NPD Analyst Thinks Limited-Time 3D Mario Games Will Be Sold Individually On Switch - Nintendo Life

When Nintendo revealed the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection for the Switch in September, it made it very clear it would be a "limited-time" release that would only available until the end of March 2021.

In fact, Piscatella thinks the strong sales and demand for Super Mario 3D All-Stars should give Nintendo "additional confidence in bringing other legacy titles" to its new platforms.

Super Mario 3D All-Stars isn't the only limited-time release Nintendo has offered recently.

The free-to-download title Jump Rope Challenge was another game that was planned as a limited-time release until Nintendo decided to extend its availability?

Do you think Nintendo will continue to offer its classic 3D Mario games in some way or form beyond March 2021.

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I mean, is kinda obvious Nintendo will likely plan to sell the three 3D Mario games individually after the limited-time ends.

this whole practice is so sleezy, theres no reason for digital games to be limited time.

Limited availability in general is a practice I detest for big releases like these, and the collection itself is really nothing special by the looks of it.

If they release these games individually I'm probably not even going to bother with 64.

@FullMetalWesker The difference is Super Mario 35 is a smaller budget multiplayer game while 3D All Stars is being treated like any of Nintendo's other big 2020 releases like Xenoblade and Hyrule Warriors, so making it limited time, especially for how barebones the offerings in the collections actually are, is a scummy practice no matter how many ways you can try to justify it.

@TheFrenchiestFry - Except that by being limited, it was, by default, not a regular release.

Anyone looking at the limited release should be able to ascertain that this isn't being treated as a regular game release, because if it was, then it wouldn't be limited.

And the only reason it's limited in the first place, is the same reason why Super Mario 35 is being limited: because that's the Anniversary celebration window Nintendo set.

@FullMetalWesker The point being if other third party companies aren't selling their collections or remasters in a limited quantity what makes Nintendo feel so inclined to enforce such practices.

This collection though, wasn't developed this way, (and you can probably tell by how the collection turned out that this wasn't being given a lot of resources); instead, it was developed as a quick novelty along the likes of the Game and Watch, Mario Kart Live, and Super Mario 35 as part of the Super Mario 35th Anniversary celebrations.

Think of it this way: Outside of 3D All-stars, has there been any example of this type of practice demonstrated by Nintendo regarding a remaster(s)?

Have any of the Wii U ports for example, been given limited time release windows.

Unless you have a specific reason (like an anniversary in this case), there's no point in limiting a remaster's release over just having it available all the time.

These are glorified ROM dumps you pay full price for just for the novelty of having games you can just as easily emulate on PC.

This being released on an anniversary is literally no excuse considering Mega Man Legacy Collection and X Legacy Collection came to Switch for that series' anniversary and none of those games are limited in availability.

It's still a terrible practice that doesn't deserve to be encouraged because it proves that literally anyone will buy the laziest and most minimal effort things from Nintendo just as long as Mario's face is plastered on the front cover

It's mad to think Switch will have FIVE 3D Mario games on it in February when 3D World comes out

Roms blah blah blah but I've have far more fun with 3D All-Stars than Mario Odyssey (and I haven't even played Galaxy yet - which will be the first time I've ever played it) It really made me realise how lacking Odyssey is for me for so many reasons which I suspected anyway as I could never fully get into it

You may not like the release, but to call it anything less than a standard remaster ala the HD collections on PS3, is inaccurate (also, using PC emulation as an alternative is like saying "well, I could just steal a copy from the store, so why should I pay?" in terms of validity)

If these were ports that didn't even upgrade the resolution, and/or failed to make adjustments when bringing the titles over to the Switch, you'd might have a leg to stand on here, but as the collection stands, it's nowhere near as bad as you claim it is (though to be honest, whether or not the collection is bad or good isn't really relevant to the main point of whether it should be limited or not)

Whether other devs choose to make their releases limited or not is up to them, but that doesn't mean Nintendo needs to follow suit (although I'd argue those compilations you mentioned, in addition to being older, were likely also intended to function as substitutes for new releases)

If they want to release an anniversary compilation in a limited fashion, they're perfectly entitled to

Again, if the titles were available on a NSO or VC style system, would you really care if this collection was limited or not

@TheFrenchiestFry "These are glorified ROM dumps you pay full price for just for the novelty of having games you can just as easily emulate on PC"

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