Super Mario 3D All-Stars (スーパーマリオ 3Dコレクション[2] Sūpā Mario 3D Korekushon?, Super Mario 3D Collection) is a Nintendo Switch 3D Platformer Compilation game that was released on September 18, 2020 for a limited time. Announced alongside to celebrate Mario's 35th Anniversary. 3D All-Stars includes high-definition ports of the three major 3D platformers in the Super Mario series: Super Mario 64 (1996), Super Mario Sunshine (2002), and Super Mario Galaxy (2007). The collection was only available until late March 2021.[1]
Development[]
According to video game news website Eurogamer, Nintendo referred to the compilation as Super Mario All-Stars 2 internally.[3] Super Mario 3D All-Stars was officially announced on a Nintendo Direct presentation on September 3rd 2020.[4]
Overview[]
All the games have been improved for a "smoother" experience, high-definition upgrades (up to 1920 x 1080 docked; except Super Mario 64), and new Switch controls, while they maintain their faithful design and look.[5] There will also be a new mode where the player can listen to whole soundtracks of all the three included games, whether the console is turned on or off. The text and dialogues are expected to be changed for improvement, removal of original console-exclusive features not compatible with the Switch, and to match the Switch controls. Some textures of these games have been updated, with Super Mario Sunshine having received the most texture updates.
Games[]
Super Mario 64[]
Super Mario 64 maintains its original 4:3 aspect ratio, while now having a high-definition upgrade, up to a resolution of 960 x 720 in both docked and handheld modes.[5] The HUD design has been modified for an HD upgrade as well which now looks smooth and more clear. The same is applied to Mario's "M" emblem.[6] The game's title screen has a "Press +" text, replacing the "Press Start" text to match the controls of thee Nintendo Switch controls. Changes from Super Mario 64: Shindō Pak Taiō have been included, such as rumble, Mario no longer says "So long, king Bowser!" when throwing him; he'll instead say "Bye-bye!", and some glitches like the backwards long jump have been fixed.
Super Mario Sunshine[]
Sunshine features an aspect ratio presentation of 16:9 hacked from the original using a Gecko widescreen code. Additionally, despite the Switch's capability to support the GameCube controller (via an adapter) and the game originating from the console, this version doesn't support such a controller.[7]
Super Mario Galaxy[]
Galaxy has motion controls through the use of two detached Joy-Con controllers. The star cursor is now determined by the motion of a Joy-Con rather than requiring a sensor bar, as it was in the original. The cursor can also be interacted through the use of touchscreen if played in handheld mode. A secondary Joy-Con controller is required for co-op 2-player mode. Other features like the Wii Message Board messages and the Wii Remote speaker hasn't returned as it is not present with the Switch's current hardware and features.
Update history[]
Reception[]
3D All-Stars received positive reviews. Metacritic gave a score of 82 based on eighty-six reviews. Cubed3 mentioned 3D All-Stars "represents the pinnacle of platforming goodness and with perfect ports". GamingTrend refers the game as a must-have if the stakeholder never played them or have no means of playing the copies you own. GamingTrend mentioned that "the included soundtracks are not enough to make this 35th anniversary package feel special enough to warrant a buy."[8]
Kevin Knezevic on GameSpot rated the game as 8/10, saying, "despite their age, the games are still rife with inventive ideas and surprises, which more than makes up for the collection's presentational shortcomings."[9]
Trivia[]
- There was controversy about the game when it was discovered to have a limited release. Because of that, people started making internet memes about Mario dying on March 31, 2021. There was also criticism of the game not including Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- This was originally planned to be announced as an E3 presentation, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it became a Nintendo Direct.
- All the three games were emulated on the Switch.
- Even though Super Mario Galaxy 2 wasn't included in the collection, the "You Got A Star" jingle from that game is used as the collection's start up music.
- albeit, higher pitched and abridged compared to the original,
Gallery[]
To view Super Mario 3D All-Stars's image gallery, click here.
