Super Mario 64 DS is a game made just for the Nintendo DS portable console by Nintendo's own Entertainment Analysis and Development division, published by the company itself for the DS, and released on November 21, 2004, in North America, December 2, that same year, in Japan, on February 24, 2005, in Australia, and on March 11, 2005, in Europe, as a new and improved version of its classic Super Mario 64, which appeared first on the Nintendo 64 home console back in the 1990s.
The original title went on to gain critical and sales success, so this remastered version doesn't change much of its core gameplay, with the developer concentrating on improving the graphics, in order to take advantage of the more powerful DS hardware, and added new characters, like Yoshi or Wario, who can explore new areas.
HINTS
Glowing rabbits
-There are eight glowing rabbits that randomly replace each of the character's mini-game rabbits. Once you catch all eight, you will receive a key that unlocks the white door to the right of Wario's. You will receive a Star.
-After you catch all glowing rabbits you will get a key that unlocks the door in the character changing room.
-Note: In order to find the glowing rabbits, you must find all the regular rabbits for each character. Also, the glowing rabbits can be caught in any order.
-To unlock two glowing rabbits, you must find all seven rabbits for each character. Note: Luigi only has six, as his seventh one is on the roof of the castle which cannot be accessed until all 150 Power Stars are recovered. After this, eight white rabbits will appear at random. For the most part, each character has about two rabbits, but at the very least one.
Generally, the glowing rabbit for each character can be found by going to all the rabbits, then the last one is the glowing rabbit. Once a rabbit that is glowing is found, you do not have to go to that one to make the last one glowing. There is no order on the characters; just start with Luigi and go to all rabbits until a glowing rabbit or all have been checked. Then, switch to Mario, Yoshi, and Wario.
Continue until the final rabbit is found. The eighth glowing rabbit will give you a key that will open the door next to Wario's refereed to as "The Empty Room." This room contains a Power Star and nothing else.