Where To Buy Super Mario 3D All-Stars On Nintendo Switch

anyone think there'll be pre order bonuses added in the future for the nintendo uk store?

Not pre-ordered yet, hoping a few other places with a cheaper price will list it shortly...

Waiting for Amazon US. I have gift cards to spend

Limited on digital? Why? ^^

holy mother of pearl, it's basically a US$100 in my currency, what the heck Amazon.

Edit: yay they fixed it

Pre-ordered a physical copy to keep sealed and sit on my Nintendo shelf. Will get a digital copy in a month or so.

Just plonking this here...

Deffo no n64 on Switch Online til April at earliest then once 3D All Stars pulled from eshop/retail. 🤣

I got it on the Nintendo UK store. Limited run makes me nervous...

Got my pre-order in. don't let me down Nintendo.

Best Buy (Canada) Pre-Order is up: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/super-mario-3d-all-stars-switch/14896695

Why limited. The more I’ve thought about it the less I’m bothered about this collection. I mean I can play them all right now I have them already. I’ll still get it but just saying

@Pacopapa02 Personally, I am doubtful, it releases in 2 weeks. Would of thought any extras would already be announced.

BestBuy is always on the ball when it comes to making preorders available quickly. I wind up buying all my limited edition stuff from them.

Just waiting on Amazon US.

Just preordered on Best Buy Canada, so if anyone here in the North is curious where to preorder.

Come on Amazon France, come oooooon. I'm waiting here.

@sandman89 It's a shame for anyone who buys a Switch after March 2021 and will likely have scalpers hoarding the physical copies. Doesn't benefit the consumer. I think the Wii release of Super Mario All-Stars was also limited so maybe Nintendo is sticking to that formula. I have been preferring digital purchases but went physical since it'll be out of print after March 2021. Of course, if I lose the game or it gets stolen I'm screwed. So, maybe I'll get the digital version as well. cries

Pre ordered with Amazon UK

Got my digital copy all preloaded and ready to go.

Back then, the Wii version of Super Mario All Star is announced like a limited edition.
Maybe is the same scenario.

@RenanKJ A common "problem" in game development is devaluation of a company's product. You'll often see sale wars or free giveaways of many games in an attempt at increasing visibility, but the result is lowered revenue for your product... unless you use micro transactions or lootboxes to supplement it. You'll notice Nintendo never "devalues" their product and subsequently offers games with limited or free DLC.

Making this limited time prevents these past entries from being "devalued" in that way despite it being a collection for the price of one.

@Eel Where are you located, same in mine! I am hoping pricing will go down before release (and with amazon pre-order guarantee you get the lower price)

Pre ordered mine 😃

Waiting on Amazon US - it's on Amazon UK, so hopefully soon...

Pre ordered at Best Buy!

Will probably pre-order from Nintendos store.

Also just realised this comes out the last day before my week off from work, can't beat that.

I just don't understand......

The fact that this is limited boggles the mind!

Preordered, can’t wait!

Also hope Galaxy 2 is included as DLC.

Amazon U.K. has it available. Just pre-ordered! Never played Mario 64 properly and never even had a go at Galaxy. Played Sunshine right through on my GameCube all those years ago. Looking forward to getting stuck in. Will be interesting to see how this ‘limited’ release thing plays out......is it just a ploy? Personally I have never pre-ordered a physical release, but the incentive that I may somehow have a ‘rare’ copy made me do it. I was planning on purchasing at release regardless (digital or physical - normally doesn’t bother me.) However this Direct deffo pushed me into the pre order. Still happy mind

@Casco same country as you, Mexico. Yes I seriously hope it is more of a placeholder price or something...

@ImagineerNik

"Pre-ordered a physical copy to keep sealed and sit on my Nintendo shelf. Will get a digital copy in a month or so."

That's not a bad idea, actually, maybe I'll do the same.... Maybe.... Probably not though.

Got the Best Buy pre-order. I don't know what's going on with Amazon but I don't want to mess around and wait until they are all sold out on pre-orders and I need to deal with scalpers.