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External links[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sean Keane (September 3, 2020). Nintendo reveals Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection for Switch, out Sept. 18. cnet. Retrieved on 2020-09-04.
- ↑ Nintendo. スーパーマリオ 3Dコレクション (Japanese). Retrieved on 2020-09-17.
- ↑ Phillips, Tom (31 March 2020). More details emerge on Nintendo's Mario remasters (English). Eurogamer. Gamer Network Limited. Retrieved on 5 September 2020.
- ↑ Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct (English). YouTube (3 September 2020). Retrieved on 5 September 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Brian(@NE_Brian) (3 September 2020). Super Mario 3D All-Stars resolution detailed (English). Nintendo Everything. Retrieved on 5 September 2020.
- ↑ Supper Mario broth on Twitter: "Super Mario 64's original release ...
- ↑ Super Mario Sunshine won’t have Gamecube controller support in Super Mario 3D All-Stars (English). My Nintendo News. Excite Global Media Ltd. (4 September 2020). Retrieved on 5 September 2020.
- ↑ Super Mario 3D All-Stars for Switch Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2020-09-29.
- ↑ Kevin Knezevic (2020-09-18). Super Mario 3D All-Stars Review – Shoot For The Stars. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2020-09-29.
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Characters | Main protagonists | Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Luma |
Antagonists | Bowser • Bowser Jr. | |
Non-playable | Coach • Cosmic Luigi • Cosmic Mario • Guppy • Lumacomète • Lumalee • Penguin Racers • Penguru • Polari • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Queen Bee • Ray • Seagull • Spooky Speedster • Toad Brigade (Banktoad · Blue Toad · Mailtoad · Toad Brigade Captain · Yellow Toad) • Worm | |
Species | Species | Big Green Caterpillar • Board • Butterfly • Cataquack • Gearmo • Honeybee • Hungry Luma • Luma • Ocean Small Turtle • Penguin • Star Bunny • Toad |
Enemies | Enemies | Amp • Astro Goomba • Ball Beamer • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Amp • Bolt Beam • Bonefin • Black Hole • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Boo • Brrr Bit • Burn Bit • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cataquack • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Pup • Chomp • Clam • Cluckboom • Crab • Dry Bones • Electricity Shooter • Electrogoomba • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Flipbug • Giant Gringill • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Gringill • Ground Urchin • Ice Bat • Jammyfish • Jump Guarder • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bouncer • Lava Plume • Li'l Springy • Magikoopa • Mandibug • Mecha Bowser • Mikey Mine • Mini Topman • Mobile Sentry Beam • Monty • Octopus • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Head • Ring Beam • Pink Electrogoomba • Preying Mantas • Prickly Plant • Puffer Fish • Pumpkinhead Goomba • Purple Piranha Plant • Red Pokey • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Sliding Stone • Spangler • Spiky Topman • Spoing • Spring Robot • Spring Topman • Starbag • Swoopin' Poink • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Tox Box • Tweester • Undergrunt • Urchin • Water Shooter • Wiggler |
Obstacles | Obstacles | Banzai Bill Cannon • Bars / Crystal • Bill Blaster • Black hole • Bramble • Bumper • Burner • Cannon • Chomp box • Current • Dark matter • Electric rail • Fire Bar • Fire geyser • Fire Shooter • Fireball • Floating Mine • Freezing water • Giant Prickly Plant • Gravity field • Honey • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Meat • Meteor • Moving sand • Mud • Poison swamp • Prickly Plant • Pulse Beam • Quicksand • Sand tide • Skull Box • Space Mine • Spike • Spring • Torpedo tube • Water Shooter • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind |
Bosses | Bosses | Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Megaleg • Kamella • Tarantox • Topmaniac • Bouldergeist • Major Burrows • Baron Brrr • Undergrunt Gunner • Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Kingfin • Fiery Dino Piranha • Bowser Jr. • Bowser |
