Super Mario 3D All-Stars

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  1. Rinku-95
    Sep 19, 2020
    4
    Don't get confused. These games are masterpieces. But as a remaster collection this package is an overpriced dissapointment. Very little improvements. And for some reason Super Mario Galaxy 2 is not included.
  2. Dracquiteur
    Sep 24, 2020
    4
    The games themselves are good. SM64 is extremely outdated, Sunshine's controls feel pretty awkward and Galaxy is a straight up masterpiece.

    However, the compilation is very lacking and too expensive. Rare replay is an example of a good compilation.
  3. Glasso
    Sep 19, 2020
    4
    These are great games (historically) but Nintendo didn't do them justice at all by putting its best foot forward here. Such a lazy and half-assed cash-in. Even the menu selection is low rent and minimal effort. Leaving the games as-is is mostly fine but some small quality of life changes for example like adding a right-stick camera to Mario 64 to bring it into the 21st century would haveThese are great games (historically) but Nintendo didn't do them justice at all by putting its best foot forward here. Such a lazy and half-assed cash-in. Even the menu selection is low rent and minimal effort. Leaving the games as-is is mostly fine but some small quality of life changes for example like adding a right-stick camera to Mario 64 to bring it into the 21st century would have gone a long way.… Expand
  4. DWFrozen
    Oct 2, 2020
    4
    Where do I start? Well I was pretty excited when this was announced, being able to play some of the best modern classics on your switch is certainly great - especially upscaled and sometimes running at 60fps.
    However, I struggled to justify the AAA price tag so I decided not to get it. It later turns out there was no controller mapping and the games were lazy emulations. There's also    Where do I start? Well I was pretty excited when this was announced, being able to play some of the best modern classics on your switch is certainly great - especially upscaled and sometimes running at 60fps.
    However, I struggled to justify the AAA price tag so I decided not to get it. It later turns out there was no controller mapping and the games were lazy emulations. There's also reports of several bugs in these games too. There's also the fact that this is a limited run and the textures weren't updated at all. The upscaling was a very lazy job for a AAA price. Activision remade their games for $20 less - and that is Activision. I feel like there's no defending the high price and limited run for this game considering how lazy and unimpressive it is. I later got the game for £30 which I find to be a much more suitable price. However due to the limited run this was pure luck for me and it's going to have it's value artificially inflated in April. I'd advise against buying this unless you can find it cheaper, very dissappointing...    … Expand
  5. 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
  6. sebastianali
    Sep 19, 2020
    4
    While the games themselves are good and revolutionary for their time, they haven't aged well and I don't think the best idea is to sell them for $ 60 when there are even remasters or even remakes a lot cheaper. And the excuse that it is that expensive because it is a collector's item or because Mario is an iconic franchise is not worth me, since that would add an extra value to itWhile the games themselves are good and revolutionary for their time, they haven't aged well and I don't think the best idea is to sell them for $ 60 when there are even remasters or even remakes a lot cheaper. And the excuse that it is that expensive because it is a collector's item or because Mario is an iconic franchise is not worth me, since that would add an extra value to it superficially, when that value would only have to be calculated with the quality of the video game, replayability and the work of a company. You can buy PS1 games in the PS Store for less than $ 10, just to give an example of what Mario 64 should have come out individually, since many use the excuse of $ 20 per game, when in reality not it's like that. The games are emulated and there is not a single improvement that makes a second purchase worthwhile, if you already have the originals. And if you don't have them, there are better alternatives. I will not support piracy, but it must be recognized that even fans with the PC port (almost without money) or other companies with their respective ports or remakes have done more remarkable work, and Nintendo does not offer a more attractive alternative to this, improving The titles. Not because you like Mario does it mean you can't recognize this. I would also have suggested putting the Mario Galaxy 2, or putting the DS version of Mario 64 in its place, since as I said, Mario 64 of the 3 is the one that has aged the worst, it would not hurt to fix the outdated camera.
    Some people said that its not a remake, and thats true, but it would be could if Nintendo does what Medievil remake did. The remake itself + the original game. If they had done this instead of the other, of course i will pay $ 60 without problems!
    In short, everyone is free to spend money on whatever they want. Let everyone pay for what they want without being guided by the opinions of others, but at least recognize that it is a very improvable product and that it does not do justice to Mario's anniversary.    … Expand
  7. 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.
  8. 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??
  9. The_Nametag
    Jun 26, 2021
    4
    Three classic games in an absolutely shameful collection. This product doesn't come anywhere close to living up to Nintendo's usual standard. The games are all the original games playing in emulators - flawed emulators. Enhanced graphics are done by having the emulator swap out textures with higher resolution ones on the fly. Sure, that's something that's been done before, and since.Three classic games in an absolutely shameful collection. This product doesn't come anywhere close to living up to Nintendo's usual standard. The games are all the original games playing in emulators - flawed emulators. Enhanced graphics are done by having the emulator swap out textures with higher resolution ones on the fly. Sure, that's something that's been done before, and since. But the emulators themselves are buggy as well. There's a lot of popping of models. There's graphics glitches. There's a lack of widescreen support. What the world was expecting was to see the games remade with better graphics, like the original Super Mario All-Stars. What the world received was one of the laziest compilation jobs out there. At the very least, the collection did include some side content, mostly in a music player. But that doesn't redeem that the games themselves, already limited to three with several other titles that people were looking for absent, were presented this badly.… Expand
  10. byen
    Sep 21, 2020
    4
    I bought this game digitally on day one, and what a waste of 60 dollars.

