Nintendo To Remaster 'Most Of Super Mario’s 35-Year Catalogue' For Switch in 2020, New Report Says

Woah!! I want them all

My god!! This is big

If this collection isn't called Super Mario All-stars 2, I'll be disappointed.

"remasters" is a big word, I won't believe it until I see it.
Remember the 25th anniversary and Super Mario All Stars "Wii".

(Re-releases would be appreciated though)

All of them in 2020? It would be insane! Not gonna happen!

"The Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary is a celebration throughout 2015 of thirty years since the start of the mainline Super Mario series with the release of Super Mario Bros. in 1985. The celebration was originally announced during the April 1, 2015 Nintendo Direct[1], and was being commemorated with events, tie-ins, and merchandise, culminating with the release of Super Mario Maker for Wii U in September, near the original release date of Super Mario Bros. The official celebration ended in December 2015."

April 1st you say??

I'll stay cautiously optimistic.

Can't lie. After reading this article I got a huge smile on my face. Now I really want to know more!

@neufel Well, "remaster" could be just ports with a native 1080/720 resolution etc. They're not gonna remake them all!

Cool if Mario Sunshine finally gets the remaster it deserves. I would expect though that the first title to come out of this would be Super Mario 3D Worlds as it is an easy port from Wii U to Switch.

I hope Galaxy 1 and 2 make the cut. I've been meaning to play those for what seems like forever.

Just give me the 3D Mario games and I'll be happy.

If true this is incredibly exciting news with a lot of truly great games coming.

Mario 64 first please and then Sunshine

Will believe when I see it. Would be great, especially as the Switch is pretty much my first Nintendo console.

I've completed them all except the GB ones and 3D Land so will especially interested in those.

I really hope Super Mario 3D World gets a Switch port. I'm used to disappointment though, so I'm trying not to expect it. I wonder if they'll colorize the Game Boy games.

Cant have too many at one time, got no time for them, Galaxy 1 and 2, yes please, also Mario 3d land as i missed that one out. Got all the others, on other platforms.

This is too good to be true...surely?

That would be awesome. Release a collection of the older 2D games, remastered or not, alongside an upgraded port of Super Mario 3D World. I'll buy them all.

Yes! Give me all of them! But realistically I don't see it all happening in 2020. Maybe over the course of a couple years though.

I'd love to see the paper Mario games in glorious HD.

Nintendo are not going to "remaster" 15 Super Mario games for Switch in the same year.

I think we'll get 3D World and a bunch of games for NSO.

So will this be a single cartridge containing a collection of multiple remastered Mario games? Or various different games, each being a remaster of a single or a specific set of Mario games (i.e. Mario Bros Trilogy Remastered, Mario Land 1+2 Remastered, Mario Galaxy 1+2 Remastered, etc)?

Mario sunshine and a sequel.

So unrealistic but I would be so thrilled if it's true! I really want SMG 1 & 2 on Switch as well as 3D World.

If they just did HD versions of 64, Sunshine, Galaxy 1 & 2, and a port of 3D World, I’d be happy.

I can see them doing some of this to tie in to the Universal partnership but the headline is surely nonsense. They aren't going to 'remaster' the 15 approx 'Super Mario' series games + other spin offs in the same year.

Port maybe, but not remaster all of them.

OH MY GOD YEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Wahey! More ports!

I just want a Switch port of Galaxy 1&2. That's not too much to ask.

Paper Mario TTYD2 would be nice

Would love remakes of the ds Mario & Luigi games too

Dont give me hope.. sunshine and Mario 64 is all i want

Would be cool to see the older games in the New SMB engine, like fans have done. Or, I guess at this point, they would just do it in Maker. But we'll see. The 3D games will probably be in HD with high-res textures...not sure about 64, since that one's been remade already.

I'll believe it when I see it. If true though...

This could be big.

Hooooly crap. Yes, please.

Guess I'm playing a lot of Mario in 2020.

@Folkloner remaster could mean many things. Obviously we need more info, but this seems like Nintendo’s coronavirus quick fix. I highly suspect if there were plans for any other AAA’s this year, they are almost certainly delayed. these could be ports with a few QoLs added like the FF remasters, which is fine by me. Don’t think it take much for Nintendo to whip these up and release them throughout the year. We’ll see tho

OMFG! like everyone else, just mario 3D world is superb! anything else, if extra! (the wii mario's, my god!!!) but yes, rumors are rumors..

Super Mario Land and Wario Land from Gameboy are all I need.

crosses fingers Please let this be true, please let this be true, PAAAHH-LEEESE!

Sunshine and Galaxy would be welcome, Paper Mario Thousand Year Door please.

I’m skeptical like most but if this news is true, RIP BANK ACCOUNT.

Awesome news.. please be true! As long as we get the Galaxy games and 3D World, I’ll be one very happy Mario fan!

@Asaki come on that DS game doesn't really count, a full HD Mario 64 would be amazing

Anyone else check their calendar thinking it was April 1st?

This would be awesome! Another game for me to file in my ever-expanding "God I hope so, but I'll believe it when I see it" folder.

As gaming news goes, this is as good as it gets for me. It's something I've wanted to happen for years.

The NES trio sharpened up, more colourful, wide-screen, no flicker. Super Mario World 1&2 in wide-screen - that's all that's needed, Mario 64 remade, Sunshine and Galaxy 1&2 HD. 3D World port. If they want to remaster the handheld titles too, then go ahead,I'll buy everything.

Please let this be true!

This strategy makes sense for competing against the new PS5 and XBox Series X console launches this holiday season. Galaxy 1 & 2 have already been remastered for Nvidia Shield TV in China. Hopefully we get these as well as the Legend of Zelda HD remasters this year. The Mario, Zelda, and Metroid, sequels should come in 2021 and 2022.

Don't believe it there have been so many roumors and proven to be fake

Super Mario Galaxy...please

I would be really happy with a remastered Super Mario 64 on 3DS.

That's Mario Maker 2 is for ( 2d games)

Well I guess that's one way to port 3D World to Switch
A new Paper Mario game would be nice given Mario&Luigi may not be continuing, especially if it's as good as the first two.
On another note, I guess it means my recent purchase of Galaxy 2 on the Wii U was a bit of a waste....but that's vastly overshadowed by the idea of having Super Mario World (to own), 64 and Galaxy (amongst others) on Switch.

As much as I would love for this to be true, there are some hurdles:

1). How would Nintendo handle the lack of analog for Sunshine?

2). How would Nintendo handle the lack of motion control for Galaxy 1 and 2?

As Emily Rogers said on twitter a few days ago, "good year to be a plumber". I trust her.