Pre-ordered! I'm happy about this because even though I have the originals, I can play this off the telly AND I'm hoping Sunshine's controls are fixed.

Went to order at Best Buy, my credit card expired 3 days ago. Called and said they sent the new 1 in the mail 8/18. Thanks USPS.

Anyone seen it for sale in Canada?

@SPL64 My guess is this is an identical situation to that 25th Anniversary red box. "Limited" but anybody who wanted it could get it.

Got mine pre-ordered. Is anyone having trouble with this? I was surprised the site didn't give me any problems.
EDIT: So far, it seems that pre-orders are still open, and I get the feeling that maybe Nintendo is playing a trick on scalpers. I hope that's the case; I'd loved to see the face of a scalper the moment they realize SM3DAS has a dozen copies on store shelves, and meanwhile they have a hundred sitting at home that they'd have to sell at MSRP or lower just to get rid of them!

Anywhere else in the UK other than Nintendo or Amazon??

@upsidedownjim Thanks! Got mine preordered!

@thesilverbrick Meanwhile, I can't even get Gamestop to let me pick up amiibo on release date from one of their stores. I went in today to try and pre-order the 3D All-Stars...guess their bodies weren't ready.

Got my pre-order in with Nintendo UK, along with the Game & Watch.

@Clammy Best Buy

Target US has it up

Got my orders in!

£42.85 on shopto.net
Why anyone would order from those scalpers at amazon goes beyond me!

Available on shopto for £42.85 but the website can't handle the traffic and can't checkout... Just pre ordered the mario game & watch from the Nintendo store for £44.99!

Edit: Shopto finally let me checkout!

Best Buy Canada is currently taking pre-orders.

What exactly is remastered about it? Is it just wide-screen support for 64? Zelda WW was a top remaster, TP wasn't a bad effort either. Based on the video, I feel the Zelda efforts are massively superior?

ShopTo think it's under DDOS with people trying to pre-order it

Hmm. The listing is up on Amazon US but displays as unavailable...

anyone seen any european stores with it to pre order

Thanks Nintendo. I bought 2. One for now, one for after March.

@dazzleshell That's what I'm thinking, only way it makes any sense to discontinue it

Pre-Ordered. Thank you, NL!

Just pre ordered! Thanks for link!

Waiting for Wal-Mart to post it and hoping they do their usual $50 New games. If not, no biggie, this is still worth $60.

Pre-ordered. But why is it limited?

The time limit really pissed me because it clearly serves to artificially pump up demand.
They clearly haven't put any effort in this anniversary.
I owe 60 bucks to the guy who's done the PC porting.

snagged a copy from amazon uk, its mario time.

@BANJO shopto.net it’s about £43 that’s where I preordered it but atm their site is struggling to keep up with the traffic

@podycust Great news, Thank you!!

Wonder if GameFly will be able to get any copies.

It doesn't arrive where I am. It sucks to live in South America....

Ordered from Amazon as I couldn't get anything through on shop to. If it calms down tomorrow I might switch across.

Why would the digital version also be limited? I understand limiting the physical copy, but digital limitation makes no sense.

Amazon link is up for US buyers at https://www.amazon.com/SW-2000-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B08G3MN6KP/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mario+3d+all+stars&qid=1599162257&sr=8-1

Snagged my copy!

Preordered a few hours ago through Best Buy.

@Ashunera84 No. Just no.

The reason most games get price drops is continued revenue. A dev isn't concerned about their product being cheap, they are concerned about turning a profit. It doesn't matter if you sell 100k copies at £50 or 1m at £5. And normally games are priced to maximise sales, not keep a product's value high. And once initial sales have been made, and the sales drop, they drop the price to boost sales and maintain revenue again. You can't really argue that game prices shouldn't drop, unless you are also going to argue that every game should maintain its original launch price. Like having all the RE games on Switch be £50-&60 each.

The problems you highlighted of exposure and product value are nearly exclusively a Nintendo problem.

