yes, i did play monkeyball on gba and i have to agree, it was an awesome game, BUT i think MArio64x4 (aka Mario64 remake) will be a bit hard playing with a d-pad, just try it out with an n64 emu without using any gamepad
i voted yes, and that's only because of the instant-kill (dodo kill isn't n00bish, that's art) if you had to hit a person more than once, it would be ok, but with the instant-kill it's n00bish (and lame too)