Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy Coming To Switch In Super Mario 3D All-Stars

During a surprise Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct this morning, Nintendo announced the long awaited Super Mario 3D All-Stars compilation for the Nintendo Switch. This bundle of classic 3D Mario games will be releasing on September 18, 2020 as a limited release and will be available until March 2021. Why Nintendo has decided to make this collection a limited release is not yet clear, but the same was done with previous Mario All-Stars games released on previous consoles.

Included in this collection will be Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. Finally, Nintendo has officially announced this long awaited collection which is slated to released later this month. Reactions from fans has been overwhelmingly positive, but there are a subset of people who have their share of disappointments with the announcement. Some people are disappointed that Nintendo didn’t include Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the collection, as it seems odd that the second game be left out entirely. Some are speculating that this was done because Nintendo are planning to release Super Mario Galaxy 2 later as DLC, although this is not yet confirmed.

There have also been complaints about how the collection is a limited release. The main argument with this is that it will not only make the game harder to find down the road, but will also benefit scalpers as well. With a release window of 6 months, there is a substantial amount of time to pick this Super Mario 3D All Stars collection up, but it is a valid point nonetheless.

One of the last complaints that we’ve seen is the lack of “remaster” in the collection. While these games are upscaled to HD, fans were hoping that Nintendo would go back to the drawing board and recreate these games from the ground up, really upping the visual aesthetic (and maybe even adding in the additional content from the 3DS version of Mario 64).

While I would have loved to see these classic 3D Mario titles remastered in all of their glory, the fact that they will be available to play on the Switch is enough for me. I understand the concern though as well as disappointment. With recent remasters like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, it would have been great to see Nintendo do something similar. Nevertheless, it’s awesome to see these titles releasing onto the Switch, and they will surely sell well too.

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