The reason you see sale wars on eShop is because Nintendo are just god awful at curation on the store. That means that the best way to promote your game and be seen is to drop those prices to be included in the most played sections. Which then promotes further sales, even after the sale price has ended.

And Nintendo keeping their game prices high actually over inflates their perceived worth. That's why Nintendo, and pretty much only Nintendo, can sell you almost straight ports of Wii U, Wii, GC, and even N64 games for £50, where every body else sells their remasters for a lower price.

Up on Walmart now.

Spent nearly two hours trying to order from ShopTo - despite going through checkout multiple times, the server always dies while processing. At one point it said my bank had rejected the transaction due to lack of funds, so I look forward to being billed for 80 billion copies of a game that's still sitting in my basket...

I don't know why we Nintendo fans put up with this [bleep] though. Nintendo constantly re-release old games, charging full price for minimal effort. Then they limit the stock, knowing full well that demand will be high regardless. I often think they don't particularly like money, or maybe that the guy in charge of sales is a secret Sony fanboy.

All this hassle for games I already own and have played to death. Why do we put ourselves through it?

I don't even have a Switch...

It’s up for preorder on Amazon USA here:

https://www.amazon.com/SW-2000-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B08G3MN6KP

@Monkey_Balls I gave up on Shopto earlier also, relented and ordered from Amazon... I forgot I had just under £5 gift card left which went towards it, a nice surprise...
Same here, I own all 3 Mario 64/Sunshine and Galaxy physically already and Mario 64 also digitally on Wii U and physically on DS..
So I'm actually purchasing Mario 64 for the 4th time...
It will be worth it however, it's a great trio of games to have on cartridge..

I wish they would at least truly remaster Super Mario 64 fully with new graphics. Or a high quality version of the DS version. I mean you already have most of the assets from Galaxy and Odyssey...

Pre ordered my physical copy from Best Buy this morning😄. 2 more weeks to go 😃

GameStop- 2 copies preordered & done!! I’ll even download it and save the 2 physical copies for the vault lol.

@BANJO It was on Shopto at £42.85 but it seems a rush of pre-orders may have taken their site down...

Amazon UK won't ship to my country. Amazon DE won't ship to my country either. Amazon FR don't even have the game up for preorder. Some of us will be *****, thanks a lot Nintendo!

You know, it only has one game on it that interest me, and $60 is way too much for a game I already own on N64, so this is a hard pass for me. Don't want to waste money, and I definitely don't want to support Nintendo's weird timed-release.

Maybe if there's enough demand they will produce physical copies for a longer time like they did with the NES and SNES mini.
By chance happened to have caught the news early so hopefully will get my pre-order.

@farmer_humpf Thanks, yes the site really was suffering... I was worried about it somehow going through multiple times so I went with Amazon in the end...

@BANJO Well, after millions of server errors, having my bank card, credit card and PayPal all declined, while competing with 6000+ other people in the queue, I finally gave up on ShopTo and went to Amazon. It was quite the relief to have a smooth transaction - I almost don't mind paying extra! Almost.

Same as you, I already have physical copies of the games plus Mario 64 digitally on Wii U. As I mentioned before, I don't even have a Switch yet. But I couldn't miss this collection, even if I don't get to play it for a while (hopefully getting a Switch at the end of the year). Although... I could play the games right now! Ah, the joys of being a Ninty fanboy...

I'm not getting this. I have these Games. I love these games. I played them 100% through. pressuring me to buy them during a "limited time" is Off Putting. I don't support that behavior.

@Richnj Yes, just yes.

Sale wars happen on every platform, not just the eShop. Ever use Steam before?

Nintendo (and several other Japanese devs) play the long game while western devs play the quarterly report game. The strategy is exactly as I describe it. Keep product and IP value high to capitalize on re-releases for years or decades. This is exactly the purpose of the limited release window.

I purchased the digital version!

