Super Mario 3D All-Stars

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 823 Ratings

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  1. JoyConBreaker
    Sep 21, 2020
    0
    Nintendo se ríe de sus usuarios con el precio de ésta colección, saben perfectamente que gran parte de sus fanáticos les comprarían cualquier cosa. No se esmeraron en nada, es decepcionante. En el All Stars de SNES por lo menos renovaron los gráficos, aquí no han hecho nada. En fin... ya ni siquiera es posible sorprenderse por este nivel de incompetencia. Espero que no se repitan este tipoNintendo se ríe de sus usuarios con el precio de ésta colección, saben perfectamente que gran parte de sus fanáticos les comprarían cualquier cosa. No se esmeraron en nada, es decepcionante. En el All Stars de SNES por lo menos renovaron los gráficos, aquí no han hecho nada. En fin... ya ni siquiera es posible sorprenderse por este nivel de incompetencia. Espero que no se repitan este tipo de prácticas gracias a la cantidad de descerebrados que adquirieron la colección.… Expand
  2. Nweeby24
    Sep 22, 2020
    0
    This game is literally just an emulator, there is absolutely no reason why it costs $60. People are highly rating this game because they think just because they played these games before and are nostalgic for them that automatically makes the game good. Nintendo themselves released mario 64 for $10 and galaxy for $20 on wii u, and since sunshine is between those two it should probably costThis game is literally just an emulator, there is absolutely no reason why it costs $60. People are highly rating this game because they think just because they played these games before and are nostalgic for them that automatically makes the game good. Nintendo themselves released mario 64 for $10 and galaxy for $20 on wii u, and since sunshine is between those two it should probably cost $15, add those up and you get $45 AND THAT'S WITHOUT CONSIDERING THAT COLLECTIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CHEAPER.… Expand
  3. SuperK27
    Sep 19, 2020
    8
    This collection has one of the greatest games Mario has to offer. Unfortunately, it does suffer from the idea of ports being put into one collection as well as the limited release dibacal. As much as I enjoy playing all the games again, I would've had them provide much more with this collection as they did with the 25th Anniversary collection with both the original all-stars, CD, andThis collection has one of the greatest games Mario has to offer. Unfortunately, it does suffer from the idea of ports being put into one collection as well as the limited release dibacal. As much as I enjoy playing all the games again, I would've had them provide much more with this collection as they did with the 25th Anniversary collection with both the original all-stars, CD, and artbook. Other then that if you have never played these games before, its not a bad deal for purchasing this for all three games. Ideally one of these games in the market is very expensive (sunshine); however It's recommended you buy this collection for the sake of these great games.… Expand
  4. NorwayGamer
    Sep 19, 2020
    5
    what could have been a really great celebration of Mario's 35th anniversary, turned out to be a mediocre one unfortunately..

    this is such a huge missed opportunity. the omission of Galaxy 2 is bad enough, but there's really nothing extra to this compilation - it's as bare-bones as it possibly could get. 3 old games with enhanced resolution - that's it! what about some cool concept    what could have been a really great celebration of Mario's 35th anniversary, turned out to be a mediocre one unfortunately..

    this is such a huge missed opportunity. the omission of Galaxy 2 is bad enough, but there's really nothing extra to this compilation - it's as bare-bones as it possibly could get. 3 old games with enhanced resolution - that's it!

    what about some cool concept art, or something other extras, how about actually updating Mario 64's visuals to at least the standards of Galaxy 1 - I would've been more than pleased with that. but no, Nintendo is all about maximum profits, for minimum efforts - as usual..    … Expand
  5. LuigiCuau
    Sep 20, 2020
    7
    Tristemente Nintendo abusa de nosotros sus consumidores, sabe que la nostalgia vende, no importa lo que sea, los nintenderos lo compran sin importar el precio, no entiendo por que mínimo no agregaron Galaxy 2 pero ese no es el punto para darle un un 7, ok no me des el Galaxy 2 pero dame algo más que un simple emulador, hace 10 años nos dio una edición especial, simplemente hermosa paraTristemente Nintendo abusa de nosotros sus consumidores, sabe que la nostalgia vende, no importa lo que sea, los nintenderos lo compran sin importar el precio, no entiendo por que mínimo no agregaron Galaxy 2 pero ese no es el punto para darle un un 7, ok no me des el Galaxy 2 pero dame algo más que un simple emulador, hace 10 años nos dio una edición especial, simplemente hermosa para Wii, con OST físico, un book de arte y ni se diga la caja especial, pero ahora solo nos diste un simple port sin nada especial, si me lo vas a dar a $1700 pesos mexicanos mínimo agrega algo especial pero ni eso, eso sin contar el estampado del cartucho todo chueco, me das GALAXY sin opciones de controles y el Mario 64 no le das un poco más, no queremos un remake como Zelda Ocarina de 3DS o Mario 64 de DS, pero mínimo adáptalo bien a las pantallas actúales, digo si varias películas viejas lo están haciendo que te cuesta Nintendo, solo es un juego.