I guess we could easily have :

• Super Mario All Stars on the Super Nintendo Online system.
• One remaster of a big 3D Mario game like Mario Galaxy 1(&2) or Mario Sunshine.
• Super Mario 3D World
• One Super Paper Mario or something like that

But ALL OF THEM ? That would be weird.

They need to bust out with Super Mario 3D World already.

I doubt it, but if it happens I'm buying my 2 favorite Mario games
3D Land
Sunshine

Meh. Call me back when they remaster all their Zeldas or Fire Emblems.

Sounds much too good to be true.

@BanjoPickles Super Mario Sunshine is no trouble. The analog trigger essentially acted as two buttons for FLUDD.

A gentle trigger press was a low power setting that let Mario still run while full power was done by pressing the trigger in all the way (Forcing Mario to stand still).

All they have to do is map the two separate functions to their own individual buttons. People have already been doing that for years in Dolphin (And I believe it also can be done with Nintendont on Wii U).

And I really believe Mario Kart 9 and a new big 3D Mario (Mario Odissey 2 ?) are more around the corner than people think.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't highly skeptical. As far as I'm concerned, without an official statement from Nintendo themselves, this should be marked as a rumour rather than news, regardless of how trustworthy the source may be. This is also a little too close to 1 April to rule out an early April Fools prank.

I would buy several of these, if the price is right, despite already owning many of them in some form.

Every Mario game remastered they plan to release, I'm gonna buy.
BUT I would love specifically to have Sunshine, both Galaxy games, and 3D World, since they are the only Mario games I haven't play (I was really poor at those years in between N64 and Switch, and the savings I had I used them in NDS and 3DS, so i never could afford a GC, a Wii nor a Wii U). So yeah, I really need those games.

Would explain the deafening silence from Nintendo re first-party tentpole releases.

While I highly doubt that's true, if we get Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and the Galaxy games remade, I'll be happy.

Emily rodgers has been constantly saying "its a good year to be a plumber" guessing she was reffering to this. If it happens, it could turn fans reaction to this year around. I want galaxy 2 on switch

If true I wonder how they'll approach it. Ever since I finished Odyssey I've been wanting to revisit Mario 64 with that engine.

@INKT Yes, sames idea, Big N uses its biggest gun against PS5 and XSX. The more customers buy Nintendo games, the less money is left for new systems.

Don't believe it for a second. This would be too good of a thing, especially for Nintendo to actually pull off. They're Nintendo they'd Nintendo it up somehow.

And it's not even April 1st yet.

As a fan I cannot want this enough. But realistically are they really going to remaster all of them, let alone bundle them together? This is the same company that remade a 1993 Zelda Game Boy game and priced it at $50.

Way too good to be true. New Paper Mario in 2020, are you serious?? Ninty never released anything in the Mini, so you'd have to announce it and release it rather quickly.

Inject it straight in to me thanks Nintendo.

Mario Teaches Typing HD

Please mark this ‘Rumor’. I really thought it was already official

WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT THIS IS AMAZING

I’ll believe it when I see it. It’d be nice to have Super Mario 64 Remake with Oddysey’s engine

Time for some Fantendo-worthy impossible pipe dream concepts!

My ideal Mario All-Stars 2 would have all the main 3D games including 3D Land remade using the old code when applicable but new graphics (sans Odyssey and 3D World, the prior of which is excluded and the latter is just a port), as well as direct ports of every main 2D game (sans Wario Land, Yoshi's Island, the Maker games and NSMBU) with traditional emulator features (save states, rewind, maybe a challenge mode and achievements).

Also, there'd be extra characters, Sonic 2 and Knuckles style, for certain games, every game would have Luigi playable in some form, and Peach for every 2D game except Land 1 and 2, which get Daisy.

There'd also be DK in SMB1 and Lost Levels, who is MUCH slower but can also Goomba stomp on any enemy, Link in Mario 3 with his SMM2 moveset, Wario in Mario Land 2 with the shoulder bash, Pikachu in Mario 64 with a unique moveset of his own and his classic "fat" design, and possibly Classic Sonic in Mario World if Sega are on board.

SMB3's e-Reader levels would be included.

Yeah, I know it's not gonna happen.

Just remaster Super Mario Sunshine for an early summer release!

I've always wanted to see Paper Mario TTYD and Super Paper Mario re-released on current day systems.

Super Mario Galaxy!!!

Fake news. Nintendo is the best, but not that good.

Great news, I never got to play the Mario Galaxy games so that’s welcome

I have found other sources confirming this... but of course that doesn't really confirm anything.

This is a rumor, ClickbaitLife. I don't care how credible the source is, it isn't news until Nintendo makes it official.
That said, I'll be ecstatic if this is real, but for now, I'll be putting this next to Metroid Prime Trilogy HD on my shelf of rumors that I wish would be true already.

they should all be bundled together. The Master Mario Collection!

If this turns out to be true (I somewhat doubt it), then I highly doubt these would be proper remakes / remasters. Instead, I expect that these will be (poorly) emulated titles, with some exceptions I suppose. Remember the Wii collection of Super Mario All-Stars?

I would be VERY happy to be proven wrong of course. Personally I'm especially excited to see rock-solid ports of Sunshine and Galaxy 1&2.

Sounds bonkers.

This would be incredible news, but this is also Nintendo we're talking about. We're just as likely to see a NES Remix style "remaster" of all of the previous Mario games. I'd probably still buy it, but I wouldn't be half as satisfied.

OMG PLEASE SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2. HELL 1 AND 2 IN HD BUNDLE. YEAAAH

@Moshugan This is why it bugs me when we use these words so interchangeably. If the industry agreed on a standard for the terminology, it would be a lot easier to describe the type of project being worked on.

Take RE2 as an example. Capcom kept calling it a remake. Even today, everyone calls it a remake. But doing that disappointed the classic RE fans after it came out that the game was actually a 3rd person re-imagining of RE2.

In these comments you can see people getting excited for remakes of these games, and that's just not going to happen.

Yeah, "remaster" is a pretty loose term here. And we already have a way to access the main NES/SNES titles.

I sure hope it's not just so they can add that damn drop shadow they put in Mario Maker...

Hmm. Good source of revenue for Nintendo but not where I would like to see them go. They have ported most of the mario collection numerous times. I like the focus they have had on new IP, sequels of new IP, mixups to existing franchises, and producing sequels to some of their smaller franchise spinoffs. Mario ports are less needed imo.

That being said the COVID19 pandemic is setting the pace for a lot of development so this may be easier to churn out than any of the other less far along projects in the pipeline.

Remastering SMB1, SMB3, amd SMW would be to easy, just redo all the levels with Mario Maker engine with some retouches. Much more work is to do it with the 3D games.
The more probable candidates are going to be the Galaxy ones and SM 3D world ( the last one is inevitable)

3D Land and World for Switch. I’d eat my boot if they did....