    I bought this collection mostly to play Super Mario Galaxy as I've had a lot of fond memories playing the original Wii version many years ago. But they just had to screw up the motion controls, it constantly goes off sync as I'm playing and it's so distracting (maybe it's just me, but it really does love to go off    I bought this game digitally on day one, and what a waste of 60 dollars.

    I bought this collection mostly to play Super Mario Galaxy as I've had a lot of fond memories playing the original Wii version many years ago. But they just had to screw up the motion controls, it constantly goes off sync as I'm playing and it's so distracting (maybe it's just me, but it really does love to go off sync sometimes). Playing Mario Galaxy on 3D All-Stars with a Pro Controller felt kind of "off" to me. I even tried using joycons instead but even using those is a bit off for me too. Especially since joycons can easily break, but the good thing is I can just go get them repaired if that were to happen. This is also the collection that introduced me to Super Mario Sunshine, and man were the controls just really weird in general. Then there was Super Mario 64, I feel a bit mixed with 64. I played the original on the Nintendo 64, and it felt good to play with an N64 controller. But just like with Galaxy and Sunshine, playing this cult classic with a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller also felt a little off. I do wish they gave the option to bind the controls to different buttons to make it easier to play these games. They could've also updated the graphics of the games, included Galaxy 2. This collection could've been so much better. But it has a few problems that ruins the experience for me.    … Expand
  11. LJN
    Sep 20, 2020
    4
    The amount of work put into these ports is almost non-existent. At least they changed Sunshine to 16:9 but why not Mario 64? It looks ridiculous with it's huge black frame. And the camera controls of 64 are really weird because it's meant for the C-buttons on the N64 controller, not for an analogue stick. They could've at least changed that. The only good thing are the very short loading times.
  12. SageXE
    Sep 22, 2020
    4
    Nintendo is freaking lazy instead of remaster the classic three games that we love they basically copy and paste with a few changes and they didnt even adopt controls to the newer console it plays horrible and the camera is still horrible in mario sunshine. COPY N PASTE NINTENDO REALLY U wasted a great bundle because of your laziness
  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. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. Exterminate749
    May 19, 2022
    4
    As always, Mario 64 is fantastic and one of Mario's best adventures (especially in 3D) and I am glad to have it on the switch with improved graphics too! I am giving 3D all stars as a whole a 4 though, Mario Galaxy and Mario Sunshine are terrible games and I do not understand why people like them. Mario Galaxy has too much of a difficulty spike early on and the mechanics are annoying. InAs always, Mario 64 is fantastic and one of Mario's best adventures (especially in 3D) and I am glad to have it on the switch with improved graphics too! I am giving 3D all stars as a whole a 4 though, Mario Galaxy and Mario Sunshine are terrible games and I do not understand why people like them. Mario Galaxy has too much of a difficulty spike early on and the mechanics are annoying. In Mario Sunshine, the levels are far too difficult to find and the F.L.U.D.D. mechanics are annoying, unfun, and they add very little to the game. The only good part of Sunshine is the music, the creation of Bowser Jr. and E. Gadd references. Mario galaxy barely has any good music and all of the new characters are rubbish. Mario 64, as usual, knocks the music out of the park, the low poly graphics are very charming and some of the enemies introduced here are great too! I do wish there was a way to view all of the artwork outside of the loading screens though, and the soundtrack/ jukebox section is a nice addition. All in all, I only got this to play Mario Galaxy and Mario Sunshine (I had already played 64), and I did not enjoy the games very much at all. Very overrated (except Mario 64).… Expand
  19. GT9
    Jul 17, 2023
    4
