Super Mario 3D All-Stars

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 823 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 223 out of 823
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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  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. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. sergio92alves
    Sep 19, 2020
    2
    It feels like you're just playing an emulator in your PC with some HD Texture Pack installed. You will have no new experience here, it is probably the most disappointing release of the year. SM64, SMS and SMG are amazing games for sure, but this collection had much more potential. There are several other improvements and additions that could have been made in the game, but in the end theIt feels like you're just playing an emulator in your PC with some HD Texture Pack installed. You will have no new experience here, it is probably the most disappointing release of the year. SM64, SMS and SMG are amazing games for sure, but this collection had much more potential. There are several other improvements and additions that could have been made in the game, but in the end the collection looks just like an emulator made in a lazy way.… Expand
  15. 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
  16. Rubes
    Sep 25, 2020
    2
    Why? What is the need for these mediocre games to be re-released for $60 for a limited time to create artificial demand? Do what I did..Rent this game, don't buy it! Don't give them the satisfaction. There's nothing here worth owning! SM64 looks so old, it's unplayable because it looks and feels like a 25 year old game. Sunshine is just terrible. It was bad on GC and it's even worseWhy? What is the need for these mediocre games to be re-released for $60 for a limited time to create artificial demand? Do what I did..Rent this game, don't buy it! Don't give them the satisfaction. There's nothing here worth owning! SM64 looks so old, it's unplayable because it looks and feels like a 25 year old game. Sunshine is just terrible. It was bad on GC and it's even worse now..totally unplayable with out of control controls. As soon as I had to spray graffiti up high I knew this wasn't going to happen. And Galaxy looks decent, but it was a game for the Wii and it doesn't fit with the Switch. Controls can be iffy at times; I had trouble with a certain large spider and I have a feeling you will too! Speaking of the Switch, you do know that Nintendo came out with the greatest Mario game ever with Odyssey, so just go and play or re-play that beautiful masterpiece. Playing anything other than Odyssey is just a waste of time. If you still like these old Mario games you're living in the past man..time for Odyssey so you can experience what 10 years of development time can do to a series.… Expand
  17. Robertinho123
    Feb 3, 2021
    2
    Really outdated, the camera controls in the first 2 games are terrible, and Sunshine is waaaay too twitchy. I remembered these games much better than they actually are. Edited to 2 after playing Hotel lobby's secret, what **** game design.
  18. turney
    Oct 18, 2020
    2
    complete rip off
    they've actually managed to make Mario 64 even worse

    fix the camera !!!!
  19. vgolev
    Sep 20, 2020
    2
    1. Artificially limited sell timeframe to create a higher demand.
    2. Barely touched roms.
    3. Full price.

    Just don't buy it! if you buy, you support this, and Nintendo will do it more often.
  20. 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
  21. Ty34er
    Sep 21, 2020
    2
    This could have been fantastic, but then they ruined the control scheme and offer no way to change it in game. Normally this wouldn't kill a game for me, but considering it is a release of 3 Critically Acclaimed games for modern hardware, this causes problems.
  22. metta_love
    Sep 24, 2020
    2
    Great games, classics of all time of 3d platforming games. But this bundle is low budget! Mario is epic brand but playing old games with bad graphics and low fps is need to be fixed - otherwise I’m giving 2/10 for this bundle! Sorry Nintendo but thats how you celebrate it!
  23. 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
  24. TERMINAL64
    Feb 13, 2021
    2
    While these three games are very amazing, these were very low-effort ports especially Super Mario 64.
  25. nahobino5_
    Jun 22, 2021
    2
    Fun because of nostalgia? Maybe. Other than that, not really. Personally, I feel like the controls are very wonky or just aged badly. Along with the clunky camera and the graphics are just okay. These ports are missing a polishing touch. Unfortunately, this was not that great for me. The 3D World port that came out alongside this game was way more enjoyable. It just felt incredibly smoothFun because of nostalgia? Maybe. Other than that, not really. Personally, I feel like the controls are very wonky or just aged badly. Along with the clunky camera and the graphics are just okay. These ports are missing a polishing touch. Unfortunately, this was not that great for me. The 3D World port that came out alongside this game was way more enjoyable. It just felt incredibly smooth and fun in comparison.… Expand
  26. Nocturno999
    Sep 20, 2020
    1
    Lazy cash grab with classic Nintendo anxiety marketing (even the digital version will be discontinued next year. )
  27. Jon_P
    Dec 7, 2020
    1
    These games have not aged well. It should have been a remaster or a free release.
  28. Jetspino
    Apr 26, 2021
    1
    Shameless cash grab on a series of games that did not age well. Should have been free release for Nintendo online subscribers.
  29. theoftime12
    Sep 30, 2020
    1
    60 dolares por 3 roms, que pasa nintendo nos ves cara de tontos, no pienso comprar esta estafa
  30. PikachuRebelde
    Sep 19, 2020
    1
    60$ price for emulated games.... Good job Nintendo, good job.....
    Also the collection is limited and Mario 64 has black bars and not widescreen support.... This is unnaceptable.
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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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