.....And please give us a new NES remix as a freeby for the online service subscribers!

This sounds to good to be true

I badly want the Galaxy games and 3D World on Switch.

After 3 years of silence baffling silence on the subject, and now, covid delays, I can't help but have deep, deep skepticism. I'm guessing they're waiting for e3 to announce, but I'm still not holding my breath. My money is ready for Galaxy 1 & 2, 3D World (I never had those consoles)

I'll take all the 3D games that aren't in HD and playable on my TV already, please.

And while we're at it, I'll take every Mario Kart track remastered as well. Seriously, they could charge $100 and if it meant playing any track I wanted I'd pay it.

We are taking the ‘Super Mario’ series and not the ‘SM Bros.’ Series, right? No 2D sidescrollers

Not only does this sound like a very probable fix for other games being potentially delayed, it really lines up nicely with the theory that Paper Mario is the holiday title this year(should development still be on track).

I don't believe it, even if I want to. Even if this was the plan, I'd imagine they can't do all those games with the pandemic keeping developers at home.

This doesn't seem like something Nintendo would do. I'll keep my expectations very, very low.

If true, this will sell TONS. I missed out on Sunshine & Galaxy so I’d love to get a chance to play them on Switch. Super Mario 3D World was amazing as well and is a Wii U game that absolutely deserves to be ported over.

Please, pretty please Nintendo please can I... I mean we have SM3DW remaster? I know I should have bought a Wii U and I can offer no excuse for not doing so. But I have a Wii & Switch hooked up to my TV that I truly love and would buy SM3DW for Switch in a heartbeat if this was to re-released. I would rather my hard-earned go to you rather than the second hand market as I continually um and arr over buying a second hand Wii U just to buy SM3DW (and Pikmin 3).

I hope they focus on the 3D games. I don't think the 2D classics need much work, outside of QoL stuff like flicker and resolution. Other than that, SM3 and World look gorgeous as they are, and they're available on Switch Online already. I do think a few of the early 3D titles, like Mario 64, look rougher and could benefit from a new coat of paint. And they haven't already been ported a million times, either.

@SwitchVogel not a big stretch tho. Depending on the level of remaster we’re talking about, they easily do these from home offices.

Nintendo can say they don't compete with Sony or Microsoft but it's obvious that are making a BIG play to make the Switch as relevant as ever this holiday season. I imagine this was going to be what the E3 showcase would have been all about.

Super Mario RPG is the single game I need remastered. Others would be great. In my experience very few people played RPG and it was such an awesome game tor its day. It's perfect for casual handheld play since battles are turn based.

There are a lot of people that played SNES and still missed out on RPG. It wouldnt just be new for the kids. I dont think there is a single Mario game that would be a 1st experience for more people in different generations than RPG, and in the absence of new entries that make it the most effective remaster. Nintendo has a great game that I guess must not have been advertised well. Literally not one comment mentioned RPG before mine. This game needs to reach more people or it will be a damn shame

I'd love if this is true. Unless it's been in the works and already about finished, though, I doubt we'll see it this year. With Covid-19 disrupting every aspect of life, I think about the most games we'll see are ones already finished, and ready for release, like Final Fantasy VII Remake. Releases are really going to dry up as the year progresses, because developers are unable to work on projects, with all the complications of Corona.

About the only human activity this year is going to be being in seculsion, and buying toilet paper (while social distancing, of course... I hope).

God I hope this is true

I mean, not that I wouldn't welcome the notion wholeheartedly if true, but you know the drill. "Multiple sources" directly named and cited verbatim or GTFO. I'm not as starved for information (even in general, let alone regarding a release calendar as consistently abundant as Switch's) as to live a life between fakes and bootlegs - and no anonymous "trusted source" can provide a third option by definition.

I would like to finally be able to play the Galaxy games with decent controls (didn't care for the Wiimote controls) but above all, give me SUNSHINE! My absolute favourite 3D Mario game, hands down!

@BanjoPickles The joycons have motion control

Definitely hope this is true as it would be awesome. I've never gotten to play Super Mario 64 or either of the Super Mario Galaxy games, so I'd be down for seeing them on Switch. Of course it remains to be seen just how "remastered" they would be and what Nintendo would charge for them.

It’s not 1st April yet. Too early guys

Bloody hell! Amazing if true.

The strategy after PS5 comes out might be to turn Switch into a nostalgia machine. I'm fine with that to be honest.

@electrolite77 This will have been in the pipe line for over a year (if true!) The virus will have impeded logistics, not their road map.

This rumour has just made it so if they only announced a remaster of galaxy 1&2 we would be disappointed...

However the inner fan boy in me just thought well Zelda came out in 1986 which would make 2021 the 35th anniversary....

Must really get developers down to see someone leak this information all over the Internet.

This would be nice, if true. I'll settle for "cautiously optimistic", I think.

And now to come up with a name. It all sounds SO much like Rare Replay, so we could either take the easy road and just call it "Mario Replay", but then again, it doesn't really match up with the double R from the Rare collection, and I think that it also has to mention the 35 year celebration, so maybe it should be something like "Mario's 35 Year Celebration Mega Mash-up" or "Mario's 35 Year Mega Medley".

Either way, we'll probably find out soon enough how trustworthy those sources are, even though some are corroborated/confirmed by EuroGamer, which in and of itself, is already a pretty reliable source.

OH WOW....I would absolutely LOVE to see Super Mario 3D Land and World ported to the Switch. SM3DL was my absolute fave. So if this is true, then i'll have to say ALL OF THE YES. please

All of them in 2020? HAHA! Yeah right.

Maybe one or two, and I don't see them packing a bunch of titles into one either, they can't make as much money that way.

But for now, the only question is... do I go physical or digital?!?

Oh man, I would play any of these. Even just a straight-up port of Mario 64 would probably get my money. I don't know that these need to be in a collection - all of the 3D games are overflowing with content and are worth buying individually.

Yesterday i was talking with my wife about how broke i would be if nintendo rereleased Mario 64, sunshine, and galaxy on switch. She agreed.

Although this sounds too good to be true. I would certainly love this collection.

Would love it if true. Although I still have all the games and consoles set up for Mario marathon. It’s too good to be true

I would get this just for Galaxy 2.

If Eurogamer was the source then I don’t trust it. Eurogamer in late 2016 claimed Gamecube Virtual Console is coming to Nintendo Switch and it never happened.

Nintendo heard everybody was getting $1200 😂

@BenAV I would say 64 was a Pinnacle of 3D before Galaxy was.

I approve this comment lol.

