When this game came out was when I was interested to getting a DS.  Well now that I've had a DS for a couple months now it seems I should have picked it up.  I finally did yesterday and started playing.  I really like the fact it's a side scrolling 2D game made like the original Super Mario Bros.  Now the main game really doesn't use any features of the DS but there are a set of mini games that do.  I have not explored these but my son has.

Colin saw the Mario on the cover and knew it was a game for him.  Apparently Mario games are for him to play.  So he was the first one to play the game and he ended up playing the mini games.  The DS is a study device so I wasn't too concerned.  I'm glad he is showing interest in games too.  once he gets better at understanding games maybe I'll pickup a console for him.