Pro SM64 speedrunner finally beats the DS version

After speedrunning Super Mario 64 120 Stars for a countless amount of hours, I finally beat Super Mario 64 DS Version. Here is how I did it!
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After recieving a bunch of very nice comments on my first Super Mario 64 DS Version Speedrun Reaction, I decieded to check out the game myself instead of reacting to the TAS World Record. The Super Mario 64 OST is awesome and I love doing the Mario 64 minigames! Super Mario 64 Professional Speedrunner "Simply" finally beats and speedruns the Super Mario 64 DS Edition.

[@totalphantasm]

Mario DS let’s people who are good at 64 experience what 64 feels like to normal people

[@Squiddy-go1du]

True. I grew up with the DS version and when I got the 3D all stars, I couldn’t play it.

[@shadesoftime]

@@Squiddy-go1du yeah, the controls in sm64ds are really good fpr a 3d platformer on a system without a stick, the thing that makes people think it's much inferior is muscle memory, they try to do the same stuff as with n64 but it just works different in some ways

[@Lokear]

@@shadesoftime As someone who grew up with neither, and played both for the first time recently, I hate the controls of both :)

[@shadesoftime]

@@Lokear kind of true, but sm64 still controls very well for a 1996 game

[@robertwyatt3912]

@@Lokear yeah sm64 in general kind of sucks

[@cornbreadbutcringey5723]

watching this grown man struggle to play a game i 100%-ed as a child is legitimately so funny

[@sonicXstarhedgehog]

Agreed xd And I can say I played the N64 version on an ACTUAL N64 when I was a child.

[@SegularRpork]

@Boy? I don’t quite think that’s possible my friend.

[@memetech-]

11:40 has some words

[@thomasstewart9752]

this was the first game I 100% completed. the secret is to avoid playing as mario as much as possible.

[@lolyakable]

ONG game is called Super MARIO 64 DS but Mario is the shittiest one to play with

[@alexdoll4258]

Wario*

[@Not_Astrocat]

I remember when I played this I just went full on Yoshi It was easier to switch caps on the level to the character I wanted rather than going all the way to the room with the keys

[@Schoko4craft]

This was also the first game I almost did 100%. The problem was that I was missing one 'secret star' and after like 30 more hours i just gave up. I lost the game at one point and never found out which star I didn't find

[@matthewtieu7051]

@@Schoko4craft Did you catch the white rabbits? I think you need to catch 9 of them to unlock a secret star.

[@Not_Astrocat]

Simply gambles his life away inside a Nintendo game "I can quit anytime" he says as he increases his bet for the millionth time.

[@dionlackey798]

Lol

[@hexicalcat4937]

Surprised no one told him to do the secret stars, especially the one in the mini game room, there a painting and it’s a beach level with with isle Delfino music, kind of a sunshine Easter egg

[@illdie314]

I loved that level as a kid!

[@EmanueleX]

he did that in part 1 i believe

[@illdie314]

​@@EmanueleX nah, if he did play it its not included in the video at least

[@That-Guppy]

Now it's time for him to play Super Mario 63

[@sahanboydl]

He did do some of the secret stars, like the one in the wario painting room where its white everywhere

[@IndyGibb]

If I have a gambling addiction some day I am blaming Luigi.

[@reesegraham3743]

Characters are like difficulty settings. I'd like to see him go through the game as Wario as much as possible without switching.

[@bend7726]

Thats like pure pain and suffering 😅

[@3three3three3three]

​@@bend7726just kick some enemies into the skybox and your joy will return

[@DonnieTelLol]

Luigi: easy Yoshi: medium Mario: hard Wario: very hard

[@robthk]

@@3three3three3three that or,just throw signs by doing the punch input from behind one or bury them into the ground with a groundpound,yes,this is a thing Wario can do,why?...good question,I don't think you use any of that in a level (maybe ground pounding a sign was used like once in one of the castle sections??? idk),but young me just loved doing those two things to the signs outside the castle to the point I would exclusively open SM64 DS just for that alone lol

[@3three3three3three]

@@robthk haha i totally forgot you could do that. i wish i still had that game

[@mmp5453]

“they added a simply cap” 💀

[@alegame135]

the only 3d game where yoshi resived the appreciation he needs

[@TheNomad94]