    Un juego de colección y pero, con la amenaza de "solo por tiempo limitado" Nintendo sabe como mojar a sus usuarios para que no se lo piensen dos veces y como dicen "TAKE MY MONEY"

    Como me gustaría poder subir imágenes para que vean que el juego lo tengo en físico, lo compre por colección y por que me salió con 40% de descuento en Liverpool pero realmente no tenia planeado comprarlo a los 70 dólares que es lo que cuestan aquí en México, esos juegos ya los disfrute en mi 64, GC y Wii pero maldita nostalgia, que lo único extra sea su música de manera digital cuando tienes varios medios como spootify o youtube para escuchar esa música, mínimo la colección de Megaman X te trae los 7 juegos, el arte conceptual y ese agregado especial de pelear contra los jefes, pero bueno, Nintendo es Nintendo y por eso hace lo que quiere    … Expand
  6. 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.
  7. Okxd
    Sep 19, 2020
    7
    3 of your favorite mario games are back! In an extremely lazy and unspired format, you could get the exact same experience from roms, but Mario All Stars charges $60 for 3 games that have been out for years and didn't even do anything to change the games whatsoever. They are just roms, if you know how to use an emulator then you should just emulate instead. But for people that don't want3 of your favorite mario games are back! In an extremely lazy and unspired format, you could get the exact same experience from roms, but Mario All Stars charges $60 for 3 games that have been out for years and didn't even do anything to change the games whatsoever. They are just roms, if you know how to use an emulator then you should just emulate instead. But for people that don't want to go through the effort of emulating the games, this works just fine. I'm giving it a 7 because the games on their own are good but the way they did it is just incredibly lazy.… Expand
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. KingGilda
    Sep 21, 2020
    0
    A very obvious and lazy cash grab. Nintendo fans are to blame, Nintendo only saw an oppurtunity for fast money and took it. Next time don't cry tears of joy when someone recycles 3 old games.
  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. ViktorVaughn33
    Sep 20, 2020
    8
    It has it's flaws, but it's a great collection of games, and anyone who has played the originals knows that there absolutely are improvements. These were never meant to be REMAKES.

    I think there's a lot of rose colored glasses here. I would suggest some of the salty people here to break out a GameCube and play Mario Sunshine on a 4:3 CRT and see if you still think they didn't fix anything.
  13. 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
  14. guizaum
    Sep 20, 2020
    5
    Common Nintendo,
    Mario is your eternal star
    You can make a much better job with Mario.
    Start giving new camera controllers in M64.
    And never use emulators again.
  15. FinnGalaxy
    Sep 21, 2020
    0
    These 3 are easily some of my favourite games of all time, but the fact that with the exception of Galaxy the other games use some nasty emulators that don't even hand a candle to the originals in terms on controls on Sunshine and visuals on 64 (Why are those borders even here?) shows how lazy of a collection it is, what a shame.
  16. Octavio89
    Sep 22, 2020
    0
    60 bucks for three emulated, super old games. How does Nintendo get away with this?
  17. KratosIsBae
    Sep 21, 2020
    7
    The games by themselves are masterpieces, but Nintendo has been lazy with this bundle. Don’t get me wrong, I love these games, but what bugs me is that Nintendo could have done more to make the ports optimal for the Nintendo Switch. I think they did a good job on Galaxy but the amount of effort put in to Super Mario 64 is almost nonexistent, and that bothers me. I mean how hard could itThe games by themselves are masterpieces, but Nintendo has been lazy with this bundle. Don’t get me wrong, I love these games, but what bugs me is that Nintendo could have done more to make the ports optimal for the Nintendo Switch. I think they did a good job on Galaxy but the amount of effort put in to Super Mario 64 is almost nonexistent, and that bothers me. I mean how hard could it actually be for a multi-billion-dollar company to make a 24yr-old game 16:9 and 60 or even 120fps?… Expand
  18. 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
  19. NoveyTP
    Apr 15, 2023
    6
    It has no galaxy 2 and the pointer mechanic in galaxy is super bad.........
  20. PentV
    Sep 19, 2020
    0
    This simply does not do the games justice. This game is by no means worth the 60 dollar price tag and the limited release makes it even worse.
  21. Nocturno999
    Sep 20, 2020
    1
    Lazy cash grab with classic Nintendo anxiety marketing (even the digital version will be discontinued next year. )
  22. Fantoolwin
    Sep 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego de 60 dólares que prácticamente es un emulador. Lamentable que Nintendo se aproveche de sus usuarios así.… Expand
  23. bakuboyhiro
    Sep 20, 2020
    6
    Unfortunately a very lazy collection, Mario deserved more.

    The games are still great, but 64 is only 4:3, 64 and Sunshine are 30 frames, both have still the same camera issues of the original versions, no improvements whatsoever in that regard.

