I can't help but think that a lot of people would be even angrier if Nintendo had thrown in additional titles. Imagine if Mario 64 were included. How many complaints do you think we would be looking at from people who had already downloaded it from the VC? At least in its current form, Super Mario All-Stars offers Wii owners the chance to play these games in their 16 bit glory (an experience that people like me, who never had an SNES, never got to have). Would I have liked to have seen more? Yes, who wouldn't. I would have loved to have seen Nintendo remake these with the NSMB engine. But at the same time I agree with theblackdragon that most anniversary re-releases don't offer as much in extras as this package.
I didn't know this was going to have online multiplayer. I may pick this up at some point, but not for several months after it launches (There are too many interesting games that must come first for me).
My copy was missing the Dissatisfaction... I agree that more effort could have gone into this, but at the same time I really can't fault the value. The four games on Virtual Console run $22 and I would say that the CD and book were worth at least $10. Personally I found some of the quotes from Miyamoto to be interesting (Especially his comment about Super Mario 64). While I would have liked to have seen more done to commemorate this milestone, I really can't complain thanks to the budget pricing. Overall this is exactly what I expected it to be, nothing more, nothing less.
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I can't help but think that a lot of people would be even angrier if Nintendo had thrown in additional titles. Imagine if Mario 64 were included. How many complaints do you think we would be looking at from people who had already downloaded it from the VC? At least in its current form, Super Mario All-Stars offers Wii owners the chance to play these games in their 16 bit glory (an experience that people like me, who never had an SNES, never got to have). Would I have liked to have seen more? Yes, who wouldn't. I would have loved to have seen Nintendo remake these with the NSMB engine. But at the same time I agree with theblackdragon that most anniversary re-releases don't offer as much in extras as this package.
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I didn't know this was going to have online multiplayer. I may pick this up at some point, but not for several months after it launches (There are too many interesting games that must come first for me).
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My copy was missing the Dissatisfaction...
I agree that more effort could have gone into this, but at the same time I really can't fault the value. The four games on Virtual Console run $22 and I would say that the CD and book were worth at least $10. Personally I found some of the quotes from Miyamoto to be interesting (Especially his comment about Super Mario 64). While I would have liked to have seen more done to commemorate this milestone, I really can't complain thanks to the budget pricing. Overall this is exactly what I expected it to be, nothing more, nothing less.