces upside down in the DS port...

I gave Chief Chilly a Russian accent when I battle him!

Tick Tock Clock is still challenging for me.

I always thought you would unlock peach after unlocking the 150 stars and the 8 white rabbits

As a child, the first time I played this stage, I climbed all the way up, got the star, and only than realised I wan't meant to find that one yet. I simply didn't see the other one. My favorite stage ever since.

This video definitely made me think about the nature of nostalgia. While I’m personally not the kind of person who says that “the experiences of my generation are better,” I do think that there’s something to be said about nostalgia for our past experiences being unique for each generation of people. There won’t ever be another generation after us who knows what it’s like to experience the jump from 2D games to 3D games. I was part of that group of people who didn’t really experience what the SNES was like before my family got the N64. I was basically a baby when my older brother bought our N64 from Toys R Us (which is a memory I can vividly recall parts of). Aside from my wealth of experience playing GameBoy after the N64’s release, I never really knew what it meant to play 2D games before playing the N64. The way I see it, if each generation’s (and each individual’s) experiences with nostalgia is unique, then I think it may be a disservice to say whose version of nostalgia is better. Instead of saying which is better, we owe it as unique beings to share what our own experiences are like, and how they differ and compare with the experiences of others. Without your set of experiences, I would never know what it’s like to truly jump from 2D to 3D. But without my set of experiences, nobody who came before me nor after me would know what it was like to grow up with my first memories of video games being during the generation where that jump to 3D happened. While our experiences are similar, they are also different in some ways. And it’s the uniqueness of each of our personal perspectives that makes those perspectives so precious. There is no other person exactly like each one of us; we are all, in some way, unique beings. We should always cherish that, no matter who we are. No matter which generation we talk about.

Been enjoying this retrospective, would be cool if you checked out some of the most popular romhacks for SM64 too. Considering you said you didn't feel any "negative aura" from the game at all (neither did I growing up), your take on B3313 would be fun.

Great seeing some love for Wet-dry World. I adored that stage as a youngster, and it just doesn’t get the love I feel it deserves. Mostly because of the "bad vibes" meme.

Well. This series earned you a sub from me. Good work, wanna see more.

8:00 The funny thing about that... Is for the N64 and PSX those are the only home consoles I played and did not own nore did my best friend own... Which I discoved Super mario 64 and the N64 when getting a stadrad hearing check for a kid of may age in thee out clinic part of the biggest childerns hospital here in Jax Floirda my home town and the largest mega cities today if you use what Jaxians say is Jax is like almost 200 nmiles from center... Much less back then in the early '00s... Their it was a mario game on a home console that is different to the NES my grandma had from theifting that I played Duck hunt on well before I could speek at age 4 because of autism... And the Lobby was enmpy so I picked up a normal N64 control and played SM64 and N64 for the first time! Now played 3D PC games before like Lego Island but this was much different it was in 3rd person and din't have basic dugeon crawler movement! And SM64 being SM64 it fault natraul ofcorse me having the right stuff as a born master all games gamer makes all games look like that but arma 3 as I never got good at that... Or VR as I get very wobbly when moviuing in VR by the stick... So yeah I don't think home consoles will ever have that same kind of reach again...

So glad the algorithm decided to recommend your OG Lethal Lava Land video during my Christmas break! Ended up watching the whole series up to that point out of order through "Guess I'll check out just one more", and after that I was of course morally obligated to subscribe. Great series! I never actually knew Mario 64 DS was controversial during my childhood, though, I only realized that after seeing discussions on the Internet. To me it was just "Mario 64 with more stuff, but stuck on a handheld device."

Like i said, this one machine guns items at. "Wow you're an honest person. Im gunna give you all the items you can carry" racks in, *doof, doof, doof*

This was a nice retrospective on the DS version! I know Sunshine is gonna be quite the layered topic in its own right, but I am curious if you ever plan on tackling Eclipse at any point despite it being a mod.

That completely white void in the mirror room was my favourite one as a kid, can't put into words why exactly I love the whole concept, but I love it

I think you missed a secret star in the video? In Wing Mario Over The Rainbow there's a second secret star in a black brick block that only Wario can break.

