Super Mario All-Stars Is Now Available On Nintendo's Switch Online SNES Service

About time we got something like this! I'm pretty hyped for it.

Please tell me us Europeans got the 60Hz version this time?!

Edit: Had a quick go on my break, certainly feels like the 60Hz versions. Hurrah!

Got this on Wii last year but it's great this is on here.

Great news! I was really hoping that they would add this collection to the Switch Online SNES. It will be cool to be able to play the 16-bit version of Super Mario 3 after so many years (I had Super Mario Advance 4, but I loaned it to a cousin and he lost the game).

They look nicer, but I still prefer the NES versions. I never liked the music as much with the All-Stars versions. They changed the sounds, but quite a few of the themes lose a bit of their charm - such as the Mario 1 overground theme, and Mario 3 athletic theme.

It's not there on mine just yet

So the updated version of Super Mario World with Luigi spitting out fireballs instead of throwing them isnot included. I guess it is exclusive to cartridges that were bundled with the snes.

Quick question, anyone know if you can play these without being online all the time? I don't have home broadband atm and just occasionally tether to my mobile

It's still one of the best compliation games ever made, and personally I actually prefer these 16-bit versions to the NES versions both in terms of graphics but also music.
I wish Super Mario Maker 2 had an 16-bit All Stars version of SMB1 and SMB3 themes.

@andyg1412 You don't need to always be online to play them but it requires you to check in with an Internet connection every week or two, to play offline. As in, if you haven't opened the app in a while, the next time you open it, you'll need to be connected but then you're free to play it offline.

Edit, Liam beat me to it 😄

Never thought this one would be back. This is awesome!

Very cool, I was hoping this would happen and glad it has.

Downloaded, playing now.....

Nice!! Some value here being added to the Online Service, good to see..

I’ll try it out! Is it in the NES Collection or the SNES Collection?

Oh they redesigned the eShop! You should check it out, it’s cute.

eh? aren't all of these redundant?

Would have been nice if they tossed in the one that included Super Mario World, or at least updated the Super Mario World game to be the one from Super Mario All-Stars so that Luigi will have his own sprites instead of being green Mario.

Wow, besides a surprise drop Direct we get 4 games added to NO? Nintendo feeling generous today.

I had this on SNES and I still have it on Wii but it will be nice to show the collection to my kids.

Covid home schooling has had plenty of ‘history of Mario’ lessons!

@status-204 "One that's kind of like an expansion of an existing game and engine, like The Lost Levels was. It's a shame they didn't have anything like that lying around." This makes so much sense that the fact they didn't include it is hurting my head.

@tadams587 @Yosher I'm right there with you. I love playing that version of Mario World so I can play 2 player and switch back and forth between Mario and Luigi who actually has a unique sprite.

It's really funny that both Mario All-Stars and Mario 3D All-Stars have been added but are both missing an inclusion that would have made a lot of sense. Sometimes it feels like Nintendo has a rule that all good things they do must be balanced by something counterintuitive and frustrating. 😂 That said I'm really excited for both collections.

Definitely glad it's here. I was mad when Nintendo made this a ripoff release for the Wii but now this is something special.

Just to be picky, I'd love it if they added the GBA eReader levels.

I prefer how the NES versions play tbh but still, at least they didnt put a ROM on a cart and charge full price for it like they did for the 25th Anniversary.

Meh. Allstars has wonky controls compared to their original counterparts and I still own my Wii copy.

@JoeDiddley lol! Literally: “old school”

@status-204 Limited by cartridge capacity.

@SaveDinos I somewhat doubt that since these are all pretty old games and don't take up a lot of space. Galaxy 1 itself only takes up 3.7 GB. Mario Sunshine is about 1.35 and 64 would only be several megabytes. Apparently Galaxy 2 is only about 1.4 GB. So all of that could potentially fit onto an 8 GB card with about 1.5 GB left over.

excited to play!

@Giygas_95 That's how big the games used to be but these are updated versions with hi-res textures now. Plus some new game selection menu, soundtrack player, etc. That would likely put all 4 of them over 8 GB when combined.

Edit: words weren't supposed to be bold

@status-204 Able to play them in HD for the first time, play all games on the go, having the choice to either play the 8-Bit or 16-Bit versions, and online play with local friends. On Wii it's basically just a SNES rom on a disc, damage the disc and the games faulty.

@SaveDinos I know the games will have higher resolutions, but it didn't look to me like any textures had been updated. At least it didn't LOOK like they had been. I could be wrong. These look like just higher resolution ports to me. Guess we'll see.

