Nintendo says that sales will continue "while supplies last," which makes it sound like there will be only one run of the All-Stars collection. Considering the bonuses, that $30 price actually compares pretty favorably to buying All-Stars on eBay.
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition hits North America on Dec. 12
by JC Fletcher 
on Oct 28th 2010 9:32AM
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Nintendo says that sales will continue "while supplies last," which makes it sound like there will be only one run of the All-Stars collection. Considering the bonuses, that $30 price actually compares pretty favorably to buying All-Stars on eBay.
Reader Comments (72)
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:33AM Breakdown said
Will this be from the Nintendo store only, are is it going to hit most retailers?
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:42AM DonaldMick said
@Breakdown They list Amazon, TRU, Walmart etc as places to order it, so it's all retailers.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:34AM MLS said
I wonder how much of the wii disc space will be used. 18%?
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:39AM Mr Fister said
$30? Decent deal considering the extra content and that all games have updated presentations, something you can't get off the Virtual Console.
I'll probably get this eventually. I need another physical copy of SMB3 since my GBA cartridge got stolen several years ago.
I'll probably get this eventually. I need another physical copy of SMB3 since my GBA cartridge got stolen several years ago.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:43AM DonaldMick said
@Mr Fister The NES versions would be $21/2100 Reggies on VC for the NES versions. This is the SNES-enhanced version with the bonus CD, so $30 works out pretty well.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:56AM Nap said
@DonaldMick $30 is very generous, like the article says the normal run for this game usually lands around $30. I walked into a Mom & Pop video game store upstate and they had the SNES version for $25. I remember thinking to myself, who would buy this? Within 5 mins after thinking that some little kid walks over and goes "MARIO! MARIO! I WANT IT!" and the Mom says, "$25?! Maybe for Christmas."
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Posted: Oct 28th 2010 12:34PM thisredengine said
@Mr Fister
Excuse me...I only borrowed your cartridge indefinitely. Without telling you.
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Excuse me...I only borrowed your cartridge indefinitely. Without telling you.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 8:09PM adv2k169 said
@Mr Fister I would hardly consider this a good deal. You can buy all the virtual console games for about the same cost. It's not NEW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS GRAPHICS IS SNES GRAPHICS.
The CD is worthless because I already have so many mario songs on my ipod, and the art is worthless too because I have posters from club nintendo. I think Nintendo did the cheapest thing they could do.
They should have listened to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXYdAJGB-x8
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The CD is worthless because I already have so many mario songs on my ipod, and the art is worthless too because I have posters from club nintendo. I think Nintendo did the cheapest thing they could do.
They should have listened to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXYdAJGB-x8
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:40AM FlareSama said
Yeah? I'll definitely jump on this!
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:47AM HasteMakesWaste said
Yay????
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:50AM anoffday said
It looks cool. I still have my SNES All Stars copy though, so I might have to pass.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:53AM bigwhiteyeti said
So, um, I think I'll just fire up my Super Famicom and play this on that.
I prefer playing with original controllers to emulation anyway. There's something magical about the limits of the actual hardware that's ruined when it's upscaled and running in 60fps on my computer with a 360 controller attatched.
I prefer playing with original controllers to emulation anyway. There's something magical about the limits of the actual hardware that's ruined when it's upscaled and running in 60fps on my computer with a 360 controller attatched.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:06AM bigwhiteyeti said
@MLS
Not intentionally. I just have a nostalgia for old systems.
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Not intentionally. I just have a nostalgia for old systems.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:36AM pigon toucher said
@MLS I really don't see what was so smug about that post at all.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2010 12:40PM thisredengine said
@GreenElf
It costs money. 99% of the people here don't spend money or live at home.
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It costs money. 99% of the people here don't spend money or live at home.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 3:58PM JoshMilewski said
@MLS Really? You better admit your bad attitude if you're going to go around and spread false words about other people.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:53AM Jerk Face said
You know what? I was totally down with this.. but I just can't let myself spend $30 on a Super Nintendo game in 2010.
Boardroom:
'Hey we should totally drop Super Mario Allstars on the VC this week, yo. 800 NP's dog! 800 NP's!'
'Nah, let's just throw in a 3 cent mix CD with some crappy Mario tracks on it, slap together a 'collector's item' book and charge them triple!'
*high fives*
.... This is how boardroom conversations really happen.
Boardroom:
'Hey we should totally drop Super Mario Allstars on the VC this week, yo. 800 NP's dog! 800 NP's!'
'Nah, let's just throw in a 3 cent mix CD with some crappy Mario tracks on it, slap together a 'collector's item' book and charge them triple!'
*high fives*
.... This is how boardroom conversations really happen.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:00AM A Sandwich said
@Jerk Face
Come on, Jerk Face, we all know you've never been in a boardroom...
