Escapist - I remember being pretty excited for Super Mario All-Stars ... back in 1993. Compiling the first three Mario games released in North America along with a game that previously couldn't be found on this side of the Pacific into one package for the Super Nintendo was a great idea.
Since Mario’s earliest romps through the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario has always taken advantage of the fantastical power-ups strewn across the land to save the Princess. Nowadays, Mario seems to have a power-up or item for practically any situation – but it was not always this way.
It's Super Mario Week at Review Crew, which means that we'll spend the next three episodes looking at old school games starring Nintendo's favorite Italian plumber. Up first it's Super Mario All-Stars, a compilation featuring upgraded versions of Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3 and The Lost Levels. Did critics love this 16-bit collection of 8-bit games, or did they view this as a cynical cash grab from Nintendo? We turn to Electronic Gaming Monthly, Nintendo Magazine System, SNES Force, Die Hard Game Fan and other classic magazines for the answer.
Mario 1,2,3....but with Super Mario World Sounds & Art Style.
How could you not like that.
THIS REVIEW: "What a thrill, all of my bad memories of 8 bit in living color ... boing, boing, happy, happy. I'm sorry, but the old Mario games just haven't stood the test of time. The music and sound FX are great, but the control is too lose [sic] and it's all just too cuddly. I believe it's time to retire Mario for a more nineties character." -Skid
Yet we're still downloading and playing them today. This guy was proven wrong... so wrong.
I strangely prefer the 8 bit versions than the 16 bit. Might be nostalgia factor.
I was just about to say the same thing.These remakes look and play better but it's just not how my mind remembers them.Anyone who grew up on or are just now playing them for the first time must think we are crazy for liking the old games better and they are probably right.lol
Mario 3 on the NES, SNES versions looked a not to clean and rent a mario, prefer them in their original forms, still played it, who didn't but I'd take the original games in this case every time.they were great in the first place, some things don't need constant tweaking, George Lucas I'm looking at you, the fact he put new Anakin at the end of Return of The Jedi was outrageous, little of topic but hey ho, as you were.
Some of the video game companies are trying to cash in on the nostalgia older players feel toward the games of the past. Is this a good marketing idea or the companies being lazy?
Definitely Lazy! These games should be given out for free to entice gamers to buy these over priced console systems.
I am as long as they add new features. If they have trophies/achievements, online leader boards, can be played in full screen, upgrade to HD, etc. I don't like it when they just push the same old game on us without any modernization.
They're not always lazy. Sony's HD collections and Nintendo's remakes are often times good placeholders. Microsoft's remake of the first Halo held people over until Halo 4 came out. It's a good way to keep fans enthralled.
