Super Mario 3D All-Stars review
A tricky one. Allow us to be very clear: Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy are two of the very best video games ever committed to code, while Sunshine has some enjoyable moments and is more than worth sampling, even if it’s just to see how much better its follow-up was. If you’ve never played these games and have a Nintendo Switch, you really should buy 3D All-Stars, especially as Nintendo will stop selling it altogether in the first half of next year. But the rest of us? Again, tricky. If you love Mario, can you really resist having three of his most prominent games on your Switch? Replaying Galaxy in particular, wonky controls aside, has been a delight. Just know that Nintendo really hasn’t put much effort into this compilation, and given that it’s supposed to be a celebration of 35 years of its Wahoo-ing mascot, that’s a little bit disappointing.
Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy are exceptional, timeless games; Galaxy still looks great; Fascinating to experience the evolution of 3D Mario games in one package;
Almost nothing new and few bonus features for series veterans; The games are barely remastered; Camera issues in the first two games remain ; Galaxy is awkward to play in handheld;