One of the small issues I had with the N64 version was that it didn't tell you which secret stars you collected - you could be at 14 secret stars and you'd be running around everywhere trying to find the last one. This is an even bigger problem with the secret star count doubled in the DS version, so it might be a good idea to write down which secret stars are collected.

I'm surprised you didn't comment how Dire Dire Docks is the only level that lets you combine two hats. You can be metal and invisible at the same time. As a kid, this was something I wished the game had played with more. I wanted to at least complete the set with a metal, invisible, flying Mario.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone upload videos on a topic with the same level of frequency as you do without suffering for it. You’ve done comprehensive videos on both Mario 64 and the DS remake.

Idk how you make these videos so fast but I enjoy watching these on my lunch breaks lol

It was truly a plesure watching it all. Thank you for the Journey

What a journey, I'm really happy to have been here for so much of it. Can't wait to see what you do next!

Honestly, the character levels and new secret levels push the DS over the N64 version for me. Most of the normal levels are marginally better on one or the other, but getting more use out of the slide room and the mirror room in the castle is awesome, and the character levels are fantastic. Both are fantastic games though, and deserve the love they get.

Not gonna lie, Mario Party being a multiplayer game is such a weird concept to me. And this is purely due to the fact that I only ever had Mario Party DS, which was a great singleplayer experience. Couple this with the fact that I never had any friends to play with to begin with, and I kinda wish more Mario Party’s had a story mode.

Guys honestly this was not about Mario 64, this was a heavy psychology lesson regarding nostalgia. Good job brother!

I never had a DS, but the OG Mario 64 was and is one of my favorite games of all time. I still have my original cart from X-Mas 1996. I appreciate your vids and now I might need to eBay shop for a DS...

Nah, they legit should just remake some sonic games. But I think if they remake this game, (maybe just call it a sequel on main console. Keep Yoshi, Wario and Luigi. Tweak them b then PERCECT

I foresee the algorithm blessing you friend, keep it up

Do Diddy Kong Racing 64 then the DS version and compare whats changed :D

This is the most consistant quality and well viewed series about Mario 64 + 64DS I've seen in a while, doesn't have someone screaming in my face. It's just opinion and critical thinking, can't wait for more content from you! Happy 2025!

12:46 NSMBDS actually did this for the Ghost House levels.

So freaking long, gay Bowser. No wait, it's the DS version... Buh bye.

Bro, you earned my subscribe, 1000%!

Great games, great videos.

This is one of my favorite stages. I love it! I still think all of these stars (aka 5/6) should count on the made-worse-by-kicking-you-out list, though. You say it's to give the new players plenty of chances to learn the mechanics. But, If you've proven you can get that far up the clock you shouldn't get punished for picking up a star. Chances are you'll fall anyway on the way to the next star. Just let that be in the player's hands. Imagine it didn't kick you out, you collect the stars on the way to top, you feel good like you made permanent progress for getting that far, then you continue exploring. If you fall, you no longer have to worry about getting them again. Plus, the higher you get the less likely a fall results in a complete restart of the level. (I just played it in Render 96, died around 10 times, fell even more often, but it feels soooo good just continuing to move along after getting a star.) These 5 stars up the clock aren't off far off the main path. It's easy to get back to the main path unlike some other challenges in the game (like the next level). A restart of the entire level is worse than a 10 second backtrack. Finally, you say getting kicked out forces you to interact with the clock speed more. But, again, if you're new, you will die plenty anyway, so much so that the 5 forced kickouts will be a small percentage of it. And a pro player won't need to interact with the clock anyway and can choose to exit the level on their own if they want to change it. I also feel like there could be a way to control the speed while you're inside the level like the water level in Wet Dry World. Anyway this is a great series of videos, good work!

Sonic fan here, and you're absolutely correct, I don't think there's a single one of us who won't admit that 3D sonic's been off the rails constantly for a few decades. As for where it went off the rails, that's always up for debate. I still think Heroes was the first major stumbling block, Shadow failed to course correct (as much as I love that game, it's objectively not good) and *_06 never happened._*

Great work 👏

Luigi backflips can get blast to the piller too