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Super Mario 3D All-Stars[lower-alpha 2] is a 2020 compilation of three platform video games developed by Nintendo EPD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It features enhanced versions of Super Mario 64 (1996), Super Mario Sunshine (2002), and Super Mario Galaxy (2007), in addition to a music player mode able to play the games' soundtracks. In 64, Mario collects Power Stars to rescue Princess Peach after she is kidnapped by Bowser; in Sunshine, he is framed for a crime by his doppelgänger on Isle Delfino and must collect Shine Sprites to save Peach from Bowser and his son; and Galaxy sees him traveling the universe to power Rosalina's Comet Observatory to reach the center of the universe where Peach has been taken by Bowser.
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Developer(s) | Nintendo EPD[lower-alpha 1] |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Series | Super Mario |
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Genre(s) | Platform, action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Development focused on maintaining aspects of the original games while offering improvements such enhanced resolution and changed controller binding. After first being reported in March 2020, 3D All-Stars released on September 18 in commemoration of the Super Mario series' 35th anniversary, and was discontinued and removed from online storefronts on March 31, 2021. Reviewers praised the games included in the collection, though criticized the lack of new content, presentation, and limited release. At the time of its discontinuation, it had sold over 9 million copies, making it one of the best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch.