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Super Mario 3D All-Stars

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  • Summary: Play three of Mario’s greatest 3D platform adventures—all in one package. Play three classic games at home or on the go—all in one package on the Nintendo Switch™ system! Jump into paintings in Super Mario 64™, clean up paint-like goop in Super Mario Sunshine™, and fly from planet to planetPlay three of Mario’s greatest 3D platform adventures—all in one package. Play three classic games at home or on the go—all in one package on the Nintendo Switch™ system! Jump into paintings in Super Mario 64™, clean up paint-like goop in Super Mario Sunshine™, and fly from planet to planet in Super Mario Galaxy™.

    Run, jump, and dive with ease!

    Make Mario move using the Nintendo Switch system’s Joy-Con™ controllers. You can also pass a Joy-Con controller to a friend to play the Super Mario Galaxy game in Co-Star Mode! Mario’s movements are as smooth as ever with HD resolution for each game, while still retaining the look and feel of the originals.

    Listen to timeless Super Mario tunes

    Listen to a total of 175 iconic tunes from all three games! Whether you want to get up and dance or take a minute to relax—this collection has music to fit your mood!

    Discover (or rediscover) three of Mario’s most iconic 3D platform adventures, all in one package, available on the Nintendo Switch™ system. Experience Mario’s first foray into 3D platforming in the Super Mario 64™ game, originally released in 1996. Wall jump, backflip, and even fly as you explore paintings and collect Power Stars to save Princess Peach!
    Soak up the sun in the Super Mario Sunshine™ game, originally released in 2002, and spray the goop away with your water-spouting pal, FLUDD! You’ll need to collect Shine Sprites and clear the picturesque Isle Delfino of pollution—just look out for Bowser Jr.
    Defy gravity as you explore space in the Super Mario Galaxy™ game, originally released in 2007! Help Rosalina restore her ship by collecting Power Stars and save Princess Peach. Gently shake a Joy-Con™ controller to activate Mario’s Spin ability or pass a Joy-Con controller to a friend for some extra help in Co-Star Mode*.
    Even when you aren’t playing, you can enjoy the sounds that these worlds (and galaxies!) are so famous for. With three games, modern upgrades, and music-player mode, this collection is filled with fun for both new players and 3D platforming Mario masters. Super Mario 3D All-Stars will be available as a limited-run retail edition and a digital edition that is available for a limited time until the end of March 2021.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 88
  3. Negative: 0 out of 88
  1. Cubed3
    Sep 16, 2020
    100
    Super Mario 3D All-Stars represents the pinnacle of platforming goodness and with perfect ports, as well as top notch optimisation for the console, it's a must-buy. For newcomers, they are getting the chance to experience the timeline of how Nintendo first experimented and mastered the 3D platformer, all the way up to it improving on the formula with each iteration. For stalwarts, it's a great excuse to dive back in and revisit a childhood hero in all his hat-wearing, moustache-twirling glory. Each inclusion has perfect character and level designs, as well as an ever-increasing level of innovation that simply cannot be matched by any other gaming company in the platforming genre. To sum up Super Mario 3D All-Stars in one word? Unmissable.
  2. Switch Player
    Sep 16, 2020
    90
    In gameplay terms alone, Super Mario 3D All Stars is a predictable triumph, one which will delight new players and experienced fans alike. The only minor drawbacks are the package’s lack of extras or updates and its limited release.
  3. Attack of the Fanboy
    Sep 23, 2020
    90
    The collection as a whole might not bring much to the table beyond the games it transfers to a newer console in better shape than before, but when the games are this good that is enough.
  4. SpazioGames
    Sep 16, 2020
    80
    Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a must have if you love classic platform games, but Nintendo could have done way more to celebrate Mario's 35th birthday.
  5. ZTGD
    Sep 29, 2020
    80
    Super Mario 3D All-Stars is certainly rough around the edges as far as a classic collection is concerned, but there is no denying the impact of all three games. The omission of Galaxy 2 and the questionable ports are certainly head scratchers, but that doesn’t change the fact that this collection will deliver hours of fun for Mario players old and new. Another solid title for the Switch lineup. Now make sure to snag it before Nintendo removes it from sale…at least until they break it up and sell them individually that is.
  6. Forbes
    Sep 23, 2020
    75
    This feels like a missed opportunity and while the respective games are great to play, the collection as a whole feels somewhat lacking in a technical sense. With any luck, Nintendo could patch the collection to have all the games run at 60 fps and at 1080p, but I am not holding my breath on that one.
  7. Power Unlimited
    Sep 16, 2020
    60
    The standalone games themselves of course deserve higher scores, but the way this bundle is published seems very frugal, especially considering the 60 euro price tag that comes with it. In that manner, Nintendo could learn from the honorable and generous ways in which companies like Activision re-release their classics.