*received

[@StockpileThomas1]

@@TheNomad94 Pretty sure it's resived mate

[@officernealy]

The Dichotomy of Man: *"Super Mario 64 DS is Baby Mode!"* & *"Super Mario 64 DS is hard because of the controls!"*

[@KaitouKaiju]

The level design was dumbed down to accommodate the dogshit controls

[@EWOODJ]

Git gud

[@karter3013]

“Weren’t you supposed to be good at Mario” 💀

[@zaneheaston8254]

Where did you learn to fly

[@Decahexima]

@@zaneheaston8254 Tower of the Wing Cap

[@neutroblack3321]

I lost it at the Wario jump dive pause screen in BBH lmaoo

[@francissanto12]

same💀💀

[@MarioJaker]

This really captured the 64 DS experience. Delight mixed with absolute rage at the controls and physics.

[@user-zm4ro7yh4e]

and the WHY IS YOSHI THE MAIN CHARACTER?

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

@@user-zm4ro7yh4e Would have been better if u can select what character you'll play at the start, and if u want to play other characters, you gotta collect specific amount of stars for each character that you want to play as.

[@Gamebuilder2000]

​@@user-zm4ro7yh4ebecause he's awesome

[@zekcide]

@@user-zm4ro7yh4ewhy not🤷

[@ZeroDividedByZero]

Am I really the only one who never had problems with the controls? Was I that good?

[@jario9]

oh my god I was stuck at 149 stars for years as a kid I could never figure out where the last star was and even as I got older I would check all the secrets and see where I missed a star, today I found out the star I was missing was at 9:50 I have finally complete Mario 64 ds after nearly 20 years

[@CosmosSurfer]

I was also stuck at 149 since I was a kid. Then in college my roommate figured out which one I missed and I finally got it

[@StarClay666]

I am missing one secret star too. No idea where it is. I have been looking at all secret stars walkthroughs and every time I basically conclude that I have all of them, but somewhere hides a star. When I die I will turn into a ghost with the shape of 9 year old me wanting to find the last star to rest in piece.

[@Andypatino7612]

I'm also stuck with 149 stars to do this day and kept going through the secret stars video over and over again and still couldn't find it.

[@jakeb6043]

The only star I was unable to get was the one behind the secret door in the character room with Mario, Luigi etc. I could never find the sparkling bunny to get the key. Did you find that bunny and get that star?

[@Andypatino7612]

@@jakeb6043 I did & I did that because I believed my cousin who told me to do that in order to fight a king rabbit with a rocket launcher to unlock Waluigi. I had a feeling it was a bit off but I did it and got the star instead.

[@guestb8389]

Such an enjoyable time. Wario got some exercise, Luigi did all the work, Yoshi threw his own children, and Mario turned into Simply.

[@RegalPixelKing]

The extra content in this version of the game is actually really cool, it's the best thing about this remake. That, and the 3D models looks much nicer than the N64 version in spite of it running on weaker hardware. Not the mention all of the mini games, I spent hours wasting the day away with all that bonus content. This game controls like ass though in comparison to the original N64 version. I would love a definitive version that adds proper 360 degree movement with mechanics matching the N64 version of the game like the wall kicks and momentum.

[@Timdeenter]

I like how the characters look how they’re supposed to

[@CuantumQ]

If you have a modded 3DS, you can use a cheat code to unlock 360 degree movement with the circle pad that takes into account how far you're pushing it. That's how I've been playing 64DS

[@emmanuelguerreronavarro1973]

19:15 Many years ago I had read a theory that Yoshi is actually the protagonist of SM64DS, and the whole adventure was a dream (This game starts with him sleeping).

[@Lerker2000]

I feel like this was only hard for Simply *because* he has a million hours in SM64. I 100%ed SM64 at age 8 and 100%ed this game at age 13 and I don't remember having any issue with the controls or anything. Although to be fair, he isn't playing with Yoshi much and I always thought Yoshi was OP in SM64DS.

[@ppowersteef]

Examples like diving mid-air and centering the camera behind in the Bowser courses really shows there. I had a harder time going through the original game.

[@thogameskanaal]

19:08 they changed it so the cutscenes would make more sense with four characters. Since Yoshi's the only one not invited for the Cake, Peach calls his name to let him know he's welcome, too. Pretty clever reuse is assets I'd say.

