Nintendo celebrated Super Mario Bros.“35th anniversary with an appropriate level of enthusiasm. The company released a collection of 3D Games Super Mario from many generations of consoles, new equipment in the form of a game conveyor and watching, which played the original Super Mario Bros.And even the Battle Royale version of 8-bit NES Classic.
But in one of the strangers of Nintendo movements made in commemorating 35th birthday, Mario released products for a limited time, effectively expressing expiration dates at the celebration Super Mario Bros.
You can’t play anymore Super Mario Bros. 3535-Graer will face a classic platformer and you can no longer buy All-Stars Super Mario 3D in retail or from your own Eshop Nintendo. If you want to buy an All-Stars collection that covers Super Mario 64IN Super Mario SunshineAND Super Mario GalaxyYou will pay much above retail prices for the privilege. Full copies All-Stars Super Mario 3D Go to 80 to 100 USD (or more) on eBay.
Justification of Nintendo for a decision to limit how long Super Mario Bros. 35 AND All-Stars Super Mario 3D Possessed, he was not very convincing. President Nintendo of America Doug Bowser said Polygon: “There are different ways in which we celebrate the 35th place Mario. And with some of these titles we thought it was an opportunity to spend them on a circumscribed time.”
Bowser continued: “They did very, very well. All-Stars Super Mario 3D He sold over 2.6 million pieces in the United States itself. And so clearly, consumers were able to jump and enjoy it. And this is not a strategy that we will widely operate, but we thought it is very unique for the actual anniversary. “
I will say that it worked on me. I still have a sealed copy All-Stars Super Mario 3D that I bought as soon as it was released.
Given, All-Stars Super Mario 3D there was a poor collection of two great games (and Super Mario Sunshine), And Super Mario Bros. 35 Has better peers of the Royale battle Tetris 99 AND F-ZERO 99But the produced shortage of games was a poor precedent for the set – and as we hope, Switch 2 does not continue.
Considering the stunning number of games, which over time become unbeatable, or because of the cancellation of live games, completing studies or changing rights, it is worrying that Nintendo intentionally would make the availability and behavior of games in the largest franchise awning is so limited. These decisions are, hopefully, an anomaly.
Here is a potential good news: Super Mario Bros.“The 40th birthday takes place later in 2025, in the same year in which Nintendo introduces a up-to-date console. Maybe we will receive up-to-date, better collections – Show respect Super Mario Galaxy 2Please – and a chance to come back Super Mario Bros. 35Only now against even more players.
