Nintendo of America has announced plans to celebrate Super Mario Bros.' 25th anniversary by selling us Super Mario All-Stars again. On December 12, the Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition will be released in North America, with the same contents as the European and Japanese releases: the game on a Wii disc, a Super Mario History CD with tracks from classic and modern Marios, and a 32-page Super Mario History booklet.
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.
I may as well look into this seeing as I don't own an SNES and don't feel like going through a bunch of faggotry just so I can play it comfortably on my computer.
A portion of an Aussie-Nintendo review…
Maybe you’re interested in it for Super Mario All-Stars, maybe you’re just keen on joining in on the whole anniversary thing by plonking a big red box on your shelf. I don’t know. Either way, here’s to you Mario, you magnificent bastard.
#nintendo Already released in Japan, the Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition will be making its way to the States this December, Nintendo of America revealed today. More »
OK, so our jealousy of Japan and Europe and their Super Mario Bros. collectors editions has become utterly crushing. N-Styles provides the proverbial camel-back-breaking straw with some original design docs included in the package's history book.
Not only are they so totally gorgeous that we want to lay them out on a bed and go full Indecent Proposal, but Andriasang's translation shows they're full of interesting tidbits like the fact that Mario was originally supposed to have a beam gun.
Boy, fireballs seem pretty tame now that we know how close we got to ... Mario Chief? Master Plumber? ... Sorry, give us a second, we'll come up with something.
A portion of a Vooks review…
You won’t be buying this one because you’re dying to playing the classic Mario games, this set is a collectors set. If you’re keen on collecting all things Nintendo, then you’ll want this set. Playing the games is just the sweet sweet side benefit.
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