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  1. Positive: 128 out of 230
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 230
  3. Negative: 66 out of 230
  1. NintendoFan9501
    Sep 25, 2020
    10
    3 great games for the price of one! This is a amazing collection and lots of fun. Its also cool that they added the sound tracks from the 33 great games for the price of one! This is a amazing collection and lots of fun. Its also cool that they added the sound tracks from the 3 games, I recommend you get this before they take off store shelfs!… Expand
  2. NovaTedd
    Sep 24, 2020
    10
    Only bad things i'd agree with this collection is the aspect ratio for 64.
    That's it.
    64 didn't get "uPsCaLeD tExTuReS" they were original    Only bad things i'd agree with this collection is the aspect ratio for 64.
    That's it.

    64 didn't get "uPsCaLeD tExTuReS" they were original textures remade and/or retrieved from the original textures and materials without being downscaled.

    And everything else? Galaxy feels, sounds and plays 10 times more better than the original, and while i barely played Sunshine on my gamecube as the game got too hard quickly, now that i've given it a try i can say as a hard game lover that sunshine is an amazing game.

    With 64, while i've already finished it various times before, i never really 100% it, so doing it was really satisfying.

    Some people might complain "they didn't rework ###" no **** this is an emulated collection, not a remaster/remake. WHERE exactly does it say "we made the games easier to break the immersion they originally gave."?    … Expand
  4. jsowers
    Sep 19, 2020
    10
    Great purist ports of some of the most important and fun platformers of our time.
  5. NathanBWrites
    Sep 29, 2020
    8
    A sensational collection with hours upon hours of fun to be had. Few games can absorb me away from the real world like the games in thisA sensational collection with hours upon hours of fun to be had. Few games can absorb me away from the real world like the games in this collection can. However, it would have been more ideal for remakes, remasters or even just some improvements and quality of life changes to adapt to the modern times were incorporated. However, I am mainly satisfied knowing that Mario 64, Sunshine and Galaxy are all available on the same console.… Expand
  6. Nimio
    Sep 19, 2020
    6
    This is the first time I rate a game and it is because this game deserve it. It is the worst game of the year? Obviously not, but is reallyThis is the first time I rate a game and it is because this game deserve it. It is the worst game of the year? Obviously not, but is really lazy how Nintendo put this collection. Specially considering they didn't include Mario Galaxy 2 and Mario Sunshine has the same problems as it had originally. Those games aged a lot and Nintendo did so little to solve it. The improvements in the graphics are minimal, and personally in Mario Sunshine I got dizzy in some parts. I rated it with 6 because of the innovative those games were in their time, right now this collection doesn't deserve the full price of a Nintendo Switch game. If you have those games in other platforms, you are not losing anything if you don't buy this game.… Expand
  7. Pouwilli
    Sep 19, 2020
    3
    Come on Nintendo. Do SOMETHING!
    You almost done anything or yeah taking our money for some light custom ISO and ROM.
  8. megajuan910
    Sep 25, 2020
    0
    una puta mierda. agarran 3 juegos de hace como 15 años y lo venden a precio completo, lo peor es que ni siquiera añaden el super mario galaxyuna puta mierda. agarran 3 juegos de hace como 15 años y lo venden a precio completo, lo peor es que ni siquiera añaden el super mario galaxy 2. los controles son horribles y ni siquiera es un remake literal se ve con mejores gráficos en un emulador 0/10 aunque sirve como un basurero para tirar tu dinero… Expand

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