You actually had to. You start as Yoshi and have to unlock Mario before you can play as him. There are also hat powerups to temporarily transform into other characters before you unlock them, which is mostly for races. It almost makes playing as Mario feel special and when I was a kid I felt so cool when I unlocked him for the first time.
Its hard to recommend this version over the original though. The lack of analog control makes this game a struggle to me, especially now that I have played the original. I played the ds version first and I wasn’t the biggest fan but then I went back and played the og at some point and was blown away by how good it felt. The ds version is definitely a good game though. Epecially the mini games in luigis casino. So I’d recommend it for 64 fans that want an update that isn’t a mod/romhack
You actually had to. You start as Yoshi and have to unlock Mario before you can play as him. There are also hat powerups to temporarily transform into other characters before you unlock them, which is mostly for races. It almost makes playing as Mario feel special and when I was a kid I felt so cool when I unlocked him for the first time.
Its hard to recommend this version over the original though. The lack of analog control makes this game a struggle to me, especially now that I have played the original. I played the ds version first and I wasn’t the biggest fan but then I went back and played the og at some point and was blown away by how good it felt. The ds version is definitely a good game though. Epecially the mini games in luigis casino. So I’d recommend it for 64 fans that want an update that isn’t a mod/romhack