@Monkey_Balls 6000 in the queue... I didn't even get that far to see how many were in the queue... Well it's certainly sensible to get the game in advance of the Switch considering the obvious demand and limited supply.. Good planning.
Yes, it annoyed me paying more, gift card balance basically wiped out the difference for me but I still could have used that on something else instead.. Overall, just glad to get the pre-order in really..

You could play one of the the 3 games when it releases to feel like you are not missing out upon release haha.. I have done that with other Wii U to Switch ports, just played the Wii U version around the time of the Switch release..
Exactly, the joys of being a Ninty fanboy!!

The only thing that would make this even more hilarious is if each cartridge had a time bomb inside that corrupted the game files after March of 2021 😂😂

@RenanKJ Because more people will buy something they're interested in if they can't get later. I don't approve of it personally, but it works.

Personally, if I want the game by March and can't find a physical copy, I'll just get the digital version. It looks like it only takes up 4 gigabytes. The main reason I haven't decided yet is because I hate Sunshine and I'm not sure if Super Mario 64 and Galaxy are worth $30 apiece, especially since I already have them on their original systems.

Perhaps they’ll release these games individually after March if only digitally? Or perhaps they’ll feature on Nintendo online service? If they don’t the price of this collection may well get very expensive to buy / lucrative to sell down the track.

@personauser93 That would be a great way to lose customers.

Ordered from Target with RedCard.

@upsidedownjim
Thanks for the link; very much appreciated. I just ordered it.

Imagine getting all these new games announced and yet all I read is people moaning, standard for this generation of Nintendo “fans” sadly

Another reason for me to buy a switch lol.

Just preordered my copy from Best Buy thanks to the people from NintendoLife; massive thanks for this article!!!! 🙏

I pre-ordered on Best Buy in the US in order to not miss it, but then saw it on Amazon and switched my preorder to Amazon

If you need the link:
https://smile.amazon.com/SW-2000-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B08G3MN6KP

Got mine preordered

Kind of annoying that this will only be available for about 6 months physically. I can almost guarantee by this time next year the physical versions price is going to be stupid with resellers. That is the very first thing that came to mind when it was said. I'm also disappointed that Galaxy 2 isn't in this collection since for me it is the best of those four. I'm still not sure on it though as other than a bumb in resolution and the soundtracks these seem to offer nothing over the original versions which I own, outside of the convenience of playing them in handheld mode too of course but still would have been nice to get the same visual upgrade like the original All-stars did.

got this preordered from canada amazon

Dying for this, but concerned about “limited digital purchase”

If I buy digitally, and decide to change out sd cards After March, and it doesn’t switch stuff over correctly (this already happened once and I followed all directions on Nintendo site)

Will I even be able to redownload, or do I lose a $60 game set if I change storage cards

@RudyC3 Amazon FR has a page up now, you just won't find it by browsing their website: https://www.amazon.fr/Nintendo-August-2020-1/dp/B08GZ4Z5SM

Looks like a placeholder they threw together in a hurry (they misplaced the dash in the title). Also, yeah, 70€ is crazy, but you can secure a preorder through this page and when the price lowers Amazon will keep you updated. It's gonna be 60€ tops, in the end.

Edit: Otherwise FNAC has it for 60€ : https://jeux-video.fnac.com/a13568537/
Leclerc is the cheapest at 50€: https://www.culture.leclerc/jeux-video-u/nintendo-switch-u/jeux-u/plateforme-u/super-mario-3d-all-stars---edition-limitee-switch-0045496426675-pr

I am very happy with all the announcements today.

I may be alone on this but it would have been cool to see a physical Version of the classic Super Mario All Stars with Super Mario World bundled in as well. We have them in NSO, but, you know, what if I want to play them on my switch 20 years form now once NSO is gone 😀.

Galaxy 2 would have been cool as well, but I recently bought a used copy of both Galaxy games and played through Galaxy 2 on my Wii.

I’ve regretted selling the SNES and N64 and games I had for them when I was a kid, so now that I’ve gotten back into Nintendo games a couple years ago, I plan to never sell any of my stuff. I like the idea of physical copies since they can outlive the online service if I need to replace my hardware.

