Super Mario 3D All-Stars

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  1. mroistein
    Oct 10, 2020
    1
    Fantastic games, Horrendous collection.
    No extra features(concept art, promotional videos, etc.)
    - Bad ports of 64 or Sunshine.
    - Bland menus.
    - No button mapping for any of the games.
    - 60-70$ price tag.
    - Limited release.

    Wtf nintendo
  2. Kilen
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    This game is a poor excuse for a compolation. Game compilations such as Sonic, Mega Man, and even Kirby, a Nintendo franchise, had so many extra features such as concept art, added levels, button mapping, and so much more. The only thing this compilation has is three games that are not changed whatsoever, and Sunshine and Galaxy are emulated. These games have no button mapping, noThis game is a poor excuse for a compolation. Game compilations such as Sonic, Mega Man, and even Kirby, a Nintendo franchise, had so many extra features such as concept art, added levels, button mapping, and so much more. The only thing this compilation has is three games that are not changed whatsoever, and Sunshine and Galaxy are emulated. These games have no button mapping, no customization whatsoever. The only thing that has been added are the soundtracks for each game. Hurray! I can listen to a digital sountrack that was free to begin with. I am very dissapointed by this compilation, and my reapect for Nintendo has been severely damaged.Ican listen to a s… Expand
  3. TheKingForehead
    Oct 7, 2020
    2
    I didn’t know I was purchasing such a bad, poorly emulated game with horrible effort until others told me. I can’t help but feel like this game is so horrible for the $60 price tag when I could get so many better collections of games at a much cheaper price. You could get a much better game from emulations online. Nintendo couldn’t even get Super Mario 64 to fit my television/SwitchI didn’t know I was purchasing such a bad, poorly emulated game with horrible effort until others told me. I can’t help but feel like this game is so horrible for the $60 price tag when I could get so many better collections of games at a much cheaper price. You could get a much better game from emulations online. Nintendo couldn’t even get Super Mario 64 to fit my television/Switch screen. They could’ve made Mario not look blocky as well, but that might’ve actually been not done due to preservation. They didn’t even release the version most people speed run, so if you wanted to get into speed running Super Mario 64 you’d need to purchase an entire Nintendo 64 or just emulate the game on a computer. You can’t map buttons on the remote despite that making quite a bit of sense given the controls aren’t the best and, people have their own preferences. This game is just so much lost potential and the fact that Nintendo think they can release it at full price, when in comparison to other collections. It has almost a pitiful amount of content for an even higher price tag. I don’t recommend purchasing this game unless you feel it’s absolutely necessary you play these games. Yes it’s a fun time, but the value is absolutely horrible.… Expand
  4. ConsoleArgonaut
    Oct 13, 2020
    4
    Let's get this out of the way first. All the games in this collection are great. Maybe even masterpieces. And I had a lot of fun with them.

    This being said. I hate most things around this collection. Why didn't Nintendo put in the effort to upgrade Mario 64 more? At least give us widescreen or some decorations around the screen! Why aren't Mario Galaxy 2, Mario 3D Land, 3D World and    Let's get this out of the way first. All the games in this collection are great. Maybe even masterpieces. And I had a lot of fun with them.

    This being said. I hate most things around this collection.
    Why didn't Nintendo put in the effort to upgrade Mario 64 more? At least give us widescreen or some decorations around the screen!
    Why aren't Mario Galaxy 2, Mario 3D Land, 3D World and Mario 64 DS in this collection?
    Why is everything so bare-bones?
    This collection seems like an absolute cash-grab.

    Nintendo should finally give us a way to legally play their backlog and not just drip feed us SNES games again.
    Take Microsoft as an example Nintendo. Please. The state of legacy content on Nintendo consoles is just sad.

