Prerelease:Super Mario 64 DS

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Super Mario 64 DS.

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? Notes: There are more trailers, demo videos/photos, and screenshots. Comparisons also need to be done.

To do: Note for the future: in a/the E3 2004 version of the castle, the castle brick texture is similar to the one in the SM64 patent model, and the windows are from the SM64 Shoshinkai 1995 demo. More screenshots via The Mushroom Kingdom https://themushroomkingdom.net/media/sm64ds/ss Takuhiro Dota interview This Youtube playlist contains lots of undocumented stuff: The pipes seen on the minimap in this video. The floating island seen in this video. Early Chain Chomp seen in this video. Early box textures seen in this video Skybox that spell E3 seen in this video Button prompt when fighting King Bob-Bomb seen in this video Early red coins model seen in this video Unused multiplayer platform found in final game was used during E3 2004 as seen in this video The pipes seen in the Bowser room's minimap could be mentionned

Early Development

Aging Card NTR Screenshot

To do: retake comparison screenshots with mario in same position as early screenshot

Super Mario 64	NTR Debug Cartridge	Super Mario 64 DS Final

Version 1.0 of the Aging Card NTR debug cartridge uses an early screenshot of Super Mario 64 DS in some of its tests.

The cannon's platform seems to be missing like in the E3 1996 version of the Nintendo 64 original, while the textures of the dirt, grass, and distant cliff appear to be much closer to their N64 counterparts. The sky texture seems to be completely different and more cartoony, and has a similar cloud formation to the sky background used in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart DS.

Aging Card NTR v1.0 is dated August 18, 2004, however this screenshot is clearly from a build prior to the E3 2004 ones.

2004

May

E3 2004

At E3 2004, the game was announced, materials were released to the press, and a demo was playable on the show floor.

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Press Release

Super Mario 64x4: The landscape and the characters all look familiar. This is the opening castle area of Super Mario 64™, only with a few DS twists thrown in. Up to four players can link up using the wireless capabilities. Players move familiar characters like Mario™, Luigi, Yoshi® and Wario™ around the 3-D landscape, exploring and looking for stars. While one screen shows the player’s character position, the other provides an overall map of the area. Touch a spot on the screen to pop the camera over to another player’s position, or to take a close-up look at the castle.

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This seems to be an earlier build than the show floor demo - unlike in that, the trees are the wrong height here. The back of the castle is also accessible, much like an early revision of Peach's Castle from Super Mario 64 as seen in a Nintendo patent.

Show Floor Video

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Show Floor Demo

Footage

• IGN (re-encode by IGN on YouTube)
• Micromania
• Kikizo (re-encode by Ambiance on YouTube)
• June 14, 2004, midnight report on Japanese TV channel "MTV" (re-encode by kukun kun, tiny bit of footage at 21:33)
• E3 Access 2004 (re-encode by ArchivesGameCubeTrailers) (lossless clip by mariomadproductions)

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October

Video

To do: Use a properly taken image

(Source: supermario64x4_gp2_free.wmv)

• Bob-Omb Squad minigame uses different textures for the wall and ground, with the latter being grass instead of sand.
• A black Wario brick was blocking the entrance of the pyramid in Shifting Sand Land:

Issue 148 of the Nintendo Official Magazine UK released in January 2005 had a DVD (Internet Archive link) that showed multiple games. One video (VTS_01_1.VOB) show a preview of the game. This file contains a slightly shorter version of "supermario64x4_gp2_free.wmv" that was circulating on the internet that has sound. This version is missing the Bob-Omb Squad minigame section.

November

To do: Physical US version manual and downloadable European manual from the Nintendo website have been checked. Check the others.

Page 23 of the manual has a screenshot featuring different Silver Star icons on the Touch Screen.

To do: Add a screenshot from final, and check if rabbit location matches any (of any color) in the final game.

On Page 32, the first page of the Minigames section, there is a screenshot featuring an early rabbit design. The inside of its ears are black instead of white, and its fur is a purple color that is does not appear in the final game.

(Page 22 screenshot discovery: Super Mario Wiki)