I am happy I never sold my Wii because I loaned it to my sister for about 10 years and got it back recently since she didn’t want it any more. 😄

I am predicting that the sale ends in March with each individual game becoming available for $30-40 each in the eShop.

Oh but why did they leave out Galaxy 2? It's the best 3D Mario game ever made imho.

@jlozoya Saved yourself three bucks, did ya?

Limited time only. Sounds like a SUPREME x MARIO collab is on the way.

Galaxy 2 DLC next year??! Also I hope you can hook up the GC controller with the adapter to play Sunshine. Mario 64 is a bit of a letdown too, not even 16:9 or 60fps.... hope they tweaked the controls to work better on non-n64 analog sticks. I recently 120 starred the PC port with 60hz and SGI mods, was glorious except for the clunky controls when using a modern controller. This is more of a purchase for my collection as opposed to a must-play really.

I just preorder on amazon in the US.

@Agramonte I would imagine GameFly would be able to get some of these.. I’ve seen they had limited run games in their catalog before. I would just worry about people going crazy and creating an artificial shortage- it already seems like people are buying multiple copies with the intent to sell later.

Honestly when I heard the rumor about this a couple days ago I was very skeptical. I’ll be picking this up digitally- I’m not going to mess around with people trying to raise the price on this. Hopefully Nintendo releases Mario Galaxy 2 after this “limited” release... maybe as another limited time thing? I’d buy it for sure..

The lack of galaxy 2 is a disgrace.

Well that's the first first-party Nintendo game I've ever preordered a copy of. Played a bit of 64 back in the day with friends and have only played the demo of Sunshine.

So...nothing in the EU?

@Joriss ive looked cant find anywhere

@Trikeboy why the second one for March? To sell when Nintendo stop selling them?

@Ashunera84 mate, no, you are so of base with this. The 'devaluing' thing is only relevant to current games that are freely available. Can you find new copies of 64, Sunshine and Galaxy sold by Nintendo or retailers? No - the only copies are from eBay. You really think Nintendo cares about 'devaluing' games that they no longer produce and are only available on eBay?

@Joriss https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/super-mario-3d-all-stars-pre-order

Is Super Mario 3D World /Bowser's Fury also going to be a "limited release" like All Stars when it comes out in February?

It wasn't clear to me when I watched the Direct because there were a couple of things that seemed to have a limited or March time limit on them.

@Anguspuss thanks but in the mean time it did pop up in more game stores so yeah, we're good.

@Pacopapa02 It's a risk waiting for them to announce it with the game only two weeks away. Shame as a special edition or something would be very cool.

@AlexSwitch10 no, regular release

@Archius9 Of course. Not right away though. Maybe a few months to a year after its been out. There is no limit on the website and I could have ordered more than 2 so yeah, I may be a dick, but I at least left more for others.

@Mamabear Yeah, it showed up this morning on GameFly

limited to 10 billion copies only...fast get your copy before it runs out

YAAAAAA got my order in baby!

There is another option with international shipping? ShopTo sold out and I couldn't check out in time...

I'm a buyer at £25, anything higher is not worth it to me

@zegov Try base.com I think they have international shipping.

@chardir not for Brazil unfortunately

@Switcheroot Leclerc don't ship to Belgium though. In fact most places that have the game won't ship outside of their own country. I tried GAME UK this afternoon and they won't now for some reason. I ordered from them in the past, and never had this problem before.

That's all right, I found someplace that do ship to me, though the price of 60€ is ouchie. I'd never order from Amazon FR with that price of 70€ though, that's just ridiculous.

Pretty stoked on this, I have all the older systems so I can play these regardless, looking forward to playing on the switch. Although it's probably an extremely unpopular opinion, Super Mario Sunshine is by far my favourite Mario game to date, followed by 64 and I look forward to seeing how it goes on switch.

@Ashunera84 You're going to unironically say they are playing the long game and don't care about quarterly reports as we discuss a limited time product that ends, not coincedentally, at the end of the fiscal year?.

