A Launch title that still remains one of the DS's best games even today.
Let me get this out of the way first off, if you have played this before and are wondering whether or not it's worth buying again for the new extras I would say yes. SM64 has always been a game you can play though many times and still enjoy it no matter how many you have played it (myself I have between this games [DS only] 4 times 100%) plus the extras add at least another 5 hours to game. Although I think it is far to say the extra 30 stars aren't as good as the original ones, as the new aren't really all that exciting or long might I add (for example collecting 5 silver stars, which in some cases takes less than a minute). But at least 32 mini games on the other hand are surprisingly good offering a wide variety of activates and great control schemes to go with them too. Although to my disappointment some of the mini games repeat with only minor changes and they are strictly single player only.
The game also has a multiplayer mode which is good for about 5 mins with friends until you realize how limited and meh it is. So don't except much of if as it's pretty much a useless feature just there for the hell of it, but hey at less now you can say you played it, am I right?
The graphics in the game are not only some of the best on DS even today but they destroy the N64 version and basically improve upon it in all ways, plus being on a smaller screen high resolution further cleans up the games few rough edges and textures. Making this a truly beautiful looking DS game. The sound remains the same and that's all for the better as music was good to start off, although it doesn't sound as good as the original version as it now comes out of the small crappy DS speakers instead of the television or sound system, which ever you use.
Overall if you haven't played SM64 GET IT, but if you have it's up to you whether spending the spending money is worth it to you, but as it stands it's the best version of the game so far, even if it's 9 yrs late to the party. I rated this game a 9.0 although I think it's more like a 9.1 or 9.2, but I can't do that any more with the new rating system and 9.5 is too high so I guess 9.0 is the best score for it. Thank you and I hoped you enjoyed my review.