    For these reasons I'll halve my score for these games and give this collection a 4/10 instead of 8/10.    … Expand
  5. Lemontree
    Nov 23, 2020
    4
    Extremely lazy port of 3 old games for full price. Tried to justify this as a limited time release but every store has tons of them in stock. Way to play to fomo Nintendo. Overall not worth it as there are many ways to play these games for much cheaper than $90 CDN.
  6. Jon_P
    Dec 7, 2020
    1
    These games have not aged well. It should have been a remaster or a free release.
  7. Lighty
    Oct 12, 2020
    2
    I really enjoy Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy, since they are really great games. I really dislike Super Mario 64, though. I will not go into the reasons why, however. What is more important is that this would be a good game, if it was not extremely lazy and overpriced. The resolution upscale is barebones and lacks substance, despite it being the only gimmick of thisI really enjoy Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy, since they are really great games. I really dislike Super Mario 64, though. I will not go into the reasons why, however. What is more important is that this would be a good game, if it was not extremely lazy and overpriced. The resolution upscale is barebones and lacks substance, despite it being the only gimmick of this collection aside from its default Switch features and the soundtracks. The soundtracks do not add anything good to the collection, since all it does is play music from the three games in the background of the game's menu, and there is almost nothing to do in the game's menu, so its existence is only further devalued by Nintendo's laziness.
    They are emulated games with no significant changes. All there is to it is the previously mentioned upscaled resolution, probably a better framerate, music tracks, and the default Switch features. The controls are also not that good in Sunshine and Galaxy, but I will not go into why. I will say that SM64 for the first time can be played with a good controller, though, without being on an emulator, which is good. The games controls and camera are still miserably terrible, unfortunately.
    This would all be fine, if there was a proper price to go along with it. But it is sixty USD, and that is way above what it deserves to be. It is obvious Nintendo put almost no real effort into developing this game, yet they are still fine with charging it on full price for the sake of satisfying their hunger for money. Nintendo is far from the most greedy and lazy company out there, but from time to time they still stab their fans in the backs like this. I would also like to mention that for some reason I bought this game with a 10% lower price than I pay with all other full priced games. I live in Denmark, so I paid four-hundred-and-fifty danske kroner, even though it is supposed to be just as highly priced as all other major Nintendo Switch games. It is quite strange.
    I believe that fifteen or twenty USD would have been a fair price. Fifteen should have been the minimum, every game and soundtrack in the collection would make up five USD, which is a really good price considering their essentially just emulations that cost almost no money to produce. I would have been fine with it costing an extra five USD. Anything about twenty USD is ridiculous for this game, and that is why I regret buying this game.    … Expand
  8. theoftime12
    Sep 30, 2020
    1
    60 dolares por 3 roms, que pasa nintendo nos ves cara de tontos, no pienso comprar esta estafa
  9. turney
    Oct 18, 2020
    2
    complete rip off
    they've actually managed to make Mario 64 even worse

    fix the camera !!!!
  10. MrNintendoOrder
    Dec 3, 2020
    0
    This is a waste of money and is both a scam and is nostalgia pandering,parents if you are reading this, don't buy them this or any nintendo switch game,raise them up old-school with the nes snes and n64, what I'm saying is that modern nintendo sucks
  11. jackhunter1
    Feb 14, 2021
    0
    This is one of the most disgusting and greedy ports i have seen don't support it.
  12. AteYou
    Jan 12, 2021
    0
    honestly, **** you Nintendo, don't get me wrong, these are great games, and are worth your time. BUT, does a 60 dollar collection of 13+ year old games with no extra content and nothing else in it that I cant get from emulation seem worth the SIXTY DOLLARS you are going to be paying for it.
    The limited release is a tactic to increase panic buying so they can sell this pile of garbage and    honestly, **** you Nintendo, don't get me wrong, these are great games, and are worth your time. BUT, does a 60 dollar collection of 13+ year old games with no extra content and nothing else in it that I cant get from emulation seem worth the SIXTY DOLLARS you are going to be paying for it.
    The limited release is a tactic to increase panic buying so they can sell this pile of garbage and steal your money.
    Oh, and I guess mario galaxy 2 or 3D land don't exist either!

    If you really want to play these games just use an emulator. project 64 can play mario 64 and the dolphin emulator can play sunshine and galaxy 1 and 2! for free.
    you can even get widescreen, a 60fps patch and up the resolutions.

    "BuT YoU CAn pLAY iT ON tHE gO!!!"
    yeah what about the homebrew hacks that you can get up and running on your switch hardware, or the PC port that, with the right tools, can be played on the switch with hd models and textures,

    oh right,
    Nintendo nuked it!