This is great news. I like em all! I guess paper Mario 1000 year door, sunshine, the galaxies, 3D world, and 64 are my most wanted.

@Big_Nook
Not everyone. Reggie Fils Aime and Doug Bowser don’t qualify.

I will buy them all.

I'm down for Sunshine & 64 remakes. I really don't like playing 64 on itself, but if they rework it with better camera handling and visuals, I'm willing to giving it another go (but will it be the 64 DS version is the question)

All down for sunshine though! I'd love to see the landscapes in HD. If they remake the older 2d mario games, I hope they aren't as lazy as their SMAS counterparts and actual take care in translating the levels themes correctly.

Still, I will surely end up buying them all!

If true, this could be amazing!! Many have had pipe dreams (pun absolutely intended) about this sort of thing, so having this happen would be so great! Plus, I've never played Sunshine or Galaxy 2, so that makes this whole thing even better!

GIVE ME ALL OF THEM! THROW IN AND ALL THE REMAKES TOO!

And All-Night Nippon Super Mario Bros and Doki Doki Panic and Super Luigi Bros and SMB 25th Anniversary Edition and Super Mario Bros Special and Game & Watch Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Run with proper controls that ruin the whole experience.

Ohhhhhhhhh yes!

I am more than ready to replay Super Mario Galaxy on Switch. Love that game.

Imagine a Galaxy 1 and 2 twin pack! (like NSMBU Mario + Luigi). Yes please!

I'm not sure Sunshine would sell unless they packaged it with a Gamecube controller. The triggers controlled the power of the water you used, so it seems like it wouldn't work without that functionality

I look for Mario Kart 9 to join the lineup as this year's big Christmas season offering from Nintendo.

Would love to play Super Mario 64 again.

checks calendar Nope, not April 1st. wets pants a little from pure excitement

@JMR_Alden the game is perfectly playable without analog triggers.

Source: done it myself and there is almost no reason to really press slightly.

Exciting, welcome, awesome... but I hate leaks. The announcement will feel at least 30% “meh, ok” now that everyone’s heard about it.

If there's gonna be remasters of Mario games, they should be based on their latest release versions. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, the Advance versions of SMB2, SMB3, SMW, and Yoshi' Island has added content and fixes given to the games. And the remaster of Super Mario 64 should be based on the DS version. It's the superior version, despite the inferior controls.

And Nintendo teaming up with Square Enix for a full remaster of Super Mario RPG, would be legendary, especially if that means a sequel will happen to expand that universe.

I would imagine a collection of the classics from NES, Gameboy and Super Nintendo may be coming as well. It would be great, if they would redo Super Mario and Super Mario Land 2, akin to Metroid Samus Returns and Link’s Awakening.

Wahoo, here we goo! Hahaha!

Two days too soon!!

The NES and SNES games remade in the Super Mario Maker engine and added to Switch Online would be great.

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

My hopes are definitely rising. But a couple other rumors that were corroborated by multiple outlets are still keeping it in check:

GCN Virtual Console
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Star Fox Grand Prix

This better not be an early April Fools. You just dont kid about these things

Shut up and take my money!

oh my goodness to play sunshine and galaxy on hd will be a dream. hoping this is actually true, i'm withholding real excitement until i see it from nintendo themselves.

This is the company that asks £60 for Wii U ports with minimal added features. If true, we will either get each game sold separately, or maybe across a few overpriced-but-convenient bundles.

I’ve already got all the core titles and almost all of their remakes, so I need some decent bonus features to make this worthwhile, but I can see myself buying them all again just for having them on one machine if true

Wow! That would be awesome! Like Super Mario Allstars!

@syrupdash Came here to say that exactly! Definitely should lean into the All Stars brand. 64 + Sunshine + Galaxy 1&2.

We already got this hinted at prior to Odyssey's release, when the articles and interviews talked about HD remastering and filters. Still, ambitious given the range of control schemes (Sunshine won't be hindered much by the lack of pressure trigger sensitivity). I suspect that the slate will be 64, Sunshine, SMG1, SMG2, SM3DL, and SM3DW.

@electrolite77 (fingers crossed it's true lol!) (...tbh, I totally believe this one. Too many folk have mentioned it.)

Mario 64 remaster! Holy mother of all things good!

Day minus one for me!

(Still my fav game of all time)

Mario 64 ds please! Sure it was a pain to control. But all those extra characters hell yes!

Everyone seems to be talking about remasters of the 3D Mario games (64, Sunshine, Galaxy, 3D World, etc).

What about the 2D Mario games, particularly the ones that aren't among the NSO NES/SNES games???

Mario 64 remains my favorite Mario game of all time. Getting a remaster on the Switch would be AWESOME!

This is why people who were freaking out at the last Direct need to calm down. Nintendo has plans and Nintendo knows what they are doing.

Remasters, not remakes.

Remaster means upscaled resolution and with no improved graphics.

Bring it all on!!!! I want those 3D Marios like woah 🤪🤪

Now this seems like something they should have announced in the Nintendo Direct, wouldn't you say? Either way I'm pretty excited for this even though I already 100%'d pretty much all the big Mario platforming games.

I wonder if this will also include the Game Boy games. That would be a doozy. I'll be honest I revisited Super Mario Land more than I probably should've.

This isn't the first time they have reported rumors like this. However I am all for remasters of the classic 2D Marios, even more than the 3D ones.

But it seems very unlikey. Too much work for a single year. Galaxy is already on Nvidia Shield so maybe they would port that one (or not) and 3DWorld is much easier.

How about a Mario game made in the same style as Evoland in that you start of playing through 8 bit levels as classic 2D Mario and travel, via a pipe of course, through his 2D & 3D platforming history until ultimately you end up completing the game as his Odyssey variant. You could even chuck in racing, tennis, golf missions/levels to fill the game out. A game of this magnitude that I am envisaging would be a perfect celebration of everything Mario. It would be the Festival Moon from New Donk City (my single best Mario moment ever) amped up a million times over.

Sunshine fans unite!!!!!!

I have a feeling, moving forward with their later consoles (Nintendo 64, Game Cube, Wii/Wii U, DS), this is how Nintendo will release/re release the games. Remasters/remakes vs. a monthly online subscription like they do for the NES and SNES.

I loved the Nintendo 64, but those old 3D graphics didn't age well at all. Cleaning them up with the Switch would do the library wonders.

I still hope at some point Microsoft allows Rare Replay on the Switch that adds in the Nintendo exclusive titles like Donkey Kong Country and Goldeneye.

Dont foregt that this week is April fools!!!!

It would be real cool if they remade mario 64 to look like the old 3d promo renders
For mario sunshine they could make dolphin island open world without loading zones and the painting could be just shortcuts

I absolutely wontvbelieve this at all unless it’s from an official source

Imagine this being true... HOLY SMOKES!