Edit: I just checked its eShop page, and it's 4.7 GB. So it should fit well within an 8 GB card in its current state at least. Adding in Galaxy 2, I can't imagine it would go over 8 with the original only being about 1.4 GB and knowing Nintendo's tendency to compress their games quite a lot.

Yes! I can play the 3 classic Mario Games and Mario 2

@Giygas_95 fair enough. hard to say whether Galaxy 2 would have been too much then, or if they just didn't want to do so many classics at once.

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@SaveDinos I'm hoping it's at least DLC or something. It really is fantastic. I'm gonna hold out hope that they have plans for it at least.

@Giygas_95 I hope it comes out one way or another too. I'll buy it either way.

@SaveDinos Wait, I'm a bit confused now. You said Galaxy 2 at 3.7 GB. Isn't the original only about 1.4? I'm not sure why Galaxy 1 would be over twice as large as Galaxy 2 originally either. Maybe better compression on Galaxy 2?

Edit: 1.6 GB for Galaxy 2 now that I look again.

will they ever remove the icon / distracting borders? lol

playing tonight!

after marvels avengers on ps4...

too much to do!

Ahh, Super Mario All-Stars. I remember buying this cartridge for my Super NES at K-Mart the same summer I bought my Nintendo 64. I'm young at heart.

@status-204 Apples and oranges. It is four 2D NES remasters versus a N64, a GC, and two Wii 3D titles (needing three emulators). They could include Galaxy 2, but the collection would have to be priced at higher than $60.

They could have split it up. Have 64 and Galaxy 2 for $40. And Sunshine and Galaxy 1 for $40.

Super Mario All-Stars was my first exposure (minus the original SMB) to the NES titles; it was a bit of a contrast to their original NES equivalents and took me by surprise when I did play the originals.

These are a must-play for any NSO subscribers who love platformers and mustachioed plumbers.

@Giygas_95 Yeah I was surprised by the difference too, and edited my comment

Where do I go to get this? I'm in the US, but didn't see it on the eShop, and it was supposed to be available 3 hours ago.

woah, slow down there Nintendo.... you keep going at that rate, you're going to run out of games to release on switch online before the end of that console's lifetime

@BenAV "If only there was another 3D Mario game they could have added to the collection..."

Ooooh ooooh. Mario's Time Machine!

@Liam_Doolan "You can play these games offline for up to 7 days as long as you have an active NSO sub."

I've been burned by this too many times. I have an active NSO subscription but rarely play the SNES games on there. But when I do think about playing them, I'm usually away from home and WiFi. And then I can't play them....

@Tyranexx If I recall correctly, wasn't the NES mario games in 8 bit on the original Super Mario All Stars?

@Investor9872 I don’t know when it is available, but it will appear as a new SNES game in the NSO SNES app.

@Tandy255 Thanks for that. I appreciate the reply.

@NotoriousWhiz Nope. The NES graphics were never on the SNES.

Why does the CRT filter have those bad scanlines, it would look perfect without them

@Bass_X0 Weird. I definitely remember at least "Super Mario Bros" being in 8 bit. I did mostly play Super Mario Bros 3 on there though, which I know had updated graphics. I guess my memory is just wrong.

These are the versions of the games I grew up with, so I'm really happy with this.

@TheFullAndy The buttons in the game are American purple so of course it is the American version.

Classic collection - great memories!

@Bass_X0

Well spotted! I could just tell from how the game felt when playing.

@OorWullie
Virtual console needs to come back on switch and allow us to buy games individually apart from the subscription service. The online check in is a deal breaker for people like me that don’t have a constant connection at home (or like me none at all). Had a month sub and only had 2 weeks of play with the games with the check in wanting to do so late night on Saturday so I couldn’t reconnect till the following Saturday.

@GameOtaku I’ve been saying it since they launched the NSO service! WHERE is the purchase option?? Some of us would like to buy certain games and this would be one of them. 😊

@joey302
I’d rather they just carry over and combine the wiiu and 3ds VCs into one “unified” VC and have that carry over to switch and beyond. Constantly adding games to the service for purchase meanwhile subscribers can still access the rental games. Everyone would win. As it stands now the service is a waste of my money since I don’t get any benefit out of having access to games for half (if even that) of my PAID subscription period and no online play time to speak of.

@GameOtaku Do you have data on your phone? You can connect that way by setting a hotpot. It doesn't use much data, a few MB at most, if you're only using to check in.

I agree that Virtual Console needs to come back but I can't see it happening this gen. Perhaps some GameCube and Wii games will be made available for sale though. There's little chance they'll be added to NSO though as that would be too generous for Nintendo.