    **** you if you think this "anniversary celebration collection" is worth sixty dollars, a full priced game.

    **** you, **** Nintendo and **** whatever the hell this **** is.    … Expand
  13. Nominal
    Oct 4, 2020
    4
    Mario 3D all stars is disappointing, it’s just an emulation of three great games, that’s it, nothing more nothing less, I expected more from Nintendo, a remake or remasterd? Nope, just emulated games with slightly upscale resolution. The only think actually good is Mario sunshine and galaxy as base games, that’s it, Mario 64 is neat, but it’s aged terribly. Yes I have do have nostalgia forMario 3D all stars is disappointing, it’s just an emulation of three great games, that’s it, nothing more nothing less, I expected more from Nintendo, a remake or remasterd? Nope, just emulated games with slightly upscale resolution. The only think actually good is Mario sunshine and galaxy as base games, that’s it, Mario 64 is neat, but it’s aged terribly. Yes I have do have nostalgia for sunshine and galaxy, but no nostalgia can outshine how crapy this is, I’m disappointed Nintendo, just disappointed… Expand
  14. dolanctm
    Oct 4, 2020
    0
    Un port a medias, ni siquiera para preservar los juegos sirven ya que, Mario 64 tiene la versión shindou, Mario sunshine tiene glitches de emulación y Mario Galaxy no tiene su secuela que fue mejor valorada que la primera parte. No trae arte, los ost que contiene son buenos pero de que sirve tener el ost si el menú es tan básico?, la idea de tener los ost es para escucharlos mientras veoUn port a medias, ni siquiera para preservar los juegos sirven ya que, Mario 64 tiene la versión shindou, Mario sunshine tiene glitches de emulación y Mario Galaxy no tiene su secuela que fue mejor valorada que la primera parte. No trae arte, los ost que contiene son buenos pero de que sirve tener el ost si el menú es tan básico?, la idea de tener los ost es para escucharlos mientras veo el arte que traen las colecciones. Solo es para sacar plata.… Expand
  15. BrittWalford
    Oct 10, 2020
    0
    A lot of people might think a zero score is way too harsh and that all 3 games in this collection are seminal masterpieces that changed the gaming landscape. That last point is certainly true, (for Mario 64, at least) but my score is a mirror of how much heart and effort was put into this collection. Zero. No GC controller compatibility with Sunshine, (for absolutely no reason) no extraA lot of people might think a zero score is way too harsh and that all 3 games in this collection are seminal masterpieces that changed the gaming landscape. That last point is certainly true, (for Mario 64, at least) but my score is a mirror of how much heart and effort was put into this collection. Zero. No GC controller compatibility with Sunshine, (for absolutely no reason) no extra content like concept art, mini games, unlockables like almost every other game collection I've ever played. Nothing extra, no QOL improvements. $60 price tag. It's a slap in the face from a company that is showing increasing levels of distain for its customer base (see library of dripfed snes and nes games and no sign of N64 or GC games)… Expand
  16. Ceios
    Oct 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Que estoy calificando? Los juegos originales, o el pack apestoso que Nintendo nos ofrece por 60 eurazos? 30 puntos, o ninguno?… Expand
  17. Lucy-
    Nov 20, 2020
    1
    Schlechter Switch port und zu wenig (gar keine Verbesserung) zu den Originalen. Habe die selben Fehler wie bei spielen vor 10-15 Jahren. Sunshine zum Beispiel war mit dem GC Controller besser spielbar. Dann auch noch 69 dafür zu verlangen ist einfach Frech. Ich bin ein Riesen Mario-Fan aber sowas ist einfach nur schlecht. Nintendo sollte sich schämen.
  18. kevinlim5122
    Mar 7, 2021
    0
    Not sure why this release is worth $60, it's just a ROM dump of three old games with very little changes. Fans have made better attempts at Mario 64 HD for free.
  19. ereleon
    Dec 7, 2020
    4
    Simply disappointingly nintendo have completely blown the chance to do actual remakes for the switch, Plus no galaxy 2?? what??
  20. gemi
    Jul 5, 2021
    0
    Nintendo found a new way to **** on the fans by selling half finished collection for 60€ for a limited time.
  21. Anthony8851
    Nov 9, 2020
    1
    Sorry excuse for what it's called a "Nintendo game."
    Completely unreasonable to justify this product with what games the collection is comprised of, and the price tags of other versions Nintendo sold - these have little to nothing to with the game itself.
    It's marketed as one of the celebratory products of the Mario brand. This being the case, it fails to show any ounce of passion & care,    Sorry excuse for what it's called a "Nintendo game."
    Completely unreasonable to justify this product with what games the collection is comprised of, and the price tags of other versions Nintendo sold - these have little to nothing to with the game itself.

    It's marketed as one of the celebratory products of the Mario brand. This being the case, it fails to show any ounce of passion & care, of which the originals held. The only thing Nintendo has newly offered is a novelty soundtrack which can only be used while the game is inserted; literally having no use or practicality for the average consumer.

    The quality of this game is horrendous. It makes the Nintendo deal look like garbage with how the original of SM64 and SMS feel awkward. On top of that, SM64 bears the worst in how it's presented. With all this porting and emulation nonsense going on it feels crappy even purchasing it for being so unpolished.

    This while thing is daylight robbery and Nintendo made minor enhancements such as remade textures; purely to keep the visuals with the times... Additionally, if individual developers can do better than Nintendo them it's safe to say that they didn't care so that much in the first place. There's more than one reason why Nintendo had so many pirates. That's because though they may succeed the competition in some, they fail their consumers in the rest.