All!

Basically release a new Super Mario All-star game. With ALL!

lol yeah right most of these have already been updated already, and anyone that believes this is a idiot.....super mario sunshine?

If Nintendo did more than ride the nostalgia train, that would be really, really cool.

30th anniversary gets Mario Maker, 2020 gets ports? Quite the downgrade. A new Paper Mario game sounds cool though, let’s hope it’s a good one this time.

If this was true, don't you think they would have announced it in last week's Direct so it didn't get leaked?

@Archius9 Thousand Year Door would be my #1 - great game that holds up in about everyway.

Kinda doubt the original NES trilogy will get the remake (or remaster) treatment, but even though I’d prefer a proper Super Mario Bros 4, it’d be cool to see remakes of the first three with modern graphics, similar to the 3D Worlds style in SMM2, or even something akin to the new Links’s Awakening... maybe a tad less cut though heh.

(It’s OK, but not a big fan of NSMB style.)

Makes you wonder, could Zelda see the same treatment next year?

It would be easy to HD up those Ocarina and Majora 3DS remakes, you already have Wind Waker and Twilight Princess in HD, so really all you'd need is a Skyward Sword remaster/remake and HD version of Link Between Worlds and you're all set.

Super Mario All Stars 3D. If this happen, I will buy on day one, and probably won't need to buy anything else this year

I would like it to be similar to the Halo 2 Remaster on Xbox One, when you can switch between original graphics and remaster graphics on the fly. That would be amazing!

@OorWullie totally agree with you on this, but Sunshine is my number 1 most wanted remaster from that list! Can you imagine how beautiful it would look?!

God I’ve been dreaming of a Galaxy remaster ever since the Wii U was announced. Praying this means that Galaxy 2 is also on the table for similar treatment. This rumour sounds too good to be true. I’d love remasters of 64 and Sunshine as well; all of these games are just so dear to my heart. If this is confirmed to be legit, this could be the greatest anniversary celebration Nintendo has ever organised to date!

Mario Galaxy has been a dead cert for some time...After all, it has been ported to the Switches cousin, the Nvidia Shield TV in China a couple of years ago and has been converted for use without the WiiMote and has been very nicely upscaled for HD resolutions.

@BanjoPickles would the GameCube controllers not work for this? They could just do the separate button mapping like @Atariboy said for people without the adapter etc

I’ve been dying for Super Mario 64 Remaster.

I’m 35, without question, Mario 64 (and Wave Race 64 + Goldeneye) will forever be the most nostalgic games ever to me because of my age at that time.

Uh- [head explodes]

I mean... I mean, wow. For Nintendo - and their usual drip rate of "legacy content" being released - this is simply mind-blowing. I'll be eagerly awaiting more news and details on this.

Please don’t do this to me. Mario 64 remastered is a dream for me!!! I know how you feel @CTmatic. I love all the 3D Mario games and am excited for them all. But please Mario 64 be real! X x x x x

@syrupdash Me too it’s been so long since we had one and if they were to do another one it would be nice to have these in a collection called Super Mario All-Stars 2

It would it also be easier to put them in one cartridge too than just putting them all separately & it would be easier work load on the workers at home in these hard times.

......Is it sheep?
<sniff, sniff>
......Is it cows?
<sniff, sniff>
......I know what it is,.....it’s Bullsh*t

Missed out on Galaxy 2, so that would be a definite purchase.

Super Mario All Stars:
Super Mario Bros. 1-3
Super Mario World
Super Mario Lost Levels (Or USA, depending on what you called 2).

Super Mario 3D All Stars
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Galaxy 1-2
Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario 3D World
(Download code for odyssey)

New Super Mario All Stars:
New Super Mario Bros 1-2
New Super Mario Bros Wii
New Super Mario Bros U
New Super Luigi Bros U

Paper Mario All Stars:
Paper Mario
Thousand Year Door
Super Paper Mario
Sticker Stat
Color Splash

Mario and Luigi All Stars:
Superstar Saga
Partners in Time
Bowser’s Inside Story
Dream Team
Paper Jam
Bowser’s Minions
Bowser Jr’s Story

Super Wario Land All Stars
Super Mario Land 1-2
Super Wario Land 1-4
Wario Shake It

Yoshi All Stars
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
Yoshi’s Story
Yoshi’s cookie
Yoshi
Yoshi’s safari
Yoshi Touch and Go
Yoshi’s New Island
Yoshi’s Island 3DS
Yoshi’s Woolly World
Yoshi’s Crafted World

Sidestravaganza All Stars:
Super Princess Peach
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Wario’s Woods
Mario and Wario
Luigi’s Mansion
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
Luigi’s Mansion: Arcade (rail shooter)
Waluigi’s Repo Depot

All of these games would be a day 1 purchase for me.
Only Mario game I haven't played is Galaxy 2. I've got the game, but didn't get round to it, and ever since I got the Switch I've been praying for a remaster.

@carlos82 id take 64 first aswell. Such a ground breaking game for its time. A nice lick of paint and a tighten up and this is one remaster id pay full whack for. Couldnt get on with sunshine.

I'll take them all, but my preference would be a remaster of Mario 64 and Sunshine. Hopefully they wont be $60 each.

well that's an instant buy if that's true

We had the same rumour in 2015 with the Wii u I think.

This Wednesday is April 1st. A little early...

On the off-chance this ends up being more than a rumor: As others have mentioned, I could see Nintendo doing something like this as a filler during Covid-19's affects, especially if they were, for this year (Super Mario Bros. 35th/1985), already planning to do something, or something similar, anyway.

Game development, like many other things, is best when the team is physically assembled together, so that less-popular concepts get filed (filed for later use, not filtered) out quickly, common visions are more quickly agreed upon, & in general, development goes faster, & more smoothly.

All of that said, ports, and re-releases, maybe even with quality of life enhancements, would be easy enough for a homebound team to do. A remake, or entirely new game, would be less so, but not impossible.

Realistic possibilities:

Super Mario All-Stars, or the +World version will be re-released physically, or on NSO. If released on NSO, I can't see Nintendo bothering to release the +World version, especially alongside the 1st iteration of All-Stars, even though it probably wouldn't be much effort required.

Super Mario 3D World Switch port, possibly along with 3D Land. I wouldn't think Nintendo would care to leave exclusives on the WU, unless they are saving them for a release on a future console.

Super Mario 64/Sunshine/Galaxy/2, I could see Nintendo making physical remasters, but more likely them just plopping said titles on NSO, & if necessary, adding Gamecube controller adapter support.

A half of a year is far too short for remasters of all these titles, unless these have been in the (pun intended) pipeline for a long enough time to make a reality.