Galaxies | Gate | Gateway Galaxy • Boo's Boneyard Galaxy |
Terrace | Good Egg Galaxy • Honeyhive Galaxy • Loopdeeloop Galaxy • Flipswitch Galaxy • Sweet Sweet Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | |
Fountain | Space Junk Galaxy • Battlerock Galaxy • Rolling Green Galaxy • Hurry-Scurry Galaxy • Sling Pod Galaxy • Bowser's Star Reactor | |
Kitchen | Beach Bowl Galaxy • Ghostly Galaxy • Bubble Breeze Galaxy • Buoy Base Galaxy • Drip Drop Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | |
Bedroom | Gusty Garden Galaxy • Freezeflame Galaxy • Dusty Dune Galaxy • Honeyclimb Galaxy • Bigmouth Galaxy • Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | |
Engine Room | Gold Leaf Galaxy • Sea Slide Galaxy • Toy Time Galaxy • Bonefin Galaxy • Sand Spiral Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | |
Garden | Deep Dark Galaxy • Dreadnought Galaxy • Melty Molten Galaxy • Matter Splatter Galaxy • Snow Cap Galaxy | |
Comet Observatory | Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | |
Planet of Trials | Rolling Gizmo Galaxy • Bubble Blast Galaxy • Loopdeeswoop Galaxy • Grand Finale Galaxy | |
Items | Items | 1-Up Mushroom • ? Coin • Bee Mushroom • Boo Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Grand Star • Green Power Star • Ice Flower • Life Mushroom • Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Red Power Star • Red Star • Silver Star • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Star Chip |
Objects | Objects | ? Block • Airship • Arrow Sign • Assembly Block • Banandelion • Bar • Beacon • Blue switch • Bob-omb Dispenser • Bolt (object) • Bolt (platform) • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Bubbler • Cage • Cannon • Cloud • Coconut • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Dome • Empty Block • Flip Tile • Flipswitch Panel • Fluff • Flower (platform) • Flowerbed • Glass case • Gold Shell • Gold Treasure Box • Gravity spotlight • Gravity switch • Green Shell • Ground-Pound Switch • Hole • Honey wall • Honeycomb • Item Crystal • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Lever Switch • Lift • Matter • Nail • Ocean Small Turtle • Pole • Portrait • Pull Star • Ring (Rolling Ball) • Ring (underwater) • Rock spire • Rolling Ball • Semisolid Platform • Shock Wave Generator • Shrinking platform • Sign • Sliding block • Sling Pod • Sling Star • Snow sculpture • Snowman • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Stalagmite • Star Piece Cluster • Starshroom • Stone block • Stone circle • Stone Wheel • Stretch Plant • Swing • Tiny lamp • Torch • Tornado • Trash • Treasure chest • UFO • Underwater ring • Valve • Vine • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Water spout |
Moves | Moves | Backward Somersault • Co-Star Super Jump • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double kick • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Star Spin • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump |
Missions | Gateway Galaxy | Grand Star Rescue • Gateway's Purple Coins |
Boo's Boneyard Galaxy | Racing the Spooky Speedster | |
Good Egg Galaxy | Dino Piranha • A Snack of Cosmic Proportions • King Kaliente's Battle Fleet • Dino Piranha Speed Run* • Purple Coin Omelet* • Luigi on the Roof | |
Honeyhive Galaxy | Bee Mario/Luigi Takes Flight • Trouble on the Tower • Big Bad Bugaboom • Honeyhive Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • The Honeyhive's Purple Coins* • Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom | |
Loopdeeloop Galaxy | Surfing 101 | |
Flipswitch Galaxy | Painting the Planet Yellow | |
Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | Megaleg's Moon | |
Sweet Sweet Galaxy | Rocky Road | |
Space Junk Galaxy | Pull Star Path • Kamella's Airship Attack • Tarantox's Tangled Web • Pull Star Path Speed Run* • Purple Coin Spacewalk* • Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance | |
Rolling Green Galaxy | Rolling in the Clouds | |
