Old "Review":
I actually managed to get a physical copy from a store well beyond March 31st... and it was cheaper than the digital version! Anyway, I think this is a decent collection. My favorite is easily Super Mario Galaxy.
New Review:
It's easy to see why this package doesn't come close to the excellent Super Mario All-Stars, that managed to enhance the graphics and music with redrawn or recolored assets and remixed music and overall added more detail to use SNES hardware pretty well. 3D All-Stars by comparison is rather basic, improving framerate and simply upscaling the old games, and while they do look a little sharper, this definitely feels lazy. However, I don't think this is a bad package as a whole, this is a decent official way to play those games that haven't rereleased for a long time. Before obtaining this, I've never player Sunshine and Galaxy, so for me and others this is the first introduction to these games. The games play mostly identical to the original, save for the control adaptation to the Switch controllers, and a few other things like Co-Star mode in Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario 64 using Shindo version which fixed bugs, pitched up some voice clips and replaced the beloved "gay bowser" clip.
This is seen by many as a disappointing offering, because the potential for improvements is there, like how Super Mario 64 could've done with overhauling models and textures, as the game definitely looks a bit dated, with some big stretched blurry textures, and while it could be argued that the classic games don't need modern remakes, but sometimes you want more for the price. Another contributing factor is the limited run, forcing people to buy this package because of the time limit. I admit that I managed to get this game way after march 31 in a store, but if it wasn't limited, I probably wouldn't have gotten it as I had a feeling that these copies could disappear any time soon. The strategy worked, as cheap is it may be, but I want to look at this package as a game on its own, and as I said this is not a bad package. The games are functional and play just fine, save for some emulation oddities that were patched out, and this is a decent official way to play these games, wether you're new or old. I personally wouldn't recommend seeking it out because, y'know, scalpers and stuff, and the emulation can offer much more.
But hey at least this package is better than GTA Remastered Trilogy because the games actually work.
I actually managed to get a physical copy from a store well beyond March 31st... and it was cheaper than the digital version! Anyway, I think this is a decent collection. My favorite is easily Super Mario Galaxy.
New Review:
It's easy to see why this package doesn't come close to the excellent Super Mario All-Stars, that managed to enhance the graphics and music with redrawn or recolored assets and remixed music and overall added more detail to use SNES hardware pretty well. 3D All-Stars by comparison is rather basic, improving framerate and simply upscaling the old games, and while they do look a little sharper, this definitely feels lazy. However, I don't think this is a bad package as a whole, this is a decent official way to play those games that haven't rereleased for a long time. Before obtaining this, I've never player Sunshine and Galaxy, so for me and others this is the first introduction to these games. The games play mostly identical to the original, save for the control adaptation to the Switch controllers, and a few other things like Co-Star mode in Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario 64 using Shindo version which fixed bugs, pitched up some voice clips and replaced the beloved "gay bowser" clip.
This is seen by many as a disappointing offering, because the potential for improvements is there, like how Super Mario 64 could've done with overhauling models and textures, as the game definitely looks a bit dated, with some big stretched blurry textures, and while it could be argued that the classic games don't need modern remakes, but sometimes you want more for the price. Another contributing factor is the limited run, forcing people to buy this package because of the time limit. I admit that I managed to get this game way after march 31 in a store, but if it wasn't limited, I probably wouldn't have gotten it as I had a feeling that these copies could disappear any time soon. The strategy worked, as cheap is it may be, but I want to look at this package as a game on its own, and as I said this is not a bad package. The games are functional and play just fine, save for some emulation oddities that were patched out, and this is a decent official way to play these games, wether you're new or old. I personally wouldn't recommend seeking it out because, y'know, scalpers and stuff, and the emulation can offer much more.