In Super Mario 64 DS, there is a harder variation named Memory Master, which was integrated into Memory Match in New Super Mario Bros., which additionally adds a multiplayer variation of the minigame.
Gameplay[]
Memory Match is essentially a Mario-themed variation of Concentration (similarly to Super Mario Bros. 3's Matching Game), except it also involves betting coins. At the start, Luigi bets three coins to the player and serves a group of eight cards upside-down. The object for the player is to match all card pairs. The possible card pairs range from a Mushroom, Fire Flower, Star, and a Cloud. In some of the later rounds, the card pairings that are added include Mario, Luigi, Bowser, a Goomba, Yoshi and a Boo when more total cards are added to the table.
In Super Mario 64 DS, whenever the player completes a challenge, they receive twice the number of coins bet, while in New Super Mario Bros., they will receive thrice the number of coins bet. In both versions, they will receive a Star as a point. If the player taps two cards that are not matching, a coin is given to Luigi from the bet number. In the later rounds with more cards added in the New Super Mario Bros. version of the minigame, any of the four cards (or eight with sixteen total cards) will be flipped over for 2-3 second before the round starts, to make it a little easier for the player, as long as they memorize their locations in order to correctly pair it with a card of the same symbol. If Luigi takes all of these coins, the player loses a Star, and if the player loses all of their coins to bet, it is a Game Over.
The multiplayer variation features twenty cards. In this version, the minigame randomly selects which player has their turn first. The players go in order. If a player taps two matching cards, they earn two points and can have more turns until they incorrectly match the card pairs. Once all of the cards are gone, the minigame ends, and whoever ends with the most points is the winner.
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Super Mario 64 DS instructions:Pick two matching cards to make them disappear. Clear all the cards to win.
New Super Mario Bros. instructions
Single-player:Pick two matching cards to make them disappear. Clear all the cards to win. If you make three mistakes, Luigi wins.
Multiplayer:Take turns choosing cards. If you find two matching cards, you get to keep them. Which of you has the best memory?
Slip Slidin' Away • Lil' Penguin Lost • Big Penguin Race • Frosty Slide for 8 Red Coins • Snowman's Lost His Head • Wall Kicks Will Work (N64)/Mario's Super Wall Kick (DS) • Switch Star of Cool, Cool Mountain (DS)
Big Boo's Haunt
Go on a Ghost Hunt • Ride Big Boo's Merry Go Round • Secret of the Haunted Books • Seek the 8 Red Coins • Big Boo's Balcony • Eye to Eye in the Secret Room • Switch Star of the Basement
Hazy Maze Cave
Swimming Beast in the Cavern • Elevate for 8 Red Coins • Metal-Head Mario Can Move! (N64)/Metal-Head Wario Can Move (DS) • Navigating the Toxic Maze • A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit • Watch for Rolling Rocks • Underground Switch Star
In the Talons of the Big Bird • Shining Atop the Pyramid • Inside the Ancient Pyramid • Stand Tall On the Four Pillars • Free Flying For 8 Red Coins (5th Star, N64) (7th Star, DS) • Tox Box Switch Star (DS) • Pyramid Puzzle
Snowman's Big Head • Chill with the Bully • In the Deep Freeze (N64) • Yoshi's Ice Sculpture (DS) • Whirl from the Freezing Pond • Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins (N64) • Snowman's Silver Star (DS) • Into the Igloo • Red Coins in the House (DS)
Wet-Dry World
Shocking Arrow Lifts! • Top o' the Town • Secrets in the Shallows and Sky (N64)/5 Secrets in the Shallows and Sky (DS) • Express Elevator--Hurry Up! • Go to Town for Red Coins (N64)/Go to Town for the Red Coins (DS) • Quick Race Through Downtown! • Soaked Silver Stars (DS)
Tall, Tall Mountain
Scale the Mountain • Mystery of the Monkey Cage • Scary 'Shrooms, Red Coins • Mysterious Mountainside • Breathtaking View from Bridge (Star 5, N64)/Breathtaking View from the Bridge (Star 7, DS) • Blast to the Lonely Mushroom (Star 6, N64) (Star 5, DS) • 5 Secrets of the Mountain
Roll into the Cage (N64) • Luigi in the Cage (DS) • The Pit and the Pendulums (N64) • The Pendulum Switch Star (DS) • Get a Hand • Stomp on the Thwomp •Timed Jumps on Moving Bars • Stop Time for Red Coins • Tick Tock Silver Stars
Rainbow Ride
Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow • The Big House in the Sky • Coins Amassed in a Maze • Swingin' in the Breeze • Tricky Triangles! • Somewhere over the Rainbow • Switch Star of the Manor
Bob-omb Sudden Death • Bob-omb Trampoline • Jumping Sudden Death • Jumping Brothers • Lakitu Launch • Vs. Mario's Slides • Vs. Pair-a-Gone • Vs. Trampoline Time
