Everything You Need to Know About "Super Mario 3D All Stars" Including How Bad I Want It

My bank account is screaming at me rn.

Just in case you missed all the deets about Nintendo’s newest game announcement, it’s-a time we bring you up to date.

Last week, Nintendo announced the release of Super Mario 3D All Stars to mark the 35th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros game.

To say the game's announcement has caused some hype would kind of be an understatement. The new game, whilst still on pre-order only, is already the second biggest selling game on Amazon in 2020, right behind Animal Crossing.

The highly anticipated collection combines three of Nintendo’s most popular explorer games between 1996 and 2007 for Nintendo Switch so that a whole new generation of bros can experience the classic games.

With the trio releasing this weekend, here’s the rundown on what you can expect and why it’s worth the coins.

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Starting with the game that made every '90s kids dreams come true, Super Mario 64 lets players explore Princess Peach’s castle and the worlds within its paintings, only to find that Bowser has taken control. With Power Stars scattered throughout the paintings, your aim is to retrieve them and save Princess Peach.

The original was Nintendo’s first 3D platform game, where players got to see all sides of Mario for the first time. As Mario, Yoshi, Luigi and Wario, you could finally wall jump, backflip and even fly.

The new upgrade for Switch includes better picture resolution, updated Joy-Con controls including rumble, and a browsable soundtrack that is sure to give some serious nostalgia.

With 150 stars to collect, this long game is one I even struggled to finish back in the day, but it's well worth the time commitment, and despite being 24 years old, Super Mario 64 is still one of Nintendo’s most popular games of all time.

The next game on the collection's roster is Super Mario Sunshine, where Mario travels to Isle Delfino to soak up some sun but upon arrival finds that the once beautiful island needs a serious clean up. Using the FLUDD (Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device), players fix up the town and collect 120 Shine Sprites to discover the evil Shadow Mario who is behind the pollution on Isle Delfino, and as usual, save Princess Peach.

Originally released in 2002, Sunshine shares many gameplay similarities as Super Mario 64 but showed off slightly better graphics, soundtrack and tools like the FLUDD. Super Mario Sunshine also had boasting rights as the first Super Mario game with full cinematic cutscenes and our first look at Bowser Jr.

The new version of the game for Switch features a higher resolution and a new 16:9 aspect ratio, as well as the Switch’s new controls and bulkier soundtrack featured in Super Mario 64.

3D All Stars third and final re-make is of the Nintendo Wii’s Super Mario Galaxy, which throws players into space as Mario travels between planets to save the galaxies from Bowsers assault on the universe. Using powers from Princess Rosalina’s Lumas, your aim is to collect Power Stars to restore Princess Rosalina’s ship and… yep you guessed it, save Princess Peach, again.

As Mario or Luigi, players traverse between galaxies filled with planetoids and minor worlds to collect an odd number of 121 power stars, using a wide variety of power-ups to help you along the way.

The newest game of the lot, originally released in 2007, Super Mario Galaxy was the first Mario adventure game to use motion controls. Using the Wii’s Weemote, (yeah apparently it’s called a Weemote) and now the Switch’s Joy-Con controller, you can shake to activate Mario’s spin ability and join forces with a friend in two-player mode.

The new Switch version of the game basically carries the same improvements as the previous two, with improved resolution and Joy-Con controller updates but also brings the Wii game to a more portable platform.

Super Mario 3D All Stars isn’t the only release set to celebrate Super Mario’s big birthday. Nintendo is also dropping a bunch of new games, productsand events later this year to fan madness. Check out what is being released here.

If you made it to the end of this article before rushing away to make a pre-order, don’t stress, you won’t have to wait very long to get your hands on the collection ‘cos it’ll be released on 18 September but will only stay available until 31 March 2021.

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