So when I finished Mario 64 on the VC a few months ago, or was it like a year ago? I can't remember. Anyway, when I finished it, got all 120 stars, I said to myself "Good. Now I dont have to touch Mario 64 again for another 10 years. Unless the DS version comes out on the VC, then I'll just have to 100% that one too."
So here it is. It's out now. I bought it. I have 30 stars now. I'm stuck.
However, the controls and tightness are completely lost in this version. The lack of precision with the control stick is a downer. The inability to move the camera with the stick too sucks. You have to use the tiny buttons on the touch screen. And you can't even remap any controls so I keep trying to crouch or long jump with the menu button. And since you have to run manually (Couldn't they make an exception where the stick will walk normally when less than halfway tilted and act as if the run button is pressed when all the way tilted? It's not that hard! And it wouldn't need any recoding of the game.) it's hard to also use Yoshi's tongue move. And I keep forgetting which button is for punching with Mario. Oh, and that stupid feature where the character keeps walking in one direction even after I switch directions and walks off cliffs and shit when I don't want him to.
This is gonna be more frustrating than the 64 version was which had a tiny delay that was enough to throw me and my 20 year old muscle memory off.
Other than that, I'm having fun. I don't remember a lot from this version. So there's a lot to discover again. All the changes are nice to see and it makes it feel like a different game in many ways. But those quirks really can be problems sometimes.
After I finish this, I might buy Mario Kart DS.