    I have to say, I was quite disappointed with Super Mario 3D All-Stars. While it was great to have three classic Mario games in one package, the overall experience just didn't live up to my expectations. The graphics were improved, but not by much, and the controls felt clunky and unresponsive at times. It also felt like there wasn't enough new content to justify the price. Overall, I wouldI have to say, I was quite disappointed with Super Mario 3D All-Stars. While it was great to have three classic Mario games in one package, the overall experience just didn't live up to my expectations. The graphics were improved, but not by much, and the controls felt clunky and unresponsive at times. It also felt like there wasn't enough new content to justify the price. Overall, I would give this game a 4 out of 10. If you're a die-hard Mario fan, you might still enjoy it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.… Expand
  20. Borgoros
    Sep 23, 2020
    3
    3 solid games, but Nintendo continues to show their greed. They really should learn from Activision when it comes to caring about their classic games. I hope they will remake the Metriod Prime Trilogy in the respectful way, and not like this lazy cash-grab. AGAIN
  21. 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.
  22. Arilio
    Oct 3, 2020
    3
    This collection is undoubtedly one of the most disappointing things Nintendo has ever done. They did the bare minimum. Super Mario 64 and Sunshine still run in 30fps, not to mention that 64 runs in 4:3. They didn't even add Super Mario Galaxy 2, which literally runs in the same engine as Super Mario Galaxy. The menu is just horrible, with absolutely no character in it. This wholeThis collection is undoubtedly one of the most disappointing things Nintendo has ever done. They did the bare minimum. Super Mario 64 and Sunshine still run in 30fps, not to mention that 64 runs in 4:3. They didn't even add Super Mario Galaxy 2, which literally runs in the same engine as Super Mario Galaxy. The menu is just horrible, with absolutely no character in it. This whole collection is just lazy and the $60 price tag cannot be justified. The worst thing is that it sold really well and Nintendo is going to get away with it. Shame.… Expand
  23. Silver1995
    Sep 20, 2020
    3
    These games are great, but the collection leaves much to be desired, due to the almost complete lack of new content, fixes due to which games in emulation may work incorrectly, and the price is too high.
    Come on Nintendo, you can do much better.
  24. Rj23
    Sep 20, 2020
    3
    One point for each game. This is such a lazy cash grab. There are 4k 60fps versions of Mario 64 in 16:9 and Nintendo gives us 720 30fps and 4:3 for an ANNIVERSARY edition game. People are starting to look at Nintendo differently and before it gets out of control they need to stop being so lazy.
  25. cbergerman1515
    Oct 2, 2020
    3
    Another lackluster port from Nintendo. It’s time they enter the 2020s and start to consider the entire experience of their games. Accessibility menus are important. Why in the world did they invert the controls with no option to revert them to the original? There is audio delay. These aren’t fixes that take that much time comparatively. It’s too bad, I was looking forward to purchasingAnother lackluster port from Nintendo. It’s time they enter the 2020s and start to consider the entire experience of their games. Accessibility menus are important. Why in the world did they invert the controls with no option to revert them to the original? There is audio delay. These aren’t fixes that take that much time comparatively. It’s too bad, I was looking forward to purchasing this but after all the negative press it just doesn’t seem worth it. Maybe for 20 bucks, but still, if you’re going to go through all the effort to port these, why not do it right??… Expand
  26. Bartson
    Sep 19, 2020
    3
    Zuwenig dran gemacht, zu teuer für das was man bekommt. Versteh echt nicht wie man davon so begeistert sein kann. Man hätte soviel aus der collection machen können, aber so sieht es nur aus also wollte man schnell abkassieren.
  27. MegaRokkit
    Sep 22, 2020
    3
    For years i've been craving to play super mario sunshine on the go...and I did get my wish, albeit in the most barebones sense possible. It is pathetic that Super Mario 64 runs WORSE on the Nintendo Switch while the Nintendo DS (see DS, as in the original one) ran this game slightly revamped without a single issue.