Of course, somehow a small part of this rumor could actually be true, & have simply been blown out of proportions, or none of it true. This just sounds too ambitious for Nintendo, & also in the limited timeframe.

Early April Fools' leak.

Also I have a few issues with that image... mainly that Mario 64 should say 1996. If you’re going only by UK/EU dates for some reason (which I doubt was the intention), than SMB needs to be changed to like 1987.

Edit: I’m assuming NL did not make the image, just aiming this at whoever created it. 🙂👍 (No big deal though... just thought it would be nice to stay accurate for the younger folks.)

I'll be happy with just Galaxy 1 & 2, and Sunshine. The others I have s several times already, handheld included, and I'm not really planning on revisiting them, while it's less of a hassle to do so.

Most of? What will be missing?

@Crockin that's what she said

I think this is definitely real. We’re in 2020 now. These games mentioned are truly retro in every sense of the word. This was bound to happen. Just my opinion. @Dragonslacker1

We’ll find out for sure soon. 😎

Hopefully they release these as bundles instead of individual titles.

You know this is not a difficult task for Nintendo, they all took place on older consoles and could easily be bought to the switch which I feel will happen to most of their past franchise games as they are not technically difficult to remaster with a bit more polish, as just having them in the library would be a hugely profitable for Nintendo. Personally think it’s a case of when not if.

Shoveled out into the eShop?

@CTmatic got my fingers crossed. Mario 64 for me is warm fuzzy feeling that takes me back to early 98 when I played it. I got all 120 stars and took me a few weeks to do. I remember stayin up TIL 3 in the morning some evenings just to get a star or two! I play this game at least twice a year now and it always takes me back. Probably my all time favourite even tho I tend to play 2d games these days. To have Mario 64 with a little extra bit of polish would bring me so much joy in this crazy world x x x

I'm most excited about the opportunity to replay Galaxy, anywhere, but Sunshine with improved controls wouldn't be bad, either. Or 64, remastered, for that matter.

Sunshine in HD with “remastered” camera please

Amazing if true, but I'm going to take this news with 35 pinches of salt until anything is officially announced.

So all of them huh ... yet both Baten Kaitos 1&2 Remastered and FE RoR/RD are too much to ask, Nintendo? Because we lack Mario content on the Switch? Come on!

That aside more classy games are always welcome

First of all, I don’t believe this... sure we’ll probably get something Mario related, but like a collection of the best 3D Marios? 🤔

However, if something this big IS happening, Nintendo needs to plan at least for a little future proofing and make all assets in 4K (or higher) to release again someday without having to redo the art yet again.

I'm going to remain skeptical about this. However, I'd buy each and every one they put out! I'm a sucker for collections and remasters anyways, and I adore all the Mario games.

The only way I'm going to buy Sunshine again is in a collection package. All the other games however are a no-brainer either way. The more past Mario games join Switch, the merrier.

Would have worked better as a Nintendo Direct Mini announcement, but hey.

PLEASE Nintendo, PLEASE allow traditional camera control... not modern reversed X axis. (That can be an option too of course... for all you coming over from Xbox/PlayStation.)

Dream come true if done properly!!

Certainly these:

SM64
Sunshine
Galaxy 1+2

All need proper new releases NO waggle or gimmicks. They could really use some modern touch-ups with camera, control updates textures, resolution and this could be very special.

They'll just release ports of 3d world and color splash. Hd remaster of galaxy 1&2 would be amazing!

@roro26 Ikr? It was better when we had no hope... now we will just be crushed into the dirt when it inevitably doesn’t happen. (See, I’m still resisting the hope, lol.)

I don't care about Mario. Where is Mario Kart 9

HD Galaxy 1&2 would be amazing, and Mario 64.

59.99 x ??? And one save per game please.

I don't wanna spoil myself, so I won't fully believe this 'til Nintendo surprises me!
But I secretly expected this to happen, since I thought it would make more sense than simply releasing Super Mario 3D World Deluxe.

And now, I wonder if Nintendo will also release a new Mario outing this year, knowing how in 2010 Nintendo released SMG2 algonside a re-release of All-Stars.

I have a Dream...

2D Mario games are evergreen and do not need remastering. The 3D games, however...

So it seems like there will be 3 Mario-related retail releases this year:
> 3D Super Mario All-Stars (64 + Sunshine + Galaxy + Galaxy 2)
> Super Mario 3D World DX
> New return-to-roots Paper Mario entry

Very excited if true.

Shouldn’t this be under rumours, not news?

I will believe it when I see it, but man, this would be awesome.

I would be happy to see a second Super Mario Collection or an All-Stars 2 for the Switch which contains Super Mario games from the N64 to Wii U. Would be great if these were the games included:

Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario Sunshines
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario 3D World
New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii

The other thing I'd like to know is what form these will take. Obviously most will vote for physical carts, which I can't imagine they wouldn't do, but what if they're only planning on making them available via Nintendo online the way the NES/SNES games are? Let's just hope they're not thinking about disappointing us with that.

I would love a remaster of Sunshine (not just a port but a proper remaster), and a new paper Mario would be lovely if it was a little bit more like the thousand years doors, and less like sticker star

I remain optimistic for a "collection" but will wait and see

Yeah, I hear ya. I lost count how many times I’ve beat it. You ever see the gameplay video of the guy who remastered it for modern era? Forgot if it was PC or what, but I almost got mad watching it because I was like OMG if only they would do it. Google it if you haven’t seen it. @Dragonslacker1

This is happy news if true. Would love to play Remasters of Galaxy 1 and 2, 64, Sunshine, and several other beloved classics.

Could we please get some Metroid remasters as well while we’re at it, Nintendo?

Maybe Zelda as well?

Kirby? Donkey Kong? Star Fox? F-Zero?

-squeals of joy intensify-

I mean, I pretty much have all the games, bar the Game Boy games. So unless they're going to make this proper special I'm not sure I'm that bothered.

@ShaiHulud With the overwhelming supply of new games, it's nice to have a port here and there. Remember it could be worse, you could be a Xbox fan.

I was so annoyed when I read this and grumbled to myself "Ugh. It's April 1st in the UK, isn't it." Then I realized, it's actually March 30th, and April 1st won't be making an appearance in any time zone for another half a day. Could this really be happening?

Taking this with a big grain of salt.
And what's being considered a 'remaster' here? Just upscaled to HD?
As a collection? Multiple collections a la Mega Man? All separate?
If done right, this would be cool, but it's hard to get excited over an unconfirmed rumour that lacks a lot of details.