[@lbomb1121]

There’s actually more tech you can do while playing as fat Mario. If you wanna see it all, look up “Mario inflation” and you’ll get the wiki page for it

[@sulestial356]

Oh I fuckin know where that goes.

[@showalk]

I kinda hate how so many people are dismissing design changes for playing on the D-pad as being "for babies."

[@HELLOspaceHELLO]

3:40 "Poker is the worst fucking game that's all I'm saying" Spends the past week doing sponsored poker streams LOL

[@Thoast_]

Mans starts playing the game as yoshi. "Why is yoshi like the main character?"

[@lordrob13]

lmao at the comment "my dad used the vanish cap"

[@tr2D707]

Now he´s gotta beat Super Mario 63.

[@hylianmono]

when is mario 65 gonna release

[@skunk0]

@@hylianmono today

[@Grumby376]

Thats such a good flash game

[@TheAbsol7448]

Oh, hell yeah. I'd love to see him play that.

[@makarymetzger2627]

I just remember myself playing this at like 6 years old not knowing how to save or play the game properly and just being confused by the mechanics over and over agian

[@austinhall3937]

Yoshi is the main character because of what that tongue do

[@snazzrin.7185]

"who is mario's rideable companion?"

[@notvalk5475]

If you wanna hear a fun fact- it’s possible to get 118 stars with only Yoshi and Mario and I just did that recently.

[@powerflatscreenuniverse1137]

Nah I got more than that; rn I'm currently at 120 stars and I can get more than that, counting all the castle secret stars and 8th stars when you get 100 coins in a level (probably 122 is the absolute most you can get with just mario and yoshi)... I got 134 stars with mario, yoshi and luigi.

[@notvalk5475]

@@powerflatscreenuniverse1137 nice. I did it for fun and didn’t go for the harder stars. SM64 DS is a childhood game for me since I have like 4000 hours on it from all of my 3ds I had

[@KirikkSiSq]

​​@@notvalk5475 if you're serious, that's beyond extreme In my top played games I have 1000, 400 and 300 hours respectively, but there is a twist. #1 and #3 have map editor support and official integration, that is Geometry Dash and Portal 2, with the first one having *huge* focus on custom maps (gauntlets, map packs, daily levels). In Geometry Dash, I beat over 1.500 star rated levels during all that time. Yeah, I almost 100%-ed update 2.1 And #2 is Minecraft which is self-explanatory. Mario 64 is a good game, way better than GD, but... 4000 hours? Really?

[@NotGhostykip]

my mans not even confused at 16:08 , he straight up F L A B B E R G A S T E D

[@brawldude2656]

As a DS kid who played this version for years I can say that controls and momentum in this game is fricked up

[@ZeroDividedByZero]

As a DS kid who played this version for years I can say that the controls are not fricked up but the momentum is indeed strange.

[@youtubeandtwitchclips]

I used to play this game in my first ds back in 2008 and i remember it wasn't difficult at all, i played it to chill most of the times lol, btw i think he skipped the big and small goomba map, it was one of my fav lmao and if i remember correctly it had an exta boss fight

[@Oldport100s]

you did more in 2 hours playing this than i have from my entire childhood

[@skibot9974]

Since I played the DS version first this will always be the correct version to me

[@toxic_revenant3]

Same, and since it uses the modern Mario style it just feels right. Super Mario 64 is just cursed.

[@fraquero3192]

same, funny how that works

[@notvalk5475]

I remember me playing the Ds version since I was 3. I have over 4000 hours on that game since I was really into it. Whenever I play the N64 version I think it is cursed as hell since the graphics and not having to hold a button to run. It feels good that I was born in the big gaming generation. PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii and DS era

[@saintd_ii]

cope

[@why64guide]

I played the ds version first but after playing the original I think that the n64 version is way better

[@Zen_user-001]

In this game everyone gets a slice of Peach’s cake.

[@DanHallow]

It was so freaking hard to adjust to m64 controls since I started off on the DS version lol It was hard to not hold y while moving in sm64 and the wall jumps were trippy since you couldn’t slide down the wall and jump whenever

[@Scrimsion]

Instructions unclear. I watched to see simply play mario 64 ds and I became a gambler in mario slots

[@Monkeychow3]

shameless clickbait putting 150 stars on the thumbnail for shame, simply. for shame

[@ZeroSpawn47]

I love the DS version of this game. It's basically an official ROM hack.