This release is aimed at pushing the earning reports up. And doing so in that limited time fashion creates FOMO, and will drive more people to purachse the game, during a pandemic, recession, and Mass job losses, when they would otherwise put off buying the game until later.

It's a cynical, and frankly nigh abusive, business tactic for quarterly profits. Devaluation is the not a concern here.

@Richnj No, I did not say they do not care about quarterly reports, but this is how Nintendo has done business for 20+ years. They do not saturate the market with their products, they do not re-release them frequently or quickly, and they keep the price and interest up for the future as a result.

Just before these Mario events end, another major Nintendo franchise turns 35. These plans have probably been in place predating the pandemic by a year or two.

The only thing cynical here is you.

@Ashunera84 You implied it. Saying that they play the long game whole western devs play the quarterly game.

And it doesn't change the fact that these game are being removed when there's no reason to remove them. You're arguing that they don't release loads of re-releases to not oversaturate the market, during a gen they have re-released almost their entire last gen catalogue. While they had other titles releasing and staying up for sale. While in previous gens they had the virtual console to keep their back catalogue available.

The very fact that there's three games in this collection for £50 means that each game has "devalued" from being a full price each. Games naturally devalue. You can't stop it. Once enough of a game has been available, anyone who values the content of the game already owns it. The thing about value is it's subjective, not objective. Not every game has a £50 price point for eternity. People won't buy the same product they have already played, years later for full price. The game has lost value. People who didn't buy the game for price full at launch are unlikely to pay full price years after launch. To them, the value of the game isn't £50. In order to continue to sell content long in to the future, you have to lower the price. It's not that games unnaturally devalue, but Nintendo are unnaturally manufactoring rarity and value. This is demonstrated by the limited supply of hardware they produce. The limited supply of games they produce. And now the limited availability of a digital game. How about we be honest about what Nintendo are doing, rather than trying to excuse it.

The availability doesn't have to end just because another event is coming up. That's GAAS levels of manipulation. The availability of a digital Mario game wouldn't negatively affect another event. If the release of one title affected a future release, we'd see more titles get pulled just before another title released. Trying to claim that the limited availability was chosen to end on that date because of another event, and not a fiscal connection is either naive, or disingenuous.

@Richnj I never said or implied Nintendo does not care about quarterly or annual reports. I stated factually that they (and a number of other Japanese devs) also consider the long game to a much higher degree than western developers. The world is not binary like your posts imply.

Yes, Nintendo limits their product availability to keep prices up. That's exactly what I'm saying. This is a sound business strategy, and because it is an entirely optional product, you cannot make moral claims about it. You won't see sales of major Nintendo releases on its current platform of 75% or 95% at any point, unlike in the west, where overworked developers release unfinished games as a standard practice. VC titles trickled out very slowly. Many Amiibo were under-produced. This has the long term effect of keeping their products more valuable and in higher demand than the competition and allows them to offer more distilled gameplay experiences without a huge volume of lootboxes and microtransactions.

Quit assuming everything is binary. A probable Zelda event is a factor, not the entire reason.

I’ll wait for reviews and more gameplay on this one. A bit disappointed that they didnt put in more work and effort though.

@Fulkaffe if your going digital sure if your going for the box then try to get it as soon as you can.

@snatcher own the originals so not really worried 😁

@Benjinat Hope you can get one buddy. I believe eventually everyone who wants one will get it. It’s a big seller and I’m sure Nintendo will want your money. I just wish they wouldn’t do this for a limited time so everyone that wants it can get it.

@DreemWeever I hope you’re right. That may be the only way galaxy 2 will get a release and it deserves one. It’s such a good game.

Pre-ordered my physical copy. Came to about $30 and change. I had reward points and coupons at Best Buy. I can play these on my native systems so its cool to have.

For those in the U.K., I walked into my local Argos and picked up my copy for £49.99. Day one purchase - something I have never done before.

No pre-order, no checking on the Internet, no hassle, I just took a chance and they had it in stock.

Take from that what you will.