You may not be convinced that dual-screen, touch-screen gaming is "the future" after playing Super Mario 64 DS, but at least Nintendo offers up some genuinely creative and enjoyable ideas to ...

As we've mentioned in our previous looks, Super Mario 64 DS offers three different control configurations--standard, touch, and dual hand--which you can switch at any time in the pause menu.

However, Super Mario 64 DS still made touch controls useful at points. For example, the stylus allowed me to navigate narrow and more intricate paths. Photo: Ana Diaz for Polygon.

Super Mario 64, the genre-defining Nintendo 64 classic, arrives on the Nintendo DS with all-new features that take full advantage of the new portable system's dual screens, touch screen and ...

The all-time classic is back – and better than ever! Super Mario 64 DS is the perfect showcase for the power of Nintendo DS, with touch sensitive control, dual screen gameplay and slick 3D graphics.

What Super Mario 64 DS does well is show-off some of the capabilities of Nintendo's coveted handheld. Specifically, that this remake outdoes its predecessor in terms of technical achievement-yes ...

Mario 64 DS puts on a great show from a graphical standpoint. This time around, the character models have an increased poly count that makes them look much, much better than the eight-year-old N64 ...

Super Mario 64 DS review. All right, ... The genius move in this instance is to use SM64 as something of a Trojan Horse to showcase the touch-screen capabilities of the DS.

Super Mario 64 DS was as decent a redux as one could hope for in 2004.It prettied up the original and added a few new twists for those who replayed the original ad nauseam. There was just one ...

Welcome to the Super Mario 64 DS wiki. Focus Reset. ... Sporting a new style of control—touch control—Mario is back, and now with a host of friends with unique abilities.

What's the first thing you do when you boot up Super Mario 64? ... The touch-screen method is much better. ... Super Mario 64 DS is out now in the US and will be released in the UK in the spring.