[@PlatypusLLC]

This is the most I’ve laughed watching a series in a looooong time haha. Damn. I’m glad I found it.

[@StevenVasquezofficial]

I remember I had 149 stars and didn’t find that last secret star for years🤦🏽‍♂️ this game was so fun but no joke at the same time

[@KirikkSiSq]

149? Is this a Geometry Dash 2.1 reference?

[@SportsGaming-ll3ru]

Man I love this game as a kid

[@notvalk5475]

Me too with my 2000 hours on it

[@eksmad]

I love this game forever.

[@TheSuperWariotf]

I grew up play the DS version and I thought it took me so long to get used to the movement. Action Replay had a cheat code the was labeled "Waring Gigantic mode use at your own risk." It made mario so big all you saw was his legs. And yes in the DS version L is real.

[@shadwterrancex5765]

Playing the Luigi minigames is addicting to me. Especially the one where I have to get a pair, three of a kind, etc. I can’t remember how much money I gotten but after a couple of trial and error, I managed to somewhat figure out how to make it work.

[@austinhall3937]

Simply playing slots the same way I watch simply content before bed. "I know it's 1am and I have to be up at 445am but he just dropped a new reaction to the 120 star wr"

[@RealMephres]

The gambling bit had me rolling man, thanks for the laughter and entertainment Simp

[@WarioCreeper]

The slot machine bit 😂

[@Triple8Bit]

I like how mad chat was getting at the first part with him having a gambling addiction, imagine being there when he was live just watching him gamble on and on

[@TheTattorack]

My favourite and most feature rich version of Mario 64. Now if only they'd actually create an HD re-release that fixes the movement... The main issue with Mario 64 DS is they had to make major compromises to camera and movement to allow it to be played on an 8 direction D-Pad.

[@speedbreaker3270]

The rage at the ttm death is the best moment in this entire video

[@lukej6636]

I no longer have to beg for a part 2

[@Camothor10]

The rage he feels playing DS 64 is the same rage i feel playing any version of SM64

[@muscleman125]

He complains about the controls but it seems like he's using an actual controller on an emulator. I remember it being much easier to play on a real DS

[@Blazik3n99]

A dpad can only give 8 different inputs. That's really rough for a 3D platformer, especially if you're used to having analog input. Using a dpad would definitely have given him more control over the precise inputs, but just having 8 inputs is still terrible. I played the game as a kid, and also more recently on the Wii U emulator. I still think the DS version is overlooked, but the control scheme really makes the game unfun to play. As I kid I didn't notice at all but after playing other 3D platformers it's obvious how much the DS controls limits it.

[@StockpileThomas1]

Nah. It played just as bad on the DS.

[@Timdeenter]

@@Blazik3n99if you just adjust your angel with the camera he runs straight where you want lol

[@EWOODJ]

Bad if you can’t get used to it.

[@username5155]

10:58 You could’ve just… taken off the Wario cap

[@advised9293]

Loved this game as a kid, the mini games were the best part

[@GolfcuBebe]

As a DS kid with broken L and R shoulder buttons I can confirm this game is the #1 way I torture myself

[@xhongi3390]

Yes I've been waiting for this

[@SpunkMcKullins]

Don't care if it controls like ass in hindsight, getting to play Super Mario 64 anywhere I wanted as a kid was the fucking tits.

[@Tavg123]

11:40 you're supposed to enter the stage as wario, destroy the block, then get the mario cap

[@supermaga5]

One of the few games I 100% honestly will never know how my child self beat this game

[@deathangeleas2401]

This game is not as bad as simply seems to feel about it.

[@johnhawes2262]

When you’ve logged god knows how many hours into the original and develop that muscle memory, the DS version will feel terrible because the physics aren’t quite the same.

[@squiffurthewolf6276]

i only played the ds version as a kid and i thought the wonky controls was just part of the game lol, it was pain but it was still fun and i like the game

[@xehP]

Something good to watch tonight I see

[@SuperNickid]

@Simply: If you want to know what happen in the Joley Roger bay ocean cave, when you got smash, you also got smash throught the floor so mario can never get unflated under the floor so it equal instant death.