    As others have said already, it's such a lazy cash grab. Yes the games    For years i've been craving to play super mario sunshine on the go...and I did get my wish, albeit in the most barebones sense possible. It is pathetic that Super Mario 64 runs WORSE on the Nintendo Switch while the Nintendo DS (see DS, as in the original one) ran this game slightly revamped without a single issue.

    As others have said already, it's such a lazy cash grab. Yes the games themselves are great, but there could have been done so much more with this. I don't understand why Nintendo just didn't give this the same treatment as they gave Ocarina of Time & Majoras Mask on the 3DS all those years ago. Instead, we get a lazy barebones super package for the "35th anniversary". Which sucks since Mario is their "biggest" franchise and in turn does not bode well for the anniversary of both Legend of Zelda and Metroid next year.    … Expand
  28. DmageCase
    Sep 20, 2020
    3
    This compilation could look like good news at first glance, but in the end the result is very disappointing. These three opus are true classics of video games that would have deserved a much better treatment for the 35 years of the Nintendo's mascot. Realize a simple HD port is unacceptable, especially since the game is sold at full price! When it compared to what was done for CrashThis compilation could look like good news at first glance, but in the end the result is very disappointing. These three opus are true classics of video games that would have deserved a much better treatment for the 35 years of the Nintendo's mascot. Realize a simple HD port is unacceptable, especially since the game is sold at full price! When it compared to what was done for Crash Bandicoot or Spyro for example, the contrast is striking. In my opinion, Nintendo does not respect either its works or its fans by doing so. It's a shame.… Expand
  29. bobs_hair
    Sep 23, 2020
    3
    As much as I appreciate replaying these classic games, the compilation feels lazily put together. One of my main gripes is that Mario 64 is not widescreen. On a switch lite that means you are squinting at a tiny box in the middle of your screen. How can an unofficial port on PC be in 4K widescreen, whereas Nintendo themselves can't do it...laziness!

    The £50 price tag is not at all justified
  30. MarioFanatic
    Sep 24, 2020
    3
    I really wanted to give this game more stars, because it could have been absolutely perfect. However, as many of the reviews have stated, Mario sunshine and 64 both are locked at 30fps and 64 has a measling 4:3 screen ratio. Rom hackers have achieved more with less profit, which is an extremely major disappointment; this means that you can find better versions of these games for 100% freeI really wanted to give this game more stars, because it could have been absolutely perfect. However, as many of the reviews have stated, Mario sunshine and 64 both are locked at 30fps and 64 has a measling 4:3 screen ratio. Rom hackers have achieved more with less profit, which is an extremely major disappointment; this means that you can find better versions of these games for 100% free on the PC. To further put my personal disgust with how Nintendo released all-stars 3D, they fixed backwards long jumping on mario 64. This is a glitch that speed runners use to run world-record speed runs, they had the nerve to patch this out of the game which leaves the game as a downgraded version of Mario 64 DS, with 50% less content. Nintendo could have done more by doing less. Leaving backwards long jumping in the game wouldn't effect normal players, all it does is generate more anti-consumer product. I don't even use backwards long jump, but the fact that they removed that and left more important problems in the game just feels like they half-assed this release. Now, I'm not saying you wont have fun playing these games, because you definitely will because they are the best in their own genre. Nintendo could have done a hell of a lot more for 80 CAD.… 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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