@OorWullie
Data yes, reliable in a rural area where you can get one bar in one corner of the house if you stay absolutely still next to a window and your hand at just the right angle then yeah it may hold for a few minutes? No. Its very unreliable compared to just outright buying the games I want to play and not have to worry about losing access or having to wade through the games I don’t enjoy like Soccer or Tecmo Bowl.

@GameOtaku I’m never online with Switch so sometimes I wonder why I’m even subscribing lol. As far as your idea and it’s a beauty, we’re talking about Nintendo here lol i mean at this point N64 and Cube games should be available with NSO! That said, I’m shocked but pleased about the upcoming package Of the 3 Mario games especially that it includes Sunshine! I’ll grab that one as I’m sure many others will. 😊

I haven't been this happy in months! This is wonderful!

Aren't all the games that are included in Mario Super Stars SNES already on the Switch NES app?

@Gorans-Cap yes, but people play this for the 16-bit graphics

@BenAV Are you implying they could have put 3D Land into the collection?

@NotoriousWhiz They very well could have been. I was so young when I played Super Mario All-Stars (plus the SNES that I had some access to wasn't in my house) that I likely didn't realize you could change the graphics. Still the same games either way, the graphical change just took me by surprise when I did play most of the originals.

So is Super Mario RPG an snes classic exclusive Is
Golden Sun a wii-u exclusive?

Cool stuff and my NSO subscription is coming up for renewal.

@hadrian Yeah adding the eReader levels would be awesome. I have the Wii U virtual console version of Super Mario 3 GBA so I'm able to play them but people are missing out unless some clever person has managed to re-create them in Mario Maker 2.

@TheFullAndy both europe and america use the same nes and snes app

@Bustacap

Thank goodness cause I remember the Wii and (to a lesser extent) Wii U VC days where we got a lot of PAL 50hz games. Even the 25th Anniversary Mario All Stars Wii game ran at 50Hz and it was a full price game.

So this is the first time I can play the game properly. Woohoo!

Oh cool!! Though to be honest it would've been more intuitive to include it in the Super Mario 3D All-Stars Collection too. It could've been an alternative to the subscription service.

This is the game(s) that came with my original SNES in a snazzy yellow box. Good times!

What about adding this graphic style to Mario Maker now?
There's still one empty slot there...

Now I can finally play Super Mario Bros. 3 on the go ... with 16-bit graphics... and more space around my character... without having to sacrifice music and sound to avoid hearing those annoying voices.

not a fan of the 16 bit style graphics on mario 3, they shoulda kept the nes style for that one.

The GBA versions of SMB2 and SMB3 are easily the best versions, while SMB1 and SMW have whole websites dedicated to fan hacks that are better than the original games. But don't tell Switch owners that 😆

Hmm but will it remain past March? Thats what im curious to know. Considering how they handled it on Wii and the lack of availability on previous VCs, i get the impression this could very well be a limited time thing.

That said, I like Allstars for what it is. To me it demonstrates Nintendo re-releases at their best. Which is then what bothers me about this 3D allstars thing. Galaxy is fine, and cant comment on Sunshine. The omission on Galaxy 2 feels odd though in a way.

But perhaps my main disappointment is SM64. Yes its a step up from an outright emulated effort that we’ve had on VC, but after having seen it in Galaxy 2 in the form of the Throwback Galaxy thing, it would have been amazing to see a proper remaster in a newer engine, but with everything else intact. I like SM64, but id love seeing it in the best form possible more than that.

I can't say I'm happy to learn that this collection is kept behind a Nintendo Online pay wall. I would have readily paid to be able to permanently purchase it to have it alongside the other upcoming remakes, but instead it's part of a "service" they could pull the plug on eventually, with or without notice. Superb games, but I'll NEVER support the "games as service" business model.

I completely forgot this game even existed. Like, I knew it existed but I forgot that they were all graphically enhanced versions, and they look amazing!!

Can't wait to show my kids this game. They're not aware of the update and love all things Mario.

Should've been there since day one, but better late than never. Now please Nintendo keep releasing games for these two apps, more regularly if it's not too much to ask.

@kaiofelipe man, loaning stuff to cousins is rough. A few years back my cousin and I swapped Pokemon games. I got to play through his copy of Platinum and he got to play through my copy of White 2. White 2 ended up being crushed by my younger cousin who allegedly crunched the cartridge somehow by squeezing the Ds. Sucked because that was my favorite game, but on the bright side I got to keep Platinum.

@Travisemo007 Ditto. I really like the changes to the first game's visuals and music but Mario 3 is just so charming visually in the original.

@hadrian Yeah, that would have made me want to play it. I already have many versions of the NES titles and also 2 versions of All-Stars, so wasn't really interested.