Don’t get your hopes up folks, I smell an early April Fool’s joke... and a cruel one at that! If only it were true

@BoilerBroJoe I feel you bro but, it’s not unheard of for April Fool’s jokes to rev up a couple days early. Back in the early 2000s, an Internet forum I went to had a WEEK long April Fool’s joke that began about 5 days before the day

@BrintaPap I guess it would be perfectly fine to complete when you put it that way. But I like to preserve water where I can and areas such as the casino with its panel flipping puzzle are so much easier when you can shoot F.L.U.D.D.'s water at different power levels.

It just seems like an extra layer to the game play which would be lost

IMO the only mainline Mario game that needs a remake is Super Mario Sunshine. The resort island setting is great, and as was the FLUDD gadget, but the level design was lackluster and there were too much repetition with the star objectives. Only a remake could do the concept justice by maybe modernising the controls but more importantly completely rework the levels. The soundtrack was a bit disappointing too, and Yoshi was a bit useless with its puzzling fear of water. Those things can't be fixed by a simple remaster.

As of the other games, the best thing would be a Super Mario Collection with HD remasters, but Nintendo is greedy so I expect some individual remaster sold at high price (like New Super Mario Bros U remaster...).

A good compromise would be some themed collections. Like New Super Mario Collection which would contain all the New Mario games, or a 3D collection which would contain 64,Sunshine and both Galaxy games. But then, where would 3D Land and 3D World belong? Only time will tell.

If this is true...

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Seeing is believing.
I'd rather see N64 ports though.

My nipples just got rock hard.

Mario 3D World and Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 please. Thanks, Nintendo. Oh and Mario 64. You know what, I'm cool with Sunshine too actually.

Mario 64 would be awesome. Rest is also ofc much welcome 😃

@premko1 That's stupid. Mario Maker is a construction/platfromer game, not a proper 2D Mario. It will never replace it.

You "fans" should know already that 2D Marios are the heart of the company. It's the one that mainstream audiences know and like. 3D Marios are only for fans and Miyamoto's ego.

Really hope that we see the Super Mario Advance games as the base for the remasters.

especially the e-reader levels in Super Mario Advance 4.

Incredible news!

Finally a reason to keep my NSO subscription...

Galaxy AND Sunshine....am I dreaming!!

All this, 283 comments, and no Mario Strikers remaster. Such a shame.

@BlubberWhale oh yes im gonna be crushed so bad , these game on switch are a dream

@westman98 which 2d games do you mean? The Gameboy ones? And is that 3d all stars collection a dead cert or just another part of the rumour mill?

The ones I'd buy are the collectathons and the 1st 3 paper marios if this were true but I kinda doubt it

I want to see Super Mario Galaxy come out for the Switch because in my opinion it is the best of the Super Mario series.

I am skeptical of this, but I could see a simple port of some of these

BRING THEM ALL !!! DAY 1 PURCHASE!!!YEAAAAAHHHHHHH

As much as I want to play all these again with better graphics and on the go, its quite concerning Nintendo are resorting to this amount of ports/remasters, signs they are running out of ideas for new games maybe?

@gaga64 Don't forget Super Mario Bros. 2 2 for the Satelliview!

April 1 came early this year.
This news was supposed to come out Wednesday.

Alright, I'll make a wild prediction. They are going to bundle these games and release them across three SKUs that will arrive about a month apart from one another starting maybe in August or September. Game 1 will include Mario 64 and Sunshine but they will be remakes using Odyssey engine/assets. Game 2 will package Galaxy 1 and 2 but these will just be HD remasters since they still look pretty damn good. Game 3 will be 3D world Deluxe edition which will include new levels and possibly new characters (Pauline?). Each one will be $60.

@DK-Fan Super Mario Maker surely counts as a 2D Mario. All of its incarnations have dozens of Nintendo-made levels, and the levels play the same way as the original games. While I agree it doesn't replace the classics, it doesn't stop becoming a 2D Mario just because it has a level editor.

3D Marios sell perfectly well, sometimes outselling 2D Marios. Odyssey and 3D World both outsold U and U Deluxe.

Mario 64! missed this release as a kid because I skipped the N64.
Sunshine for the nostalgia value.

Super Mario All-Stars: Ready made remaster for SNES switch online!

Unless Nintendo plans to release these as collections of games I see a lot of people getting very "Mario fatigued".

Even though I would buy most of them, I imagine I wouldn't have the time to play them all right away.

If they do release a new Paper Mario, let's hope it's more like the first two than the last two. Otherwise, why bother?

That's a lot... Mostly what I'm wanting is a new classic style Paper Mario.

@Heavyarms55 I mean, releasing it as a collection wouldn't change the fact that it's still multiple games. I still support the collection idea as a collection would likely be better priced than if they released them all individually.

Early April fools? Or maybe it makes sense, with all the Covid-19 stuff. Either way, I’d love Galaxy and Sunshine remasters. I wasn’t able to play sunshine so it’d be great to have the opportunity, and I’m starting to get nostalgic for Galaxy. Not sure if it’d be a good idea for Nintendo to roll them all out this quickly in one year though...

@Donald_M But releasing it as a collection would mean it's not April Mario, May Mario, June Mario, July Mario, August Mario, September Mario, October Mario... and so on until the release them all.

I fear if they did that, it would actually backfire quite badly.

But if they did like "Mario All-Star collection 2" in like June and then a 3rd game in like, December, with other releases in between, it could go very well.

There's also the aspect of cost. If they release one 60 dollar HD remaster after another, people are gonna get tired of that real fast.

Don't get me wrong, the games will still sell, heck I'd still likely buy most, if not all depending on my wallet, but there will be a lot of unneeded drama and backlash to a flood of Mario games. Something critics of Nintendo already call out as it is.

Super Mario All-Stars 2 would be the dream, man. I always wanted HD versions of the other 3D Mario games, and it would be nice to play Super Mario 3D World on the Switch. Seriously, there's only 4 and a half worthwhile titles that haven't been ported from the Wii U. May as well finish the job, yeah?

@Heavyarms55 Oh okay, I get ya. I agree, if they released one remaster a month leading up to a new Mario game of in November I think people would get tired of Mario long before the new game came out, not to mention the backlash if they tried to release the remasters for like $40 or even $60 dollars each. I'd gladly buy a compilation of Mario 64, Sunshine and Galaxy remasters for $60.

I want all of this, but I agree that the best way to handle it would probably be a collection of Mario remasters in June, a new Mario game of some sort in November (most likely the rumored new Paper Mario game) and maybe something else in between. We haven't had a Dr. Mario game on Switch yet. A new Mario Golf or other Mario sports title might be likely as well.

That PAL 1991 release date for SMB3 just hurts to see. There'd be riots these days if Nintendo tried to delay a Mario game 3 years between regions.

