With its 2D retro revival game library prepared to continue its march unabated this holiday season thanks to Donkey Kong Country Returns and a new stringy Kirby title, Nintendo seems content to dip into the past for the time being when it comes to releasing major first party titles.
And with the success of the New Super Mario Bros. franchise, the Virtual Console, and the inevitable success of the 2D titles already mentioned above, who could blame them?
So on that note, today’s rumor-cum-reality that Super Mario Bros. All-Stars is making a comeback as a Wii title is as unsurprising as the sun setting at night. Called the Super Mario Collection Special Pack, this now legit retail title is described thusly:
The “special pack” part of the name comes from the bonus item Nintendo will be including. The item, known as “Super Mario History 1985 – 2010,” includes a booklet recapping 25 years of Mario history and showing previously unseen development materials, and a soundtrack CD with music spanning Super Mario Bros. through Super Mario Galaxy 2. Super Mario Collection Special Pack is set for October 21 release at Â¥2,500.
All-Stars was an SNES rental for me back in the day (good enough for a quick nostalgic taste and little else), and I imagine this one would have been too, if not for all the extras the will not be included in a GameFly mailing. Guess we’ll have to see what kind of extras the collection itself includes before making final judgement.
UPDATE: This is looking more and more like a re-release of the original and Japan-only by the hour.
Is this a remake of all-stars (i.e. widescreen, updated visuals) or a straight port for Wii?
Damn you Nintendo too many remakes!
Seems to be a straight port which for that price is great considering it comes with a book and soundtrack. Hopefully Nintendo releases it over here as well.
Guaranteed million seller in Japan and another million in the US before the end of the year.
I'm confused: what Mario games will this include? I remember this SNES game arriving in the MAIL for me while I was out in the snow (my mom called me in and said, 'You're game's here!') – gosh, what an awesome game. My version didn't include Super Mario World, but I remember a friend's included SMW (I was uber-jealous).
Cripes, I want this! What took them so long? 🙂 The icing on the cake would be an inclusion of World, 64 and Sunshine…But I wouldn't be surprised to see those 3 show up in a Part 2 disc.
SMB 1-3+LL, SMW 1+2, 64+SunShine? I already own all those. 64 with a graphic update would be nice, SunShine with Widescreen and 60fps would be nice. SMB 1-3+LL & SMW 1 with co-op would be nice. SMW2 is perfect, don't mess with it, okay maybe change the Mario crying sound. If all the games are left virtually the same I'm not interested.
Fun fact, I was playing Mario All-Stars last night on the SNES, it's still awesome.
I'm going to have to pass on this. It would be nice for someone who's never played any of them or hasn't bought any off of VC, but for me I'm getitng a bit tired of the re-releases and all. There's only so much money to go around.
Never owned a SNES, but the All-Stars treatments of the games always looked good to me. I'll probably pick this up.
I'd still love to see a graphically updated Mario 64 (that level in SMG2 served to whet my appetite) and even moreso, "New Play Control Super Mario Sunshine". Might be tough figuring out how to map all the buttons, especially the analog shoulder buttons, but there were some parts of that game that desperately needed a pointer…
"New Play Control Super Mario Sunshine" with sharper graphics is something I'd buy in a heartbeat. Please, though, no waggle.
I want Super Mario Land 2 in full color! Then I would buy it!
I remember that my mom sold off Super Mario Bros. 3 before I got into gaming (my family was playing video games before I was born), so when I did, my brother and I wanted to play it, so instead of getting the NES version, she ordered Super Mario All Stars. That's the reason I think of it as a Super NES game and the NES version seems all watered down to me. I also have Super Mario All Stars+Super Mario World.
I'll probably get this, especially for the goodies, but I'm hoping they are actual remakes.