[@hunterkline7972]

Looking back, I can’t believe I beat this game as a kid. At the time I didn’t realize how shitty the controls were and just played until I won. I tried going back and playing it and its so much more difficult than I remember.

[@FSAPOJake]

I played the minigames (especially Luigi Poker) WAY more than I played the main game as a kid.

[@logan_wolf]

1:28 "D@mn, you gotta push that sh*t all the way in." Well. That is quite the sentence to hear out of context.

[@cameronduncan4801]

16:42 is the best moment lmao

[@ianb.2575]

I was so bad at this as a kid, I eventually played it on a 3ds with the circle pad and it was much easier

[@DeltaBlazin]

I was able to 100% this game as a kid, I think I had more trouble with the 64 version, at least as an adult.

[@B1u35ky]

Bro got Mario dysphoria 💀

[@darkhell66659]

Honestly if we got a remake where the controls were better it would be banger

[@JoelTheParrot]

i appreciate the risks taken in this game

[@baylamcgayla]

I remember getting all 150 stars, then deleting the file and getting them all again lol 😂

[@notvalk5475]

I’ve done that hundreds of times. I’m meaning hundreds. I have 4000+ hours and beat the game with 150 stars more times than I can count. It like my biggest childhood game, right next to Wii sports.

[@KirikkSiSq]

​@@notvalk5475 so that's how you did it Man oh man...

[@rawtrout3402]

Watching him fail at tik tok clock had me in tears😂

[@marc_8o0]

Super Mario 64 Ds they will never make me hate you ❤

[@uhhh_adam]

Tall tall mountain has a funny glitch where you can flood the whole stage but it's invisible water

[@yaqootmirza7389]

Ah man I havent had so much fun watching someone play 64 ds game

[@yoshyfoods]

as a man who played this version first (with god damn 3D all stars being my first time playing the original), going for all 150 was HELL

[@HolyDemonSnap]

That carousel star? No, no child ever did it. Not even me as a 20 something year old did it.

[@petros2398]

Mario never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@metalapplesus]

I am genuinely surprised noone's made a romhack of 64 that's just this but in the original 64 engine

[@lumensmith9787]

I don't understand why SM64 DS changes the camera. On n64, not having smooth-cam was kind of dumb, but on DS it would've made so much more sense since it would standardize the angles the D-Pad lacks.

[@finishthebattle]

I wonder if Simply knows that this game was meant to be played without a control stick. This came out on DS, well before 3DS and it's little circle, so it was either Dpad or with the stylus. Simply playing with a controller that has an analog stick makes it way easier.

[@AntechamberAE]

I love Simply. But this gameplay was haaaard to waaaatch

[@MattTrevinoJR]

As a kid this game was so hard because I never unlocked the powerups

[@EnergyBurst2]

One of the cooler aspects of this game is the fact that it supports a DS Download play multiplayer VS game mode.

[@Addicted2Electronics]

15:00 this comment plus the emoji sent me bro

[@ngwoo]

I love everything about 64DS except the act of playing it

[@Camothor10]

Someone in chat was complaining that this game has less pixels than the N64 version, my brother it was on the Nintendo DS. For reference the DS has hardware that is slightly better than a GBA so yeah no shit

[@JustAnotherUser_1234]

19:08 I laughed so hard

[@unbrokenbrony5618]

Simply discovers his slot machine addiction

[@maggiethegamer1271]

dude got addicted to super mario slots

[@porteal8986]

this guy should probably avoid casinos

[@quadzers5703]

I love the bipolarism between the two brothers. He is so full of rage when playing Mario and so full of joy when playing Luigi. Then there’s wario…

[@Parasica]

11:01-11:50 I was screaming LOSE THE FUCKING WARIO CAP!!! You'd become Mario again and then you'd have got that star so much quicker...

[@sugar833]

We need all 150 stars

[@artstylejutsu2004]

To much stars 🥵⭐

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

For the switch star BBH you have to lose the cap

[@WonkOfWonkyness]

12:59 Ok... You might want to hear this out. Wii sports as an E-Sport.

[@anthonya.5600]

The first Mario game me and my brother ever played

[@anthonya.5600]

Loved Luigi being dripped tf out in poker