This isn't News, it's a Rumor. I've had one two many Star Fox Grand Prixs to trust anything anymore.

@Donald_M What they might be able to get away with are 40 dollar remasters of Mario 64 and Sunshine, a combo pack of both Galaxy games for 60 dollars, a "Mario Sports collection" for 60, a Paper Mario collection for 60.

Or they could stick 64 and Sunshine together for 60, even though they aren't really connected.

I just think it would be a huge mistake to release one game after another, individually for months.

@KingMike wasn't the pre-widespread-internet era something crazy? They could get away with it because news traveled much slower. Now a new game comes out in Japan and people are torrenting it in Europe the same day if there's no release in Europe.

I think Nintendo learned from Pokemon Black and White, those games were released in Japan first and fans translated them and uploaded roms in days. Months and months before the official release in the west.

@Chowdaire seems in the range of possible

As much as I want to believe this, a look at the date on my calendar makes me think this has to be a joke, just a day early. Fooled me at first though.

Hope it’s not a April fool

@KingMike Sounds like something Atlus would do nowadays

I hope they don't Super Mario 1, 2, 3, World and Land all into "New Super Mario" style.

@syrupdash Super Mario All-Stars 2, featuring 5 games:

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Super Mario Galaxy

Super Mario Sunshine

Super Mario 64

Super Mario All-Stars

@Benji80 A variety of reasons:

1. You are not the only person in the world, not everyone has already spent hundreds of hours on these games.

2. A lot of people love these games but don't want to go through the hassle of having to keep a half dozen different game consoles available to play them when they feel like returning to them.

3. Many of these games look terrible on modern televisions because technology has changed.

4. Many people may have missed out on these games in the past because they were too young, didn't own the appropriate console or didn't have the money to spare .

And to answer your question about a new game, we got one on Switch already, and there is talk about another new Paper Mario as well.

There's nothing ridiculous about any of this. If none of this interests you, the Switch has literally hundreds of other games to choose from, and there are also plenty of other games consoles to choose from and thousands of other games to consider.

Souds Great.
I would love for Super Mario 64 to allow users to implement classic or optimization mode. Also, when "optimizations" are on, allow players to turn on/off enhanced camera controls (perhaps maybe even a slight bump in flight controls).

@Benji80 Relax man I'm not upset, you tagged me and asked, if you didn't want me to respond, why did you tag me? Not sure why you think I "slaughtered" you.

If you thought I was attacking you, I apologize. That really wasn't my intent at all.

I would love to have the updates of the classic nes/snes mario games that were on the "Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World" bundle edition snes cartridge to get implemented. The classic versions on the switch online app are decent, but I prefer the enhancements.

@stuntz0rZ And for only 800 dollars! 😂 (I’d still be tempted... don’t tell Nintendo!)

Shut up and take my money...

For the 3rd or 4th or 5th time I don't remember...

The programmable back buttons on newer switch controllers seems like a missed opportunity for Nintendo. Unless the controller is plugged up to a gamecube adapter it only accepts button clicky button presses from zr & zl, & this might be a problem for Mario Sunshine. A way around this would be for nintendo to create the older style function with-in the back buttons & have clicky zr & zl for the newer games,
I have yet to see a camecube controller with both zr & zl. I'd like to buy one, but every one I find is a fake that plugs up to usb & only allows input from the triggers when they reach very the bottom.

I swear if this is an April fools joke I’m gonna break my switch out of rage

having your development team remaster classics from home sounds like a great way to practice social distancing .

Fingers crossed for a port of Super Mario Maker. There's millions of levels exclusive to that game, and barely anyone owns a Wii U anymore to play them. I know it's similar to Mario Maker 2, but, it's different enough with it's own various quirks that set it apart for people looking for something a little bit different.

Call me if they actually add full behind-the-back automatic camera options to the 3D Mario games. It's amazing that Nintendo somehow still thinks it's a good idea to make 3D platformers with manual cameras! The only 3D Mario games with good cameras are "3D Land" and "3D World" due to being designed around fixed camera angles.

@alexybubble OH MY GOODNESS I didn’t even realise that was a sequel, I thought it was just a rerelease of All-Stars SMB2.

My collection is incomplete! Now I’ve got to go get a Satellaview and a time machine and learn Japanese. Gee, thanks for that 😡

I never understood the need to remaster games that already looked fantastic. I mean all they're doing is tricking you into buying games over and over again that you already own. Can't wait for PS5 remasters of PS4 games! How much better can they possibly look?

If any of these mario games do get remastered the only ones i will even consider are Galaxy 1 and 2.

@GoblinKing86 Overwhelming supply of new games? The release window of 2020 looks quite barren to me.

for the older games such as nes and snes im hoping for some collections to be available, a physical collection of them would be nice alongside being able to keep the games as opposed to them being exclusive to the NSO apps.

@Zeldafan79 @NintendoWiiDS. I agree with you man. The only ones I want are galaxy one and two. I love the games i just cant stand playing them with the wiimote and the motion controls. If they could do away with the motion controls on those I would be all in

Checks date, OK not April 1st yet

Honestly, this sounds way too good to be true, don't get me wrong I would love for this to be true, but I'll wait for an official announcement from Nintendo first, before getting my hopes up.

@tadams587 The GameCube originally had only a single Z button (the right one).
The Wii Classic Controller was the first with "ZL" and "ZR" buttons.

Nintendo should release the long awaited Super Mario 64 sequel on the Switch. Want that game more than a new Paper Mario, Mario Galaxy 3 or Mario Odyssey 2.

@DK-Fan One of the maniacal fan-boy ? Please, get a life...

I'll happily take Galaxy 1 and 2. I would love to get all 120 stars on each game and this could make me go for it, esp if i can play at work - remember those days? - but if Mario Sunshine is in there, it really needs some improvements. I tried it again 2 years ago and the camera and aiming really needs improving. It may have been fine nearly 20 years ago but not any more.

It seems like the Mario collection is all but confirmed to include 64 + Sunshine + Galaxy, but not necessarily Galaxy 2.

It would be quite sad if Mario Galaxy 2 is omitted from the collection but that sounds like a strange Nintendo-esque move that could easily happen.

April Fool's? And yes, NintendoLife. That's all I wanted to say.

@RedZone908 UGH! I would be sooo pissed. This would just be cruel!

Aint gonna happen.

@RupeeClock I wouldn't be surprised if they remapped that to the angle your controller is held.... but yeah, it would be a nightmare to reprogram all of that.

It's real guys

@Henmii
This aged like a fine wine

@acNewUpdates,

I fully admit it: I was wrong.

Wow. So they correctly predicted all the remastered games + the new Paper Mario.

non-believers must eat their words haha