    Motion controls are completely forced in Galaxy, even in the menus!
  24. Hexagonaldonut
    Sep 20, 2020
    2
    Altogether incredibly underwhelming for what was supposed to be a big game celebrating Mario's history on 3D platforms. Not only is the collection inexplicably highly time-limited, it's missing a game (that being Super Mario Galaxy 2), and it's painfully obvious across the entire collection that Nintendo only put in the bare minimum amount of effort.

    Super Mario 64 being based on the    Altogether incredibly underwhelming for what was supposed to be a big game celebrating Mario's history on 3D platforms. Not only is the collection inexplicably highly time-limited, it's missing a game (that being Super Mario Galaxy 2), and it's painfully obvious across the entire collection that Nintendo only put in the bare minimum amount of effort.

    Super Mario 64 being based on the bugfixed Shindo version released exclusively in Japan is not necessarily a bad thing, even if it does remove some of the game's most iconic glitches and exploits, but unlike Sunshine it's inexplicably still in 4:3 instead of 16:9 and features no meaningful adaptations or additions otherwise.

    Super Mario Galaxy meanwhile is fairly inoffensive for the most part except for the part where the game is literally unplayable on two of the three possible control schemes due to Nintendo's exceptionally poor handling of the matter of the cursor. Using the touch screen for the cursor during gameplay is massively impractical and aiming it with gyro on Pro controller is incredibly awkward. Playing with Joycons feels more or less identical to playing the game as it was on the Wii, but of course comes with the caveat of drift.

    But the real reason for the massively critical score of TWO is Sunshine. Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy weren't handled well, but at least they aren't actively worse than their original versions.

    For those who don't know, in the original version on the GameCube, Sunshine had an interesting, obscure feature colloquially dubbed the 'shotgun spray' or 'spam spray'; by quickly and briefly pressing the R button fully and releasing, Mario would fire out a wide blast of water, which was excellent for clearing large areas of goop, dealing with certain problematic enemies (anyone who's played Sunshine likely has a good idea of what enemies I mean), and in general for just putting out a lot of water at once. This was an intended feature.

    This feature is absent in 3D All-Stars.

    The reason for this is pretty obvious; unlike the GameCube controller and literally every other modern console, the Switch does not feature analogue triggers, and as such this aspect of FLUDD's functionality would not be workable in its original capacity on Switch. Of course, the obvious flaw with this is the fact that every single Switch-compatible controller, with only two exceptions, has additional buttons that this functionality could easily have been assigned to instead. Or it could've been implemented as a combination of both spray buttons. Or it could've been implemented any number of other ways, likely very easily. But they didn't do anything like that. They just removed it.

    It's unbelievably obvious that Nintendo put the absolute bare minimum amount of effort into these ports- which are EMULATED, by the way, they're not even actual ports- if not less, and in doing so have actively taken away from one of the involved games. These are all widely-loved games that did not deserve this kind of treatment.

    I absolutely adore Galaxy, but if I could refund this game, I would. But, of course, it's Nintendo. No refunds for anyone.    … Expand
  25. JmanTheHitman
    Sep 19, 2020
    6
    While the 3 games are great the collection itself is lackluster and shows a very minimal effort was given by Nintendo. These games look a lot better then on their original systems but that is due to just better hardware and nothing was actually changed for these games as they are simply just emulated versions that you can play on the go. The last thing this collection offers are theWhile the 3 games are great the collection itself is lackluster and shows a very minimal effort was given by Nintendo. These games look a lot better then on their original systems but that is due to just better hardware and nothing was actually changed for these games as they are simply just emulated versions that you can play on the go. The last thing this collection offers are the soundtracks of these great games available to play whenever which is the only feature added to this collection besides options to make these games work on the switch (hand-held mode). Lastly the mind boggling decision to remove the game from sale in March is very anti-consumer especially when people are having a rough time earning enough money during these hard times.… Expand
  26. 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.
  27. freepoorking
    Sep 20, 2020
    0
    Absolute trash. Updated resolution. And nothing else. Quick cash grab and i feel like a fool for falling for it. They couldn't even update the godforsaken camera system. Go download the roms and an emulator. Don't waste your money on this trash they literally did nothing to these games and playing then on the switch is worse than pc
  28. Aceinator42
    Sep 20, 2020
    8
    It's not a remaster and Nintendo never marketed it as one. I feel like people are just hating on it because it is in. It's perfectly fun and still as much fun as it used to be. Only in HD! Of course, I wish they had done a little bit more with it, but that doesn't mean that the game is bad. These are THREE incredible games including one of the best games of all times (Metacritic Best VideoIt's not a remaster and Nintendo never marketed it as one. I feel like people are just hating on it because it is in. It's perfectly fun and still as much fun as it used to be. Only in HD! Of course, I wish they had done a little bit more with it, but that doesn't mean that the game is bad. These are THREE incredible games including one of the best games of all times (Metacritic Best Video Game List) and they are definitely worth the full price.… Expand
  29. Spacemnkey
    Sep 20, 2020
    5
    This games by themselves are masterpieces but the bundle is an insult and Nintendo is just milking money out of nostalgia with minimum effort.
  30. 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.
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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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