Super Mario All-Stars Wii Takes Warp Pipe to U.S.

[Tom Goldman]

Super Mario All-Stars Wii Takes Warp Pipe to U.S.

Mario's 25th anniversary game collection has bounced from goomba to turtle shell and finally landed in North America.

After making North America feel like it might never see the Super Mario All-Stars limited edition Wii collection announced for Europe [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/103418-Nintendo-Celebrates-25th-Anniversary-of-Super-Mario-Bros] already, Nintendo has finally acquiesced to my demands. Nintendo announced today that the re-release of the classic Super Mario collection will now also be brought to the U.S.

Super Mario All-Stars was originally released on the Super Nintendo and included Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels all upgraded to SNES quality graphics. The Lost Levels is what Japan knows as Super Mario Bros. 2, with North America's version actually a re-skinned Doki Doki Panic. Nintendo was afraid that The Lost Levels would be too hard for overseas audiences. So now's your chance to experience the extreme difficulty of... *gasp*... poison mushrooms that will actually make you smaller when you eat them!

The Super Mario All-Stars limited edition includes the original collection of four games on a single Wii disc, but also adds a few bonuses inside the box. Buyers get the Super Mario History soundtrack CD, which is a collection of Mario's musical accompaniments through his entire videogame life. Also included is the Super Mario History booklet that features lots of behind-the-scenes details on Super Mario Bros.'s history, including secrets such as how Mario used to be a space marine [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104749-Super-Mario-Bros-Used-to-Resemble-Halo].

The collection can be played through any control method that you wish, whether it be Classic Controller, GameCube controller, or Wii Remote. All this, my friends, for the price of $29.99. That's about $10 more than the individual prices of each game if purchased on the Wii's Virutal Console, so it's not a bad deal considering the bonus content. The Super Mario All-Stars limited edition will be released on December 12.

Permalink

 

[tomtom94]

Now all we need to do is find the Warp Zone in world 5-2 that takes it to the UK.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Wait...so it's $10 MORE to buy this then to download all of them?

Well, fuck this. TO THE WII SHOP CHANNEL.

 

[The Bandit]

Wait...so it's $10 MORE to buy this then to download all of them?

Well, fuck this. TO THE WII SHOP CHANNEL.

I don't think they sell the updated SNES versions though.

I still have my original All Stars cartridge, plus I've already bought Super Mario Bros. about twenty times in one form or another, so there's really no reason to get this.

 

[Tim Latshaw]

Now all we need to do is find the Warp Zone in world 5-2 that takes it to the UK.

I thought it was coming to the UK Dec. 3.

 

[tomtom94]

Now all we need to do is find the Warp Zone in world 5-2 that takes it to the UK.

I thought it was coming to the UK Dec. 3.

In which case, score! (I was expecting someone would say that)

 

[blarghblarghhhhh]

wish they would release this for the ds or the 3ds....

 

[mjc0961]

Finally! It's been announced for pretty much every other region for a few weeks now.

 

[Vault Citizen]

Good for you America, as a European I think its great you get to share in the fun.

 

[Rad Party God]

I still think this is a steal.

Back in elementary school, a schoolmate lended me his copy of Super Mario All-Stars and I felt I was cheated... I lended him my copy of Killer Instinct for exchange. The game had horrible graphics and the music was just as bad, if not worse.

This game could easily be sold in the Wii Shop Channel for $10 and still I would buy the 8-bit version of these games instead. And worse of all, it doesn't include Super Mario World, and yes, there were copies of this game that included Super Mario World.

What a waste of disc space for a crappy SNES game.

 

[JacobPlackett]

Yeah, this is a waste of money. I can't believe people are saying that a BOOK and a MUSIC CD are the main reasons for buying a GAME. It's like Megan Fox in Transformers again.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Not even Super Mario World? Really?

Glad I still own my SNES copy, then, since it does include Super Mario World.