    Blindly praising the company without acknowledging the stunts they pull is ludicrous. Moreso, the purchase time-frame is a disgusting move on Nintendo's.    … Expand
  22. TERMINAL64
    Feb 13, 2021
    2
    While these three games are very amazing, these were very low-effort ports especially Super Mario 64.
  23. Nayrusnavone
    Feb 10, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mucha falta de contenido,enserio solo soundtracks y juegos, ni si quiera galeria de artes,logros o algo que expanda este aniversario… Expand
  24. Max141
    Feb 19, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Mario 3D all - stars game is a bit of a disappointment. I downloaded it recent on my switch and booted up the game. I loaded into Super Mario 64 and immediately noticed the game didn’t fit the switch’s screen. The camera controls are a bit wacky, and whenever you collect a star or die, all of the red coins reset and you are booted out of the painting. Then I tried Super Mario Sunshine. I collected Fludd, and got to cleaning up the graffiti, I somehow could not fighter out how to beat the boss of the level, and the controls are super different to the original game. Then, reluctantly I booted up Super Mari Galaxy, and found the controls were wacky and you can’t skip cutscenes in ANY of the games. My favourite out of the 3 would be Super Mario 64. I give this game a 4/10, and don’t recommend buying it unless you have the money to spare. My advice: read reviews before you buy the game.… Expand
  25. GerpC
    Mar 26, 2021
    0
    Its a bummer that Nintendo creates such great games and gives them none of the respect they deserve. Not only that they did absolutely nothing to these ports, they are taking them off sale to create some needless scarcity for their own laughs. Gross, please don't buy this game
  26. monkeyarefunny
    May 14, 2021
    4
    A lazy, half-assed port that should have been 20$. It's sad to see Nintendo exploiting their fans who would buy almost anything. Sure, all of these games in the collection are some of the greatest of all time, but these games are too old to be full priced.
  27. Adasc2906
    Oct 24, 2021
    3
    I was expecting far more for Mario's 35th anniversary. Something like Kirby's dream collection for the wii. But unfortunately this is just a pretty lazy re release of the most important 3d Mario games.
  28. Gifge
    Jun 24, 2022
    0
    These are okay Games but as a Collection ist it not good.
    No content and not even widescreen for Mario 64.
    This is just bad
  29. Mayconkkk
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Port vagabundo sem nada, não tem melhorias adicionais sem nada, agora eu me pergunto quando as outras empresas fazens ports de jogos, as pessoas chamam o port de vagabundo e desnecessário, mais quando e a Nintendo que faiz isso ganha 82 pontos no metacritic e ainda e considerado como jogo do ano, parabéns
  30. GamingT2009
    May 24, 2022
    4
    Ok, this is NOT based on the games in the collection, this is based on how the main game does when it comes to making these 3 amazing titles justice..and holy **** they didn't do any of that. Now before I want to say the bad, I wanted to say the good. The $60 price tag isn't all that bad, mainly because these games go for high prices on sites like eBay. So the pricing is sort of forgiving,Ok, this is NOT based on the games in the collection, this is based on how the main game does when it comes to making these 3 amazing titles justice..and holy **** they didn't do any of that. Now before I want to say the bad, I wanted to say the good. The $60 price tag isn't all that bad, mainly because these games go for high prices on sites like eBay. So the pricing is sort of forgiving, everything else isn't. You get 3 games and some music. All of these can be done by using an emulator or going on Youtube for the music. If you take something like Crash, he had 3 of his games, but they were remastered. Now I understand that Nintendo can't remaster the games, and that's ok, but Crash was only $40, but $60. I will say the smaller updates to the games are so dumb, Mario 64 got sightly better graphics, Sunshine got a wider screen, which makes no sense, and can't the others do the same, and I forgot about Galaxy. Overall this game isn't garbage, but other games truly do the classic games they were trying to be back justice, like Crash.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 102 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 102
  3. Negative: 0 out of 102
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 28, 2021
    70
    Nintendo had the chance to knock this one out of the park, but they settled for a bunt. [Issue #49 – November/December 2020, p. 72]
  2. iMore
    Mar 5, 2021
    80
    The classic games have been ported over to the Nintendo Switch with upscaled graphics. The old controls feel clunky compared to modern gaming standards, but if you already love these games, this makes for a great purchase.
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  3. Ninty Fresh Magazine
    Dec 21, 2020
    75
    Super Mario 3D All-Stars is three masterpiece games in a lacklustre package thanks to poor upgrades, contrived control choices and barely any extra content. [Issue #2, p. 72]
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