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Come on, Jerk Face, we all know you've never been in a boardroom...
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 12:01PM djnforce9 said
@Jerk Face: That is pretty much how I felt about this compilation as well.
Some kind of update (in terms of graphics, music, and SFX perhaps) could have been employed to take advantage of the Wii's hardware (which of course is considerably better than what the SNES could produce).
Also, I've looked at the track list for the included CD and it's really nothing but a very narrow selection of songs from each major Mario game (by "very narrow" I mean one track per game). What would have been FAR more memorable is having a DVD with the complete soundtracks of absolutely every single mario game in existence and nice navigational menus for selecting each track.
THAT to me would be a package worthwhile of Mario's 25th Anniversary and not an unaltered SNES game followed by a random selection of tracks that could be compiled by anyone very quickly anyway. The package in its current forms resembles something quick and effortless to produce for the sake of an easy cash grab.
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Some kind of update (in terms of graphics, music, and SFX perhaps) could have been employed to take advantage of the Wii's hardware (which of course is considerably better than what the SNES could produce).
Also, I've looked at the track list for the included CD and it's really nothing but a very narrow selection of songs from each major Mario game (by "very narrow" I mean one track per game). What would have been FAR more memorable is having a DVD with the complete soundtracks of absolutely every single mario game in existence and nice navigational menus for selecting each track.
THAT to me would be a package worthwhile of Mario's 25th Anniversary and not an unaltered SNES game followed by a random selection of tracks that could be compiled by anyone very quickly anyway. The package in its current forms resembles something quick and effortless to produce for the sake of an easy cash grab.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 12:46PM thisredengine said
@Jerk Face
No, no they don't. Trust me, I work at Apple and been to a board meeting.
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No, no they don't. Trust me, I work at Apple and been to a board meeting.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 1:38PM A Sandwich said
@thisredengine
Come on, thisredengine, we all know you've never been in a boardroom....
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Come on, thisredengine, we all know you've never been in a boardroom....
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:05AM nevsky42 said
Yep, buying this, not even going to lie to myself about it...
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:07AM The Aquacharger said
@sigmahunter06
If only I had some white out....
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If only I had some white out....
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:12AM future42 said
They should at least have included Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island, but still, I might get it. Still haven't gotten Galaxy 2 yet, maybe I'll get that instead.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:38AM Thanat0s said
@future42 The EU version of Mario All-Stars actually included SMW so they have access to a version with it built in without any additional work. Personally for a 25 year anniversary I think they shouldve had all the Mario's up to and including Mario 64 instead of just throwing a SNES game onto a Wii disk.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2010 2:42PM ll features ll said
@Thanat0s No it didn't, that was an entirely different all stars game, released years later...
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Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:28AM spekkio said
:D I'm so excited, that I just can't hide it!
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:32AM Jimbo9981 said
Along with the Mario World games, Super Mario RPG would've been nice, and since the WiiMote works in a fashion similar to a mouse, Mario Paint would've sent it into the stratosphere. Then again, this is Nintendo, not Valve, so we shouldn't be TOO surprised that they don't give you quite enough for your $.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:32AM SteveDaWonder said
I'm not going to lie to myself. I am going to get this.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:38AM Themariohenri said
That's lotsa spaghetti!
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:40AM Nint3ndofr34k said
I would get this even if it was 50$, so worth it with that CD
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 10:58AM A Sandwich said
The collector in me wants this, but he's currently fighting with the part of me that doesn't shit $30 bills for stuff I already bought on the VC. What's a sandwich to do?
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:00AM Levi said
No reason imo since I still have the copy of All-Stars that I got with my SNES all those years ago... The extras aren't worth it to me. Now, if the game was an updated version of the SNES All-Stars, with like NSMBWii graphics, or if they included the card reader content from Japan, I'd be all over it.
To those that don't collect older games or buy them on the virtual console, and haven't played through All-Stars yet, definitely do yourself a favor! It's a great collection!
To those that don't collect older games or buy them on the virtual console, and haven't played through All-Stars yet, definitely do yourself a favor! It's a great collection!
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 12:47PM thisredengine said
@Levi Wow, interesting story about the products you have to show why you're not interested in an upcoming game.
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Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:04AM paper said
As this gets closer to release i will see if I can get myself to buy it as an impulse purchase.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:06AM The Aquacharger said
Like the rest, I know this isn't worth 30 but the Nintendo fanboy in me refuses to let a limited edition pass.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:18AM romevi said
To think, I saw some people pay $80 for the Japanese import on eBay.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:31AM ScottyF311 said
Is this definitely for sure the SNES All-Stars versions of the game? Some of the wording makes me think it's the original versions...