Battlerock Galaxy | Battlerock Barrage • Breaking into the Battlerock • Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe • Topmaniac's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Battlerock* • Battlerock's Garbage Dump • Luigi under the Saucer | |
Hurry-Scurry Galaxy | Shrinking Satellite | |
Bowser's Star Reactor | The Fiery Stronghold | |
Sling Pod Galaxy | A Very Sticky Situation | |
Beach Bowl Galaxy | Sunken Treasure • Passing the Swim Test • The Secret Undersea Cavern • Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone* • Beachcombing for Purple Coins* • Wall Jumping up Waterfalls | |
Bubble Breeze Galaxy | Through the Poison Swamp | |
Ghostly Galaxy | Luigi and the Haunted Mansion • A Very Spooky Sprint • Beware of Bouldergeist • Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins in the Bone Pen* • Matter Splatter Mansion | |
Buoy Base Galaxy | The Floating Fortress • The Secret of Buoy Base | |
Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | Sinking the Airships | |
Drip Drop Galaxy | Giant Eel Outbreak | |
Gusty Garden Galaxy | Bunnies in the Wind • The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows • Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble • Major Burrows's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube* • The Golden Chomp | |
Freezeflame Galaxy | The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr • Freezeflame's Blistering Core • Hot and Cold Collide • Frosty Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* •Purple Coins on the Summit* • Conquering the Summit | |
Dusty Dune Galaxy | Soaring on the Desert Winds • Blasting through the Sand • Sunbaked Sand Castle • Sandblast Speed Run* • Purple Coins in the Desert* • Bullet Bill on Your Back • Treasure of the Pyramid | |
Honeyclimb Galaxy | Scaling the Sticky Wall | |
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | Darkness on the Horizon | |
Bigmouth Galaxy | Bigmouth's Gold Bait | |
Gold Leaf Galaxy | Star Bunnies on the Hunt • Cataquack to the Skies • When It Rains, It Pours • Cosmic Mario/Luigi Forest Race* • Purple Coins in the Woods* • The Bell on the Big Tree | |
Sea Slide Galaxy | Going after Guppy • Faster Than a Speeding Penguin • The Silver Stars of Sea Slide • Underwater Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • Purple Coins by the Seaside* • Hurry, He's Hungry | |
Toy Time Galaxy | Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Mario/Luigi Meets Mario • Bouncing Down Cake Lane • Fast Foes of Toy Time* • Luigi's Purple Coins* • The Flipswitch Chain | |
Bonefin Galaxy | Kingfin's Fearsome Waters | |
Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | King Kaliente's Spicy Return | |
Sand Spiral Galaxy | Choosing a Favorite Snack | |
Deep Dark Galaxy | The Underground Ghost Ship • Bubble Blastoff • Guppy and the Underground Lake • Ghost Ship Daredevil Run* • Plunder the Purple Coins* • Boo in a Box | |
Dreadnought Galaxy | Infiltrating the Dreadnought • Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons • Revenge of the Topman Tribe • Topman Tribe Speed Run* • Battlestation's Purple Coins* • Dreadnought's Garbage Dump | |
Matter Splatter Galaxy | Watch Your Step | |
Melty Molten Galaxy | The Sinking Lava Spire • Through the Meteor Storm • Fiery Dino Piranha • Lava Spire Daredevil Run* • Red-Hot Purple Coins* • Burning Tide | |
Snow Cap Galaxy | Star Bunnies in the Snow | |
Rolling Gizmo Galaxy | Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets | |
Loopdeeswoop Galaxy | The Galaxy's Greatest Wave | |
Bubble Blast Galaxy | The Electric Labyrinth | |
Grand Finale Galaxy | The Star Festival | |
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | The Fate of the Universe | |
Mini-games | Mini-games | Bob-omb Blasting • Bubble Blowing • Ray surfing • Star Ball Rolling |
Other | Other | Comet Observatory • Planet of Trials • Starbit Festival • Star Pointer • Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
Missions marked with an asterisk (*) are only available while a Prankster Comet is in orbit. |