Super Mario 3D All-Stars (for Nintendo Switch) Review
Long ago, in the days of the Super NES, Nintendo released Super Mario All-Stars. It was a brilliant idea, a collection of three classic 2D Mario games (and the original Super Mario Bros. 2, which was never released in North America) on a single SNES cartridge, all overhauled with new, more detailed, more colorful 16-bit graphics. Now, nearly 30 years later, Nintendo is bringing out its second Mario All-Stars collection: Super Mario 3D All-Stars. This $59.99 Nintendo Switch release includes Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy, all on a single card or download. These games don’t get major graphical upgrades like the games in the original All-Stars, or the more recent Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy and Spyro Reignited Trilogy collections on the PlayStation 4, but they’re still classics that play just as well as they did on their original consoles. Inexplicably, Nintendo is only offering Super Mario 3D All-Stars as a “limited release.” This doesn’t just mean ...
Super Mario 3D All-Stars offers three excellent games in close to their original forms, but it misses a lot of opportunities to polish and improve them.
All three games are absolute classics; Renders at high definition; Bonus music player
No visual or mechanical improvements to fix rough edges; Doesn't run at 60 frames per second; Lacks Super Mario Galaxy 2