One of Nintendo’s biggest games of the year isn’t just one game, but 3 classic games.Super Mario 3D All-Starsreleases later this week on September 18 bundled withSuper Mario 64,Super Mario Sunshine, andSuper Mario Galaxyto help celebrateSuper Mario’s 35th anniversary. And now Nintendo has released a new video showing off a taste of the gameplay players can experience later this week.
In the newest Nintendo Minute video, hosts Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang showcase new gameplay ofSuper Mario 3D All-Starswhile taking a trip down memory lane, reminiscing about playing the 3 classicMariotitles when they originally released. The 8-minute long video primarily shows gameplay that was originally shown during theSuper Mario 3D All-Starsreveal trailer, however, it does show some new sections of the games, such as climbing as Bee Mario inSuper Mario Galaxy.
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While the new gameplay in this video may be small in comparison to the amount of commentary and footage that was previously revealed, that doesn’t mean Nintendo doesn’t have confidence in its collection. In fact,Super Mario 3D All-Starsis already ahead ofThe Last of Us 2on the Amazon Best Sellers List for 2020, despite the collection not releasing until next week. The 3 Mario games included in the collection are widely considered to be classics among players, so it makes sense that it probably doesn’t feel the need to show a ton of new gameplay.
However, there’s one part of the gameplay shown in this video that is rather odd. During the section forSuper Mario Sunshine, players can very clearly see that the button prompt to use F.L.U.D.D. is not the X button found on either the Joy Con or the Switch Pro controller, but the X button for the GameCube controller.
WhileSuper Mario Sunshinedid originally debut on the GameCube, according to the official Nintendo Japan website,Super Mario 3D All-Starsdoes not support the Nintendo Switch GameCube controller. This lack of change likely wouldn’t be a big deal, however, players can very clearly see the Nintendo Switch’s + button as the prompt to startSuper Mario 64in the footage.
This could likely feed into the manycontroversies surroundingSuper Mario 3D All-Starswhere some players have described the collection as “a bunch of lazy ports.” These claims alongside other facts such as the game having a limited sale window (including the digital edition), the notable absence ofSuper Mario Galaxy 2, and it being sold as a full-priced game, is enough to make most people give pause. However, when it comes to Nintendo it seems most players would just rather play their favorite classic games in whatever way they can.
Super Mario 3D All-Starswill release on September 18 on Nintendo Switch.
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